20250702 – Navigating 2025: Embracing AI, Founders Fund’s Influence, and Innovative Prototyping
This blog collection delves into 2025’s AI adoption, shifting societal norms, and innovations, spotlighting how we integrate AI seamlessly into daily life. Discover Founders Fund’s tech-infused political sway and its role in techno-militarism. Explore strategic business insights with SKIMS’ pop culture dynamics and learn practical AI prototyping techniques. Together, these insights offer a unique lens on technological progress and societal adaptation.
1. FOD#107: It’s NOT The Year of Agents – it’s The Year When WE Got Used to AI
In 2025, the focus isn’t on AI agents but on how society has become accustomed to AI, integrating it seamlessly into daily life. The newsletter plans to pause the fast-paced news cycle in July to reflect on AI’s core concepts and share curated collections of insightful resources. Additionally, the text highlights various advancements and challenges in AI, including new models, research initiatives, and industry dynamics, emphasizing the ongoing evolution and integration of AI technologies.
Read more: https://feedyour.email/posts/0bj99d061dl70bb4xa9nlycs
2. Founders Fund: The Kingdom
The final edition of “No Rivals” explores the extensive influence of Founders Fund across Silicon Valley, the Pentagon, and the White House, highlighting its role in tech’s rightward shift and the rise of techno-militarism. The series provides a detailed analysis of Founders Fund’s unique incubation approach, which has successfully launched companies like Anduril, Varda, and General Matter. Readers have praised the series for its insightful exploration of Founders Fund’s impact and the intriguing stories of key figures like Trae Stephens, who co-founded Anduril and played a significant role in the firm’s success.
Read more: https://feedyour.email/posts/tb1pjagpwz0vg9ta1v9klx2m
3. Jens Grede – Building SKIMS – [Invest Like the Best, EP.431]
In this episode of “Invest Like the Best,” Patrick O’Shaughnessy interviews Jens Grede, co-founder and CEO of SKIMS, about the intersection of pop culture and commerce. Grede emphasizes the importance of understanding cultural trends, adapting quickly to changes, and maintaining authenticity while building a strong community and strategic partnerships. He also discusses the future of status, the creator economy, and balancing creative vision with commercial success, highlighting the significance of long-term thinking and staying true to one’s values.
Read more: https://joincolossus.com/episode/building-skims/
4. How to build prototypes that actually look like your product | Colin Matthews (product leader, AI prototyping instructor at Maven)
The text outlines steps for creating a React functional component using Tailwind CSS for styling, ensuring responsiveness and accessibility, and adding customizable props, with a comment explaining the component’s purpose. After developing individual components, an index page should be created to display each component using only custom-made components and Tailwind CSS, without external libraries, while adhering to the visual design from a screenshot. Additionally, the text provides links to resources and tools related to Colin Matthews and Claire Vo, as well as a discussion on AI prototyping and component library creation.
Read more: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-build-prototypes-that-actually
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