Love California. Founder & former CEO @usekojo, angel investor, board @orascomdevelop. Formerly @8vc, @oxfordunion president

San Francisco, CA
There’s hope for romance in San Francisco
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Convincing future founders from the UK to move to San Francisco with @finbarr and @ycombinator. California’s not perfect, but it’s by far the best place in the world to build a tech company.
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I spent 8 years helping contractors across the US adopt technology. Sales cycles in construction can feel endless. There’s a huge amount of complexity to navigate - especially when you consider how many types of trades and projects there are. I’m so excited for Aidan to actually finally help cut through these. Congratulations @Nim_Ravid1 and @withsableai team!! I’m pumped to be on board
Introducing Aidan, your newest AI employee Aidan is the first computer-using AI built for realtime conversation We’ve raised $45M from @sequoia and @8VC to bring Aidan to the world @NotionHQ and @DecagonAI already use Aidan to run customer interactions. This is how @withsableai works:
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It's crazy that booking travel still requires opening 15 different tabs. I want one place that remembers all my preferences where I can easily book flights, hotels, plan itineraries, and optimize points. Now it's finally here! @OdessiaTravel @FDavidsonT
Meet Odessia. She plans and books entire trips in one conversation. Apparently, she's the goddess of travel.
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Maria Davidson retweeted
At the interaction of hospitality and technology, @FDavidsonT with his new startup.
I've spent my entire adult life thinking about travel. Built Sonder from the ground up as a college student to a $600M a year business in under 10 years. For the last six months I've been obsessing over how AI will change travel. TLDR: it will change everything. I've put together a stellar team and next week we're launching a preview of what we've built. It's been a game changer for early testers. Comment below for early access.
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How we travel is about to change
I've spent my entire adult life thinking about travel. Built Sonder from the ground up as a college student to a $600M a year business in under 10 years. For the last six months I've been obsessing over how AI will change travel. TLDR: it will change everything. I've put together a stellar team and next week we're launching a preview of what we've built. It's been a game changer for early testers. Comment below for early access.
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SF spends $102k a year per homeless person. It spends $20k a year per resident. SF spends more per homeless person than the 10 largest US cities combined spend per resident.
5 of the 10 cities that spend the most per homeless person are in California. SF alone spends more per homeless person than NY and Portland combined.
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5 of the 10 cities that spend the most per homeless person are in California. SF alone spends more per homeless person than NY and Portland combined.
LA is worth saving. Vote Spencer Pratt.
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San Francisco, 2026
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College tuition has grown 4× faster than wages since 1980. The cost of public college tuition is up 1,351%. Median weekly earnings are up just 342%.
College tuition has increased 914% since 1983, per CNBC.
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Last page of the Oxford Union termcard. Wow.
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Featuring Hasan Piker
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Only 4 states have fully funded public pension liabilities in the US. Tennessee is doing the best at 104%. Illinois is doing the worst at only 52%. Where will the money to pay these promised pensions come from?
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Where did all the money go? 7/10 states that spend the most per capita lost people to other states since 2020. 10/10 states that spend the least gained people from other states. Wrote an op-ed for @thehill on where the money is actually going
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This fake account is impersonating me. Please block and report if you have a moment - nitter.net/MariaDav1dson
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@Support this fake impersonator account changed their x handle to @MariaDaivdson
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Where does the money go? The US spends 50% more per person on healthcare than Switzerland, the next highest spending country. But life expectancy is 5 years shorter.
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Over the last decade, California's state spending grew 48%, inflation adjusted. Population grew 0.4%. Only 25% of 8th graders hit the math proficiency level. Homelessness increased ~20% since 2019 despite us spending $37bn. We can do better!
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