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Brex co-founder and CEO Pedro Franceschi believes most people still underestimate how much AI will change the way companies are built. AI isn't just another tool, it's a new foundation for building products, teams, and companies. In this episode of @LightconePod, @pedroh96
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The US wrote the rules for the internet and won that era. CLARITY is the chance to do the same for money. The Senate should pass it. 🇺🇸
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The result: payroll companies paying global contractors instantly. Marketplaces settling with sellers in seconds. SaaS companies billing in 150 countries without a banking integration in each one. Assets trading 24/7.
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The Act defines which digital assets are securities vs. commodities, creates a registration path with the CFTC, and ensures customer assets become customer property in bankruptcy. Paired with the GENIUS Act (which made stablecoins legal and fully reserved), CLARITY completes the
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But to really work, we need major parts of our traditional financial ecosystem to integrate. Entities like banks, brokers, exchanges, custodians. CLARITY provides exactly that, enabling many different financial players to feel comfortable integrating.
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Blockchains allow instantaneous asset movement for pennies, global access, 24/7 trading, and open APIs. It’s the internet for every asset. Adding an API to every asset is especially a big deal. Suddenly, anyone can build on top.
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We're excited about the US CLARITY Act. We think all YC companies will use crypto technology, like stablecoins, before long. Not just crypto startups, not just fintech startups, but every company. Here's why this law is such a big deal 🧵
Senator Cynthia Lummis
@SenLummis
Jun 7
The Clarity Act passed committee. The floor is next. We did not come this far to quit at the 5 yard line.
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Raphael Schaad
@raphaelschaad
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! Paging all Designers who are in SF week of Config ♡ If we were to put up a YC × Designers event, when would be best? Reply what time … (Breakfast? Happy Hour? Later night?)
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TBPN
@tbpn
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.@FarzaTV built Clicky eight weeks ago to help him learn DaVinci Resolve. Since then, people have used Clicky for everything from learning Blender to watching anime. Here's how he describes how the tool works:
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Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸
@FarzaTV
May 30
Watch me control my computer with just my voice. This is the future of operating systems. No hands. GPT-Realtime 2.0 is very, very underrated. Demo:
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Adam
@MarkockiAdam
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Cool event after #wwdc 📍 @ycombinator office 🔨 @BitrigApp #hackathon
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Almond Robotics
@almond_robotics
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Announcing Axol: a dual-arm robot designed for teams working with physical AI. Made in America. Axol is for builders who believe robots should work, in the real world, not just staged environments, and that the future of physical AI should be open, not closed. #robotics
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Spenser Skates
@spenserskates
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Today we're introducing Wave. A proactive product agent that helps teams build self-improving products. Every product team runs the same loop. Build, ship, use, learn. AI has made building and shipping extraordinarily fast. Understanding usage and learning still happen by hand.
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
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This was a fun one!
Y Combinator
@ycombinator
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Brex co-founder and CEO Pedro Franceschi believes most people still underestimate how much AI will change the way companies are built. AI isn't just another tool, it's a new foundation for building products, teams, and companies. In this episode of @LightconePod, @pedroh96
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