Today, I launched Manas AI –– a full stack AI company setting out to shift drug discovery from a decade-long process to one that takes a few years; bringing life-saving treatments to patients faster than ever.
Introducing Cosmos Ventures.
@_mattmandel and I are launching Fund I with $77.6M to back philosopher-builders founding institutions for the AI age.
We’ve invested in AIUC (@aiunderwriting), @PrimeIntellect, Workshop Labs (acquired by @thinkymachines), and a stealth education
Americans are right to demand that the AI transformation serve their needs, not just the interests of the already rich and powerful.
We must deliver economic prosperity for the American people, along with AI for America.
"AI has been marketed horribly to the American people,” LinkedIn co-founder @reidhoffman said.
He added that if a candidate helps Americans understand how AI could economically benefit them, then “there’s a lane for presidential candidates to be more AI positive.”👇🧵
If companies and governments can negotiate the conditions under which AI is safe enough to advance, they can also negotiate how progress will improve everyday Americans’ lives.
We must obtain economic prosperity for the many, and American AI leadership.
We must make decisions to steer AI technology, not just away from X-risk, but towards economic prosperity for the millions of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet.