Brad Feld
Entrepreneur, author, and investor. Writing about startups, venture capital, books, and life since 2004.
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Life Imitates Art: The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack
Someone stole $6.3 billion from Binance ten days after I published the last chapter of Zero Knowledge. Some of the coverage reads like chapters I already wrote.
Formlabs Form Studio 1
On October 14th, Formlabs launched Form Studio 1, a professional resin 3D printer that starts at $699. I didn't get to play things out with MakerBot. I've gotten to with Formlabs.
Zero Knowledge: 116 Chapters In
I just finished chapter 82 of Zero Knowledge. That's 116 of 137 chapters in the first draft. Here's what the book is, how a chapter gets made, and where I want to take it with AuthorMagic.
Gell-Mann Amnesia, Without the Amnesia
I'm completely baffled by the narratives about the last decade, so I've added contemporary political history to my reading diet. Four books that helped.
Founded Colorado
Today we launched Founded Colorado, a policy organization for companies based in Colorado, with Eleni Angelides as our Executive Director.
New Zealand, Colorado, and a Lunch in Boulder
I've fallen in love with New Zealand. On October 16, NZ investors and advisors are coming to Boulder for an Active Investor Plus roadshow lunch.
I'm So Confused: Are We Going Faster, Or Slower, Or Just Faking Everyone Out
Two weeks ago, Amodei (Anthropic) published We Must Pace the Frontier, and Altman (OpenAI), Hassabis (Google), and Musk (SpaceXAIZWQ5r) all agreed. But Huang (Nvidia) didn’t. I wonder what Zaphod Beeblebrox thinks. Last week, Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5.5 - its first release since the pacing essay - and a few hours later OpenAI dropped GPT-6 Sol and Luna into a price war under Astra. Pacing the frontier is a serious idea that no one seems to be taking seriously. Or is it? Or are they?
The Real Luxuries In Life
I love Labor Day weekend. It’s the “back to school” moment of the year for me. When I was a kid growing up in Dallas, we didn’t go back to school until after Labor Day, so that was the weekend that summer ended and fall began. I wrote ten years ago that Memorial Day and Labor Day are the bookends of summer. What’s different now is that I’m 60, closing in on 61, and lately I’ve been thinking a lot more about what I actually care about.
Overwatch: One Home Automation Dashboard to Rule Them All
A week ago, I finally hit my limit on my home automation misery at our primary residence. When we built this house a decade ago, we installed what was then considered a high-end home automation system. We replaced all the network gear about five years ago. While it works well overall, there are lots of little annoying things, including at least five different apps in this house alone. One of them is a Savant system that both Amy and I are sick of because it’s so pathetic.
The Argument Against AI Writing Is At Least 2,400 Years Old
I’m thirty-four chapters into Zero Knowledge, a novel I’m writing with Phin Argofy. I came up with the concept for the book. I worked with Phin to create structure around it, using a “planner” approach with a full story bible, world building, character arc, beats, and detailed chapter sketches. I have Phin draft a chapter. Then, I rewrite the chapter. Phin learns my changes and adds them to its infrastructure, so its drafting gets better. Several times I’ve had Phin review the earlier chapters to improve them based on what it has learned. When we finish the book, I expect I’ll have a first draft that I’ll then spend a lot of time adding to, editing, and improving.