Jax Vullinghs

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• The next AI training ground is a laboratory↗ 1 Oct 2026
  As AI models grow more capable at proposing scientific experiments, access to high-throughput laboratories becomes a critical bottleneck for training and validation. Companies like Periodic Labs and C5R are building infrastructure to connect AI agents directly to wet labs, creating tight feedback loops between model development and experimental data.
• Natural General Intelligence↗ 24 Sept 2026
  Ryan Orbuch proposes a 'nature model'—a foundation model trained on planetary observations to understand interconnected Earth systems, enabling better prediction of intervention outcomes and identifying critical measurement gaps.
• Own the Harness, Rent the Model↗ 17 Sept 2026
  Companies are building internal "harnesses"—permission-scoped skill libraries, deterministic gates, and evaluation loops—to let teams deploy AI agents safely and cost-effectively across GTM, RevOps, and engineering, with early examples showing 5-10x output gains and dramatic cost reductions through orchestration.
• Unleashing Creativity↗ 28 Aug 2026
  A personal essay on using AI-generated cartoon tools with kids, interspersed with curated social-media posts on AI, robotics, and startup acquisitions.
• Grok Bot wins the first 15 seconds↗ 20 Aug 2026
  Grok Bot offers zero-friction agent creation for consumers—sign up, describe your need in natural language, and deploy. The author argues this "first 15 seconds" framing is what separates consumer-grade AI agents from developer tools that require hours of setup.
• Enjoy the Ride↗ 13 Aug 2026
  A meandering personal essay on building in-person connections and enjoying the journey, interspersed with loosely curated Twitter screenshots on AI, materials science, and eclipse photography—mostly commentary and links rather than original analysis.
• More book recommendations↗ 6 Aug 2026
  Personal book recommendations and curated social media takes from a recent holiday, spanning historical fiction, space exploration, AI infrastructure, and long-term thinking—minimal substantive analysis.
• Fifty Failures a Day 12 Jul 2026
• An explosion in creativity 9 Jul 2026
• The Unsung Aussie & Kiwi Heroes 2 Jul 2026
• Frontier: What we built to assess 500 applications in 3 weeks 25 Jun 2026
• Book Recommendations 18 Jun 2026
• Finetuning > Frontier? 11 Jun 2026
• Launching Airtree's Frontier Program 3 Jun 2026
• Building Worlds 21 May 2026
• Building Evals that Work 14 May 2026
• The Pursuit of Excellence 7 May 2026
• Physical Scarcity in a World of Digital Abundance 30 Apr 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #28: Building Context 23 Apr 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #27: Some thoughts 16 Apr 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #26: Come work at Airtree 13 Apr 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #25: Improving founder experience 2 Apr 2026
• Product Demo: Gabe's Creative Intelligence Platform MKULTRA 26 Mar 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #24: Hackathon 20 Mar 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #23: Building a Personal CRM 12 Mar 2026
• Building a System of Agents 5 Mar 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #22: Open Sourcing our Cowork Course 26 Feb 2026
• Teaching Machines What You Already Know 19 Feb 2026
• Coworking at Airtree 12 Feb 2026
• Uncovered Bookmarks #20: Becoming MCP Native 5 Feb 2026

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