- To my friends going to The Curve↗ 2 Oct 2026
Roy Bahat reflects on AI's accelerating impact and the rising power of tech workers to shape its development—arguing that talent organizing within labs, amid growing public concern over economic displacement and safety risks, represents a pivotal moment to build lasting guardrails before major AI company IPOs.
- How to Actually Give Away Your AI Money↗ 10 Jul 2026
A practical guide for newly wealthy AI workers on effective philanthropic giving: start with desired world impact rather than vehicle choice, consider participatory decision-making, learn from doing, and recognize that money-giving is only part of making change.
- Giving Money Away Can Be Harder than Making It↗ 10 Jul 2026
Roy Bahat shares hard-won lessons from conversations with hundreds of tech wealth-makers about the surprisingly difficult work of giving money away effectively—covering emotional hurdles, relationship dynamics with nonprofits, tax traps, and the need to align giving with one's day job.
- The Case for the Absurdly Long Conversation↗ 2 Feb 2026
Roy Bahat launches a podcast format for his "This Is Not Advice" series, featuring multi-hour conversations with successful professionals about how they actually do their work, prioritizing depth and nuance over polished talking points.
- In startups, firing is more important than hiring↗ 11 Nov 2025
Firing mismatches quickly is more important than optimizing the hire itself—it accelerates execution, builds trust, and strengthens culture. Leaders should admit when a fit isn't working, set short timelines for improvement, and exit generously.
- How to create and run a successful groupchat: a starter guide↗ 4 Jun 2025
A practical guide to creating, building, and managing successful groupchats—covering platform selection, culture-setting, moderation, growth pacing, and when to let chats fade or evolve into new forms.
- The wrong question to ask when considering joining a startup↗ 19 Feb 2025
Joining a startup as an employee requires different thinking than investing: focus on whether the role will be worthwhile even if the company fails, define your personal objective function, identify fatal flaws in the business, and evaluate what relationships and skills you'll build regardless of outcome.
- Request for startups: worker organizing↗ 24 Oct 2024
A VC firm focused on the future of work issues a request for startups to build tools and services for workers organizing, collective bargaining, and mutual aid—arguing there's a large unmet market opportunity despite labor's 60-year peak in support.
- Startups and shame↗ 12 Jul 2024
Roy Bahat explores how shame silently undermines founder performance and decision-making, and offers frameworks for investors and founders to recognize and counteract shame spirals through vulnerability, community support, and mental health resources.
- What a lutaio showed me about the joys of work↗ 8 Mar 2024
Roy Bahat visits a master violinmaker in Bologna to explore how craftspeople experience work differently from tech founders—trading growth and optimization for quality, tradition, and deep customer relationships.