@techris

Founder & CEO of @Softeq, Founding GP & VC @Softeq Ventures, lifelong entrepreneur, startup mentor, family man, geek, and host of the Forging the Future podcast

Houston, TX
Joined February 2009
New episode is out. Are robots coming for your job? The answer may surprise you.
Path Robotics CEO Andy Lonsberry on Forging the Future with @techris. Hear why physical AI is filling a skilled-labor gap traditional automation never could and how skeptical floor workers became the biggest advocates for MORE robots. #PhysicalAIMonth2026 hubs.la/Q04y30F-0
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Excited to be speaking on a panel at the Things Conference today in Amsterdam, on “Real World Edge AI”. Thanks to Pete Bernard and the EDGE AI FOUNDATION for the invite!
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If you’re around and want to attend the two day conference, here’s an invite worth 100 Euros. thethingsconference.com/part…
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All-In Summit: Bill Gurley (0:00) Bill Gurley takes the stage at the All-In Summit (1:29) Bill's Presentation: Searching for Feynman Links to additional resources mentioned in talk and used in research: p3.institute/searching_for_f… @bgurley
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I just registered for #CES2027 (it may even be my 27th time to go...time flies). I hope to see you there! invt.io/1txbp2zs4vk
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This was a fun conversation with Dan.
Our Founder & CEO, @techris sits down with Daniel Cummins of @Dell Technologies to explore what it takes to deploy physical AI at scale and keep pace with an industry where decades of innovation could unfold in a single year. Watch it here 👉 hubs.la/Q04vM46l0
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Today is National Dog Day, but next month is Physical AI month! Who let the (robo)dogs out? Who? Who?? @Softeq of course! 🤖
Next month we're going deep on Physical AI. What it is, how to build with it, and what it looks like in the real world.  A lot coming. Stay tuned! Get a sneak peek at hubs.la/Q04vrZyx0
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Go Tesla! Go Texas! This is awesome news.
Terafab will be built in Grimes County, Texas In April, we broke ground on our research fab on the North Campus of Giga Texas – the precursor to Terafab. Both Tesla & SpaceX will need far more chips than current & future global production can supply. This is why we're building the largest chip manufacturing facility ever, with the goal of producing over 1 terawatt of compute per year The future is built in Texas spacex.com/updates#terafab
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Every American needs to listen to this entire speech. Not just clips. It is phenomenal. Thank you @SecRubio for recognizing the severity of the problem and most importantly, working to combat it.
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I used to say this every school day. Something we should have continued, IMHO. So on this 250th, I’ll say it again. Happy Birthday to the greatest nation on the planet! I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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The jobs data coming out continues to suggest the opposite of what a lot of people had thought would happen. Just take engineering, as the prime example of the area with greatest AI impact (and perceived risk). Most companies now have far more software projects than ever before because of AI, and effectively only engineers are going to be the ones doing that work. You can get by for a while by being non-technical building software, but eventually someone has to understand what the thing is that got built, has to maintain it, has to fix security issues that come up, upgrade the systems beneath it, and so on. That’s all jobs. Now apply that to a number of other job functions. AI is going to cause companies to hire more in sales because agents can let them process more leads and do more customer research. AI will cause an explosion of new marketing roles because of how much more efficient it is to launch campaigns and target. The list goes on. AI is going to have the opposite effect that lots of people thought on jobs.
What if AI is actually creating more jobs than it is replacing? The latest JOLTs data showed that US job openings surged by a massive 731,000 jobs in April. Markets were expecting no change, resulting in the largest beat in JOLTs history. As a result, available employment hit 7.6 million for the month, the highest since May 2024. And, job openings in the professional and business services sector surged by a massive 668,000. The labor market's bull case from AI is underpriced.
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I'll be at @SensorsConverge next week. Oddly the first time I've been at this show. Anyone else going to be there? And always great to be in Silicon Valley, I'm happy to meet for coffee, lunch or dinner. Let's connect! @Softeq #ontheroad
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How to get your prompts right!
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Looking forward to this session with the one and only Thorsten!
Every engineering leader is being asked the same question: “Can we move faster with AI?” The better question is how to do it without sacrificing architecture discipline or security. Join Chris and Thorsten to find out! hubs.la/Q045DKJS0
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Wow that went by fast! I could swear we were just celebrating our 25th and here we are well on our way to 30. It’s been a wild ride to go from storing code in holes punched in paper to AI helping you write complex code. Every year we are accelerating what’s possible. Thankful to be living and working in the future.
Twenty-nine years of building what’s next. 🎉 Since 1997, we've helped companies turn complex ideas into embedded, AI-driven, and connected products that ship and scale. Grateful to our Teqies, clients, and partners worldwide. 🌐
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So happy that @united has been switching planes to @Starlink. The WiFi on United flights has sucked so bad for way too long. Now it just works. Finally!! Thank you @elonmusk and thank you both…you’ve made my magic chair in the sky so much better.
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Good read. I’ve always been a huge proponent of constant learning and that won’t change in the AI era. It will just accelerate and your potential will compound if you choose to lean in and embrace it as the high agency individual you are. In the tech world, that’s been a constant need as the technology has always changed fast. With AI the pace has only picked up speed.
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Interesting thread on how the creator of Claude Code and the Claude team use Claude internally.
I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. I wanted to quickly share a few tips for using Claude Code, sourced directly from the Claude Code team. The way the team uses Claude is different than how I use it. Remember: there is no one right way to use Claude Code -- everyones' setup is different. You should experiment to see what works for you!
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It was an honor to be one of the first guests on the We Are UH podcast celebrating UH’s upcoming Centennial. My interview starts about 30min in. youtu.be/77SnZgqy8Ow?feature… The University of Houston has had a fundamental impact on my career. I graduated High School in Florida in the top 2% of my class out of 900 students. But my family didn’t have the ability to send me to college. My Aunt lived in Houston and she suggested I apply to UH and stay with her and her family. And lo and behold UH took a chance on me by giving me a full ride Honors Scholarship in Electrical Engineering. I moved to Houston in 1981. 🏀 It was the days of Phi Slamma Jamma but I digress. Two years later I got married and couldn’t attend full time, but UH had something called the Co-Op program. I could work while going to college and gain experience. First I worked for the Light Company (now Centerpoint) and then for IBM down at NASA during the Space Shuttle days. It was the beginning of the IBM PC era and was fantastic experience. I was at IBM for 2.5 years learning everything about the PC and teaching myself programming languages from Basic to ADA to C to Assembly, while attending UH at night. From that foundation I kicked off my entrepreneurial journey, and none of it would have happened without the opportunities that UH gave me. Now it’s so exciting to see UH lean into entrepreneurship with Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, TechBridge, and more. Bauer Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at UH recently ranked No. 1 for the Seventh Consecutive Year. Thank you UH. Go Coogs!
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Scott Adams Celebration of Life 01/25/26 nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1zqJVdPLY…
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