Michael van Lier

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The math of the modern studio is broken.

You can’t just throw engineers at a problem and hope a product pops out the other side anymore. Not in the age of the agent.

We spent the last forty-eight hours locked in the war room with the team, ripping apart our own thesis. Why? Because if you aren't willing to kill your darlings, the market will do it for you. And it won't be polite about it.

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽.

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲.

The bottleneck isn't the code. It's the conviction. Most founders are staring at a dashboard waiting for the data to tell them what to do. But the data is lagging, and the agents are already moving.

That’s why we’re doubling down on VSI. It’s not about more charts. It’s about shortening the gap between "I think" and "I know."

It’s been a long week. A lot of coffee, a few f*ed up deployments, and a lot of "aha" moments that only happen at 2 AM when the rest of the world is quiet. Julia and Darko are still at it.. absolute animals.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵.

If you’re building something that feels a little bit on fire, we should talk. We’re looking for two more founders for Batch 0 who don't need a map, just a compass.

LFG 🚀

Cheers, your friends at Builders 🖖

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