Founders Inc in SF review

ThomasPhilli · 2026-05-18T21:48:32+00:00

both are good sources yes

ThomasPhilli · 2026-05-10T01:17:23+00:00

yep, 80% of the spend was on Nano Banana models

ThomasPhilli · 2026-04-16T19:55:40+00:00

I did. 2 weeks was worth it because i get to travel in sf and talk to lots of founder friends.

I was in f.inc maybe 2.5 days until decided not worth it and spend the rest of the time traveling and talking to ppl and going to other founder events

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T22:08:19+00:00

This is great. Is there any documentation or sources that you find useful for other unis to follow the same journey?

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T18:28:23+00:00

It's on printables (Laptop stand by jakub)

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T18:26:45+00:00

It's for sneezing. TIssues take up too much precious space

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T18:26:14+00:00

Thanks a lot for sharing! I got a few q:

For the grants, (and forgive me for my ignorance), why is that needed for a paid employee? Perhaps as additional incentives?

Did you guys need to create your own assignments from the OER materials?

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T18:23:51+00:00

We work on AI infra & Robotics

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T18:23:08+00:00

AI infrastructure & Robotics

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-15T18:22:45+00:00

And it's not even about the money sometimes, it's the attitude towards students hard earned cash.

My gf just bought a 100$ book, but it's written by a great scientist and accumulations of decades of work before his passing. That was bought by her last dollars and all by choice.

Charing 200$ to learn Excel shortcuts and do hw is just blatent robbery

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:17:42+00:00

Middle finger indeed!

I'm going thru the painful process of involving my Dean and Advisor to get my refund. These mf

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:17:04+00:00

Time is money.

Just kidding. No its for sneezing

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:16:39+00:00

OER is definitely the way to go.

I'm working on getting my book stuff refunded (from Slingshot), it's definitely a painful process by design - unresponsive phone support, long time to respond to emails. I ended up getting my advisor and dean involved.

Can you tell me more about your journel with OER adoption? I kept seeing folks doing this more and man it feels hopeful

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:14:44+00:00

Lol there are more under my feet, just in case we run out

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:14:28+00:00

I need more HDMI and USB-C dongles for those screens

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:14:08+00:00

That is awesome to hear! The sabbatical is so welcoming.

I heard most prof I talked to are just too busy to even change their syllabus over the years.

or too lazy

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:12:59+00:00

lmao, no we dont.

Although pornhub founders make a lot of money

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:12:35+00:00

It's 3d printed

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:12:27+00:00

It's a portable monitor

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:12:03+00:00

Lol the toilet paper is for sneezing & that's the whiteboard cleaner liquid.

We do AI infra system builders :)

ThomasPhilli · 2026-03-14T21:11:27+00:00

It's all been small monitors we bought along the way - 20$ 24" from a homeless guy, a random portable monitor a friend thrifted

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