The kid who put Minecraft inside Twitter has more aura than a $50M Sequoia round
jaivinwylde · x · 2026-10-08
@shwedotai: "You can raise $50M from Sequoia or a16z and still never have as much aura as the kid who put Minecraft inside Twitter." A widely shared sentiment in the AI/dev scene: a hardcore fun side project can outshine a big VC round.
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