Greg Isenberg's SF takeaways: data brokers making $2M/week selling to labs, and why Manus deserves credit
schwentker · x · 2026-10-16
- After 48 hours with founders running $1B–$100B companies in SF, Greg Isenberg reports data brokers making $2M a WEEK selling company data to AI labs — start of something or a bubble?
- His litmus test for AI startups: 'If a new model drops next month, does your company get better or worse?' — half a dinner table went silent.
- He credits Manus with shipping the agent blueprint in March 2025 (each task gets its own cloud computer, visible todo lists); products now must 'sell twice' — first to the agent, then to the human.
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