except for, for the most part, the internet is still infrastructure :)

I’ve been lucky to work with @openai since 2021, but this was the first time sitting down with the people actually building GPT-5 and ChatGPT Agent. @christinahkim and @isafulf shared such a clear view into how these models are made and what the team prioritizes as they build toward the future. This one was especially meaningful for me - h/t to my co-host @eriktorenberg. Here are some of my notes from the episode.

Is it just me or there are not enough hours in the day to watch all the video launches, video interviews, video demos, even at 2x speed?

Today I’m debuting Parable. Successful companies make the impossible, inevitable. Their stories live long enough to become parables that inspire generations.

“If you’re not one step ahead, you’re already behind.” I sat down with @FAL co-founders @burkaygur + @isidentical to talk infra as a moat, AI video’s ChatGPT moment, and what’s powering the next wave of generative media. Some key takeaways from the episode (link in comment):

Today is a great day for the creatives. 🎨 Congrats @figma @FAL

Seriously... Thank you @liangsays, @humford & @eriktorenberg and team. It is incredible seeing you guys ship.

Media house in order with the one and only 👇🏻

I don’t usually get emotional about milestones, but today feels special. We've just raised our $125M Series C - our third funding round in the past 12 months. In this short time, we've grown from serving just a few hundred customers to empowering millions of developers. We've gone from barely making revenue to surpassing a $90M annualized run rate, all thanks to a core team of dedicated individuals This success didn’t come by luck; it was built on relentless effort, countless hours of hard work, and a brilliant team that's committed to excellence every single day. I'm incredibly proud of every member of this team, and I can't thank them enough for making this journey possible. There is no way I could have guessed we would have come this far this fast when @burkaygur called me and said he is starting a company about ML infrastructure. It was the best decision in my life to join him and @gorkemyurt and be part of this amazing team from the start. We are still early in our journey, and if you’d like to come and be part of this amazing company & apply below

Today, we're thrilled to announce our $125M Series C funding round at a $1.5B valuation, led by Meritech Capital, marking our third successful raise in just 12 months! fal’s Generative Media Cloud now powers tens of thousands of applications, supporting over two million developers and more than 300 enterprise customers. From initial prototypes to fully scaled production, we've become the essential infrastructure enabling some of the most innovative and creative work in the industry. Over the past year alone, we've experienced extraordinary growth—averaging 40% month-over-month, consistently exceeding our own ambitious projections. Each month, hundreds of thousands of new developers and thousands of fresh applications join our platform, unlocking entirely new use cases previously thought impossible. With this latest round of funding, we're significantly scaling our engineering, support, sales, and marketing teams to keep pace with the accelerating demand and enthusiasm from our community. Our vision has always been clear: build a generative media platform that effortlessly creates dynamic, real-time content across video, audio, image, and 3D. Thanks to our incredible team, dedicated partners, and visionary customers, that's precisely what fal delivers today—empowering creativity at unprecedented scale.