Chris Barber
I'm Chris. Via New Zealand, Australia, Stanford, Santa Monica, San Diego and San Francisco.
On Twitter/X I tweet about data, compute, AI, and startups. Often as lists or surveys or roundups or interviews.
Some of my projects
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Additional content by topic
Startups5
If exploring ideas
List of founders who explored in unique ways (with Charlie Songhurst)
AGI Prep14
Getting good at AI
On diffusion
Emotions2
Help others process big emotions
Make decisions you'll feel glad about
Stanford admissions2
Interviews25
Future of AI & AGI prep
"Chris is one of my favorite humans on the planet. Smart, doer and fun. I owe my entire coaching career to him, as he was the very first person to ask me to coach!" – Matt Mochary, coached CEOs at Coinbase, Notion, Reddit
"Chris and the thinkers he recommends have had an enormous positive impact on my life" – Griffin Choe, AI security at Figma
"I have met none like him. I regularly think 'what would Chris Barber do'" – Josh Singer, Founder of Eigen
"I've known Chris for around a decade now and he is a great guy and someone that we are honored to have as an angel investor." – Rafael Cosman, Founder of Protogon Research
About
Entrepreneur/researcher. Co-founded Prismaticco which matches startups with executive coaches. Created the Breakout List.
To all my friends and family who help with my various random projects - thank you!
I sometimes introduce researchers and founders to data providers, for example:
"The intros were helpful, thanks! We talked to most of them and I was impressed by most of them." – John Schulman (cofounder, OpenAI and Thinking Machines), shared with permission
I enjoy giving feedback on fundraising decks, and launch announcements (eg for new benchmarks and new startups). For example:
"your feedback on our announcement tweet/video changed the trajectory of the company" – Greg Gambatto, CEO of Ctrl G
"The feedback you gave on the early deck was some of the most valuable feedback I received, thank you again." – Astrid Wilde, founder of Inheritance AI
My most responsive contact method is Twitter DMs (@chrisbarber).
Email: [email protected]