Hacker News: ahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ahrwhitfordHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:49:08 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by ahrwhitford in "The Actually Open AI Hackathon"]]>From September 6th, Hansa is hosting the Actually Open AI Hackathon.

This is a chance for ambitious hackers to build impactful autonomous agents, dApps and protocols on-chain.

We are offering up to $17,500 in prizes and bounties from partners including Arweave, Stability AI and FirstBatch among others.

Submissions will be judged by leading VCs from the likes of Faction VC (Lightspeed Crypto), Hansa, CMT Digital and NGC Ventures among others.

If you are interested in learning more, click the link above or reach out to me directly @ahrwhitford on Twitter or Telegram.

]]>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:22:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217024ahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217024https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217024<![CDATA[The Actually Open AI Hackathon]]>Article URL: https://actuallyopenai.dev/

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]]>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:22:48 +0000https://actuallyopenai.dev/ahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217023https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37217023<![CDATA[How do we make better ticketing platforms for fans and performers?]]>Article URL: https://r4s.beehiiv.com/p/startup-idea-ticketing-platform-works-fans

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]]>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:52:00 +0000https://r4s.beehiiv.com/p/startup-idea-ticketing-platform-works-fansahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36705468https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36705468<![CDATA[New comment by ahrwhitford in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"]]>I write 'Requests for Startups' on Beehiiv.

https://r4s.beehiiv.com/

Trying to break down big opportunities in big markets. Going to be doing some pieces in coming weeks on commercialising research and forgotten ideas from history that could still be viable startups today.

Some prev pieces on:

- Generative New Knowledge Creation (https://r4s.beehiiv.com/p/idea-factories)

- Infrastructure for building a one-person company (https://r4s.beehiiv.com/p/startup-opportunities-building-one...)

- Personal teaching assistants for every child on earth (https://r4s.beehiiv.com/p/cracking-edtechs-holy-grail-tutor-...)

]]>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:52:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36628144ahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36628144https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36628144<![CDATA[New comment by ahrwhitford in "[dead]"]]>Outlining education today, how it needs to change and the specifications of what may be required in a world where every child has a personal digital learning assistant

]]>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:57:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36580804ahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36580804https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36580804<![CDATA[New comment by ahrwhitford in "The Biggest Startup Opportunities in Autonomous Finance"]]>A breakdown of the opportunities arising from inefficient markets in a hyper-efficient world.

]]>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:41:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489286ahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489286https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489286<![CDATA[The Biggest Startup Opportunities in Autonomous Finance]]>Article URL: https://ordinaryshares.substack.com/p/startup-opportunities-autonomous

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]]>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:41:37 +0000https://ordinaryshares.substack.com/p/startup-opportunities-autonomousahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489285https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36489285<![CDATA[The Great Promotion: AI Agents and Managerial Revolution]]>Article URL: https://ordinaryshares.substack.com/p/the-great-promotion

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]]>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:39:24 +0000https://ordinaryshares.substack.com/p/the-great-promotionahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36414457https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36414457<![CDATA[Idea Factories: How can we create new and better knowledge]]>Article URL: https://ordinaryshares.substack.com/p/idea-factories

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]]>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 04:11:00 +0000https://ordinaryshares.substack.com/p/idea-factoriesahrwhitfordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36253026https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36253026