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Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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#33
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27,331
Benchmarker Score
71
Posts
21,955
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1,792
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309
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25
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Total Engagement
334
Engagement Rate
3.6
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312,100 followers

Data last refreshed: February 16, 2026

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Recent Posts

20 posts

Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz have almost never spoken publicly about how 3G Capital invests and operates. The firm is different in many fascinating ways. Every fund they raise is designed to m...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Investment Thesis Fund Management M&A Operational Excellence Hiring & Talent Feb 10, 2026 View on X
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You could replace “code” with all other computer work in this—code today, excel, docs, PPT, and everything else soon. “So as a senior, you could abstain. But then your junior colleagues will even...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Automation Industry Trends Feb 08, 2026 View on X
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I loved this post from Steve about Golden Ages at companies (Anthropic in this case) Steve writes: “During Golden Ages, there is more work than people. And when they crash, it is because there are...

Market Analysis & Trends Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models SaaS Pivoting Feb 07, 2026 View on X
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Props where due, Will is writing the most interesting stuff right now

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook N/A Feb 06, 2026 View on X
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A dream interview for me: David Attenborough. If anyone knows him, let me know!

Events & Speaking Engagements Media & Entertainment Feb 06, 2026 View on X
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What will be the most likely modern analogs ? https://t.co/VeBb6KGL3o

Market Analysis & Trends N/A Feb 05, 2026 View on X
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What’s fascinating is Kurzweil was actually too pessimistic on FLOPS (we are way beyond his 2025 prediction), but wrong about the implications of that much compute (not uploading brains) https://t....

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure Semiconductors Feb 05, 2026 View on X
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Oh https://t.co/68s2nP1vBs

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Still interesting

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Hard to compete with the people having the most fun

Personal Journey & Reflections Company Culture Competitive Advantage Feb 04, 2026 View on X
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Ben on why AI broke the old laws of company building: "If you'd ever built a software company, you knew you could not just throw money at the problem. If somebody built a great product and it took...

Market Analysis & Trends Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure Valuations Competitive Advantage Industry Trends Feb 03, 2026 View on X
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Ben on why bad policy is the biggest threat to America's future: "Venezuela was the fourth richest country in the world and then Communism, and that's that. If you look at how little comes out of ...

Political & Regulatory Commentary Regulation & Policy AI Regulation Semiconductors Artificial Intelligence Feb 03, 2026 View on X
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This conversation with @bhorowitz gets into sides of his story you don't often hear. The people who shaped Ben tell you a lot about how he sees the world. His father grew up communist and later ...

Events & Speaking Engagements Artificial Intelligence Leadership Company Culture Fund Management National Security Feb 03, 2026 View on X
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This profile was long in the making 3G is so different, in fascinating ways Dan and Alex are extremely talented and intense The section on Jorge Paulo Lemann is a profile within the profile ...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Investment Thesis Retail Feb 02, 2026 View on X
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Gokul's best career advice: stay long enough to have an impact. "I've been seeing people who stay at a job for 12 to 18 months and then they move to the next job and then the next job. That is ...

Founder & Startup Advice Hiring & Talent Jan 30, 2026 View on X
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Gokul explains the only three ways ads businesses make money, and why ChatGPT may be more valuable than Google and Facebook: "One, you need to own a very coveted group of users and you need to hav...

Market Analysis & Trends Advertising Generative AI Industry Trends Jan 30, 2026 View on X
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We’ve infiltrated Ubers now @colossusmag https://t.co/u67aTsnZTS

Memes & Shitposting N/A Jan 29, 2026 View on X
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The three ways AI, particularly long-horizon agents, are changing the role of PMs: "First, product development is changing because the models and the capabilities are growing so fast that if you t...

Founder & Startup Advice Artificial Intelligence AI Agents Product Development Agile & Lean Jan 29, 2026 View on X
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"The one thing that's going to be truly future proof is judgment. What is the biggest challenge when you have a thousand AI engineers writing code? AI slop. In an era when you can do everything, ...

Founder & Startup Advice Artificial Intelligence Product Development Operational Excellence Jan 29, 2026 View on X
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Gokul explains why outcome-based software companies like Zendesk are more exposed to AI than systems of record like NetSuite, and why public markets are not distinguishing between the two. He argu...

Market Analysis & Trends AI Agents SaaS Enterprise Software Pricing Strategy Public Markets Jan 29, 2026 View on X
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Rank History

16 Feb 2026
#37
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#42
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Content Categories

N/A 13
Market Analysis & Trends 9
Events & Speaking Engagements 9
Thought Leadership & Future Outlook 7
Team & Firm Culture 6

Topics & Themes

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Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 375 in Venture Capital

Posts
43
Patrick: 98 ↑
Likes
20,660
Patrick: 24,918 ↑
Comments
1,510
Patrick: 1,953 ↑
Avg Likes
303.6
Patrick: 254.3 ↓
Avg Comments
21.7
Patrick: 19.9 ↓
Benchmarker Score
25,190
Patrick: 30,777 ↑
Posts/Week
2.9
Patrick: 3.6 ↑
Avg Post Length
405 chars
Patrick: 536 ↑
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