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Social Pulse · Silicon Valley · Wed, Oct 14, 2026

Silicon Valley power and politics lead, as startup culture draws jokes and gripes

@DavidSacks' warning that Silicon Valley is 'on the menu' topped engagement with 25.2K likes. Posts on Musk's influence, founder culture and Yann LeCun's critique of LLMs rounded out the day.

Posts analyzed14
Combined likes100.7K
Combined views5.1M
Median likes3.4K
Verified authors14/14

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Politics and power: Sacks and Raskin on Silicon Valley

@DavidSacks says Silicon Valley, after blindly funding the Left for years, is finally realizing it is dinner time and that the industry is on the menu. His post drew 25.2K likes and 1.8M views. @RepRaskin claims Elon Musk is systematically seizing control over communications, financial systems, data and military infrastructures. He adds that Musk is not a fourth branch of government and wants to be dictator of the world. That post has 11.7K likes and 6.4K replies.

Why it mattersThe two highest-profile political posts frame Silicon Valley as either a target of the right or a power grab led by Musk.

02

Startup culture: Musk Way, fake breakthroughs and jokes

@pmarca relays an overheard line that US startup culture is moving from the Jobs Way to the Musk Way, with founders switching from artistic UI hippies to weightlifter hard executors (11.9K likes, 1.2M views). @jfbrly says Silicon Valley was a documentary about the future (11.0K likes, 670.3K views). @marclou posts the sarcastic question 'Why don't you focus on one startup?' (3.4K likes). @yacineMTB says 90% of his feed is American start up slop and calls the breakthroughs fake.

Why it mattersFounder identity and startup hype drew both humor and complaints, with high view counts on the lighter posts.

03

LeCun tells academics to skip LLMs

@rohanpaul_ai shares a clip of Yann LeCun speaking at ETH Zürich. In it, LeCun says people in academia should absolutely not work on LLMs because there is nothing they can bring to the table. He points instead to grounded, physical AI for the real world and says generative models are not the path either. He adds that this view does not make him very popular in Silicon Valley. The post has 1.7K likes and 235.9K views.

Why it mattersA prominent AI researcher publicly challenges the LLM focus of the Valley, and the clip drew 235.9K views.

Engagement

Most-liked postsLikes per post · top 10
likes per post: @DavidSacks 25,175, @WallStreetApes 12,499, @RepRaskin 11,695, @pmarca 11,933, @ChadimirPoutine 9,133, @jfbrly 10,963, @HJB_News__ 2,892, @OlgaNYC1211 2,827, @Milajoy 2,603, @marclou 3,376@DavidSacks25,175@WallStreetApes12,499@RepRaskin11,695@pmarca11,933@ChadimirPoutine9,133@jfbrly10,963@HJB_News__2,892@OlgaNYC12112,827@Milajoy2,603@marclou3,376
When the top posts went outPosts per 3-hour block (UTC)
posts by UTC hour block: 00h 0, 03h 2, 06h 1, 09h 0, 12h 2, 15h 3, 18h 4, 21h 202400h03h · Posts: 203h06h · Posts: 106h09h12h · Posts: 212h15h · Posts: 315h18h · Posts: 418h21h · Posts: 221h

Key takeaways

  • @DavidSacks' post on Silicon Valley and the Left was the most liked of the day, with 25.2K likes and 1.8M views.
  • Elon Musk appears in two threads: @RepRaskin's warning about control of infrastructure and @pmarca's overheard line about the Musk Way.
  • @rohanpaul_ai's LeCun clip, with 235.9K views, puts a research-community challenge to LLM focus into the conversation.

FAQ

What was the most engaged Silicon Valley post?

@DavidSacks' post saying Silicon Valley is finally realizing what time it is, and that it is on the menu, led with 25.2K likes, 2.3K reposts, 1.3K replies and 1.8M views.

What did @pmarca post about startup culture?

@pmarca shared an overheard line that US startup culture is shifting from the Jobs Way to the Musk Way, with founders going from artistic UI hippies to weightlifter hard executors. It drew 11.9K likes and 1.2M views.

What did Yann LeCun say about LLMs?

In a clip shared by @rohanpaul_ai, LeCun says academics should not work on LLMs, and that anyone wanting physical AI should avoid generative models too. He says this makes him unpopular in Silicon Valley.

All top posts

David Sacks ✓ @DavidSacks

After blindly funding the Left for years, Silicon Valley is finally realizing what time it is. Dinner time. And they’re on the menu.

♥ 25.2K↺ 2.3K💬 1.3K👁 1.8M analysis →on X ↗
Wall Street Apes ✓ @WallStreetApes

THERE IT IS 🚨 Abdul El-Sayed is a globalist plant. Abdul El-Sayed’s education was PAID FOR BY GEORGE SOROS and now his campaign is also getting funded by George Soros Again, George Soros has been funding Abdul El-Sayed FOR OVER A DECADE, paying for his schooling and college “Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He's campaigned against billionaire influence in politics, but now we're learning a George Soros family fellowship helped fund his own education, and more than a decade later, that same family connection is helping him raise campaign funds today” “The nephew of George Soros, Jeffrey Soros, hosted a fundraiser Monday night at his California estate where he said the connection to El-Sayed goes back more than a decade. El-Sayed won the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans back in 2012” “Now, more than a decade later, Soros is helping El-Sayed raise money for his Senate campaign” I’ve been blowing the whistle on this, I’ve made several posts that Abdul El-Sayed was funded by George Soros and now the mainstream media is finally reporting it Abdul El-Sayed is also taking money from a George Soros funded Super PAC as well for his campaign Abdul El-Sayed is a globalist plant

♥ 12.5K↺ 7.6K💬 451👁 99.3K analysis →on X ↗
Rep. Jamie Raskin ✓ @RepRaskin

Elon Musk is systematically seizing control over our nation’s communications, financial systems and data and military infrastructures. Musk isn’t a fourth branch of government, just another Silicon Valley who wants to be dictator of the world. https://t.co/bgswxSPUum

♥ 11.7K↺ 4.0K💬 6.4K👁 415.6K analysis →on X ↗
Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 ✓ @pmarca

Overheard in Silicon Valley: "The transition from the Jobs Way to the Musk Way in US startup culture is fascinating to watch. The founders are switching from artistic UI hippies to weightlifter hard executors."

♥ 11.9K↺ 922💬 584👁 1.2M analysis →on X ↗
Chadimir Poutine 👨 🐻 🐷 ✓ @ChadimirPoutine

Something keeps bothering me about the Islamic riots in Europe that are now spreading. For this level of chaos you need USAID kind of money and NGO networks, and since that avenue is now been “shut down”, who the hell is funding this?? https://t.co/jcyvTbQrI8

♥ 9.1K↺ 2.0K💬 3.3K👁 246.1K analysis →on X ↗
Jack Burlinson ✓ @jfbrly

Silicon Valley was a documentary about the future https://t.co/mxi2tZNX80

♥ 11.0K↺ 641💬 60👁 670.3K analysis →on X ↗
HJB News ✓ @HJB_News__

Andy Burnham pledges a new winter funding package for Ukrainians but won't alleviate energy bills for Brits! https://t.co/YIpH7DS9zp

♥ 2.9K↺ 1.1K💬 505👁 69.3K analysis →on X ↗
Olga Lautman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 ✓ @OlgaNYC1211

Can someone give me a logical explanation why the U.S. is funding Russia’s bioweapons facilities?

♥ 2.8K↺ 932💬 90👁 31.0K analysis →on X ↗
Mila Joy ✓ @Milajoy

Trump has RIGHTLY turned on Zelenskyy. After Ukraine kept hitting Russian refineries following the diesel deal, Trump said it plainly: "I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president." @bennyjohnson laid out the timeline: Trump's call for new leadership, then an energy ceasefire, and now Zelenskyy saying he'll hold elections if he gets a 60-day total halt. @JackPosobiec went further: "Cut him off from all intel sharing and funding immediately." My take: Americans have sent billions to Ukraine, and we deserve a partner who works toward peace, not one who undercuts a deal the moment it's signed. Trump is putting America's interests first, and that's exactly what he was elected to do. If Zelenskyy wants our support, he can start by holding the elections he keeps promising. 🇺🇸

♥ 2.6K↺ 641💬 778👁 24.7K on X ↗
Marc Lou ✓ @marclou

“Why don’t you focus on one startup?” https://t.co/t0W2bufwpl

♥ 3.4K↺ 67💬 384👁 226.9K on X ↗
kache ✓ @yacineMTB

90% of my feed is American start up slop, people promoting their fake startup by emulating something real (though entirely fake). "We made this big breakthrough, click here and read all about it". The breakthrough is fake. The startup is fake. The people are fake. So, so annoying

♥ 2.5K↺ 115💬 188👁 67.2K on X ↗
Spitfire ✓ @RealSpitfire

Of course the pedo network is funding Talarico’s campaign. No one should be surprised by this. https://t.co/qK9XSC9kz1

♥ 1.7K↺ 483💬 34👁 12.5K on X ↗
Rohan Paul ✓ @rohanpaul_ai

Yann LeCun's latest talk at ETH Zürich "You should not work on LLM. At least if you're in academia, you should absolutely not work on LLMs. There is nothing you can bring to the table. If you're interested in making real progress in AI, in sort of grounded AI for the real world, if you want physical AI, don't work on LLMs, and don't work on generative models either. So, as you can probably guess, this does not make me very popular in Silicon Valley." ---- From "Perfology Clips" YouTube channel, (link in comment)

♥ 1.7K↺ 213💬 78👁 235.9K on X ↗
Jonah Goldberg ✓ @JonahDispatch

We don't have "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait of Hormuz. If we did, Trump wouldn't feel the need to buy diesel from Putin and further fund the carnage in Ukraine. The blockade is working, but not to the point where insurance, logistics, and staffing costs aren't a huge driver of costs. Also, funding Putin's war machine, particularly in an attempt to cover up your poor planning is grotesque.

♥ 1.6K↺ 316💬 120👁 33.5K on X ↗

How this page is made. AgentFlare queries X for high-engagement Silicon Valley posts (AISA Twitter API, top results), ranks them by likes, reposts, quotes and views, and has a language model group them into conversations using only the post texts. Every conversation shows the posts it is based on.

Sources & citations

  1. @DavidSacks: After blindly funding the Left for years, Silicon Valley is finally realizing wh 2025-12-29 04:01 UTC
  2. @WallStreetApes: THERE IT IS 🚨 Abdul El-Sayed is a globalist plant. Abdul El-Sayed’s education w 2026-10-12 20:36 UTC
  3. @RepRaskin: Elon Musk is systematically seizing control over our nation’s communications, fi 2025-02-05 18:06 UTC
  4. @pmarca: Overheard in Silicon Valley: "The transition from the Jobs Way to the Musk Way i 2024-09-27 15:51 UTC
  5. @ChadimirPoutine: Something keeps bothering me about the Islamic riots in Europe that are now spre 2026-10-09 21:25 UTC
  6. @jfbrly: Silicon Valley was a documentary about the future https://t.co/mxi2tZNX80 2026-10-12 20:44 UTC
  7. @HJB_News__: Andy Burnham pledges a new winter funding package for Ukrainians but won't allev 2026-10-12 16:06 UTC
  8. @OlgaNYC1211: Can someone give me a logical explanation why the U.S. is funding Russia’s biowe 2026-10-08 13:22 UTC