Joe Galarneau
@galarneau.bsky.social
AI+creative insights as CPTO at Vidmob. Subways in 53 cities. Entrepreneur cheerleader as EIR at ERANYC. Former: Utilityze cofounder/ CEO, CivicScience CPO, Wayfair global martech prod head, Mezzobit founder/CEO (acq by OpenX), Newsweek/DailyBeast COO.
Alums of @ncssm-durham.bsky.social mourning the passing of four-term NC governor Jim Hunt, who was the catalyst in founding the school nearly 50 years ago. I finally met him in NYC awhile back and thanked him for dramatically changing the lives of my classmates and me.
Going to Istanbul at month's end for 1st time (after 60+ countries). But whenever I think of trip, 1st thing that comes to mind is from the Johns of @tmbg.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO...
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)
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Son studying for exams for private & public HS in NYC. Test prep apps are meh, so in 1 night, built app that far exceeds them using LLMs for custom, adaptive questions, personalized coaching on right/wrong, etc. Really pleased with myself until blew thru $100 in tokens in 3 wks.
The Queen of Versailles Broadway opening night: @kristinchenoweth.bsky.social reunited with Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz along with F. Murray Abraham and cast.
Making rounds among brands, agencies, & platforms talking/listening abt future of AI in ad creative generation, where Vidmob already playing leadership role (more soon!). Today's topic: compliance & licensing issues around AI-generated humans in ads. Surprisingly contentious.
Curtain call at Waiting for Godot. Keanu & Alex did two Bill & Ted callbacks that I detected.
Great afternoon at center court at US Open. Not so for Djokovic, but enjoyable game nonetheless.
Do all Andy Weir novels use the word science as a verb?
Train geek complaint: shiny new R211s now being deployed in NYC subway have far fewer seats than any train ever used in system. Seem to do this to allow more rush hour capacity but also means a lot more standing during the 21 other hours per day when trains not full.
$600B+ company reliably growing at 20% YoY across multiple business lines is just insane.
Adweek @adweek.bsky.social · last yr.Amazon’s ad business continued its double-digit growth in the second quarter of 2025, proving that the ecommerce giant’s dominance in retail media is going strong while further expanding into streaming, live sports, gaming, and adtech. bit.ly/4lSkdp9
Took long bike ride to Oyster Bay and stopped off at Youngs Farm in Glen Head for pie. Lots of pie.
When did training start becoming pluralized by adding S? Doesn’t sound natural & is new to English, but consistent with some other gerund that are pluralized (eg trimmings).
“Hyperbrain theory … suggests that individuals with very high levels of cognitive ability have central nervous systems that are unable to properly relax.”
Tamim Ahsan@tamim-ahsan.bsky.social · last yr.Cognitive Abilities and Educational Attainment as Antecedents of Mental Disorders: A Total Population Study of Males #psychiatry #psychopathology #mentalhealth #adolescence #cognition #education 🧪 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Few know that John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Max Roach, Nina Simone, and Billy Taylor were all born in NC. Jazz and Tar Heel State not often strongly associated.
Bankruptcy due to regulatory issues drove Swedish airbag helmet maker Hövding out of business nearly 2 years ago, but they're back. Bought 2 in Europe with 1 saving my brain after I was "kissed" by turning car on CPW in 2019. Still use remaining one often. road.cc/content/tech...
Growing trend among enterprise productivity LLM tools is to hold back pricing until after demo. Feeling pinch of OpenAI/Gemini/Claude bills?
When I work late in office, often bike to UWS home if weather is nice, like tonight. As you roll up 6th Ave across 58th St, northern breeze often rolls out of Central Park, dropping temp by 5-10 degrees. Particularly nice on hot nights but still pleasant on cooler ones like tonight.
Not sure why I hadn’t discovered Chick Chick on UWS until this weekend. Not your typical Korean fried chicken joint. Really solid. www.chickchicknyc.com
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Wes Anderson movies walk a fine line with me: amusing up to a certain point of extreme idiosyncrasy & convolution and then just annoying. Couldn’t get through Asteroid City (despite many long flights & nothing else to do). Not sure where The Phoenician Scheme will land.
Eight years after successfully selling my 1st startup, it's time for Founder Round 2. Pleased to announce launch of @utilityze.bsky.social, which uses AI to power 1st market research liberation SaaS platform, unlocking billions in untapped value from customer insights. More to come soon.
Nerd joke heard today: Way you can tell a chemist from a plumber is ask them to pronounce "unionized."
World of 10-person AI startup hitting $10M+ will become much rarer in coming years as hundreds of companies plow into every vertical & moats are slight. What will happen is SaaS prices will be driven way down & incumbents will churn at extraordinary rate. www.saastr.com/the-problem-...
The Problem with “Small But Mighty” AI Start-Ups | SaaStr
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As dual Duke & NC State grad, know that Houston can giveth & taketh away. I was particularly wary going into yesterday with all of the "experts" saying it would be Duke romp. Kiss of death.
Step 1: Thousands of monkeys Step 2: Type Step 3: Shakespeare! Not yet. monkeys.zip
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Simulate monkeys for Shakespeare!
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116th edition (!) of #DataDrivenNYC Wednesday night with @matt-turck.bsky.social from @firstmark.bsky.social in conversation with CEOs from InfluxData, Sigma, OpenRouter, & Thread AI.
So money can buy happiness? Or money eliminates the basic life impediments to allow happiness to more easily emerge?
Have the Germans yet invented a word to describe SaaS services you signed up for and later forgot about?
