In the age of AI, human ingenuity becomes even more valuable. The likes of @elonmusk @spacex, @nvidia, @anthropic, @OpenAI were founded in the U.S. for a reason. Over the years, I've met thousands of talented founders, engineers, and technologists, and many left everything familiar for the chance to build something new. So we sat down to hear their stories. First Landing 👇

God bless America 🇺🇸 the land of opportunity where the impossible happens all the time because of its people it's hard to beat being in the right place alongside the right people at the right time. I'm grateful every day to see the best in people together @lighthousehq_ and bet on those bringing the future forward faster

America is rich with opportunity. Its founding insistence on self-rule, individual liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is why our nation has grown in economic, military, and cultural might from its founding moment 250 years ago. America’s manifest destiny is to grow and evolve. The nation that Lincoln fought to unite does not resemble the one we find today. The America of tomorrow will build upon this trajectory of expansion, hope, and independence. Despite our flag being the most common on the planet, we will add more stars to it. We will include more cultures and people under our tent. We will have more arguments and viewpoints and perspectives to integrate into some coherent, muscular whole. What unites Americans is the optimism and spirit of progress, the restlessness that comes from knowing we can always be better and do more. That growth takes energy, commitment, and triumphs big and small. Americans are winners because they’re competitors. They’re hardworking. They see the divine grace in a productive week, the charity that stems from generating good fortune rather than hoping for it. People come to this country TO WORK and to make their lives and communities richer for it. Our futures are built on nights and weekends—a feature, not a bug. The American project is one that will continue to unfurl and evolve well beyond our shores and into the heavens. Not because we wrote laws to bind our actions but because we wrote laws to unleash our creative forces. Honor today’s creators as we honor our founding fathers. Honor the service men and women who sacrifice to protect our way of life. Honor the system that protects our right to voice our individual truths, that they might serve this great republic and point us to its higher forms. Honor the simple reality that our nation is as deeply flawed as its citizenry and just as deeply capable to improve. America’s tale is eternally incomplete. What unites us is the chance to write the next chapter. May we earn another 250 years of the greatest story yet untold. God bless this country and our journey ahead. 🇺🇸

Proud for our team to contribute to this great story. @swyx didn't just make the leap, he drew the map for everyone making it after him. First Landing 01 👇

His full story 👉 lighthousehq.com/customers/s…

In 2023, @swyx wrote an essay naming a job that didn't formally exist yet: the AI Engineer. And now it's one of the fastest-growing roles in tech. He came from Singapore, walked away from finance to teach himself to code, and spent a decade building in public. His @aiDotEngineer has thousands of attendees. Ep 1 of First Landing w @swyx.

When Anthropic was directed to cut foreign nationals off from its top models (Fable Mythos), frontier researchers started asking: how do I make my position here permanent? The good news: For many researchers, the EB-1A green card is well within reach. The last thing we want is for top researchers to leave the US when there is a permanent path available. So we turned what we've learned from thousands of applications into a free resource: The Researcher's Guide to the EB-1A. Share this guide with anyone in your network thinking about a green card. We want them to stay in the US 🇺🇸 And if you want a free personalized assessment, get in touch. Link in comments.

@minney_cat & @lighthousehq_ this is amazing! You were so so helpful with me and my visa application (you truly went above and beyond) & I continue to recommend you to others!

Proud of the team. We started Lighthouse to help builders make the leap. These films are about what they do after they land.

We started @lighthousehq_ because we believed the world’s most exceptional builders deserve a faster, smarter, more human path to building in the U.S. We’ve supported thousands of builders from over 80 countries, all of whom gave up the familiar to build the frontier. To the extraordinary @swyx, @0interestrates, @atroyn, @sarakemppainen and more, we’re grateful to share your stories. Check it out and more coming soon. lighthousehq.com/first-landi…

I spoke with the technologists who made the leap. Almost every one of them came chasing something personal: a question they needed to answer, a problem they couldn’t stop thinking about, a version of themselves they could only become by trying. The building was how they became the best versions of who they wanted to be.

Incredible human @markiewagner who is also building an exceptional team!

Just pulling out this stat to highlight: “24% of US unicorns have a founder who first came to America as an international student.” People come to America because it’s the best place to build together. Let’s keep it that way.

O1 Visa Update: Officially an Alien with Extraordinary Ability. Happy to share that I recently got my O1 Visa and just landed back in San Francisco this week. Alhamdulillah. I can’t express how much I cherish and love this country and owe it everything I have today. May God bless this country. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Thanks to my entire team at @catalyxspace for making all this possible and @lighthousehq_ for being an incredible partner in getting it done.

LET'S GO. @WilliamBryk is one exceptional human with an outlier team. Love to see this and congrats!

Amazing opportunity to contribute to research at the edges of agent capability and work with the awesome @MatternJustus and team!

Insane opportunity to have impact at @sfcompute and their customers

tenacity that is a joy to celebrate. @daniel_dhawan can't wait to see you grow Rork and we're so proud to support you @lighthousehq_

Some of the most exciting frontier work happening right now is at companies who are building the future of science. Can't wait to see what comes next