Erik Dunteman (@erikdunteman) / X

Erik Dunteman

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Erik Dunteman

@erikdunteman

Agent systems @modal, previously founded @ButterDev_ (W25, acq) and @BananaDev_. I like running and drinking water (no ice).

Joined June 2017

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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Apr 10
Some exciting news to share: Butter is joining Modal! Infra is having a moment. Agents need new patterns, new primitives. And importantly, scale like we've never seen before. There is no better team in the world to build this than Modal. It's an honor to join.
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@modal
Apr 10
We're excited to announce that @ButterDev_ is joining Modal to help us continue to build the best sandbox infrastructure. Welcome to the team! 💚🧈
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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Jan 2, 2022
Replying to @bchesky
Global membership for nomads. I’d pay y’all a 12 month lease to keep me housed around the world.
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Aug 16, 2024
Current project is building internet-over-laser, also known as free space optics More things ought to be speed of light First milestone was to transmit *any* data across modulated laser. Next milestone is to serve a website.
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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Jul 7, 2021
Doing our YC application now Feels like a HAAAARD flex dropping these growth numbers: 51x MRR 95x API call volume since our last interview in February Probably will be our last application. Not because we expect to get in, but because we won't need them soon.
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Sep 23, 2024
The Moshi speech-to-speech model by @kyutai_labs, hosted on @modal_labs, absolutely cranks! Near instantaneous voice chat AI, thanks to bidirectional streaming. Whole startups could be built on this stack.
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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Jan 21, 2025
Announcing @PigDev_ Windows Desktops for Agents
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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Oct 13, 2022
If I were an ML founder starting today, here's my stack: MVP: - Backend: ML APIs @OpenAI @CohereAI - Frontend: Next.js on @vercel @Zeet_Co @Railway Beyond: - Finding Code: @huggingface - Training: @GoogleColab @roboflow - GPU Dev Envs: @brevdev - Backend: @BananaDev_
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Feb 7, 2021
Fallen into a bad work-life balance recently. Need advice. The problem: 1) I do unfocused work during the day. 2) I feel guilty for lack of output. 3) I stay on my laptop till bedtime, doing guilt work. Anyone fix this in themselves before? What hard rules/habits did you set?
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Jan 2, 2022
Replying to @bchesky
I set my monthly budget and pay that to you on contract. I'm shown long-term friendly stays by default, and the prices I see are discounted beyond the normal monthly discount, due to my year-long commitment. Unused $$ per month rolls into the next month.
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Jul 16, 2021
"Sorry I'm 5 minutes late, last call running over" - me, emailing from toilet
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Feb 16, 2025
Introducing Piglet: a computer-use driver for Windows machines, exposing a high-level API for desktop automation tasks. Run it standalone, or as a self-hosted machine on @Pigdev_
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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Mar 16, 2021
Just closed my preseed round! I made this visual for other founders to see what a process can actually look like.
Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Aug 13, 2024
Ok time to come out of my serverless GPU closet: @modal_labs is the best, and it’s not even close. We had many competitors at Banana, with users notorious for always shopping around. The one exception was Modal. A black hole of user retention in an otherwise commodity market.
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Erik Dunteman
@erikdunteman
Sep 9, 2020
Replying to @braddwyer
You never sleep the same after accidentally leaving an instance on.