About
Ian McInnis studied mathematics at Princeton and worked as an investor and systems builder focused on large language models at Bridgewater Associates. He has background in classical acting and has published research work.
I.M.J. McInnis @imjmcinnis
Wholly agreed on this. The near-total demise of base models has been a catastrophe for cyber-art. though it seems that some folks can get decent work out of "intentional" / "in-persona" Claude as well. some fella had it do a heroic-meter epic poem. wasn't bad https://t.co/X4cajJMt1n
Aug 3, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
I.M.J. McInnis @imjmcinnis
The TL;DR here is that AIs could say more and say it faster. And more facts were more persuasive. When you controlled for fact-throughput, there was no advantage. This surprises me a little bit! If you asked me to predict the results of a paper on whether more facts meant more https://t.co/JIjGSmC9ge
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
I.M.J. McInnis @imjmcinnis
when should a fella start worrying about aging
Aug 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Founder at WithAIYC X26
Intro paths
Ian went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran WithAI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Ian can intro founders to WithAI's investors below.
WithAI's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at WithAI
