Hey - I saw your poll on twitter about Twitter and free speech . I'm not sure if this is what's your mind , but my collaborator Sam Bankman - Fried ( https://www.forbes.com/profile/sam bankman - fried / ? sh - 5b254fbf4449 ) has for a while been potentially interested in purchasing it and then making it better for the world . If you want to talk with him about a possible joint effort in that direction , his number is and he's on Signal .

Does he have huge amounts of money ?

Depends on how you define " huge " ! He's worth $ 24B , and his early employees ( with shared values ) bump that to $ 30B . I asked about how much he could in principle contribute and he said : " ~ $ 1-3b would be easy ~ $ 3-8b I could do ~ $ 8-15b is maybe possible but would require financing "

If you were interested to discuss the idea I asked and he said he'd be down to meet you in Austin

He's based in the Bahamas normally . And I might visit Austin next week , if you'd be around ?

That's a start

Would you like me to intro you two via text ?

Would you like me to intro you two via text ?

You vouch for him ?

Very much so ! Very dedicated to making the long - term future of humanity go well

Ok then sure

Great ! Will use Signal

( Signal doesn't work ; used imessage instead )

Ok

And in case you want to get a feel for Sam , here's the Apr 1st tweet from his foundation , the Future Fund , which I'm advising on - I thought you might like it :

https://twitter.com/ftxfuturefund/status/1509924452422717440?s=20&t=0qjM58KUj49xSGa Oqae970

And here's the actual ( more informative ) launch tweet - moving $ 100M- $ 1B this year to improve the future of humanity :

https://twitter.com/ftxfuturefund/status/1498350483206860801