Rodney Gainous Jr
Los Angeles, California, United States
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I'm Rodney, founder and CEO of Safe. We're working to level the security playing field…
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How I made $200,000 when I was 16 years old through coding
How I made $200,000 when I was 16 years old through coding
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I listened to 6 audiobooks in March. Here’s what I learned.
I listened to 6 audiobooks in March. Here’s what I learned.
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What an incredible story, I'm incredibly proud of myself. I grew up w/ a single mom fighting cancer most of my childhood, was left to fend for…
What an incredible story, I'm incredibly proud of myself. I grew up w/ a single mom fighting cancer most of my childhood, was left to fend for…
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🤫 We're joining a stealth startup building the next generational social platform! Backed by OpenAI alongside a collection of legendary investors…
🤫 We're joining a stealth startup building the next generational social platform! Backed by OpenAI alongside a collection of legendary investors…
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Excited to announce we will be opening up our expansive LA roof top deck one Sunday afternoon (12-4PM) of every month this summer for AI pre-seed…
Excited to announce we will be opening up our expansive LA roof top deck one Sunday afternoon (12-4PM) of every month this summer for AI pre-seed…
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Experience
Education
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Wayne State University
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Activities and Societies: Black Student Union Student African American Brotherhood
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Mentor
100 Black Men of America
- Present 11 years 3 months
Education
Spoke to high school students near Wayne State ranging from freshmen to senior year about transitioning into college, gave advice on what challenges that they may have, and answered questions about the overall experience.
Projects
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Identi
Identi gives you a deeper understanding of people’s personality from social media by using IBM Watson. Get the five primary categories of personality and values characteristics from anyone online.
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Runn
An On Demand Delivery company that gives college students the ability to shop from local merchants or restaurants within a 5 mile radius of their college campus and have it delivered.
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Follow - Twitter Unfollow Tool
Follow is an application I developed when I was a senior in high school as a side project for learning Android. Over the course of 2 years it has became a very popular application, with over 150,000+ downloads, 1,100+ reviews and +1's and averaging around 250-300 downloads/day.
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Bamboo Detroit
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Proud to be a seed investor in a company centering the most vulnerable and important in our society. Hafeezah Muhammad thank you for your work and…
Proud to be a seed investor in a company centering the most vulnerable and important in our society. Hafeezah Muhammad thank you for your work and…
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it was really cool being on Hiten Shah's new show podcasts need innovative new formats, and this was a lightning fast 10 minutes with the right…
it was really cool being on Hiten Shah's new show podcasts need innovative new formats, and this was a lightning fast 10 minutes with the right…
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I created a benchmark for detecting bias in LLMs and AI Agents based on the LLMBI algorithm! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g4gkH9X7 As we see AI…
I created a benchmark for detecting bias in LLMs and AI Agents based on the LLMBI algorithm! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g4gkH9X7 As we see AI…
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Earn 5.25% on all business cash, protected by up to $125m in FDIC insurance. Welcome to high interest business banking.
Earn 5.25% on all business cash, protected by up to $125m in FDIC insurance. Welcome to high interest business banking.
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During the holiday break last year, I launched Agenthost to enable people to earn a living using AI chatbots without needing to know how to code…
During the holiday break last year, I launched Agenthost to enable people to earn a living using AI chatbots without needing to know how to code…
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Super proud to watch Ashton Keys and the Athlytic team. Super hyped to see these posts about the SXSW and Midwest House session! Love to watch how…
Super proud to watch Ashton Keys and the Athlytic team. Super hyped to see these posts about the SXSW and Midwest House session! Love to watch how…
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I’m so incredibly proud of my sister Dierdre Patterson. Today she unveils a project that was a year in the making. Hand selected by TILA Studios and…
I’m so incredibly proud of my sister Dierdre Patterson. Today she unveils a project that was a year in the making. Hand selected by TILA Studios and…
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Thank you to Raudline Etienne and the entire Daraja Capital team for your trust and partnership with Serac Ventures.
Thank you to Raudline Etienne and the entire Daraja Capital team for your trust and partnership with Serac Ventures.
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Venture capital deployment remains depressed, sitting about 50% below trend. We’ve hit the trough but remained there rather than recovered to trend.…
Venture capital deployment remains depressed, sitting about 50% below trend. We’ve hit the trough but remained there rather than recovered to trend.…
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