Across the OSVerse
A taste of what's been cooking at OSV recently
📚 Infinite Books
1. Say Hello to Infinite Books
We’ve launched Infinite Books, our new publishing venture completely reimagining the relationship between publishers, authors, and readers. We're thrilled to welcome bestselling author (and Infinite Loops regular) Jimmy Soni as our CEO and Editor in Chief.
More here. Got a manuscript? Reach out to us!
2. Two Thoughts: A Timeless Collection of Infinite Wisdom
Our debut book is available for purchase!
Two Thoughts brings you 500 insights from 250 of the world's most influential minds. Open to any page and find a companion for your thoughts, a catalyst for your aspirations, or simply a moment of clarity in your day.
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Spotify | Our website (affiliate links)
Bonus offer: Leave an Amazon review and get the digital bundle (PDF+EPUB+MP3+M4B) for FREE! Details here.
🎙️ Infinite Media
3. Two Thoughts Podcast
You can now listen to Two Thoughts as a daily podcast! Get a double dose of wisdom delivered to your podcast feed, complete with bonus thinker introductions and short quote analyses.
(P.S. Want to build something similar? The code is open-source and available here.)
4. Cato the Younger
Our partner, Alex Petkas at Cost of Glory, dropped an epic three-part series on Cato the Younger — aka “George Washington’s favorite Roman.” Packed full of fascinating anecdotes, some of which remain startlingly relevant.
Audio and takeaways here: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
5. Infinite Loops
A reminder that we post full transcripts, highlights & reading lists for every episode here on Substack. Just visit the ‘Infinite Loops Podcast’ tab, or follow these links to our recent episodes: Alex Danco | Vizi Andrei | Barry Ritholtz | Jason Carman | Anne-Laure Le Cunff | Gabriel Kennedy | Christine Benz | Luke Fehily | Rudy Havenstein | Mark Daniel.
6. Peek Inside Creative Minds
In case you missed them, we published a few journal-like entries on the creative processes of some of our favorite artists: Alfred Hitchcock | David Lynch | Tchaikovsky | Salvador Dalí | David Byrne.
🚀 O’Shaughnesy Fellowships
7. You Still Have Time!
Got a bold, eye-wateringly ambitious idea? The O’Shaughnessy Fellowship is here to back it with $100k. Applications remain open through April 30, 2025.
8. Introducing the Dream Map
Want to see who's joining the OSV community? Check out our Dream Map, a real-time view of everyone who's applied to our Fellowships. Apply now to add your pin!
9. Meet Our First 2025 Fellows
Congratulations to John Kennedy & Mark Nelson — our first two 2025 Fellows!
John is transforming classroom air with affordable, DIY air purifiers, while Mark is working to bring nuclear power back to Germany.
10. 2024 Fellow & Grantee Updates
Filmmaker Jason Carman launched Story Company, an indie film studio in San Francisco, and premiered two feature-length ‘Frontier Films,’ both available online: New Space and Too Cheap to Meter. (Psst… he’s hiring!)
Michelle Wang, who’s inventing a new kind of controllable magnetic material, is joining the DARPA residency program as an Entrepreneur in Residence.
Author, novelist, playwright, poet, top-ten Irish musician, and Infinite Loops guest Julian Gough shared what he calls “the most important thing I’ve ever written” — a mind-blowing thesis on our universe's supermassive black hole origins. If true, this would represent a major scientific paradigm shift. Prepare for 🤯🤯
Podcast host, progress blogger, and high-school dropout Arjun Khemani released Dynamic Societies, the third chapter of his documentary project.
Johnathan Bi launched a new interview series on Philosophy x AI, kicking off with Tyler Cowen exploring how US sanctions help Chinese innovation.
PhD researcher Maria Violaris’ Quantum Foundations podcast released an episode on Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip that got a shoutout from David Deutsch.
John Hopcroft’s Cosmos AI made history at the Oxford Union as the first non-human to win a debate. Partnered with BanterAI, Cosmos was suited up in knight armor (because why not?) and delivered a performance that was both impressive and, well, a little quirky.
Ramji Lal, the ‘Flower Man of India,’ continues spreading joy by planting hundreds of thousands of flowers across India. He has also helped set up around 300 green crematoriums in Punjab and Haryana.
⚒️ Infinite Adventures
11. Portfolio Company Updates
Interintellect founder and friend-of-the-show Anna Gát has launched free weekly mentoring calls for women and immigrants.
Margins, the book tracking and discovery app, skyrocketed from 400 to 75,000 users in its first few weeks of use. It’s the Goodreads killer (or Letterboxd for books) that you’ve been waiting for!
Prophetic’s “Halo” lucid dreaming device was a finalist in the 2025 SXSW Innovation Awards.
Synthesis School is partnering with school districts in Oklahoma to bring their AI tutor to all third-grade students this fall.
🐅 OSV in the Wild
Love hearing Jim on the other side of the mic? He was recently a guest on Barry Ritholtz, Nick Gillespie, Michael Garfield, and Anna Gát’s podcasts.
Our in-house Mr Meeseeks, Vatsal, is building ParetoFeed, a curated daily email of 𝕏 posts from accounts you actually want to follow, filtered to your tastes.
Infinite Books Editor-in-Chief Jimmy Soni’s new book drops this month, written with a remarkable woman named Judy Henderson, who spent 36 years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Jimmy wrote about what he learned from Judy here. Pre-order the book here.
Infinite Books editor, Dylan O’Sullivan, continues to reach Jedi Mastery levels on Twitter.
Our community manager, Camellia Yang, wrote about the ancient Chinese divination text, the I Ching, decoding what it can tell us about our coming era.
If you’re not already subscribed to Infinite Media head honcho Liberty RPF’s Substack, you should be. Curiosity on tap!
If you’re a movie fan, you may want to check out in-house writer Ed William’s Substack, Rough Cuts — here’s his take on the unfortunate merging of TV and cinema.
Ad Astra, Ex Libris 📚🚀
Is the Dream Map meant to encourage or discourage last applicants? 😅
Good work either way 👌
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