Flex Team Celebrates Successful Funding Round
Congrats to the Flex team on their raise!
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Emerging Fund Manager Launches Succession Planning, Congrats Haley Bryant
Why we started succession planning as an emerging fund manager and congrats @haleymbryant ! https://t.co/TuBWR76gm5
Opinionated Vision Drives Simplicity in Great Products
Good Products are Opinionated. “Every great founder I’ve seen up close, or even from afar, is highly opinionated and they’re almost dictatorial in how they run things. Also, early-stage teams are opinionated. And the products they build are opinionated. Opinionated means they...
Europe's AI Lag: Causes and Paths to Recovery
this is a great piece on why europe has fallen behind on driving ai progress and what we might do to rectify this
Prism Brings Real‑Time ARR, Burn Rate, Churn to ERP
If you told me five years ago that I could see my ARR, Burn Rate, and Churn in an ERP, I would have told you to go back to bed. Sounds like fiction. It's all possible now with Prism. CONGRATS...
150 AI Leaders Ignite Collaboration at State of AI Meetup
This week’s State of AI Report x London AI @airstreet meetup was something special. 150 people building across big tech, AI labs, startups, and academia packed the space with sharp ideas and real momentum. Highlights from the night: • @rosstaylor90 (@GenReasoning) on...
People Chase Tech for Cash, Ignore Its Math
Too many are interested in “tech” (by which they mean money) but they aren’t interested in tech (by which I mean math).
Stealth Mode: Founders Quietly Building the Next Big Thing
Founders building in stealth mode: https://t.co/PBn8AtWJ4s
Unicorn Founders Are Rarer than Pro Athletes
Just to calibrate, tech unicorn founders are much rarer than pro athletes. https://t.co/Fauk5QXhYA
Live Pitch Dissection with Haley Bryant
We are live dissecting a pitch right now with @haleymbryant ! https://t.co/zpbdJFaHfL
AI Plateau Fuels On‑device, Open‑source Surge, Threatens Spend‑dr
If frontier AI models plateau, then on-device inference and open source models could catch all the way up. Great for consumers and developers. Amazing for getting intelligence too cheap to meter, for AI-enabled hardware, and for the garden of intelligent things. But...
Foretell Emerges From Stealth, Backed by Elite
1/ Foretell is out of stealth Backed by Lux, Thrive, Founders Fund, Valor + @patrick_oshag + @GavinSBaker WIRED: "Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?
Long‑term Ownership Beats Quick Exits for Founders
As a first time founder, it can be exhilarating to want to sell a company. As a second time founder, you know that results compound and it only gets better the longer you hold. I will never sell my business...
Hardware Dominates: V1 Ventures Backs Vertical Robotics
Two days ago, we Version One Ventures mentioned that this year we made 9 new investments, of which 8 (!!) have hardware. Proof that we LOVE the world of atoms, robotics, and physical AI. Here’s a quick refresher of our...
Fund Management: 80% Fundraising, Ops, Not Investing
A lot of emerging fund managers think they would like to start a fund because they enjoy investing in startups. But as a fund manager, investing is probably only 20% of the job. The bulk of it is fundraising, portfolio...
28 Days Left to Close This Year's Deal
if you told me in January that 'we should look to do a deal this year,' and we haven't, well, you have 28 days left to consummate
YC Demo Day Feels Like Reunion, Not Transactional Pitchfest
Someone asked me, "Why do you think YC demo day is far better than most tech events?" Me: "It feels more like a reunion, with far fewer aggressive pitches and requests to connect on LinkedIn." FWIW, I respect the hustle, but feel...
Incubating GoAutoLane to Manage Mall Self‑Driving Fleets
Excited to have incubated @goautolane… which is going to orchestrate the dozens of self driving cars as they coming in and out of your local mall and box box retailer’s parking lot!
Invest in the Next Coinbase at YC Demo Day
Highly recommend investing in the next Coinbase at YC Demo Day A+++++ incredible experience
Deep Dive Into Private‑to‑Private M&A Strategies
Fantastic article on private to private M&A from Bob Moore and First Round Capital with a level of detail and insight that you rarely find. https://lnkd.in/e9icT7sS
F25 Demo Day Wraps Up Successfully
F25 Demo Day in the books https://t.co/5FZPjXbLpS
When Demand Outpaces Supply: From PMF to Market Pull
When does Product Market Fit turn into Product Market PULL? We all know how to spot Product Market Fit… there are real customers who are saving time and money by using your product, and they’re even evangelizing to their friends...
Drop Delegation Guilt, Unlock Massive Time
How to overcome the “Cardinal Sins of Delegation” and start saving more time for yourself. On TWiST, we’re joined by Jonathan Swanson of Athena, the startup that wants to pair you with remote assistants who can tackle all the tasks,...
Trust‑Driven Design Turned Thumbtack Into Services Amazon
How Thumbtack became “The $AMZN for Services” The iconic marketplace for home services started life as a simple idea… What if you could make the equivalent of Amazon for your random household tasks, not just products. Of course, there was...
Closing Four Deals This Week, Two More Next Week
Am in the process of closing 4 this week. And probably another 2 next week.
Haley Bryant Named First Non‑Founder Partner at Hustle Fund
Congrats to @haleymbryant for making Partner at Hustle Fund! Haley is one of the best operators and one of the most helpful investors I know. Easy decision to make her the first Partner at Hustle Fund outside of the...
Media Exposure Turns Angel Interest Into Lighthouse Customers
Today I interviewed a $50BN founder for 20VC. In the post interview chat, I mentioned a company we are leading the seed round for. The $50BN founder asked to angel invest and be a lighthouse customer for them. How media...
Backing Space Data Centers Aligns with Bezos, Altman's Vision
My partner @katelin_cruse just backed @Starcloud_Inc_ - a team aiming to build data centers in space. When leaders like @JeffBezos & @sama talk about off-planet infrastructure as inevitable, this is the kind of ambition they’re pointing to. https://t.co/7qQqlBcG8X
Phind Raises $10.4M to Deliver Interactive Mini‑app Answers
Congrats to @phindsearch on their $10.4M round! Walls of text are so 2022. On Phind, every answer is now an interactive mini-app. It’s a step towards their vision of creating a personal internet just for you. https://t.co/JO0vbeF5BO https://t.co/t3R3dsQ4Yp
AI Can Replace Most SDRs and CSMs, Not Engineers
A quick summary of what you can and can’t replace with AI today: - Outbound SDRs: you can replace most SDRs with AI today, possibly 100% … but you still need humans managing it and training it. Every day. IF...
Momentum Is Your Only Edge When Starting Out
In the early days, momentum is your only unfair advantage. You do not have brand, you do not have money, you only have motion.
Founder Advice After Acquisition: Lessons From Acquired.com
Founders to other founders after getting acquired on @acquiredotcom: https://t.co/jNNJMByjik
CoreWeave's 134% Growth Redefines AI Infrastructure Scaling
CoreWeave might be the most interesting company in the public markets right now. They’re growing 134% quarter-over-quarter - an absolutely insane rate - and rewriting the playbook for scaling a multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure business. Tomorrow, my interview with their CFO...
Polymarket Expands to US Backed by Sequoia
Jason @ Sequoia in SF, Polymarket comes to US https://t.co/G3OCHJBvEI
Only Top Firms Thrive Raising Capital Now
I'll take the counter. If you're a strong company, anytime is a great time to raise. I've had companies successfully raise at this time. But, if you're good but not great, deals go to die during this time. I've seen it...
Success Doesn't Require 80-Hour Weeks, Balance Wins
When I was a founder, I got conflicting advice about startup work hours. "You must work 80-hour weeks to succeed!" vs "Work-life balance is possible! But, it's nuanced. After years as a founder and now as an investor, here's what I've...
Investing in Unlimited: Backing a Powerful Team
Stoked to announce our investment in Unlimited. Alex and Tara and team are a force. Watch this space.
Annualizing Prediction Market Revenue Misleads: It's Not Recurring
You can just annualize anything these days, you guys… The latest “ARR” crime I’m seeing is in the prediction markets. When talking about the break neck growth of platforms like @Kalshi and @Polymarket , which let you “bet” on anything,...
Apply Now: 2026 NextGen AI Fellowship for Student Founders
We are in the midst of one of the most exciting moments in history and the next generation of AI founders are just getting started. Today, we're opening applications for Notable Capital ’s 2026 NextGen AI Fellowship, an 8-week summer...
Cheap Frontier Models Challenge Trillion-Dollar Compute Race
While OpenAI signed $1.15 trillion in compute contracts through 2035, DeepSeek trained a frontier model for $6 million. This was 2025’s central question : are we building on bedrock or quicksand? The top 10 posts of 2025 examined some of these...
Founder Shares Bank Selection Insight for Leap Recap
We're grateful for founders like Patrick Fingles who rival us in the amount of energy they bring to a transaction. Special thanks, Patrick, for sharing your firsthand account of selecting a bank to represent you and the executive team at...
Choosing Ethical AI Quests with Trae Stephens
This week on Uncapped I had Trae Stephens , partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Anduril. We talked about choosing good quests in the AI era, ethics in tech, Anduril and the future of warfare, how Founders Fund operates,...
Prioritize Startups Now; Future Cohorts Secure Growth
As long as all newly founded startups prefer your product, don't worry about competitors who can convince larger customers. You'll own all future cohorts of companies, and that's more than enough. Plus in practice you'll eventually convert the old cohorts...
Selling to Startups Beats Investor‑Favored Big‑Company Deals
A startup told me that one of their investors didn't like it that they were selling to newly founded startups, and wanted them to sell to bigger companies, who have more money. If investors tell you this, write them off...
Describe Startups with Verbs, Not Nouns, for Clarity
When describing a startup it's usually better to use verbs rather than nouns. Say what you do rather than what you are. Not because it sounds more dynamic, but simply because it's clearer.
Money only Threatens You when It Buys All Ads
Don't fear competitors who've raised a lot, unless you can say precisely how all that extra money is going to make them beat you. E.g. if ads are the only way to acquire users, and they can buy all the...
Voice Interfaces Replace Keyboards for All Users
A few months ago, I wrote about being voicepilled after experiencing the magic of AI-powered voice-to-text. Today, I sit down with @WisprFlow Founder @tankots to ask the question: “What if we could get rid of keyboards?" Tanay is ushering in...
From Founder to CEO: AI Reset Drives Amplitude’s Revival
.@SpenserSkates has spent more than a decade building Amplitude from a YC startup into a public company, and in that time, he's had to reinvent himself just as much as the product. Joining the @LightconePod, he talks through the shift from...
Remember Past Peaks to Fuel Future Leadership
As the CEO, it can be easy to stress about the next mountain to climb. Take a look back every now and then to remind yourself (and your team) about all the mountains you've already climbed.