Solo Receipt Generator Nets $141K Profit, 95% Margins
I love crazy ideas like this. Live on @acquiredotcom: Fast, realistic online receipt generator. Built for personal or entertainment use, grew to $141K profit, solo-run, 95% margins. > $142K TTM revenue > $141K TTM profit > 33% MoM growth Full listing: https://t.co/1Xnal0Qk2L https://t.co/hQw31Th9SE
AI Agents Automate Merch Sales, Eliminating Delays
Questom (https://t.co/0qj1ge0lrk) builds AI agents for merch companies, automating the back-and-forth that normally slows teams down. They collect details, send quotes, and guide customers 24/7. No dropped inquiries, no delay. https://t.co/kwknYr0YsI
Embrace Risk: It’s the Source of VC Alpha
BUT WHY BACK NEW VC FIRMS? ISN'T IT TOO RISKY? "If you’re trying to remove all of the perceived risk in a venture investment, you’re just removing the alpha from it" - Screendoor MD Lisa Cawley, CFA https://lnkd.in/gwKunPg3
Magic Patterns Raises $6M, Hits $1M ARR Solo
Congrats to @magicpatterns on their $6M Series A! Since launching in 2023, they've grown profitably to $1M ARR with no employees. 1,500+ product teams now use Magic Patterns to go from idea to production every day, prompting features to life. https://t.co/JoYMXdU8f4
Claude Outperforms Humans in Portfolio Analysis
Claude is so good at helping you analyze your portfolio Better than any human I've worked with yet, that's for sure https://t.co/w6lYLtv7al
Learning From Peer VCs Elevates My Fund Management
I've really enjoyed my time serving as a GP Advisor and an IC member at Screendoor . One of the best parts of the experience has been getting to meet great fund managers like Ashley Smith and Liu Jiang ,...
Numbers Shape Investment Narrative Over 8‑10 Years
Biggest Investing Lesson from Mary Meeker: "She is the most qualitative investor I have ever worked with. She lays out all the sequential numbers historically for a company and then all the numbers going forward. She's seeing what the company will...
US Needs Indian‑Advantaged Oxide Refining to Counter China
Think of rare earths as a three step process. Step 1: mining and extraction Step 2: refine into oxides Step 3: manufacture value added products (like magnets) Steps 1 and 3 are being done in the US now. Step 2 is our Achilles...
A16z Talent Wanted: Join FiftyYears to Support Purposeful Founders
If you're at a16z and want to back honest and courageous founders who care for the common good and ask themselves how they're making the world a better place, @fiftyyears is hiring. DMs open.
AI Now Writes 30% of Top‑tech Code; Hybrid Future
30% of code at top tech companies is now AI-generated. Most engineering leaders have no idea what that means for speed, quality, or ROI. Nivara (https://t.co/Ir6fwaoqHX) gives them visibility into how humans and AI build together. The future of engineering is...
Lux Backs Tenzai Labs' $75M AI Pen‑Testing Platform
Lux is thrilled + lucky to back Pavel Gurvich (@PashaGur) + team in their new company @Tenzai_Labs $75M w/friends @ Battery, Greylock, Swish amazing cyber geniuses 🦸💻building agentic penetration testing platform that continuously hacks, exploits, + fixes vulnerabilities…
AI-Enabled Finance: Mapping Vendors and the Messy Middle
It's (finally) here: I’ve emerged from the wilderness with a 59 page report, a herniated disc, and a better understanding of AI's impact on finance. I’m proud to present to you our most comprehensive report yet. What follows is a...
Master AI Transformation and Agent Building at Web Summit
Tomorrow I'm speaking twice (in the space of just 90 mins 💅🏻) at Web Summit . Talk 1: Becoming an AI Company, 10:35am, Stage 5. (this is largely about transitioning a business from one world to the next, if you're...
Limited Seats: Join My Tokyo Founders & Investors Talk
Limited seats for founders and investors, for my Tokyo talk here: https://luma.com/cm0x90mk
Tiger Global Poised for Higher Returns via Databricks and OpenAI
Why Everyone is Wrong About Tiger Global Returns: "I think Tiger's gonna end up much better than anyone thought. They got a big stake in Databricks. They were early into OpenAI and Scale. They will benefit from liquidation preferences and preferred stock."...
Predicting 2026 AI Valuations and Investment Priorities
we are going to survey Cerebral Valley attendees ahead of a discussion of the results on stage. these good? what am I missing? OpenAI has said it would top $20 billion in annualized revenue this year. What will its revenue be...
Treat Series A as a Stepping Stone, Not A
Non-AI founders who treat Series $ A like their last meal somehow keep getting invited back to the buffet. Those asking for seconds often starve.
AI SRE Companion Automates Alert Investigation, Cuts Firefighting
Deeptrace (@deeptraceai) is an AI SRE and debugging companion that automatically investigates every production alert and surfaces a clear root cause, so your engineers spend less time firefighting and more time building. https://t.co/CAQGUInYRE Congrats on the launch, @srinth32 & @andys_lee!
Root Ventures: Celebrating Top Hacker-Founder Engineer Investors
Huge congrats to Root Ventures, such a great team of hacker founder engineer investors - the best kind
Polymarket Bets OpenAI IPO at $500‑750 B
When is OpenAI going to IPO? And how much will it cost? PLACE YA BETS! In this brand new TWiST clip, me and Alex Wilhelm revisit their ongoing wager about OpenAI’s public offering, and check in on how things are...
Youthful Belief in the Impossible Fuels Founder Success
The best VCs remember: at 22 y.o., not knowing it's impossible *is* the superpower; those founders could be very right.
Lux Backs Majestic Labs with $100M for 1,000x Memory
Latest investment revealed from Lux Majestic Labs with $100M💰––from the team that ran silicon at Meta + Google... ...🧠💻1,000x the MEMORY of typical enterprise server
Mega Funds Prioritize Capital Velocity Over Early-Stage Deals
Why the Mega Funds are Focused on Capital Velocity: "The North Star for @generalcatalyst @lightspeedvp is investment velocity. Talk to the principles and Jr Partners at these firms.... It does not matter what @ravi_lsvp @htaneja are saying; when you are writing $BN...
Forge Makes Welding Robots Autonomous for Broader Manufacturing Automation
Forge (https://t.co/M1ZPbDXxAm) turns dumb, human-programmed industrial welding robot arms into autonomous members of the workforce, enabling manufacturing companies to automate much more of the human tasks in the fabrication process. https://t.co/zUOu2hzYkg
True Product-Market Fit Means Market Pull, Not Just Value
What exactly IS Product Market Fit? And how do you know when you have it? Alex Wilhelm favorite way to define PMF: “You don't have true product market fit until it feels like you're wearing a meat suit in a...
Last‑minute YC Application Turned Into $11M Startup
Five minutes before the deadline, @itsCathyDi applied to YC with @dedaluslabs. Months later, she's now running a company that's just raised $11M. The deadline to apply for the winter batch is tonight at 8pm PT - there's still time to get...
Root Ventures Launches $190M Fund for Early Wonky Startups
EXCLUSIVE: Root Ventures Raises $190 Million Fourth Fund for Early Bets on Wonky Startups https://t.co/9yvP8hW7oF
New Funding Raises Expectations, Work Never Stops
PSA for Startups: Every new funding round raises the bar for your outcome. That’s why the news mostly excites investors. They just got a markup or won the deal. For everyone on the team, it’s a reminder that expectations just went...
AI B2B Sales Teams Halved, Efficiency Soars
AI B2B companies do need sales teams. Almost all of them. The question is just … how large of a sales team? It’s a question no one fully questioned until recently. But now founders & CEOs are asking: - is...
Help Founders Grow Into Unicorns, Not Just Grab Coffee
The surest way to break into VC isn't asking your favorite VC for ☕. It is advising and referring founders who become 🦄 a few years later.
Peter Fenton Excels by Trusting Founder Conviction over Stages
What Makes @peterfenton So Good? " Peter does an amazing job following his founder conviction. He doesn't think about stages. When he finds a @howietl @btaylor that's what guides him." @EverettRandle What have been your biggest lessons from working with Peter @howietl...
AI Travel SaaS Hits $345K Revenue, 300% Growth
Big fan of AI plays like this. Vertical AI SaaS built for travel customer experience. > $345k TTM revenue > $265k TTM profit > 300% YoY growth High-margin + Lean ops Check out listing @acquiredotcom: https://t.co/W8PNmLJqTD https://t.co/xuUCVn0BpK
Laurel Turns Invisible Work Patterns Into Actionable AI Insights
When it comes to AI, most firms are flying blind. But @getlaurel was built to show how people REALLY spend time, turning invisible work patterns into data that leaders can act on. Their latest report has the receipts ↓ https://t.co/0EQksPzRDU
Invest $1M, Reap $150M: Women’s Soccer Boom
At @FortuneMagazine Global Forum, I shared about my ~$1M “overpayment” to help start @weareangelcity in 2020. Now, @NWSL expansion fees are ~$150M. That's a 150x return in 5 years. Billion-dollar women’s teams are coming soon. I hope @ChelseaFCW is one of...
Guy Wuollet Promoted to GP, Pioneering DePIN Vision
Today we are excited to announce that we are promoting Guy Wuollet (@guywuolletjr) to General Partner. We first met Guy in 2018 while he was studying computer science at Stanford, where he also rowed varsity crew. He initially joined the firm...
AI Agents Cut IND Filing Time From Months to Days
Scoop uses AI agents to speed up drug trials, starting with IND filings. They automate this entire process, transforming scientific data into continuously updated regulatory documents ready for submission— compressing what used to take months into days. https://t.co/DiztbjPdiq
Helping 2–3 Founders Secure Daily Acquisitions
We help 2–3 founders get acquire’d every day on @acquiredotcom. Life changing moments for everyone involved. Pretty awesome to see it happen daily.
Align Incentives: Invest With Partners to Test Conviction
The Biggest Investing Lesson from Peter Thiel: "Peter creates incentive structures to test the conviction level of partners. For example, you can personally invest alongside the fund in a deal you are leading. If you do not, he will ask, do...
Exonic Launches First Internet-Native Crowdsourced Drug Discovery
Exonic (@exonicai) is crowdsourcing drug discovery. By bringing biological AI and wet lab access to users around the world, Exonic is the first internet-native drug discovery company. Congrats on the launch, @thebrimacombe! https://t.co/d5EANW135H https://t.co/lHOPjDzvZh
AI-Native Status Now Essential, Even for Legacy Firms
Today, legal software @goclio announces a round at $5B and presentation software @GammaApp at $2.5B valuations What do they have in common? Both were around well before the AI Era. Clio in 2008, Gamma in 2020. Being “AI Native” is critical to...
Exit Tax Threatens $200M UK Investment and Jobs
I have invested $200M into the UK in the last five years. If @RachelReevesMP implements “Exit Tax” all that funding will go overnight. That is countless jobs, companies and people who will lose out. Rachel, you have managed to steal our...
Western Startups Increasingly Rely on Chinese AI Models
this is a great piece that captures the current love affair that western startups and even some bigger companies have with chinese ai the models are intelligent, accessible, and open weight turns out some of your fav sf startups are built on...
Winter Batch Applications Due Tomorrow – Submit Your Idea
The deadline to apply for the winter batch is tomorrow, November 10th, at 8pm PT! All you need is an idea: https://t.co/9hUZ0buEiU https://t.co/CNdCJWqtU7
SaaS Achieves 90% Profit Margin with Minimal Overhead
A margin this high for a task and workflow SaaS is insane. Live on @acquiredotcom: > $423k TTM revenue > $384k TTM profit > 5,000+ paying customers 20+ years in the market. Near zero overhead. Full listing here: https://t.co/Bu8ma6ccSD https://t.co/Y2sadhLoRe
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Kestrel Automates Kubernetes Ops and Security with One-Click Fixes
Kestrel (@kestrel__ai) is the agentic platform that unifies Kubernetes ops & security, replacing manual triage and on-call firefighting with autonomous investigations and one-click fixes. https://t.co/rcusxrmmmP Congrats on the launch, @ramanv_ & @Evanj80! https://t.co/i8lW9R9nAj
AI Customer Support Flooded with Billion‑Dollar Funding
One market I cannot figure out in a world of AI is customer support. You have: Sierra Decagon GigaML Parloa Forethought Kore Cresta All of these have raised over $100M. and then oldies like Intercom Zendesk Help me out, how does this market shake out?
Meghan K. Reynolds Clarifies Current LP Sentiment
For those wondering the LP sentiment @MeghanKReynolds does a great job explaining… 👇