I'm investing up to 250k first checks in teams building: - robotics, drones, space - crypto - applied ai/ml - ar/vr - manufacturing, logistics DMs always open. Tell me what you're building!

What a privilege to live in America. What a privilege to be American. What a privilege to call this country home.

I left France searching for greater ambition, freedom, and possibility. America gave me all three, not perfectly, but generously. It gave me the chance to fail, try again, and build alongside some of the most ambitious people in the world. It gave me the belief that my future wasn’t predetermined. I’m endlessly grateful, to my wife, my team, my fellow builders, and to this country that welcomed me and allowed my dream to become reality. Today, as an American citizen, that gratitude feels deeper than ever. Happy 250th birthday America!! 🇺🇸

This might be the first American flag I’ve seen on a street in SF in 18 years. Hell yeah!

@ San Francisco Introducing Open Campus. The last room you’ll build in before your first check. This summer, 200 of the most ambitious founders we could find are building at Founders, Inc. Next week, we’re opening a new part of our Fort Mason campus to 50 more founders builders each night. Daily 5-10pm. 50 spots/night. Comment what you’re building for an invite to our first session.

Lfg

There is a billion dollars locked inside this printer right now. You just have to figure out what to print.

Series A expectations have gotten so insane that hundreds of great companies can’t raise despite growing 50–100% YoY on $5–10M in revenue. They’re not growing 300%, so traditional Series A firms pass. Seed funds are now leading the Series A themselves. Big opportunity

I took a framework for employee agency and mapped it to AI agents. 5 levels of autonomy. Most products stop at 2. The jump after 3 is where the agent stops needing your permission. That's when it switches from a tool to a teammate.

Congrats on your new book @markpinc we ordered a few for every founders here to read it!!

How to know if a future teammate passes the vibe check while hiring: Picture yourself at an airport. Your flight is delayed, and you have 2 hours to kill with that person. Is it a great conversation, or a hostage situation?

wild!!

My biggest hiring advice: Hire someone that gives a shit about what you do. Or they'll quit for a 5 % raise

My biggest startup advice: Build something you give a shit about. Otherwise, you’ll quit the second things get hard.

very underrated tweet

@ founders What are you building this week end?

Vibe investing to the maxxx

I’ve already had 3 teams asking me this week if it’s ok to fund raise rn. Answer: yes you can fund raise. I would personally just avoid the first 2 weeks of August but generally deals get done all summer.

$320M Series A is wild

this is genuinely terrifying...

This new fighting robot looks absolutely insane (@REK )