Rusty Ralston @rusty_ralston
Co-founder GP @swellvc | You win with people. Swell fam: @loftorbital @go_crisp @sciencedotio @thinkfiveable @credal_ai swell.vc New York, NY Joined June 2009-
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Here are two fantastic VC interviews with so many gems If more emerging managers focused on timeless and sound investment principles like these, there would be a lot more Fund IIs @SamirKaul1 @ Khosla open.substack.com/pub/ventureunl… @briansin @ Founders Fund youtube.com/watch?v=o5Z0-d…
There’s under the radar AI adoption happening now in the enterprise in particular It's not out of the box Gen AI Congrats Credal.AI on the traction, enterprises will not build or adopt AI apps on their data without security, access controls and compliance
Huge congrats to Team Loft! 🚀
It’s obvious that processed food and sugar lead to cancer & chronic disease 💀 That’s oat milk, synth meat, seed oil, most chips & bread, and mostly anything not on the edges of the grocery store. If it’s organically from the earth, keep going theguardian.com/society/2024/f…
Been quite a journey, @WillManidis Big congrats! An NYC King! Proud to be an early investor, believer, and friend for life
Modern Intelligence 🇺🇸 @modern_ai on this year’s Top 50 American Dynamism companies per @a16z Strong list, great companies here
Modern Intelligence 🇺🇸 @modern_ai on this year’s Top 50 American Dynamism companies per @a16z Strong list, great companies here
2023 was a strong year for Swell.VC Grateful for so many rock solid partnerships with founders & LPs Some '23 highlights * Raised the majority of Swell Fund II from some truly stellar LPs * Added 4 new portcos including Modern Intelligence, Credal AI, Curafi,…
What drives serial entrepreneurs to do it again and again? Are Traasdahl (@Go_Crisp) coins it the "aspiration gap" It's a rare breed that solves big problems in different sectors, doing it bigger and better every time. How do they do it?
I know why you would not want this But why would you not want this Preordered r1 rabbit.tech
Soon we’ll need AI Copilots to manage GPT-4 convos lol. Getting answers is like pulling teeth Requested 100 entities, got 50 due to sheer determination
Soon we’ll need AI Copilots to manage GPT-4 convos lol. Getting answers is like pulling teeth Requested 100 entities, got 50 due to sheer determination https://t.co/nojemv3Qi9
Sage observations @fredwilson NIHITO (Nothing Interesting Happens in the Office) Also, NOZOOM (Nix Office, Zoom Out for Meetings)
Sage observations @fredwilson NIHITO (Nothing Interesting Happens in the Office) Also, NOZOOM (Nix Office, Zoom Out for Meetings)
“Until now, space has not been open to developers. Running your own software on someone’s else’s hardware in space is not possible. No satellite operator will let you do this..." "Loft is changing the entire paradigm" techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/lof…
An amazing historical overview of defense tech 👏 @johncoogan
An amazing historical overview of defense tech 👏 @johncoogan
🇺🇸 See you in DC for the @shift event!
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The #antisemitic chants on US campuses today reflect the same extremist ideology that led to 10/7... and 9/11. Saudi influencer @lalshareef reminds viewers of this & more with @JSchanzer on the FDD Morning Brief. 📺 fdd.org/fddmorningbrief 🎧 spoti.fi/44nyqm4
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The #antisemitic chants on US campuses today reflect the same extremist ideology that led to 10/7... and 9/11. Saudi influencer @lalshareef reminds viewers of this & more with @JSchanzer on the FDD Morning Brief. 📺 fdd.org/fddmorningbrief 🎧 spoti.fi/44nyqm4
I can’t believe I have to explain what’s happening here, but here goes. Elite students of Ivy League schools have glamorized oppression so much that they have now reached role play status to satisfy their fantasies. Here, the students have appropriated the suffering of Gazans and…
someone let Dolan know he could score a massive PR win if he buys 3,000 tickets and charters an Amtrak Acela full of NYPD cops and firefighters down to Philly Thursday night
The Bucks- tanked to avoid the 76ers, down 3-1 The Cavs- tanked to avoid the 76ers, tied 2-2 The Knicks- “We’ll take on anyone, anytime, in any arena”, up 3-1 vs the team the others ran from
Thibs proved his ability to adjust with creativity today. Rides Deuce and Precious. Switches matchups. Toggles between coverages. Weaponizes OG (and Precious) in several different ways. Just a great coaching performance imo.
Per @bball_ref Jalen Brunson is the first player to score 45+ points (on > 50% shooting) and dish out 10+ assists in a playoff road win since.... Michael Jordan in May of 1990
Joel Embiid has been banned from the Empire State Building
It’s difficult to describe how insane a 25% tax on unrealized capital gains is. Not a one-time 25% hit. It’s compounding, annually taking 25% of every dollar of potential increase before it can grow. Not an exaggeration to say it could single-handedly crush the economy.
Taxes on unrealized capital gains is the most absurd galaxy brain idea ever conceived
SNL predicted our moment in 2015. Isis then. Hamas now. Wtf?!
From The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: There are four reforms that are so important that would provide a foundation for healthier childhood on the digital age: - No smartphones before high school. - No social media before 16. - Phone-free schools. - Far more…
Holy shit Gus Johnson doing Knicks games and calling the Josh Hart huge dagger 3 got me FEELING THINGS.
@TheDunkCentral Kyrie is right. Because on what planet am I trying to win a Gold Medal and saying “Yeah, I think i’ll take Tyrese Haliburton over Kyrie Irving and Jalen Brunson’.”
GROSS. May this be their infamous legacy... siding with a terrorist-funding foreign adversary while serving in US Congress
AOC, Bowman lead opposition to House resolution condemning Iran attack on Israel trib.al/V6EXVzn
If they get Thibs to show up in a black hoodie and Timbs!?! lol
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