I still find it incredible when space companies raise hundreds of millions, or billions
Burn through a lot of it
And never get anything above the Karman line
They really should rebrand themselves to dirt companies rather than space companies
America represented 26.3% of global GDP in 2023, the most since 2006
Truly the greatest country on Earth
Completely undefeated despite all the stagnation and China lovers
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Our partner @traestephens is unrivaled in calling the defense tech wave in '08
And he captured all of the value, both by co-founding Anduril & investing in only the very best defense tech companies
Incredibly honored to work alongside him & grateful he's on our board at Varda
Truly a significant moment in history
DoD has selected a next-gen defense prime to be one of the primary vendors for autonomous fighter jet
This is how we stay ahead of our near-peer adversaries
Truly a significant moment in history
DoD has selected a next-gen defense prime to be one of the primary vendors for autonomous fighter jet
This is how we stay ahead of our near-peer adversaries
Super excited to be supporting @jacobhelberg organize the Hill & Valley Forum for the 3rd time, with @CGarrett_15 as well
By far the best gathering of tech companies contributing to national security + elected officials
Daytime agenda is here + will be on the record + recorded:
This year’s Hill & Valley Forum will hit all the timeliest national security issues facing the tech industry and the Congress.
Couldn’t be more thrilled to have this conversation exactly one week after the Senate takes up a historic vote addressing the threat of Chinese…
First time @WillBruey and I have ever done a podcast together!
If you want to learn more about the Varda founding story, and what we're up to, w/ the brilliant Mo from Payload Space, check this out:
First time @WillBruey and I have ever done a podcast together!
If you want to learn more about the Varda founding story, and what we're up to, w/ the brilliant Mo from Payload Space, check this out:
Drugs in space? This week's Pathfinder pod features @zebulgar and @WillBruey of @VardaSpace, the LA-based startup harnessing microgravity for pharma development and manufacturing.
In addition to a $90M Series B, the company in its latest mission successfully processed…
Excited that we co-led a $27.5m round into Nominal
One of my rare software investments... why?
Devtools for firmware engineers (software that runs on hardware in the real world not in the cloud)..
Are still so archaic!
Thrilled for Varda to be a customer & FF to be investing!
Excited that we co-led a $27.5m round into Nominal
One of my rare software investments... why?
Devtools for firmware engineers (software that runs on hardware in the real world not in the cloud)..
Are still so archaic!
Thrilled for Varda to be a customer & FF to be investing!
1/ Today we share @Nominal_io with the world. We are on a mission to revolutionize the way mission-critical hardware systems are tested, validated, and monitored. We’ve been hard at work for the past 18 months building our core product offering, working with early customers…
.@sama's first investment announcement in quite some time
$20m seed led by him + @a16z into Exowatt, working on delivering low cost energy to data centers
And of course, where is this frontier energy tech startup based?
Well in Wynwood, Miami of course!
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433K Followers 4K FollowingPresident & CEO @ycombinator —Founder @Initialized—PM/designer/engineer who helps founders—YouTuber—San Francisco Democrat accelerating the boom loop—e/acc
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Work: @btv_vc, leading pre/seed rounds of fintech cos.
apply to our accelerator https://t.co/LSnRc5xYjD!
Always up for adventure.
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