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In the throes of summer ‘23, our team caught wind of a larger seed round for AI company led by John Nay. As soon as we had our first interaction, we decided we needed to fight to be in his round. Oftentimes at the pre-seed or seed level, we do need to...

It’s that time of year, traveling with family, trying to get mentally prepared for the next year, but alas, there are still a few days left of 2023. As I start to look back on the year that was, I review my notes from the major events of the year and...

I know readers are not going to love this choice. I apologize in advance. Is the company I’m about to pick below even a startup? What about highlighting the “little guy,” a new startup that’s quietly about to take off from the runway, a young company...

I knew at some point I would write this post. I didn’t know exactly when, though recently with all the inside baseball chatter I’m privy to, I knew it would go this way, that Figma would not be acquired by Adobe. There are surely many reasons smart people...