No one is doing AI Transformation. The gap between what is possible and what is actually happening has never been wider. When we started Varick we weren't sure this industry would exist in 2 years. Now we're sure it will be here for decades. There are many "Applied AI" and "AI Transformation" firms, but most of them sell: - skill files - some Claude jobs - prompting workshops That isn't AI Transformation. AI Transformation is: - redesigning an organization based on AI's capabilities - agent-ifying each workflow in a department, primarily running in the background - HITL so agents improve themselves, with auditability, governance and evals built in I don't blame the first group. It's quick cash, easier work, and doesn't need the best people in the industry. But it also barely scratches the surface, and most companies are none the wiser. Varick is doing the second. We're not here to "apply AI" for a week and take short-term wins. We're here to drive billions in value. That is only possible by going deep, redesigning processes, and building custom agents on a company's own systems of record and workflows. We're hiring in SF. You should: - have 1+ years in startups / PE / banking / consulting (long hours, real stakeholder management) - build with AI every day (GitHub is green, with several tasteful projects, not just wrappers) - want to be in this market (a $30T market that we're taking the lead in) DMs are open.

I officially joined @Sierra_Ventures as Head of Inception I'll writing first checks into exceptional teams building in AI and Hardtech. Deeply grateful to the Sierra team for the opportunity. If you're building something technically ambitious, my DMs are open.

Any founders interested in pitching my friends at Right Side Capital this Friday? They’ve made over 2,000+ early-stage investments and typically invest $150K–$300K in capital-efficient tech startups at the Pre-Seed stage. Comment “DM” below. I’ll send you the invite.

if you are creating data in any of the following domains, reach out. I'd love to help/chat/invest - safety and alignment - knowledge work - healthcare - chip design/electronics - chemistry/matsci - rsi - multimodal/creative work - physics - pretraining - robotics teleop - other physical data

The data broker/lab/reseller/aggregator/marketplace pivot is real. I have so many receipts in my inbox of people pitching one thing, and now, a few months later, they've launched as a data provider of some sort to AI labs. Becoming a crowded trade and in theory should push prices down on the average.

Excited to announce I’m building @Polyshares with @RyanLockAI Polyshares is an enterprise data lab focused on operational and physical AI training data We’ve quickly grown to an 8 figure run rate by being the best procurement partner for AI labs In the past week alone, we’ve onboarded 250+ companies, 200+ referral partners, and 7 new team members. If you’re interested in data, let’s jam