👋Announcing $102M across our new @WonderVentures IV pre-seed fund & 1st-ever Opportunity Fund to invest in LA's best founders earlier than anyone else! Thanks to the founders who allow us to be part of their journeys & the LPs who believe in our mission. techcrunch.com/2024/02/05/pr…

Did you know you can learn interesting things from computations in real rat neurons? I love what @AlexKsendzovsky and team are doing at @BioComputingCo are doing.

@BioComputingCo uses real neurons to improve AI video generation: faster inference, lower cost, better quality. Tomorrow, we can see these neurons in action. We'll be streaming live from their HQ in San Francisco to see TBC's labs and the people behind them. Thursday, September 3rd at 1pm PT: twitch.tv/aws

@Whatnot sellers sell 10x more live than they can on a legacy e-commerce platform. That creates a champagne problem: the rate at which they can load inventory and export orders for fulfillment eventually can’t keep up with the platforms incredible buyer demand. Today we’re excited to launch our official @shop sales channel - enabling sellers to seamlessly sync their inventory and use companies like @ShipBob to help scale their fulfillment in line with their sales. As always, we build with our sellers here at Whatnot, and it was incredible to see 30 sellers do more than $10M of synced orders during our pilot. Gaines Pet, a seller of all-natural dog treats, told us inventory management had previously limited them to going live about 10 to 12 hours a week. Now they’re streaming nearly 30 hours a week and expect to increase that by another 30% next month. Thanks to @harleyf the whole Shop crew for the partnership (and my old mate @jonchen for kicking it all off). Can’t wait for our sellers to try it out - and for the next generation of merchants to get their start in live. blog.teamwhatnot.com/uniteds…

Yes congrats, @StevenEidelman & team on @ModernAnimalVet's acq by @Chewy. But also giving RESPECT to a true founder's founder! An honor to work w/ Steve, who never took a day off building a 1st class experience for pets, owners &, his team. And even better to call him a friend.

The most AI proof job in the world is entrepreneurship Use it to make products and services. Build more companies. On Shopify or otherwise.

Introducing Simmy: the Youtube for playable stories. Today, Simmy is #3 in its US App Store category, starting with the $1B romantic fiction vertical. We believe playable stories will redefine entertainment forever. Comment for an INVITE CODE to our public beta. (1/8) THREAD 🧵

$25M for live Brains(neurons) merged w/ silicon chips = up to 100X better AI/Compute! VCs & AI Researchers ping me to see the lab in SF! Congrats Jon Pomeraniec Alex Ksendzovsky & TBC team for allowing @WonderVentures to back u 3 yrs ago. But we know today is just the beginning!

OY! For some reason one of my top investments @ctodotnew is giving away the best-in-class AI coding tool for free! Our servers are melting... Plz help friends at @sequoia @a16z @Accel @lightspeedvp @IndexVentures

It's 8am on launch day. Servers are melting and we are spending $100s a minute. Why did I raise $5m to launch a completely free code agent?

Very, very few things can go wrong when there are sunsets and startups involved...that’s why we’re RSVPing to this LA Tech Week mixer. Private club. Founders & operators. Speed networking (yes, Tinder-style). partiful.com/e/8dH8YB1BYwakK… @Tinder @WonderVentures

The Nuclear Frontier documentary premieres Sept 15th in Washington DC

Palantir 🤝The Nuclear Company. We are proud to partner with @TheNuclearCo to ensure U.S. dominance in the global nuclear energy race.

AI has killed COLD email. My volume of cold outreach is up 5-10x in the last yr & now I have to ignore all of it. Founder emails that stood out before just don't anymore b/c now all are vaguely personalized & thus undifferentiated. There is a start up opportunity here though!

Didn’t make it easy on himself, seemed to miss the easy ones and make the hard ones. Great for drama and TV though. All feels right in the golf world tonight. Masters champion @McIlroyRory !!

Future of AI investing: about Semiconductors & ENERGY Thus Biological Black Box (BBB)'s "Bionode concept could significantly reduce the energy footprint of AI... while introducing a level of dynamic adaptability rarely seen in traditional semiconductors" forbes.com/sites/jaimecatmul…

Yes, amazing & heart-warming to see our non-LA colleagues from VC and Tech around the country join us to help the most needy in LA rebuild their lives. Thank you for also supporting: @uncorkcap @jeffclavier @KatieS @NextViewVC @chazard @micahjay1 @JoshSteinVC and more!

For those that have asked what you can do to help LA & the people who have lost so much, the LA Tech community has created “The LA Tech Community Cares Fund.” To make the biggest impact & give directly to those who need it most (tax-deductibly), give to: pledge.to/the-la-tech-commun…

Live, LA-made/USA-made, and empowering small business with more than $6B in sales LIVE on @Whatnot !!

Meet the new DIMO This is more than a fresh paint job — today marks the beginning of a new chapter. This winter will be filled with product updates, partnership launches, driving competitions, and giveaways that redefine DIMO. The journey to onboard a billion cars starts now. 🚘

Ready to launch 🚀 So excited to announce the launch of @voistory_ai on Product Hunt (producthunt.com/products/voi…) today along with @priestxelloss and the rest of the team 🎉🍾🥳 Love journaling, but struggle to get started? We certainly did, which is why we built Voistory, the world's first conversational voice journal app. Now journaling is a natural conversation rather than an essay or speech! Let us know what you think!