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“Think about the pressure that is on this very young person to save Meta’s AI strategy.” In our first episode of the season, Helen Min, Sally Shin, Ashley Mayer and Angela go deep on the acquihire of the summer: Meta's purchase of Alexander Wang...er, Scale AI.

Genuine question: is there a pact among the wealthy/powerful/famous that they all have to invite each other to their weddings, or are they actually friends?!

Here’s what I meant with this ambiguous tweet. The middle is hollowing out - I think in many cases, this is more perception than reality, but perception sometimes drives reality. Venture: you’re either a small, early stage fund, or a multi-stage firm with billions in AUM.

The fact that the BBB *increases taxes* on solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal, and batteries is insane It will increase energy costs for everyone in the US While China is racing ahead to an abundant and cheap energy future

I find it fascinating that founders rarely ask investors about fund performance. Or more anecdotally about their best investments. If I were a founder, I'd be curious about the quality of the portfolio I'm considering joining.

For this week's Great Chat, we're talking about the summer slowdown - is it still a thing? Or have AI advancements set a new and blistering pace for the startup ecosystem (new deals, hires, etc), seasonality be damned. Please participate in this highly scientific survey.

Something I think about a lot: If Slack were still independent, it could have a massive next act as the go-to command center for agents. (Still possible under Salesforce reign, but they're incentivized to push their agentic agenda.)

Heard it here first Great Chat h/t Ashley Mayer 😉 There needs to be a CAA/WME for engineers/researchers. Get them the right brand endorsement deals, on right boards, AWS credits, help promote new startups for equity.. Go on Kalshi Polymarket bet on them like athletes ;)

Love the transparency here. Enterprise AI is slow, messy and high-friction in all the ways Brendan Falk describes. It’s taken a LOT of experimentation and creativity at Tribe to get to where we are today - sharing what we’ve learned below. (Spoiler alert: we are all in.)

One under appreciated feature of ChatGPT is if you give it something clever or funny that you’ve written it will INSTANTLY recommend three ways to make it incredibly cringe. 💁‍♀️

Wake up, babe. A new founder mode just dropped.

We regret to inform you on the eve of a holiday weekend: there will be no summer slowdown. Blame Covid era zoom fundraising, AI, and Zuck's hiring spree. This week, we have the whole crew: Helen Min, Sally Shin, mac bohannon, Ashley Mayer and Angela. Happy Fourth! 🇺🇸

Hoping someone writes an open letter against me so I can see who signs the rebuttal letter of support and finally find out who my real friends are 🥰

We're thrilled to be one of the earliest backers of LGND AI, Inc. at Coalition, and can't imagine a more compelling founding team coming together to tackle this next frontier for AI: making Earth data as useful and searchable as text. techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/lgn…

"LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth" - great piece by TDech in TechCrunch on LGND AI, Inc. launch and $9m Seed round. Want to shout out so many incredible investors backing our big vision to make Earth searchable over space and time. Javelin VP AENU

New data via Redpoint & Business Insider shows entry level hiring is on the decline in the startup ecosystem. We get into that (and much more) on this week’s Great Chat, and discuss why it’s actually senior leaders who are notice. 🎙️ Helen Min, Sally Shin, Ashley Mayer

On this week's Great Chat, we talk about startup theater. When it feels like everyone is performing success all the time, does that mean you need to, too? In short: no. Do things that give you energy. Play games you can win. Don't try to out Cluely Cluely. Don't try to out

This is what a well run, successfully Series A process looks like. It's hard to internalize just how much rejection is required, and how much of that rejection is silent, not explicit.

Someone made a little armrest for this tree’s elbow 🥹

Six years ago today, I woke up to my 15 seconds of fame.