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Some personal news! — excited to share that I’ve joined Primary as a Partner to invest in the next generation of exceptional founders that are reshaping fintech and b2b software

Raising bars Primary….Psyched to have Emily Man join our team!

A few weeks ago Harry Stebbings asked me what is Ilir 🍕 from Slice 🍕 great at. I told him that Ilir 🍕 is a learning machine. This interview captures some amazing insights from Ilir 🍕’s impressive development as a founder and CEO. open.spotify.com/episode/72OEwP…

A FLOOD of startups are raising before the end of the year. The top 10% will get it done fast, but HOW you run a process is key for the rest. Every Primary portco creates an FAQ doc and they share it after the first meeting Here's why + an outline that helped 1 co raise >$400M

I tried to start a software co in NYC in 2001. It was too damn hard, so we moved it to Boston. Today, NYC is an amazing place to start -- proximity to talent, capital & customers is second to none. Proud to have played a role in growing NYC's startup scene MongoDB Datadog, Inc.

Hey Ilir 🍕, just bought this in Vegas FYI

NYC unicorns on the rise! 🦄📈🚀 source: Lightspeed lsvp.com/report-the-sta…

My conversation with Gavin Uberti We discuss: - what happens when models become multiples cheaper and faster - why hardware is a bottleneck - how data centers and semis will need to change - why scale rules Gavin is 21! The future is bright. Enjoy! joincolossus.com/episodes/73767…

2023 has been a special year at Slice 🍕 which continues to be the journey of a lifetime for me and our team. We surpassed $100M in annual revenue for the first time, we are very profitable and more excited than ever to continue to invest in our customers to keep local thriving ♥️

Meet Sohu, the fastest AI chip of all time. With over 500,000 tokens per second running Llama 70B, Sohu lets you build products that are impossible on GPUs. One 8xSohu server replaces 160 H100s. Sohu is the first specialized chip (ASIC) for transformer models. By specializing,

We are excited to announce Primary leading the $120 million Series A in Etched. Buckle up. cnbc.com/2024/06/25/etc…

The “Small Problem” with Silicon Valley Dear founders, investors, LPs, Our corner of the world was once small, united by one pursuit: life’s work. Specifically, life’s work applied to innovations that serve human progress. The opposite is now true. Perception addiction reigns.🧵

I find myself telling every founder I talk to how helpful Primary has been since (and really before) they led Cargado's seed round. Between their GTM team, people ops, and recruiting support, their impact team really does make an impact. My newsletter from this week was

The good thing about this narrative that VC firms can’t build platform teams that have real value is that it allows what we do Primary to be differentiated and has driven our success versus a crowded VC market.

Looking for a former growth stage VC Investor for a 4-month consulting project focused on deep research and analysis within the software/SaaS industry. If you have a passion for diving into software companies, we'd love to hear from you. Please reach out to [email protected].

Introducing Oasis: the first playable AI-generated game. We partnered with Decart to build a real-time, interactive world model that runs >10x faster on Sohu. We're open-sourcing the model architecture, weights, and research. Here's how it works (and a demo you can play!):

Amazing to see where Slice 🍕 is now. Over the last few years they have been quietly building a suite of products and services to empower independent pizza shop owners. Now they are rolling out Ilir 🍕/ bold vision.

10 years ago there were only 3 private unicorns in NYC. Now we have maps showing where the most unicorn crowded neighborhoods are! linkedin.com/posts/ilyavcan…