The second episode of The Learning Corner is live! This week, we chatted about articles by Omar El-Ayat, Sarah Tavel, and Anthony Hagan. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6rqXFJ…

This week's episode of The Learning Corner by Precursor is out! This week, we spent time chatting about a few great articles we found on the web, including the following! Nnamdi Iregbulem - whoisnnamdi.substack.com/p/seed-valuati… Jordan - jordsnel.substack.com/p/big-funds-sm… The New York Times -

🏆🥇🎉 Product of the Week!!! If you’re new to General Collaboration, welcome! If you’ve been beta testing since the start, thanks for your continued support! And if you haven’t tried the newest version of GC yet… ... let’s get you set up today!!! gc.me

Really impressed by Matthieu Hafemeister and the execution from the Concourse team!

Today Finix is excited to announce we’ve raised $75M in Series C funding led by Acrew Capital, co-led by Lightspeed and Leap Global Partners. When we started Finix, we were big believers in the developer movement. We still are! Since then, we’ve recognized that there’s been a

I am a longtime fan of David Weisburd 🚀 10x Capital Podcast, and it was an honor to share my thoughts on the state of VC fundraising.

For the last three months I’ve been recording a weekly podcast with one of my colleagues. We talk about the articles and podcasts that made the rounds at our firm, and why we found them interesting. This week featured posts by Aaron Levie Carta and others. …g-corner-by-precursor.onpodcastai.com

🚀 We're thrilled to kick off sharing key insights from Vintage's recent Annual VC Summit! 🌍 With 40+ speakers and 400+ VCs from around the globe, this year’s event was packed with powerful thought leadership and valuable conversations. First up: The Challenges & Opportunities

Always fun to talk shop and take stock with Charles Hudson. Read my latest Dealmaker on his new fund & where pre-seed goes next: theinformation.com/articles/charl…

We surveyed 20 VCs and while there are some categories they're worried about, they say they're writing checks despite this economic storm. AI > macro “The tailwind is so strong that it’s pushing through the headwind,” said Charles Hudson, the managing director of Precursor Ventures.

Three related trends I’ve noticed lately. The combo of AI-generated cold outreach tools and big lists of VC emails is pushing investors back toward human-driven warm intros and referrals. Partners leaving big firms to start new firms are creating new networks to invest with

Every boom cycle has a top-of-market business that perfectly captures the spirit of that cycle. It’s usually obvious in retrospect but not in the moment.

I wrote up some of my thoughts after spending a lot of time talking to people about the near-term impacts AI is already having on white collar work: Uncomfortable and Unanswered Questions I Have as an AI Investor open.substack.com/pub/chudson/p/…

Hyper-personalized learning is the future of education and AI is the only way to do it at scale 🤝 Nectir is in over 100 schools across the nation with peer-reviewed research that proves we teach & learn better with ai (gpa went up 20%, motivation to learn up 36%)

we were both able to be present and focus on the conversation [with the Limitless pendant] — Charles Hudson, Charles Hudson

One of the most eye-opening presentations I’ve attended in a long time and I thought I knew what Dan Siroker team were going to present!

🎧 THE NEW LP TIMELINE Charles Hudson Precursor Ventures podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/str… via Connie Loizos Alex Gove StrictlyVC TechCrunch

There is a very small cadre of venture firms who have done very well and will continue to exist regardless of how the current wave of AI startup investing plays out. If you are not one of those firms, I'm not sure that mirroring their behavior will have the same outcome.

Consumer is having an identity crisis. So, I asked around for the best people investing in consumer tech at pre-seed and compiled: 📜 The (New) Consumer Manifesto 👼 100 angels who truly get consumer 💰 75 VCs actively writing pre-seed checks 1/

Charles Hudson has made nearly 500 investments at Precursor Ventures—backing breakout companies like The Athletic, Carrot, and Juniper Square. We unpack founder traits that win, reserve strategy, the consumer comeback, and the future of seed VC. Episode 488 of TFR is now live.