How a science-fiction star blazed a trail for diversity cosmiclog.com/2024/05/17/how…

if we back you, you’re an ascend founder for life. even if we’re not in your next company you have ongoing access to me @natebek Jen Haller and the ascend platform. ☔️🔥☔️

new website just dropped...we are SO official! shoutout #FoundersBash 2024 Presenting Sponsors Stifel AWS Startups and Sponsors Wilson Sonsini Portalus TalentReachNW and Summit Trail Advisors. hit the site and click "save the date" to reserve your spot! foundersbash.com

actual venture firm account debut, how can we make this not suck, follow to find out...

new ⁦Ascend⁩ team photo (or as we like to call it mom and dad with the kids 💀)

sizzle reel hero Joseph Moon 😂😂😂

we wrote a guide for the “venture curious” lp - vc for the rest of us!

vcs often tell us talent is Seattle’s biggest strength, but where does it come from? we looked at >115 companies that raised last year and tracked the founder’ origin.

I’m very very proud of my last article. It was cathartic to write.

good early turnout for Ascend #seattletechweek #pitchandrun

Todd Hooper ☔🔥☔ Spinning 🔥

This sums it up well… so proud to know you ☔🔥☔ 🫶

Put Tim Walz on Hot Ones and the election is over

what a great recap of #SeattleTechWeek from Madrona - big shouts to my partner Jen Haller - love seeing the #PitchAndRun footage! also check the turntablism b roll from yours truly spinning ai2incubator 😂

Tricia Duryee, 1977-2024: Tenacious reporter was a bright light on the technology beat geekwire.com/2024/tricia-du…

I'm writing short weekly blogs about AI research. Officialy dubbed Token Talk! 🤖 Check out the second edition: test time compute 👉 ascend.vc/blog/token-tal…

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Token Talk is live! This week: OpenAI killed my startup. Now the real disruption begins. Check it out! 👇

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