Chris McCann 🏎💨
@Chrismccann
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Partner @RaceCapital | Backed: Solana, Databricks, Groq, PlayAI (Meta), GoodNotes, Vectara, ClerkChat, AirMDR | ex @GreylockVC
San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2009
But what ARE realistic expectations then? Here's some help:
I’m seeing way too many founders hit the fundraising market with totally unrealistic expectations because of what they read on Twitter. Here are some facts: •A $2M pre-seed at a $20M+ valuation is not the norm. Most rounds are still in the low teens or even single digits. “But
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The only thing that matters is building products that people use over and over and over in their lives. You can always build and grow business value and opportunities on top of that. Jeff built monetization Tinder - I love his points here about not getting faked by early $$
Engagement -> Retention -> Monetization used to be the funnel of building products & companies. Monetization -> Engagement -> Retention is the order that I'm seeing founders prioritize today in the AI age. I love monetization & spent 5 years of my life waking up every day
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Trading stock options? Check out options on E-mini S&P 500 futures (ES), which offer nearly 24-hour access to liquidity no matter where you are.
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@ServiceNow gets it. AI without data security isn't innovation — it's a liability. That's why they're embedding confidential AI agents (powered by OPAQUE, @Azure, and @nvidia ) into their platform.
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Great interview with @DStrachman I’ll be at their next camp in a couple weeks 🙌
DEEP DIVE: How The Thiel Fellowship Created $750B+ In Value | Ethereum, Figma, OYO, Anthropic “Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.” - Peter Thiel Danielle Strachman (@DStrachman), a Founding architect of the Thiel Fellowship, shares
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When Medicare payments to physicians fall behind the rate of inflation, everyone feels the strain. Learn how these cuts affect you.
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As the founding director of the Thiel Fellowship, it's incredible to see that our program, spearheading massive cultural change about what it takes to succeeded, has gone from being scoffed at by the masses to honored as one of the best accelerators in the world.
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The @RaceCapital Twitter account was compromised - please don’t click on any links or messages from the account. If anyone knows anyone on the X team who can help with this that would be really appreciated :/
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🚨 @PlayAIOfficial has been acquired by Meta's Superintelligence Labs -> https://t.co/XqYNqC3oVC We @RaceCapital led the seed in 2024, and just 17 months, they built the fastest voice infra in AI — and now they're joining Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs, alongside some of the
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Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices.
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4/ Why we invested: – Veteran team, deep domain knowledge – Clear customer ROI – AI-native architecture—not AI-assisted – Shipping fast, scaling clean We’re proud to partner with Kumar, Srikant, and the growing AirMDR team on this mission. 🔗 https://t.co/qPzTBbMBNq 🔗
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AirMDR provides a new approach to managed detection & response with an AI powered virtual security analyst.
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3/ @AirMDR_Company built for: – Mid-market companies who can’t build a 24/7 SOC – MSSPs scaling without hiring – Anyone tired of slow MDRs with vague outcomes Outcomes > alerts. Speed > dashboards.
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2/ The SOC problem: Too many alerts. Not enough analysts. AirMDR flips the model: – 95% of triage handled by AI – <5 min response – 240+ integrations – Already in production
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1/ I'm excited to announce we led @AirMDR_Company $15.5M seed round at @RaceCapital alongside our friends at @FoundationCap and @stormventures
https://t.co/lQtas1zoZN AI is finally transforming the SOC—and Kumar Saurabh https://t.co/Vl2hmxySfZ (previous co-founding CTO of
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On a mission to make detecting and responding to cyberthreats 10x better. · Experience: Self-employed · Location: Menlo Park · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Kumar Saurabh’s profile on LinkedIn,...
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I'm product to lead @OpenlayerAI’s $14.5M Series A alongside @NXTPvc and past investors @ycombinator , @QuietCapital, and others. As AI moves into production, monitoring & evaluation are mission-critical. Openlayer gives enterprises full-stack observability across LLMs, ML, and
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We’re excited to announce Race Capital’s lead investment in Openlayer’s $14.5M Series A round alongside NXTP Ventures, building on their…
$14.5M Series A raised to scale AI evaluation & governance! Led by Race Capital & joined by NXTP, Mindset, YC, Quiet Capital, Telefonica, KPN Ventures, and Mento VC. Full details here: https://t.co/9wgApVGOmi
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Less than 60 days until scaled bicycle frame production exists in the United States again 🇺🇸
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Introducing Voice Changer by https://t.co/4GhAW4YGZ6, change your voice into ANYONE else's with just 10 seconds of audio. • One recording --> infinite voices • Preserves emotion and tone • No more hiring voice actors • Works instantly on mobile
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We’re partnering with @DetectDeepfakes to help combat voice deepfakes and support the ethical use of AI voice technology
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Overcoming the design bottleneck in AI We are excited to invest in Onlook (@onlookdev), an AI-powered web design platform that helps teams ship beautiful products at the speed of AI. 🧵 On why we partnered with the @D_R_Farrell @FlyaKiet and team
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Today, we announced a $19M financing with JPMorganChase to launch the first high-volume bicycle frame manufacturing plant in the U.S. But this isn’t just about bikes—or even just about manufacturing. It’s about a new model for how physical products are built and delivered in
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/PRNewswire/ -- Guardian Bikes, the nation's leading direct-to-consumer kids' bike brand, has announced a $19 million financing with JPMorganChase to launch...
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