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Jon Keidan

@JKeidan

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Founder Torch Capital @torch. Digital Media Industrialist. Drummer. Co-Founder @InsideHook. I like surfing and foreign policy, but never mix the two.

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Jon Keidan
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RT @adcock_brett: Another massive week of AI and robotics news. I summarized everything from OpenAI, xAI, Google, Cognition, Figure, AWS,….
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RT @apoorv03: 🇺🇸 Happy Birthday America! On this Fourth I am fired up about the INVEST AMERICA ACT, signed today, which maybe be the most i….
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RT @scottbelsky: I am surprised there is no single app that simply (1) collects all of your health data points - from whoop/oura data, bloo….
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RT @scottbelsky: investors will look back + realize we should have discounted “out of gate” revenue in a world where the leading model / “h….
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RT @scottbelsky: “Wherever output is graded by speed, accuracy, or cost, silicon will inherit the earth. Wherever value depends on proven….
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RT @jamesclift: I'm hiring a head of GTM @ Durable in Vancouver. This may be a unicorn hire. The world is changing fast, our growth team….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @shaig: feels like all the best programs are in SF, we need something new & legit in NYC. YC.HF0.Neo.PearX.Z fellows.Sequoia Arc.Solo Fo….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @Hadley: The default seed ask feels like it’s shifted from $3M to $5M over the past year. But with build costs dropping, this seems more….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @jamesclift: The 3 C's of thriving in an AI-first world: . charisma, curiosity, and critical thinking.
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RT @mattturck: Marketing that doesn't work for B2B startups:.* paid social .* ads.* email marketing campaigns.* gated white papers.* endles….
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6 months
10000%.
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scott belsky
6 months
no need for another hot take on deepseek, but a few (quickly jotted) somewhat related convictions that are still quite resilient…. (1) the next generation of products that will transform our work and lives will be made using orchestrations of various models and superior.
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RT @wolfejosh: No. I am purple pilled. There are tens of millions of people born unlucky, lost ovarian lottery, system stacked against the….
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RT @Hadley: If I could only give founders 20 seconds of advice after leading seed round, it’d prob be this: Keep your team small and your b….
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Jon Keidan
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Great point. Not discussed enough - can be cliff for companies finding their way just when they start breaking through. @garrytan.
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Garry Tan
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Venture debt seems like a good idea but only if it goes well tbh. When it goes poorly you are better off making it work without the extra runway, since there is a fatal pinch at the end when the debt covenants trip and they sweep your balance sheet. Equity holders and founders.
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RT @scottbelsky: quick thoughts on things we may see in 2025…. (1) A new wave of investigative journalists will break news via betting mark….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @scottbelsky: if there were betting markets around the effectiveness and net benefit of vaccines, I suspect there may be more consensus.
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Jon Keidan
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RT @Alfred_Lin: On this week's Training Data, I served as a guest host for a great conversation with @kareemamin, founder of @clayrunhq, a….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @scottbelsky: game will shift from engaging with content to engaging with meaning. taste, story, and craft will become the differentia….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @KianSadeghi5: I strongly agree with @sequoia here. Application layer is king for the AI revolution. There is no doubt one of the — if….
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Jon Keidan
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RT @StartupArchive_: Patrick Collison on the importance of beauty and craftsmanship when building products. “If Stripe is a monstrously suc….
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