Todd Jackson
@tjack
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Partner @firstround. Former VP Product @Dropbox, Product Director @twitter, co-founder @coverscreen, PM @google, @facebook. Amateur golfer and dad.
San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2009
Big @firstround news today! We’re launching Product-Market Fit Method (a free intensive 14-week experience for early founders building epic B2B SaaS companies) and publishing the first session on our internal framework for all to read (with benchmarks, Looker's real data, and
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If this is you and you are ready for the steepest learning curve of your career working with one of the original “work enthusiasts,” don’t sleep on applying to work with @tjack.
I’m hiring an investor to join @firstround and work alongside me to find and support founders in the most formative stage of company building. The most interesting phase of any company is -1 to 1. If you want to live in this zone, and if you’re the right fit, you’re likely
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If I weren't working on @fal, I would die to get this job. If you are looking to get into venture / or looking for a change, this is the one to go for. Good luck @tjack!
I’m hiring an investor to join @firstround and work alongside me to find and support founders in the most formative stage of company building. The most interesting phase of any company is -1 to 1. If you want to live in this zone, and if you’re the right fit, you’re likely
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We built products together at Twitter. Now @tjack is a key part of @p0 as our investor. For the right person, working closely with Todd in this role is will be “the steepest learning curve of your career”
I’m hiring an investor to join @firstround and work alongside me to find and support founders in the most formative stage of company building. The most interesting phase of any company is -1 to 1. If you want to live in this zone, and if you’re the right fit, you’re likely
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I’m hiring an investor to join @firstround and work alongside me to find and support founders in the most formative stage of company building. The most interesting phase of any company is -1 to 1. If you want to live in this zone, and if you’re the right fit, you’re likely
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Parallel Search is now available in the @vercel @aisdk registry. It's never been easier to get best-in-class web search for your AI apps. Check it out:
ai-sdk.dev
Use the Parallel tool in your AI SDK agent with just a few lines of code.
The Tools Registry is a collection of ready-to-use tools that add functionality to your agents with minimal setup.
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When you work with a great VC, you get introduced to people who are completely next level at their craft. They set a new bar. Arielle's a master of positioning and naming. She has boiled it down to a science, and even those who have no involvement in positioning or naming would
What makes a great company name? It’s a question I spend more time thinking about than most people. Here are some of my favorites:
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How do you come up with a great product name? Another instant classic @firstround Review article from our one-and-only Marketing Expert (and my incredible wife!) Arielle 👇
What makes a great company name? It’s a question I spend more time thinking about than most people. Here are some of my favorites:
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Moving the web from a human pull to an agentic push model. Really excited for this launch!
Today, we're launching the Parallel Monitor API. Define a query once and receive ongoing updates whenever new related information appears on the web. It's like a web search that's always on, or a webhook for the entire web. https://t.co/azInRFoJQh
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Startups are path dependent. The earliest choices define the foundation for everything that follows, which makes the formative stage really matter @paraga is a perfect example of a founder who took that phase seriously. Now he’s building something extraordinary on top of it.
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our mission at @p0 is to build an open, transparent, and competitive web that can be used by all AIs, on behalf of humans the most fun part of building: working on one of the longest-standing challenges in computing (IR/search), reimagining business models for the AI web, and
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Exclusive in @NewcomerMedia today: https://t.co/nRK7nE46jw And more on what the Parallel team is up to here:
parallel.ai
Parallel announces $100M Series A at $740M valuation to build web infrastructure for AI agents. We're creating better search for the web's second user.
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2014: Working with @paraga on scaling Twitter 2025: Investing in his $100M Series A for @p0 Ever since we invested in his seed 2 years ago, the @firstround team has had the privilege of partnering closely with Parag as he’s built a stacked team that’s created world-class web
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I don’t know many people who got an iPhone Air. I think people are happy to buy a MacBook Air to trade-off performance for size/weight because laptops are heavy and most people don’t max them out, but with a phone not many people want that trade.
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And that's a wrap on the first Generative Media Conference! On Oct 24, leading founders, researchers, creators, and investors gathered inside SF’s Ferry Building for the inaugural industry conference for generative media. It was a rare and much-needed moment that brought
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I’m kicking off a search for a Chief of Staff to join me @firstround in San Francisco. This is a role we’ve had at First Round for more than a decade. It’s a rare opportunity for someone who’s interested in both startups and investing to learn about both from the inside. You’ll
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