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Early stage capital for lateral thinkers.
Palo Alto, CA & Cambridge, MA
Joined November 2011
We are so thrilled to have been @withdelphi’s seed investor. As co-founders @daraladje and @samspelsberg write, “Delphi is like a living Library of Alexandria—not just for famous thinkers, but for anyone with wisdom to share.” Check it out here:
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Human beings scale only so far. But using their knowledge to train ‘digital minds’ enables a form of interactive assistance that goes where one-on-one counseling, newsletters, podcasts, and books...
All the minds in the world. Now one question away. We’ve raised $16M from @sequoia to build @withdelphi - create your digital mind & turn your expertise into living, interactive conversations that scale globally. See how our customers use it below 👇🏼
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We are deeply honored to have been @chalk’s first investor — the team led by @marcff, @marx_elliot, and @Derander are powering the most important part of the AI revolution now underway: inference. We long ago inferred that they’re the team to back. 💪🏼
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With @HBSRock and @innovationlab, we were thrilled to bring @perplexity_ai CEO @AravSrinivas to Harvard in an electrifying series of events. Aravind was the guest judge at Xfund’s pitch competition and met with fellow scholars at Harvard and MIT. Students found him captivating!
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We are so proud to have been @DistSpectrum’s very first investors. The team is redefining electronic warfare for the 21st century.
We’re excited to announce Distributed Spectrum’s $25M Series A—an oversubscribed round led by @saranormous, @ShieldCapVC , and @natfriedman with participation from existing investors, @felicis and @xfund, along with angels including leaders in technology, defense, and AI
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RT @daraladje: Introducing DELPHI ACTIONS. Your digital clone can now take automated actions based on user behavior. Just describe what y….
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What do people think *you* sound like? Try @boldvoiceapp’s amazing new accent guesser: and see if you can fool it by putting on your best foreign accent!
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Let the Accent Oracle identify your non-native English accent with precision! The BoldVoice Accent Oracle is the most accurate AI-powered accent detection tool available. Try our free accent checker...
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.@HarvardHBS just posted this video of Sam Altman at the @Xfund Experiment Assembly 2024. @patrickchung was Sam’s very first investor, and presented him with the first pitch deck he ever gave at age 19 in a packed event co-hosted by @HarvardHBS and @hseas:
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“Reflecting on 15 years in venture capital, @brandonfarwell notes some of the changes he has seen… there’s a noticeable shift — more founders are driven by missions that extend beyond mere profitability.”
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I spoke with Brandon Farwell (HBS ’14 grad), general partner at Xfund, an early stage venture capital firm with portfolio companies…
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The curse of the Michelin star: Restaurants awarded the honour are more likely to close, research finds
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Restaurants awarded the honour are more likely to close, research finds
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YouTubers like MrBeast are coming for Hollywood: Scandals will not be enough to stop a new generation from taking over
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Scandals will not be enough to stop a new generation from taking over
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Generative AI is transforming Silicon Valley: The technology is forcing America’s disrupters-in-chief to think differently
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Generative AI is forcing America’s disrupters in chief to think differently
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How much trouble is Boeing in?: A protracted strike could cause lasting damage
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A protracted strike could cause lasting damage
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How FIFA was outplayed by Electronic Arts: The video-game publisher called the football chiefs’ bluff—and won
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The video-game publisher called the football chiefs’ bluff—and won
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RT @spencerrascoff: This week in Harvard ES-134, we explored #fundraising with insights from top VCs—@DaFrankel (@fcollective), @kentbennet….
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This week in Harvard ES-134, we explored the critical topic of raising capital, with insights from guest speakers Tuan Ho (Xfund), Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), and David Frankel (Founder...
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PwC needs to rethink its global governance: The “big four” accounting giants have outgrown their decentralised structures
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The “big four” accounting giants have outgrown their decentralised structures
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Why the hype for hybrid cars won’t last: Fully-electric vehicles will win the race
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Fully electric vehicles will win the race
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Chinese overcapacity is crushing the global steel industry: Fixing the problem is not easy
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Governments are stepping in to protect local producers
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Demand for high-end cameras is soaring: The ubiquity of smartphones has helped
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The ubiquity of smartphones has helped
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