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Founder and Managing Partner, Valor Equity Partners
Joined January 2012
I have worked closely with Elon for over 20 years. His heart is pure, and his sole mission is to help humanity. During the darkest moments, he has shown me the path to choose courage and compassion over fear and hate. To believe anything else is absurd.
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Your data is apples to oranges. The data you show for the 2016 to 2020 period is enumeration for all immigrants in ALL forms. The data we showed in our slide last night in Wisconsin was just Enumeration Beyond Entry ("EBE") immigrants. The difference is Enumerations at Field
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Playing with Grok 3 this morning. It is great! Congratulations to the team!! 🙏.
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From DC to the border, there are very good people at CPB who pointed this tragedy out to us. They were following orders from the Biden Administration. Without the good people at DHS we would not have found these criminals and terrorists. We are deeply grateful for their support.
Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening. So far, CBP identified a subset of 6.3k individuals paroled into the United States since 2023 on the FBI's Terrorist Screening.
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🚨ANTONIO GRACIAS: "I've been at the Social Security Administration. 100% of what Elon is saying is true. Nothing is happening that would impact the level of payments that are legitimately owned those payments. Period. A LOT is going to happen to happen to people that are
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David nails it here. I added that you can’t do a zero based budget without a reconciliation process. Sounds crazy but this is why much of the government can’t pass an audit. @DOGE is bringing basic fiscal discipline to Government. #Gratitude 🙏 🇺🇸.
David Friedberg: Through Zero-Based Budgeting, DOGE is Compelling Americans to Ask the Fundamental Question of Government. On E214, @friedberg broke down the impact @DOGE and @elonmusk are having:. "If you zoom out on what DOGE is doing, I think the best way to describe it is
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.@GavinSBaker I’m using “Grok it” all the time too. Becoming an indispensable work tool. Are we experiencing the creation of a new verb??? . “To Grok”. Thank you R. Heinlein and Elon🙏.
I am saying “Just grok it” more every day. Fastest change in my online activity ever. Highly recommend.
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I have never seen a worse run company than Twitter. It was shockingly bad. X take over of Twitter is the biggest business turnaround of all time. It is legendary!! Congratulations @elonmusk and @X team!! Amazing!!.
𝕏 VS. OLD TWITTER: FROM BURNING CASH TO PRINTING PROFITS!. Critics said 𝕏 would crumble – but Numbers Don’t Lie!. Twitter (2021, pre-Elon):. · Revenue: $5B. · EBITDA: $682M. · EBITDA Margin: 13.64%. 𝕏 (2024, under @elonmusk ):. · Revenue: $2.7B. · EBITDA: $1.25B. · EBITDA
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Great win for Government Accountability!.
Major improvement in Treasury payment integrity going live!. This was a combined effort of @DOGE, @USTreasury and @FederalReserve. Nice work by all.
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I needed some inspiration today. I got it from my friend and partner Galen on our call. He rode his wheelchair thru the LA firestorm to safety. A master class in courage and decision making under literal fire. Relieved you are safe. In awe of your Valor!
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The future of humanity just changed. Congratulations Spacex!
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Zipline is leading the way in bringing autonomous robotic delivery to the world! Valor is honored to support Zipline in making the future happen today.
Today, Zipline launched in Dallas, our first major metro in the US. We’re seeing the dawn of a new era of robotic instant logistics that is going to become an indispensable part of our lives. After 4 years and hundreds of thousands of test flights, teleportation is finally here.
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Exactly! Well said Sendil!.
@RBReich Professor,. Respectfully, Tesla's income taxes are not an example of fraud. Tesla complies with all tax regulations in all of the regions of the world in which we operate. Details about 2024 Income Taxes were disclosed to last month in our 10-K. Notably - we outline our net.
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We are very excited to deepen our partnership with @ZachBDell and @basepowerco. Creating the future of energy in America!.
Today, we announced a $200M round led by Addition, @a16z, @lightspeedvp, and Valor, with participation from existing investors @ThriveCapital, Altimeter, Trust Ventures, and @terraincap. Addition founder Lee Fixel will join our board alongside Antonio Gracias of Valor.
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Walked into a random cafe in Mount Koya Japan. Here I found the worlds most skilled Barista among Buddhist monks and 700 year old cedar trees. You never know when the universe will surprise you.
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Sunrise peace settles.Grok opens to a poem’s grace.Warm face, knowing smile.🙏.
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Thank you @GavinSBaker and @iconnections_io. Always entertaining and thought provoking to be together. Super fun!.
Thoroughly enjoined this panel last week @iconnections_io with my good friend @AntonioGracias - I hope we make it an annual tradition. As an aside, if you are investor or an allocator, iConnections is a really good and unique conference IMO.
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This is an extraordinarily difficult time for everyone. CEOs need to make very hard decisions in suboptimal circumstances. We applaud Travis at Bird for taking the pain first. He cut is own pay to $1/year before any other cost cutting. Great leaders take the pain first.
Rules of journalistic ethics:.Seek Truth, Minimize harm, and Be Accountable. See: This reporter:.Don’t verify, never correct even when informed of the truth, never apologize, incite outrage, just keep piling on.
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@chamath Or maybe it was design to destroy American’s attention spans and melt our brains. Either way bad for America.
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First stock I ever invested in was Apple when I was about 12 years old. My Mom helped me buy 50 shares. I still own it. Reminds me of what it takes to build a great company and of my wonderful, supportive, loving Mom. Gracias Mama! Te quiero mucho.
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So very grateful to wake to this beautiful view as we welcome 2019. Happy New Year!
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So very proud of our team at Tesla! Magnificent captures Model 3 well.
“If you were hoping Tesla would fail on account of the Model 3 I’ve got bad news: This thing is magnificent” @WSJ .
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Godspeed Senator McCain. You will always be a great American Patriot.
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What am amazing Mom! E&K are very lucky to have Maye in their lives.
Here is the invite to celebrate the new Zip2 offices. Julia Perry hung posters on the wall, and I did the catering. @georgezachary @kimbal @elonmusk @ToscaMusk #thestart
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💯 correct. This is why the normal human brain feels guilt when it lies. This basic neurological programming enabled the cooperative human relationships that formed the basis of the giant neural network that built the world we see around us today.
1) Just reread Dune and this resonated with me: “respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.”.
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I’m buying Amazon stock tomorrow. If AMI publishes these pics, I’m going to buy more. Please join me in supporting an honest free press in America.
I’ve written a post about developments with the National Enquirer and its parent company, AMI. You can find it here:
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Congratulations Jason!! A testament to your special investment acumen. I’m proud of you!.
What an amazing night, nine years ago. when I gathered 21 angel investors to meet six companies. including Ubercab.
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So very proud of the efforts of our entire team at Tesla.
Really appreciate the high quality critical feedback from @ConsumerReports. Road noise & ride comfort already addressed too. UI improvements coming via remote software update later this month.
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Congratulations Steve! I’m thrilled to be a LP and look forward to working together again on more companies that forge the future.
Hello, Future!. My partner Maryanna Saenko and I are excited to launch Future Ventures today with our $200 million venture fund focused on bold moon shots by the mission-driven founders who forge the future. More: Welcome to the
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Happy Birthday Tosca!!.
Happy birthday to my wonderful daughter, who continues to bring me me much joy. Love you @ToscaMusk ❤️🌹🎂🍾
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@DavidSacks Civil Responsibility. Americans will do the right thing, and we will take care of each other. As a society, we will never let our fear take over our humanity for our fellow citizens. This is the backbone of our resilience as a nation. The C19 crisis will be no different.
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So very proud of our team at Harbor and to be part of these ground breaking firsts!!.
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“In maybe 120 wheel revolutions, a high-performance hierarchy has been rattled.”
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Amazing!!
Falcon 9 first stage has landed on Of Course I Still Love You — world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
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@bespokeinvest Obvious answer is Domino’s. Anyone involved in technology and pizza knows that pizza consumption fuels all higher education, productivity, and innovation. Without pizza we would be still be in the Stone Age.
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Imagine a world where one company or even a few companies could dominate access to fire and electricity??
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@DavidSacks Generally true. We were not prepared. Great news now tho, I am seeing states, companies and friends across the US step up to make tests, ventilators, masks, drugs, whatever is needed. Americans care for each other. We will get thru the C19 crisis together. #civicresponsibility.
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The only constant in life is change.
GE, once the world’s largest company by market value, is now smaller than Netflix
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@DavidSacks Thank you David, and I’m very grateful to you for all the great companies you have helped me invest in including @bird,@slack,@houzz to name a few. Look forward to another 20 years of working together.
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This is great. Thank you!.
From mom of Susan, Janet, and Anne Wojcicki. T - Trust.R - Respect.I - Independence.C - Collaboration.K - Kindness. How to Raise Successful Children Like the Wojcicki Sisters | Time
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Amazing. again!!
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Great work Kimbal! Congratulations.
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Great people, great product, great company!
Today we announced $140M in new funding, led by Valor Equity Partners, @8VC_ & Harald McPike.
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Brought tears to my eyes and lifted my heart. As inspiring at the end as you always have been. Thank you for your inspiration Senator McCain . Farewell.
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2.7 miles of avoided traffic on a bird. Improve lives by reducing traffic today!
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Everyone should read your book Phil. I hope you are in Panama bringing your #POSITIVITY message to this beautiful country. Enjoy the wonderful people, culture, and great weather my friend.
Yes Antonio! Well done, but I’m giving you books anyway my friend! #POSITIVITY
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Congratulations Lisha!!.
My paper "Supervised Community Detection with Line Graph Neural Networks " with Zhengdao Chen and @joanbruna was accepted to @iclr2019 ! See you in New Orleans in May!
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So honored to be helpful to Elsa! She is making world much safer for women everywhere.
What’s the story behind @safecity app? Read how @elsamariedsilva met @GraciasAntonio & Brad Sheftel at #RoadToGES
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Love you and your family my friend.
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#StandUpToRacism# I stand proudly with the ACLU! Good people can not remain silent. Join in!
President Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio is a presidential endorsement of racism.
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Illinois deserves a great leader like JB Pritzker. #GOJB
We did it! This victory belongs to all of you. Together, we’re going to win big up and down the ballot this November and move Illinois forward. Let’s do this.
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Not even 12 hours after winning the primary JB is back out talking to the working people of IL. He will never stop working hard for us. #GOJB
What a night! We couldn’t have done this without all of you, and I loved starting the morning thanking so many voters at the 95th street and Roosevelt L stops!
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Very astute analysis of our CEO comp structure at Tesla. Package is 100% pro shareholder. Would be great to see other public companies do the same.
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Congratulations Addepar!
Addepar employees gathered today to celebrate our $1T milestone. We could not have done this without our dedicated and talented team! #fintech
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So awesome!
New Model X SUV now faster than a $500k Lamborghini
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@lainypainter This is a very good idea. Maybe you should build a two sided market with an easy to use app at craft. If 501c3 I’m in to help fund.
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@AmandaMGoetz Ware, Tare, Tada, Shiru. 700 year old zen saying at Ryoan-ji in Kyoto. Poorly translates as “all you need is inside of yourself”.
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Go to the Kitchen. Has my highest personal recommendation. You will love it Andrew. @kimbal.
I'm going to Boulder for the first time later this month and want to take some friends out for a nice dinner. What's an unmissable restaurant?.
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Amazing. Again!!!
Close-up of rocket stage separation, fast flip, boostback burn in a ring of fire and then…
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Very proud of my friend Kimbal!
So. Much. Snow! I’m honored to be here in Davos 🇨🇭 @worldeconomicforum accepting the Global Social Entrepreneur award. #realfoodforeveryone #wef18 If you’re here, please comment. I’d love to say hi.👇👋
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I drink about 10. Is this a problem or does it mean that I might live forever??
Coffee lovers, rejoice! Two to three cups a day may lower your chances of dying from certain illnesses
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100%. I had the same great luck!
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This is your brain on art - The Washington Post. Def Worth reading.
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We get two great people working for Illinois in JB and MK!
I spent Valentine’s Day working to put state government back on the side of working families, but my best friend is just as committed as I am and has been by my side every single day! I love you, MK. ❤️ #tbt
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Panama City??
I was here this morning. Which city was I in? I’ll give away a signed copy of my new book #POSITIVITY for the first correct answer. #POSITIVITY
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Congratulations SpaceX!
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@ionyad Wanted to show the temple city to my kids. I visited here as a student 30 years ago. We slept in a monastery, attended Buddhist prayers, and walked among the cedar trees, just as I did as a student.
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