Ben Glenney
@ben_glenney
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Early stage VC @restivevc. We write seed checks up to $5M. Tweets about markets, tech, finance. Views my own.
San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2021
one of the earlier batches of purely ai-native companies. expect more like this in the next few
wait why was w24 such a goated yc batch Greptile (@greptile) Delve (@getdelve) Legora (@WeAreLegora) Reducto (@reductoai) Gumloop (@gumloop) Datacurve (@datacurve_ai) Raindrop (@raindrop_ai) Happenstance (@HappenstanceAI) Retell AI (@retellai) Circleback (@circlebackai) Andon
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Underdiscussed benefit of the @perplexity_ai business model: with not having to allocate resources to fundamental llm research, more time and energy can go to product development. It shows in the way they keep shipping at the cutting edge
Introducing Perplexity Computer. Computer unifies every current AI capability into one system. It can research, design, code, deploy, and manage any project end-to-end.
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Hiring in Miami, SF, NYC. If you're obsessed with AI-native finance and want to ship fast, DM.
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jensen saw his shadow, the ai capex buildout has been renewed for another 3 months
nvidia earnings is just groundhogs day for tech stocks at this point
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nvidia earnings is just groundhogs day for tech stocks at this point
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Agentic payments: it's what everyone is talking about, but what's actually going on? When will it move from early adoption to mainstream? And who will win? I'm so excited to be moderating a panel with three leaders at the forefront of this topic: @ErikReppel at @coinbase, Charlie
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the best preseed founders I've met all have one thing in common they move faster than everyone else not always smarter, better funded or more connected just faster.
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this is what seed -> series b is like
This famous video filmed at the Sasquatch Music Festival 2009 is often shown in corporations, team working classes, etc. and it actually shows an interesting aspect in psychology: the role of leading with a example (even if weird) and imitation. https://t.co/3wim5IkVOQ
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next week i'm vibe coding our LP portal. it will have one button that says 'trust me' and links to a google sheet
just vibe coded a full app with Claude Code in 45 minutes. approved 200 lines of code i cannot read. deployed it to prod. told my partners we're 'building proprietary tooling in-house now.' it is a to-do list. i am a venture capitalist and we have crossed the rubicon
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can we all agree the citrini thing was silly? people are just looking for reasons to be scared
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When I was 7 years old I was asked by my father what went into the price of a sandwich. Considering it carefully, I answered. The lettuce, the tomato, the bread and the meat. I did not consider correctly. I was short quite a few costs as my father was eager to point out. I had
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A majority of the founders are using AI to supercharge traditional industries. Others are using AI to go after those industries from the outside. The agreement is that the tech is going to radically transform legacy industries. I'm super excited about this panel at Go Restive
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Tech innovation should benefit companies, and people, onshore. Congrats to the Onshore team on the Series B
Proud to share Onshore's $31M Series B. LFG 🚀. Invested early and knew from day 1 this team was a force. $200B+ in tax incentives go unclaimed every year. Onshore (formerly SPRX) is fixing that with an AI-native platform that's already delivered $600M+ in results for 500+
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just vibe coded a full app with Claude Code in 45 minutes. approved 200 lines of code i cannot read. deployed it to prod. told my partners we're 'building proprietary tooling in-house now.' it is a to-do list. i am a venture capitalist and we have crossed the rubicon
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Two weeks until Go Restive. Focused on early product, distribution, and scaling questions. Apply →
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Go Restive 2026: Founder Application Please complete this form to apply to attend Go Restive 2026. Go Restive is a fintech and AI conference bringing together founders, investors, and operators...
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Let’s talk about exits in fintech (again). Two years ago we published a report on the VC-backed fintech exit landscape. It felt like the right moment for an update. And despite the tumult of the last week, 2025 was objectively a banner year for exits in the space. What stood
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Data shows that markets rewarded compounding growth while punishing subscale businesses.
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Love to see a couple great @restivevc portfolio companies featured here!
Loved working with @benln and @nextplayso on this post about the career-making consumer AI startups that are hiring now. Hard to pick just 50! https://t.co/gOm7c1Jd2I
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