Andrew Brackin
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seed checks in applied ai @gradientvc - thiel fellow - prev co-founded vial - early at newfront - 🇬🇧
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Excited to share that I've joined @GradientVC as a Partner to back world-class founders! Gradient has been investing at the forefront of AI since 2017. We lead pre seed through series A rounds. Our team includes numerous former founders, domain experts and investors. As a
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proud angel!
BREAKING: @RivetTax raises a $5.1M seed round to bring AI to tax prep. Led by former Ramp exec @NickAbouzeid, the company blends automation with ex–Big 4 accountants and already serves Cursor, Cognition, and ModRetro. Nick will be on TBPN today at 1:30p PT to discuss.
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NEW JERSEY: Get to know MIKIE SHERRILL: —Voted to RAISE taxes by $3,700 —Voted to give ILLEGALS taxpayer-funded healthcare —Voted to CUT the child tax credit And Sherrill has NO idea what to do as Governor. 🤯 Vote AGAINST her on Nov. 4th.
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Sam Altman’s playbook is clear: When a model becomes usable, OpenAI rushes to turn it into a blockbuster app: ChatGPT – chat app Codex – coding app Sora – video app Raw model power isn’t a strong moat in a crowded field (Google, xAI, Anthropic). But once an app embeds into
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Congrats to @GradientVC portfolio company @prepared_hq on their exit to Axon! 🚀🚀
From the first 911 call to final resolution, every second matters in public safety. Today, we’re pleased to share that Axon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire @Prepared_HQ, a leading AI-powered 911 communications platform. This is a bold step toward closing the
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Remarkable that US spending on pharmaceuticals is just ~1.6% of GDP. Amazingly good value for money considering the welfare gains. (And especially given the extent to which the US subsidizes the rest of the world.)
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we are leading rounds @GradientVC
🧵 1/ Is venture broken? It’s a question I’m hearing almost daily across the VC ecosystem – and as an LP, one I can’t ignore. We set out to find an answer by digging into the data. What we found was that, despite the expanding influence of mega-funds, dedicated Seed & Series A
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telling chatgpt to only use reputable sources (no seo spam) dramatically improved its research outputs
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peter thiel: "our worst investments have been in healthcare and education" me: "my 2 best investments are in healthcare and education" and one is backed by founders fund ;) https://t.co/PR6d1qZO3I
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See this all the time from VC’s
This is one of several reasons why "star performer at xyz hot company" very often does not transfer to star founder. People fall in love with the resume and a glittering references, without thinking about how different the sports are. Often the oddball at the hot co is the
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Thank you to Time Magazine for the honor of being named the 170th best venture capital firm in the country -- When we started the firm a decade ago we couldn't have possibly imagined we would ever achieve such a distinction. better luck next year to number 171 - 176
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.@generalmedco is one of the most impressive medical AI experiences I’ve seen. It took minutes to move a prescription over to them. They instantly pulled in my medical history, current insurance, prescriptions, etc.
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This is great
It feels like there are two modalities of competition in Silicon Valley today. Both are valid and interesting and can lead to big outcomes. Modality 1: Work on something legible. Out execute the fuck out of everyone. --> This means that you are working on something that is
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Hostie featured on CNBC today. AI phone system for restaurants. Wayfare Tavern shares how they're using it to answers 70% of calls. The ROI is a no brainer!
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A lot of very smart people are realizing they can easily vibe code software for themselves, but the reality is that most SaaS users aren’t smart enough to do this. SaaS will get squeezed because reduced barriers to entry hurts pricing power, not because users will self-solve.
I've been vibe coding something to replace all the personal productivity software I use. It's roughly a daily notes / notion clone / personal CRM that uses github as a back end. What's remarkable is that this is such a common hobby project that whenever I want a feature I can
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the goal of life is to be excited to go to work and excited to go home
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