brian pokorny
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Congrats @ElizabethTurner on the new fund! Great working together over the years and look forward to your continued success with @Valkyrie_vc You’re a great partner and advocate to founders who would be fortunate to have you involved in their new companies.
Today I’m launching @Valkyrie_vc - a $45M early-stage fund investing in AI, infrastructure, and critical industries. Grateful to the founders, partners, and friends I’ve worked with along the way. You’ve truly shaped how I invest and why I built Valkyrie. To the founders:
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Congrats on the round @danielkan and team!
thx @deantak for the incredible story. so excited to share what i’ve been working on.
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The Warriors are the first team to play 14 PLAYERS in the first half of a playoff game since at least 1998 😱 Golden State trails Minnesota 56-39 at the break.
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Really excited to be joining Burst Capital and to chat with Techcrunch about creating new jobs in the AI era. We all know massive AI displacement of jobs is coming, and we at Burst are investing in AI because we think it is the future. The optimists among us assure everyone
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Congrats to @newmike on his new role with Geoff and the entire Burst Capital team!
I am so excited to have joined my longtime friends at Burst Capital! We all work so well together and I’m confident in our bright future. More in Geoff’s post below. I also want to thank Rebecca and the entire Canvas team for a great six years, and look forward to continuing on
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🚨UPDATE on Lithium plant fire near "Salad Bowl of America" (produces 70% of U.S. greens): 2 weeks later, scientists find big spike in Nickel, Manganese, & Cobalt in soil 2 miles away. NYU toxicologist tells me at high levels, metals "can get into certain produce or fruit" 🧵
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I was in Monterey the day this fire broke out with my family to visit the aquarium and stay overnight. We canceled and drove back home that same evening. I feel awful for the local residents, and the implications for the local food supply are very concerning. The response from
🚨UPDATE on CA Lithium Battery Plant fire near "Salad Bowl of America" (produces 70% of our greens) -Residents have nosebleeds, lung burning, headache, rash, metallic mouth taste -Health official says not testing soil bc "we don't necessarily know what we're looking for" 🧵...
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Today, we’re launching @withPlenty: the investment platform for couples. 🧵 The 5 Whys for building Plenty 0/5
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Ego clouds judgement and causes one to vastly underestimate their opponent while simultaneously overestimating their own ability.
There are still big questions about why this happened, how much was due to petty personal issues/egos vs fundamental disagreements about the future of AI. It’s only humanity at stake. So let’s hope they figure it out. 🙏
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What happened at OpenAI today is a Board coup that we have not seen the likes of since 1985 when the then-Apple board pushed out Steve Jobs. It is shocking; it is irresponsible; and it does not do right by Sam & Greg or all the builders in OpenAI.
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This would be the wildest destruction of value by a board of all time.
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