Awesome chat with my Partner @puneet324 and @geneteare last week on all things AI and seed. "These are waves you live for." https://t.co/uiKPczztAN #trueventures

Early in one of the biggest innovation cycles we've seen, consensus isn't what will lead to the breakouts.

IN NEWS: @howie_ai raises a $6M seed round led by @trueventures. Co-founder & CEO @awwstn will be joining TBPN at 2:10p PT to break it all down.

Game ON! Been at rehearsal today with the incredibly talent Founders going on stage tomorrow #connectedstack. One room. One very unique moment in time.

🎥 We sat down with @madelineminshew of True Ventures to reflect on the scrappy early days of 🚀 @joinHandshake — and why she’s so bullish today. ⚡ From $0 → $100M run rate in 2025, Handshake AI is fueling model training with its unique network of PhDs & grad students. 👥

Morning. On today’s show: – Jensen Huang less bullish on AI than Leopold Aschenbrenner – @_fabknowledge_ (SemiAnalysis) – @ajay_bcv (Bain Capital Ventures) – @jcal7 (True Ventures) – @hussein_fazal (Super) – @oisinhanrahan (Keychain) – @shanehegde (Air) – @koenbok &

I'll be going on @tbpn today at 1:50pm to talk about AI capital efficiency and the beginning of an epic VC vintage. Tune in, they're awesome. @trueventures

🧵 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

Every innovation wave comes with a familiar prediction: “venture is dead,” or now "irrelevant". Who needs VC when one person can build a $1 billion unicorn? I believe the opposite: AI will save venture and restore value to the entire startup economy. https://t.co/bXBNsMAaMZ

https://t.co/9lG0NSoSDu Co-hosted with @addition, @a16z, Ballistic, @BatteryVentures, @conviction, @felicis, @ForerunnerVC, @GreylockVC, @GTM_Capital, @GVteam, @IndexVentures, @kleinerperkins, @lightspeedvp, @MenloVentures, @mtf_vc, @Redpoint, @sequoia, @UPPartnersVC and @nvidia.

Silicon Valley was built on network effects fueled by collaboration. That’s why I’m proud that @trueventures is gathering the ecosystem for https://t.co/xe2plVbdeZ on September 10 in SF, an invite-only event bringing together the key enterprise AI builders, backers, and buyers.

Love this one. congrats @alanwells. Brilliant vision and execution so far.

We were grateful to join @ForerunnerVC and our fellow co-hosts in bringing together a standout group of early-stage consumer AI builders at #HumansInTheLoop. It was a powerful reminder that collective success grows from an inclusive community—where founders, investors, and

Congrats @moderneinc! Incredible tech and team @trueventures

Thrilled to announce @kevinrose and @michaelmontano as full Partners at True. Proven repeat Founders, gifted creators, passionate advocates for visionaries and builders, perfectly True.

Great piece. Could not agree more and we are seeing it in the creativity of our Founders and the vibrancy across the ecosystem https://t.co/sUnKLGxZcq Well said @bussgang

Really impressed with Meta View Ray-Bans. Best hw/sw integration I’ve experienced in a while. AINearby gonna be big.

Just finished our team retreat with a multi-day dive into the latest GenAI stack. As @kevinrose posted on X and reiterated at our offsite: “We saw software eat the world. Now AI eats software.” AI is rewriting every sector we touch in venture. And Team True is here for it.

The first artwork of the collection was auctioned! And it was no other than the great @jcal7 who won, thus becoming the first ever owner of a VIULET! So grateful! To think the first artwork went for 5.4eth, insane! Jon, an honor to know the first of them all, is yours! ♾♾

NOW is the time to get ready to go public? Yes! The renewed focus on fundamentals has created a window to prepare high growth companies to thrive in public markets 💸📈🏋️‍♂️💪#startup #startupadvice #ipo https://t.co/Gl9mEIv93p @stokedadvisors