Excited to join “Let’s Grow – Scaling Your Startup After a Financing Event” during #SFTechWeek! 🚀 We’ll dig into scaling challenges + opportunities after fundraising 📍SVB Experience Center, SF, CA | 🗓 Fri, Oct 10 at 11:30AM–1:30PM RSVP 👇👇👇 https://t.co/s9qax1VUI2

Excited to speak at the Consumer AI VIP Breakfast during #SFTechWeek! 🚀 With @mbaierlentz (@lightspeedvp), @JoshConstine (@SignalFire), & @fbradu_ (@inWorld AI) on the future of AI-native consumer products. 📍 SoMa, SF | 🗓 Oct 7, 9–11AM 👉 RSVP: https://t.co/Ttbhb49a5E

🚀 It's launch day at Ambient!🚀 The Ambient Daily Briefing is a 7am, AI-powered email, built for founders, that preps every meeting on your cal. Investor mode offers deep dossiers for VC pitches. It's like an AI Chief of Staff. No waitlist, and 7-day free trial. 2-min

Looking forward to holding a great event in NYC this evening on Verifying International AI Agreements, a very technically rich topic. We’ll have a keynote from @benharack, followed by discussion with @MauricBaker, @janet_e_egan, @jordanschnyc, and @prpaskov. There are a few spots

I’m hosting @mavenvc's 5th Consumer AI Pitch Fest at SF Tech Week 2025! Founders building in Consumer AI will pitch live to investors + industry leaders. One winner will be selected! RSVP to join us: https://t.co/QFXDmX0NGY #SFTechWeek @techweek_

Proud to see @mavenvc included on @TIME's list of top VC firms — a testament to our founders working tirelessly to build their iconic consumer technology companies!

Something’s in the air in San Francisco. I visited recently and felt a new energy pulsing through the city. It reminded me of tech’s heyday, with bustling streets, busy restaurants on every corner, and a lot of traffic. I had dinner with a few friends who live there (one of

Using @PerplexityComet this weekend brought back the feeling I had the first time I used ChatGPT. It truly feels like living in the future.

Very proud to see my Partner @sara_desh earn the well- deserved recognition for her tireless work supporting early stage founders! Congrats, Sara! 🎉

🚀@rob_rav (Duke ‘15) is back on campus this Thursday, March 27, teaming up with fellow alumnus Daniel Altman @manaltdan for a deep dive on AI—plus, the Maven team is hosting office hours for student founders! 🔗 Sign up via the QR code below!

We've entered the era of tiny teams The list keeps growing, first time coming across most of these

2024 Vimcal Rewind is here!! ⏪ Our Spotify-Wrapped-for-your-calendar feature is now live on both iOS and desktop. Answer questions like "how many hours did I sit on Zoom?" and "how many flights did I take?" in a fun Stories-like flow. Not a @Vimcal user yet? No worries.👇

@joindaybreak is hosting "The Anxious Generation: Social Media, Cell Phone Bans & Our Schools," on October 22 at 8 AM PST. Learn how smartphones affect youth mental health & what schools can do.

the problem with twitter these days is I cannot control my urge to click on stuff for shock value and my algorithm has now made this the majority of my feed

For SF Tech Week, @mavenvc is back with the Consumer AI Pitch Fest! W/ @agihouse_org and @anarghya503 from @Maveron we'll hear 10 pitches from early stage startups in Consumer AI. If you want to pitch at the event, or join us to listen in, register here:

“Intifada just means ‘uprising’ in the way Sieg Heil just means ‘hail victory’”—@DaraHorn

I believe Garry when he says this. The % of YC companies @mavenvc has invested in that graduate from Seed to Unicorn is actually even higher. Here's what we're looking for in a YC investment:

Investors always want to know how your idea is defensible. The truth? There is rarely defensibility. There is only speed.

People ask me a lot whether AI opens up opportunities in consumer. No question. Before AI, the fight for consumer minutes was nearly impossible against TikTok, Instagram/Reels, etc. The most successful recent consumer social company (BeReal) could barely get 2mins / DAU! Now,

I am truly astonished by how fast a previously so engrained behaviour (Googling) has been usurped for me by Perplexity. So natural, so much better. 👏 @AravSrinivas