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We're Upfront.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2009
We’re breaking free of gravity and heading into The Next Orbit! @Upfrontvc, Generation Space, @MaCVentureCap & Fenwick brought together founders, investors & operators across aerospace, defense, AI, and frontier tech for #LATechWeek’s “The Next Orbit” event. #FenwickatTechWeek
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🫡 reporting live from the @FenwickWest Deep Tech and Beyond mixer with @upfrontvc @generationspace @MaCVentureCap
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Apex Wants To Bring Henry Ford-Style Mass Production To Satellites
forbes.com
Low-Earth orbit has become a battleground for companies and militaries. Apex Technology wants to provide standardized satellites for all of them.
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Halfway through OSS 2025 and the vibes are 🔥 KBBQ was a hit! Huge thanks to @upfrontvc & all partners for an epic welcome dinner. We're ready for today’s panels, roundtables & networking with leaders like Mike Seavers, Eden Chen, Alexandra Takei & more. Let’s go!
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Yesterday we hosted our actioners X @upfrontvc dinner in SF! Thank you so much for joining us for dinner! At actioners we believe that those that change the world are the ones who know what they want and go and fucking do it. Thank you, last night was inspiring! #SFTechWeek
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Private VC dinner with @upfrontvc at @_Actioners @_TheResidency. Move to SF, it will change your life!
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🚀 LA @Techweek_ is where frontier tech takes flight. Join Fenwick, @upfrontvc, @GenSpaceUS, and @MaCVentureCap alongside deeptech founders, investors, and operators shaping aerospace, defense, AI, and beyond: https://t.co/YApIlcYOjB
#LATechWeek #FenwickatTechWeek
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We hit $3M ARR. First $1M took 2 months. Last month alone we added $1M.
BREAKING: @daytonaio just became the fastest-growing infrastructure company in history. $0 → $1M ARR in 2 months. Faster than Stripe. Faster than Vercel. Faster than AWS. Yes, really. 🧵👇
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Our PF1000 Prime Focus System is a Top 10 finalist for the @MIManufacturers 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Michigan People’s Choice Award! The PF1000 is a core part of the Observable Space platform, powering real-time observation and advancing what’s possible.
micoolestthing.org
The race is on to determine the winner of our annual people’s choice award featuring the best-of-the-best from Michigan manufacturers whose homegrown ingenuity is leading the entire industry into the...
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Super fun speaking today at @drivecapital in Austin
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I'll be back in SF tomorrow! HMU if you're thinking about: - designing/deploying world models - SMG (small-medium grid) infrastructure - research on RL for robotics
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Thrilled to play a tiny part in supporting you! Condition & modality (CT, labs, genomics, etc.) specific models have paved the way for better-than-human understanding of narrow aspects of medicine, but now is the moment for multi-modal foundational model approach like yours to
Excited to announce that @SophontAI has raised $9.22M in combined pre-seed+seed rounds! 🚀🔥 Led by @KindredVentures, with participation from @delphi_ventures @upfrontvc @AICONIC_VC also @jeffdean, @logankilpatrick, @ClementDelangue (via Factorial Capital), @l2k & others
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Was exciting to see @carolinedclark showcase @arcade_demo on stage at the Connected Stack conference earlier today! Thanks to @trueventures and others for hosting, @gimmedadeetz and I had a great time!
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In this age of big sequels and fast follows, it’s so inspirational to talk to @JenovaChen who from day 1 focused on designing games for deep emotional resonance. Not the usual around competition and thrill, but serenity, wonder, empathy, connection. Tune in for part 1 below, part
What if the next revolution in gaming was all about emotion? @JenovaChen, founder of @thatgamecompany, shares how emotional design is gaming’s biggest opportunity and why persistence paying off matters. Huge thanks to Jenova & co-host @kevinyzhang for this epic convo!
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Excited to announce that @SophontAI has raised $9.22M in combined pre-seed+seed rounds! 🚀🔥 Led by @KindredVentures, with participation from @delphi_ventures @upfrontvc @AICONIC_VC also @jeffdean, @logankilpatrick, @ClementDelangue (via Factorial Capital), @l2k & others
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So many good nuggets with the legendary @bingfish who’s seen it all in & outside games, from co-founding EA to partnering w/ numerous founders at KPCB. Big takeaway for me is the importance of concise mission that focuses the team & sends a clear, understandable message to
Had the pleasure of sitting down with @bingfish, EA’s co-founder + Duolingo board member, on the Gaming Founders Podcast! Here’s just a taste: ✅ EA nearly went bankrupt in year one 💸 Survived on a $5M bridge loan 🏈 Built the Madden Football empire Essential listening for
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Very excited to be speaking at @InfobipShift and share my perspective on how the next few years will play out in AI coding. Will also be passing through Munich and London. Hit me up if we should connect or if you have food and coffee recs!
🤖 From IDEs to Agents: the next chapter of coding is here. Don’t miss @pzakin's talk, Beyond the IDE, happening only at Infobip Shift Zadar. Few more tickets left: https://t.co/e0x8OCor49
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This September, I'm doing something new. Every weekday, I’ll share a short Magic Trick. One small way you can use @AgendaHero, like a magician. Think of it like a behind-the-scenes tip on how to turn the everyday chaos of flyers, PDFs, and emails into calendar events that
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