Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERN’s record by a factor of 10. Last week, we enriched isotopes in the world’s most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years. Now, we’re building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.

Rainmaker 30 days of Hard Tech - Day 12 🌧️ Danielle Strachman (GP at 1517): “Augustus came to us and pitched the idea of literally making God's green earth" "Augustus is one of the most profound examples we have in the portfolio of hyperfluency... He doesn't just know about the technology, he knows about the history, he knows about the politics. He can speak to any piece of the domain." "We love pulling the trigger first. Like, it's what we're looking to do... Dog on a leash energy means just that. A dog on a leash does not need more water put down in front of it, more food put down in front of it. It needs the leash to be cut... That energy was very present in Augustus right from the get-go."

Composing piano concertos by day, writing preseed checks for defense tech by night! What a bio: Sergei Rachmaninoff. Composer, pianist, Sikorsky VP.

we asked a 2E camper building a shampoo company to pitch his product to michael. michael doesn’t use shampoo. outstanding work from our customer discovery team.

whenever i am listening to rachmaninoff am like "to think this is the man who angel funded the helicopter, when no one else would"

Nearly one hundred men died building this great work Their martyrdom is obviously tragic, but too few have the courage to admit that their sacrifice was a good thing

Spent 3 days last week with @DStrachman, @William_Blake & the @1517fund fam, including a day at her place. 1517 was @invariantes first fund investment in 2015. Exceptional returns, but they also helped shape me as an investor. Rare investors build companies & fellow GPs. Love ya!