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What AngelList is building, what you’re telling LPs when you raise your fund size, new fund I’s are popping up again, and how to get free AirPods on us
Data on early-stage valuations YoY, Morgan Stanley is entering privates, and discounts on some of the best tools we use every day
How to make sense of the former CTO of OpenAI's latest round rumors, tariffs and secondary buyers, and Founders Fund raises a massive growth vehicle
A glimpse into the future for VC as an asset class, virtue signaling is killing independent thinking, and the case for equity-for-services
The best things I found on X this week, digging your moat through typing a sequence of keys, and the importance of sales rep math
Escaping the venture treadmill, megafunds and the great re-risking, the year of the $1b secondary, and some VC returns data
Data on FF returns, creating leverage for AI-first teams, how VCs actually add value
The CEO of AngelList on why scout funds are the best-kept secret in venture, scaling up a fund and moving on to zero-sum games, the biggest issue in private markets, and every company becoming an AI company
