Cyan Banister

Yeah, I want to know from David what his favorite piece of art is there and whether or not David and Chamath saw the Declaration of Independence.

Yeah, I want to know from David what his favorite piece of art is there and whether or not David and Chamath saw the Declaration of Independence.

I think you'll get a chance to.

I think you'll get a chance to.

Well, 181, 181, 181, and 18. 18 stands for life to people who are Jewish, and my partners are Jewish. And it was something that was very important to them and to me to stand up after October 7th and take a very public stance. And so we announced our funding announcement on Bloomberg yesterday, and our office is on 18th Street. Yeah.

Well, 181, 181, 181, and 18. 18 stands for life to people who are Jewish, and my partners are Jewish. And it was something that was very important to them and to me to stand up after October 7th and take a very public stance. And so we announced our funding announcement on Bloomberg yesterday, and our office is on 18th Street. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so now we're helping institutions help people go to school, solving cancer and things like that. So every day that we get up in the morning, we're aligning what we do. Our mission is to chase the magically weird. We're looking for alpha in things.

And so now we're helping institutions help people go to school, solving cancer and things like that. So every day that we get up in the morning, we're aligning what we do. Our mission is to chase the magically weird. We're looking for alpha in things.

When everybody is consensus investing and they're doing the same thing and talking about the same things, we're thinking six to eight years in the future. When our fund three, we invested in a company in the chip space And, you know, we were thinking ahead about what's going to power AI and crypto.

When everybody is consensus investing and they're doing the same thing and talking about the same things, we're thinking six to eight years in the future. When our fund three, we invested in a company in the chip space And, you know, we were thinking ahead about what's going to power AI and crypto.

And now that everybody's investing in the application layer, we're going into the next thing, which is like, what is that going to enable? And what's coming down the road and looking for founders that are thinking differently that most other of my peers would look at it and say, that's crazy. I don't want to put any money into that. So that's what we focus on.

And now that everybody's investing in the application layer, we're going into the next thing, which is like, what is that going to enable? And what's coming down the road and looking for founders that are thinking differently that most other of my peers would look at it and say, that's crazy. I don't want to put any money into that. So that's what we focus on.

Yeah, that was a magically weird company at the time. If you remember, I sent it around to multiple investors and they came back with the stupidest excuses I ever heard, but it was their excuse, which is, you know, Not everyone wants a black car. The car doesn't come to my house yet. No one wants to get into a stranger's vehicle. The list goes on and on.

Yeah, that was a magically weird company at the time. If you remember, I sent it around to multiple investors and they came back with the stupidest excuses I ever heard, but it was their excuse, which is, you know, Not everyone wants a black car. The car doesn't come to my house yet. No one wants to get into a stranger's vehicle. The list goes on and on.

But it takes a vision of seeing the future and seeing how it plays out and believing in all the miracles that are gonna happen And getting in early is where all the alpha is, you know, before the thing is defined as a category. So that's where I like to play is I don't want it to even have a market name yet.

But it takes a vision of seeing the future and seeing how it plays out and believing in all the miracles that are gonna happen And getting in early is where all the alpha is, you know, before the thing is defined as a category. So that's where I like to play is I don't want it to even have a market name yet.

That's where like all of my peers can go lose all their money in an ocean of dead bodies because like I don't want to play there. Yeah. And you get a price advantage too, right? Like if you enter early before it's a defined category, you're taking on a lot of risk. And so, you know, I'm getting deals anywhere from like five to 10 posts while all of my peers are playing in the 20 to 30 range.

That's where like all of my peers can go lose all their money in an ocean of dead bodies because like I don't want to play there. Yeah. And you get a price advantage too, right? Like if you enter early before it's a defined category, you're taking on a lot of risk. And so, you know, I'm getting deals anywhere from like five to 10 posts while all of my peers are playing in the 20 to 30 range.