I've known Benji professionally and personally for over a decade now. I've heard him recount his story and the @NALAmoney journey around the world, from Palo Alto to London to Dar es Salaam. In every one of these stories, he evokes a pride about America and the American experience. About what it meant for this country to believe in him; about the responsibility he has to those that placed their trust in him. He's then shown up by building a valuable American company, employing Americans, and perhaps most tellingly, carrying the spirit of American entrepreneurship around the world. And it's much needed. These are parts of the world where anti-American influence can be pervasive and the true differentiation we have is showing everyone - from the voices of their very best countrymen - that the American experiment is real and that it is honorable. Every time I see the friction of this immigration regime against our desire for the revival of American values around the world, I continue to be let down by our inability to practice the art of self-interested restraint. At some point, the tech community will need to come to terms with which fight it is actually trying to win. nytimes.com/2026/09/02/opini…