backing scientist-led ventures in space, quantum, and physical intelligence at @OutliersFund play poker at @tritonpoker
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2019
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Poseidon @OutliersFund retweeted
In 1972, the Sci-Fi film Silent Running imagined freighters hauling cargo through space. Now @NASA is buying that service.
@GoToImpulse won two task orders for NASA’s Moon Base program, with missions set to begin in 2028.
Why we invest: youtu.be/-w9Fp9PO7KY
10 years ago, I took a SciFi class at @medialab Who would have imagined that to this date, SciFi is still guiding our research and investment at @OutliersFund
Out of 4 space companies @vast @GoToImpulse @InterluneSpace @AstroForge we invested in most of them before or during Series A round, when there were only prototypes, no business models or commercial revenues.
Most of their ideas were proven in a SciFi movie or novel since 50, 60, or 80 years ago. These space companies are turning SciFi into realities in our lifetime!
Poseidon @OutliersFund retweeted
Science fiction imagined mining the Moon. @InterluneSpace is building the infrastructure to make it real, and we are proud to announce that Outliers Scientific Fund has led its Pre-A round.
Interlune has secured approximately $500 million in binding helium-3 purchase agreements.
Just set up my workstation and a tiny area on the balcony for breakfast, night views, and thinking about life. – at Los Angeles, CA
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Poseidon @OutliersFund retweeted
Live at psta.rs/PSFDBGOTEp3 the third show of Season three of the #BigGameonTour
@SugaSeanMMA and the Loose Cannon both getting there, whilst new player @PoseidonOutlier goes on an adventure......
Just moved in LA and set up @OutliersFund LA office. Overlooking our Space portfolio companies with a telescope 🔭 – at Los Angeles, CA
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What I learn from poker and apply to venture capital investing #4 Remove My Ego & Temper
What I learn from poker and apply to venture capital investing #3 Own Your Decisions over Results
What I learn from poker and apply to venture capital investing #2 Be Observant of Environment
What I learn from poker and apply to venture capital investing #1 Long-Term Systematic Thinking
Poseidon @OutliersFund retweeted
18 Outliers team members, portfolio founders, and limited partners have boarded @VirginVoyages for the 5-day @Summit at Sea 2026 adventure. We’ve set up our Massive Suite, prepared gifts from @vast @paradromics #Antaris @OutliersFund, and are ready for our talks and sessions!
Poseidon @OutliersFund retweeted
Our founder @PoseidonOutlier gave one of the most popular talks at @Summit at Sea 2026—“Playing the Long Game: What Poker Teaches Us about Venture Investing”.
Equity Shift, EV Calculation, Game Theory Optimization, … are essential concepts that professional poker players have to study and practice everyday. These mindsets and skill sets could be applied to investing, exiting, and dynamically adjusting the risks/rewards of a venture fund’s portfolio.
Throughout a venture fund life of 10-12 years, we’re dealt with equal amount of good hands and bad hands. There is no such single hand that defines the success or failure of a venture fund. It is the diligence of constantly making the most optimal, or highest EV+, decisions that makes a venture fund stand out from all the players in the field.
Poseidon @OutliersFund retweeted
Worlds collide!
BCI’s (Brain Computer Interface), poker, and business…I am proud investor in @paradromics!
#POSITIVITY
很高興美國有很多能代表台灣文化、價值、精神的創業前輩，除了家喻戶曉的 #黃仁勳，還有金士頓的 #杜紀川 #孫大衛
杜紀川讀高雄師大附中，高中時被退學三次，輾轉至香港、德國唸書，31歲移居美國、從事房地產銷售。
孫大衛讀衛道中學、大同工學院，曾入選亞青盃籃球國手、參加電影試鏡，兩項都因父母反對，26歲移民美國。
杜和孫是通過朋友介紹在美國加州籃球場上認識的🏀
1982年，46歲的杜、36歲的孫和兩位介紹他們認識的朋友一起創業Camintonn，成立半年後業績沒有起色，另外兩位朋友決定另尋他就，孫決定跟隨杜，兩人並用不到10萬美金把另外兩位的創始股份買下來。
半年後，美國上市公司AST用600萬美金買下Camintonn，杜和孫拿出被收購的部份金額，贈予之前拆夥的朋友，他們大吃一驚、覺得杜和孫完全不需要這麼做，杜說「我有機會認識孫大衛，是他們介紹的，我和孫不希望他們為當初離開而感到一輩子的懊悔或遺憾。」
1987年杜和孫共同創立PC內存公司金士頓Kingston，1996年軟銀派了一幫日本人飛到洛杉磯，向杜和孫提出用24億美金，收購金士頓80%股份。
杜和孫回去嚴謹計算後，立馬衝回這些日本人下榻洛杉磯的飯店，向他們用數學計算，展示為何日方提出的24億完全高估了，並主動將收購額下修至18億，其中有部份現金、部份軟銀股份，還有3億的尾款兩年後才會支付。
1996年金士頓的聖誕年會上，杜和孫自掏腰包發了1億美金，感謝全體員工的辛勞與付出，堪稱史上最大方的台灣老闆。
隔年在軟銀股東大會上，孫正義走進來臉色凝重，向在座所有人說他破產了（其實不是破產；而是手上沒有現金）無法支付金士頓的3億尾款，孫大衛當場說沒關係，3億尾款不要了，因為他認為18億還是高估了金士頓的實際價值，而且他也想在孫正義這位貴人有難的時候幫助他一把。
孫大衛走出軟銀的股東大會後才打給杜合夥人說「抱歉我把3億3千萬美金花掉了」杜聽到後沒有很訝異，也沒有責備他，只覺得這非常符合孫大衛的個性會幹出的事。
1999年孫正義一方面察覺軟體和網路才是未來的市場趨勢，一方面為了報答杜和孫，於是用4.5億把80%金士頓股份回賣給杜和孫。雖然在這筆交易中，孫正義三年認虧10億美金，但他把這些資金轉投阿里巴巴，創造3600倍回報的神話！
《內存的故事》書籍有寫到：1999是DRAM大變之年，杜和孫一回購金士頓後，市場復蘇並迎來多年的快速成長，如今它是市佔率第一、價值210億美金的私有企業。杜和孫始終不向銀行借錢、不上市、不貪婪。
有人說金士頓是以儒家文化管理的公司，因為仁、義、禮、智、信、溫、良、恭、儉、讓在這間公司處處可以體現，金士頓的官方企業價值觀是：#禮貌 #尊重 #同情 #誠實 #謙虛，這些也從杜和孫兩位創始人身上就能感受到。
雖然本圖是美國移民的富豪榜，但比這些數字更值得傳頌的是——這些台灣前輩的創業故事、價值觀與人文精神。
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Meeting @NoubarAfeyan of @FlagshipPioneer that invented the @moderna_tx vaccines 💉
Moderna = modified + RNA + modern
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Back to @medialab for its 40th anniversary. Meet old friends, learn new research, collect precious artifacts!
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Dr. Peter Peng, alum from National Taiwan University, is pushing the boundaries of Mars exploration for all mankind as the principal engineer of the 5 Mars rover projects at @NASAJPL that launched from Earth and landed on Mars in the last 30 years.
#Pathfinder (1996) inspired us to explore the boundaries of the world.
#Opportunity (2003) reminded us to seize every opportunity given to our hands.
#Spirit (2003) reminded us to stay positive & strike for excellence.
#Curiosity (2011) reminded us to stay humble & curious for everything that we don’t know.
#Perseverance (2020) made us believe that there isn’t any obstacle that we can’t overcome, as long as we stay persistent.
In 2025, @OutliersFund launches our first Space fund: scientific.outliers.fund and we’re proud to invite Dr. Peter Peng as our first Board of Advisor!
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