🇨🇦 | My Own Thoughts | Investing @BigBrainVC | @UCBerkeley Computer Science & Business (Haas) | Prev Governance @calblockchain

Toronto - Berkeley - New York
Joined September 2017
Top concerns for the future (in no particular order): climate change antibiotic resistance dementia (funding + staffing + humanitarian) inflation + gov debt automation These are all life-changing trends that are GUARANTEED to happen. We are all unprepared.
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1/x According to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)
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this next transporter launch stack photo is about to hit so hard
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I need Instinct to connect to my Obsidian vault, my beli, goodreads, lyft. @noahrshinn pls help. Kinda crazy I used to interface with Granola, Town, Buzz, Whisper flow, now I just use Instinct
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The trajectory profile for Starship’s 14th flight
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my least favourite english word is “projects”. I have to re read a sentence multiple times to know which of the 14 definitions it’s referring to.
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my hot take is that most of these space companies will become zombie unicorns because very few are selling end-use services to companies on earth. investing in modular infrastructure when very few of these companies have IPO'd
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valor equity partners be investing in everything
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this chart from @SemiAnalysis_ is insane alpha!
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BREAKING🚨 Isar Aerospace demonstrates innovative engine spaghetti arms to boost performance by allowing the rocket to express its excitement upon reaching space.
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no anomalies today! TLDR of the rocket: • 28M tall, 2M diameter • SSO orbit (orbit where there is eternal sunshine) • none of the rocket is reusable, their approach is to make cheap, non-reusable rockets. they 3D print their engines. timeline of @isaraerospace : • 2018: founding • 2023: raised $165M series C in preparation of first launch • 2025: first launch failed 18 seconds after launch in an explosion • 2026: raised $313M series D at an alleged $2B val in preperation of second launch • today: successfully launched from Norway. payload was only 5 university cubesats. However, in future missions the rocket has payload space for 13m^3, which is aprox space for 17 starlink satellites.
We’re in orbit! And just made European history: This is the first time a privately developed rocket reached orbit from continental Europe; and a testament to the dedication, expertise, and teamwork of everyone involved.
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can someone fix this bitrate man
MaxQ, MECO, Stage Separation @isaraerospace
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File this under: words we really like. 📁✨
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Today officially marks the beginning of the late 2020s.
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I want to celebrate, with an artwork of mine, the NASA Roman Space Telescope launch. @NASAAdmin @NASA @elonmusk @SpaceX @NASARoman @andst7 @letiziadavoli @emilio_cozzi @astrosteven_ @AstrospaceI @FelixSchlang @Truthful_ast @ThePrimalDino @DJSnM
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this year has already been one of the greatest for new music in the past decade.
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