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Halcyon Ventures

@halcyonvc

We back mission-driven founders working to make AI safe, secure and good for humanity

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Mike McCormick (@mikemccormick_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exactly two years ago, I launched Halcyon Futures. So far we’ve seeded and launched 16 new orgs and companies, and helped them raise nearly a quarter billion dollars in funding. Flash back to 2022: After eight years in VC, I stepped back to explore questions about exponential

Logan Graham (@logangraham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

...I could write about how Halcyon's portfolio are all tackling some important part of AI + security... but that's probably self-evident what's under the surface is: 1/ the companies are really *cool* 2/ halcyon throws great gatherings.

Nathan Labenz (@labenz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congrats to Mike McCormick & the Halcyon Futures team! I attended a ~20-person retreat last year and got huge value from it – I'm still in regular contact with at least 6 people I met there If you're working on a relevant project – or want to – connect with Mike 👇

Julian Michael (@_julianmichael_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congrats to Halcyon Futures! I think what Mike and team have built is legit in the very top few organizations worldwide in securing humanity’s future against AI risk. They’ve helped some super exciting new projects get off the ground, as we can all see for ourselves now :)

Mike McCormick (@mikemccormick_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here are five big questions we’re eager to answer at Halcyon Ventures (plus some of our portfolio companies working on them). Big picture, we back mission-driven founders working to solve the hardest problems in AI security and global resilience. We want to know: 1. How can we make

Tommy (@shaughnessy119) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New In Person Podcast with Mike McCormick of Halcyon Ventures 📽️ Mike left a $1.5B fund to start Halcyon and has given career grants to help kickstart leading AI companies like Goodfire and Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company He has deep takes on China vs US, Safety vs Accelerationism and AI.

Ross Matican (@rossmatican) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Think of the nonprofit (Halcyon Futures) as the platform team to the VC fund (Halcyon Ventures).” On Tommy's The Delphi Podcast, Halcyon founder & MP Mike McCormick shares: Before building Halcyon Ventures, we asked, what would the platform team look like? How do we

“Think of the nonprofit (<a href="/HalcyonFutures/">Halcyon Futures</a>) as the platform team to the VC fund (<a href="/HalcyonVC/">Halcyon Ventures</a>).”  

On <a href="/Shaughnessy119/">Tommy</a>'s <a href="/PodcastDelphi/">The Delphi Podcast</a>, Halcyon founder &amp; MP <a href="/MikeMcCormick_/">Mike McCormick</a>  shares:  

Before building Halcyon Ventures, we asked, what would the platform team look like? How do we
dAGIhouse (@dagihouse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What AI Founders Need to Know Before Raising & Scaling Discussion with: 💡 Nikhil Raman, Investor at USV 💡 Mike McCormick, CEO, Halcyon Ventures 💡 Clayton Bryan, Head of Global Accelerator Fund, 500 Global Get actionable insights for AI founders navigating early-stage growth,

What AI Founders Need to Know Before Raising &amp; Scaling

Discussion with:
💡 Nikhil Raman, Investor at <a href="/usv/">USV</a>
💡 Mike McCormick, CEO, <a href="/HalcyonVC/">Halcyon Ventures</a>
💡 Clayton Bryan, Head of Global Accelerator Fund, <a href="/500GlobalVC/">500 Global</a> 

Get actionable insights for AI founders navigating early-stage growth,
Tommy (@shaughnessy119) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mike McCormick Mike you intro’d us to amazing people and ran an incredible meetup. Thanks so much. If anyone wants to support Mike’s AI efforts I highly recommend checking out Halcyon Ventures ICYMI - Mike was our most recent podcast guest

Mike McCormick (@mikemccormick_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How can impact-oriented founders preserve their missions, even when commercial pressures hit? We studied 20+ companies to answer this one question. This is especially important in AI. That's why we commissioned governance experts Steve Young and Art Min to lead comprehensive

How can impact-oriented founders preserve their missions, even when commercial pressures hit? We studied 20+ companies to answer this one question.

This is especially important in AI. 

That's why we commissioned governance experts Steve Young and <a href="/artmin/">Art Min</a> to lead comprehensive