Joe Magyer Ali Ansari micro1 Seaplane Ventures Incredible trajectory for Ali Ansari and the team. And a massive well done to you, Joe, for identifying that, and supporting the business early days. Seems a big win-win-win.

1,000 new hires for frontier AI Labs in the last 3 weeks, 40% MoM revenue growth, and profitable. join us: micro1 ai/research

#9, sick!

.Seaplane Ventures just turned 3! Here are 3 lessons from our first 3 years. 1. Preparation is a Superpower. We earned allocations this year in 3 wildly oversubscribed rounds where we had no obvious right to win. The edge wasn't a logo wall. It was that founders were impressed that I

I walked away from a 5-star fund and hundreds of millions in AUM to focus on investing in early-stage startups. Here’s why: seaplaneventures.com/post/why-i-shi…

Excited to share my take about early-stage investing, unit economics, and AI with Owen Rask 🇦🇺 on his podcast. This was my 4th time (!) on Owen's show over the years and every time is a fun, nerdy conversation. Hope you enjoy! raskmedia.com.au/2025/10/13/joe…

This discussion with Joe was terrific. Watching Joe apply his craft to early-stage companies at Seaplane Ventures is a real treat. We cover: * Unit economics of early stage companies * Using AI as a research analyst * Public v private investor economics * Joe’s research process *

yea we need more data

Today I’m excited to introduce micro1 Intelligence, the world’s most advanced platform for training frontier AI models. Achieving AGI is bottlenecked by one main thing: high-quality data. Data based on real-world environments that capture human expert workflows, complex

I love my job.

conor brennan-burke Hyperspell (YC F25) I talked to a VC this morning who has a few portfolio companies that are Hyperspell (YC F25) customers. Pretty great proof point about Hyperspell’s ability to help AI agents do better work and for builders to get to market sooner.

Earlier this year, 24 year-old Ali Ansari was running an AI recruiting startup. micro1 pivoted into AI training, and in 8 months the company is now making $100 million a year, and fielding offers at a $2.5 billion valuation. forbes.com/sites/annatong…

weisser Solo Founders My two best-performing companies are both solo founders. If you’re an early-stage solo founder looking for capital and a long-term partner, check us out at Seaplane Ventures.

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Why we rebuilt Neon Auth on Better Auth? Brian Holt explains 👀

better auth is an absolutely delightful library it just works and it works so well

Trata (Trata (YC W25)) is now on FinTwit. We host anonymous buyside to buyside conversations via voice calls. We work with 125+ funds (vs. 10 in March) and receive 25-30 human-to-human calls weekly. We compile these conversations into a library of investment research. EX: Fund 1 is

We’re proud investors in Trata (YC W25). The product is fantastic, which I’m pretty aware of having been a buyer, seller, creator, and user of investment research. Highly recommend public investors give Trata (YC W25) a try!

I've started saying no to more and more interviews. a/ I don't like to hear myself talk. I'm dumb enough as it is. b/ Most podcast hosts aren't thoughtful and as such don't ask thoughtful questions But Joe Magyer isn't that. Love all the thoughtful q's and thanks for having me on

2025 was a big year of adulting for me. I... Walked 11,589 steps a day Worked out 234 times Stayed alcohol-free Ate better Lost 8 pounds Coached 5 youth sports teams 2.3X'd subscribers to the Investing In Startups podcast Made new 7 investments at Seaplane Ventures into Better Auth,