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John Coogan

@johncoogan

Host of @TBPN | Founder of @lucynicotine | EIR at @foundersfund

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We interviewed the 2025 Thiel Fellowship cohort. Each fellow received a $200K grant to drop out of college. Here's everyone we talked to from yesterday and what they are working on. Starting with Carlo Kobe, building Fizz, an AI financial advisor for young adults.

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We asked Brian Armstrong what it's like to incubate Base at Coinbase 🛡️. "The secret to this is to allocate budget to these venture bets, which are small teams within the co, kind of like Y Combinator teams." "75% of these bets won't work out, but once in a while, something

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From batteries to F-35s, modern power runs on minerals. China saw that early and seized control. To compete, America needs a new industrial strategy — and a mining champion to lead it. It’s time to mine. a16z.com/its-time-to-mi…

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All the guests are up for our live Odd Lots on June 26th. Click the link in the next post come see me, Tracy Alloway, James Chanos, Bob Brackett, Charlie McElligot, Josh Younger EMILY SUNDBERG, Ira Jersey, US Fixed Income, Nellie Liang and possibly one more surprise name.

All the guests are up for our live Odd Lots on June 26th. 

Click the link in the next post come see me, <a href="/tracyalloway/">Tracy Alloway</a>, <a href="/RealJimChanos/">James Chanos</a>, Bob Brackett, Charlie McElligot, Josh Younger <a href="/Emily_Sundberg/">EMILY SUNDBERG</a>, <a href="/IraFJersey/">Ira Jersey, US Fixed Income</a>, Nellie Liang and possibly one more surprise name.
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🎁 Weekend Special We picked some of the best moments on TBPN this week, put it in a single recap ep to catch you up to speed. (00:00) Elon leaving DC (09:05) Balaji, Network School (35:04) Chris Dixon, a16z crypto (01:05:27) Brian Armstrong, Coinbase (01:36:09) Dan Romero, Farcaster

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After it took days to book an HVAC appointment in the sweltering heat, I built Netic: the AI revenue engine for businesses that keep America running. Silicon Valley ignored essential services for too long, so we raised $20m from Founders Fund, @greylock, Mike Volpi to fix it.

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BREAKING: Netic closes $20M in funding We hit the Size Gong for CEO Melisa Tokmak 💥 Netic brings frontier AI to the industries that keep America running. "We are coming out of stealth, with $20M raised from Founders Fund, Greylock, among other amazing investors and

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I was covered on tbpn before it was cool Many thanks to John Coogan for describing me as “an absolute dog” in some of the first TBPN coverage out there.

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We asked Doug Philippone what defines Palantir. "There's a deep history with Palantir. (Think of) an exigent moment when it really matters." "In the military context, that's like when a commander is doing something and people are dying. You have to win." "At that point,