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Jon

@jonv1919

Operating Partner @Unusual_VC Former @AppDynamics @Amazon, @Holloway Contributor @uarizona (opinions are my own)

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Tyler Crown ๐Ÿ‘‘ (@rtylercrown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Don Valentine, arguably the greatest venture capitalist of all time, HATED product demos. He knew that entrepreneurs loved showing off their tech and would always present well. He believed more important than a flashy product was a real understanding by the founders of the

Taylor Robinette (@twrobinette) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Seriously an unreal opportunity to lead the federal strategy at Armada. We have an amazing team and are growing like crazyโ€”come join us!

lily clifford (@lilyjclifford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you know thereโ€™s a tiny island off the coast of North Carolina where people still speak like Shakespeare? Not metaphorically. Literally. On Ocracoke Island, residents have preserved a dialect, brogue, that sounds like Elizabethan English, full of phrases youโ€™d expect from a

Did you know thereโ€™s a tiny island off the coast of North Carolina where people still speak like Shakespeare?

Not metaphorically. Literally.

On Ocracoke Island, residents have preserved a dialect, brogue, that sounds like Elizabethan English, full of phrases youโ€™d expect from a
rime (@rimelabs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Earlier this month, we completed our SOC 2 audit and are excited to announce that we are now fully SOC 2 Type 2 compliant! Contact us to request a copy of our compliance report.

Earlier this month, we completed our SOC 2 audit and are excited to announce that we are now fully SOC 2 Type 2 compliant!

Contact us to request a copy of our compliance report.
Jyoti Bansal (@jyotibansalsf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One thing so many founders misunderstand: leading a company isn't about being right all the time. It's about knowing when you're wrong. This kind of brutal honesty about whatโ€™s working and whatโ€™s not is hard, but it's the only way forward. When I started Traceable.ai, we got

Niamh O' Donnell ๐ŸŒ‰ (@thatniamhod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We Unusual Ventures had a blast at Stanford University Founders Demo Day! John Vrionis shared lessons from backing 28 unicorns, and I hosted a panel with 3 of our founders on why personalization isnโ€™t a differentiatorโ€”itโ€™s the baseline. Incredible energy and talented student founders all around!

We <a href="/Unusual_VC/">Unusual Ventures</a> had a blast at <a href="/Stanford/">Stanford University</a> Founders Demo Day!

<a href="/jvrionis/">John Vrionis</a> shared lessons from backing 28 unicorns, and I hosted a panel with 3 of our founders on why personalization isnโ€™t a differentiatorโ€”itโ€™s the baseline.

Incredible energy and talented student founders all around!
Portrait Analytics (@portraitanalyst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ Welcome to Portrait's Weekly Framing. This week, we're diving deep into Trump's ambitious satellite-driven missile defense project: the "Golden Dome." A potentially game-changing initiative with an eye-watering price tagโ€”up to $830B over 20 years.

Olivia Moore (@omooretweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thereโ€™s possibly never been a better time for high hustle, young generalists to launch their careers. AI startups are growing faster than ever, which means founders need hands on deck to do anything and everything. You donโ€™t have to be an eng to get a seat on a rocketship ๐Ÿš€

TYB โ€” Try Your Best (@tybxyz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Weโ€™re excited to announce our $11M Series A funding round, co-led by Offline Ventures and Strobe Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ, Castle Island Ventures, and Unusual Ventures. TYB is reimagining brand loyalty through onchain community commerce, helping brands like Glossier,

Weโ€™re excited to announce our $11M Series A funding round, co-led by <a href="/offlineventures/">Offline Ventures</a> and <a href="/strobefund/">Strobe Ventures</a>, with participation from <a href="/cbventures/">Coinbase Ventures ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ</a>, <a href="/CastleIslandVC/">Castle Island Ventures</a>, and <a href="/Unusual_VC/">Unusual Ventures</a>.  

TYB is reimagining brand loyalty through onchain community commerce, helping brands like Glossier,
Ty Haney (@tyhunnny) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We raised an A with some awesome partners Offline Ventures Strobe Ventures Coinbase ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Unusual Ventures Castle Island Ventures to accelerate onchain community commerce with the TYB Rewards app. Where brands and fans build and win together. Go Team. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿค๐ŸŒช๏ธ

Niamh O' Donnell ๐ŸŒ‰ (@thatniamhod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Agentic AI needs memory to drive real impact. Last night, Unusual Ventures gathered tech leaders from Intuit, Warner Bros. Entertainment, DoorDash & more to explore how context-rich systems unlock faster decisions & lasting advantage. Big thanks to Qdrant for sparking great conversation!

Agentic AI needs memory to drive real impact. Last night, <a href="/Unusual_VC/">Unusual Ventures</a> gathered tech leaders from <a href="/Intuit/">Intuit</a>, <a href="/WBHomeEnt/">Warner Bros. Entertainment</a>, <a href="/DoorDash/">DoorDash</a> &amp; more to explore how context-rich systems unlock faster decisions &amp; lasting advantage. Big thanks to <a href="/qdrant_engine/">Qdrant</a> for sparking great conversation!
Qdrant (@qdrant_engine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿš€ Reranking in Qdrant is insanely efficient Most teams misuse multivector search by indexing every token-level vector causing RAM bloat and slow inserts. Thereโ€™s a better way: store token-level vectors ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐ . โœ… Native ColBERT-style reranking โœ… Skip

๐Ÿš€ Reranking in Qdrant is insanely efficient

Most teams misuse multivector search by indexing every token-level vector causing RAM bloat and slow inserts.

Thereโ€™s a better way: store token-level vectors ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐ .

โœ… Native ColBERT-style reranking
โœ… Skip
Tyler Crown ๐Ÿ‘‘ (@rtylercrown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The VC model is broken and founders are ultimately paying the price for it. 5 minute video worth watching on why most startups fail, why most VCs don't care if you fail, and what you should do about it if you're building a company. youtube.com/watch?v=FfprUjโ€ฆ Unusual Ventures