Talk about range - Mike White from White Lotus also wrote the latest Minions installment

~everyone talking about mass adoption~ us: quietly onboards 43K+ music fans onchain in one month

2025, ML for drug discovery, heavy rockets landing on their own, yet still no universal shopping cart for the internet still no go to personal emr that consolidates your medical records

Quantum computing will be one of the most disruptive technologies in our lives As we seek to secure the future of digital financial infrastructure, you need to have a colossal person on this colossal mission Lucky to have Alex leading Project Eleven

Krea’s founders snubbed postgrad grants from the King of Spain to build their AI startup. Now it’s valued at $500M tcrn.ch/3GbE16T

There are only so many attack surfaces in security and most firms have a bet on a horse in each. Probably the most “we have a conflict” vertical there is in venture investing. Net new surfaces are rare and when they pop up it’s also why it’s one of the most competitive spaces.

We’re excited to announce Sunflower Capital Funds I and II. Sunflower is a $250m fund that partners at the earliest stage with companies building foundations for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world.

Entropy is a silent weapon in venture sourcing. Putting yourself in situations to experience randomness of the crowd. Being able to pick the bird from the flock is essential but producing the viewing experience is underrated.

Some spice this week: - Many founders are getting cute about AI in sub optimal markets while anchoring on PE as the distribution unlock, potential recipe for disaster (exceptions of course). - If you thought AI security was crowded, its even more crowded than you think. -

Rabbi Lipskar was a great rabbi and dear friend. An entire community is devastated by this loss. Words cannot express what an impact he had on the lives of countless people. My own life is immeasurably better for having known and learned with him.

NYK

As Shavuot approaches and we read from the Book of Ruth, we are reminded in the biblical times that to be one of the Jewish people was to bind your fate to them. “Where you die, I will die… So may the Lord do to me and so may He continue, if anything but death separate me and

Sick

If you’re a potential founder in NYC thinking about what’s next - dare I say in the Formation Stage - check out Kessel Run and apply!

It has been great seeing Leeor Mushin help get this off the ground and the industry momentum behind them. Project Eleven 🔒 blog.projecteleven.com/posts/announci…

Exciting times with Project 11 and privileged to have more fuel from some of the best folks in quantum and crypto alongside us, not to mention the launch of the first product A post-quantum world is exciting and inevitable, and P11 is looking forward to playing an important role

starting off my usual day of bizniz at noon on a friday to get stuck into the news and what do I see? Project Eleven full pager in the FT Friday launching the yellowpages - highlighting to the fínance world the coming need to think about post quantum security

1 in 3 police departments are struggling to keep their people. Long shifts, low morale, and the strain on families are driving them out. Your community can’t afford to keep bleeding talent. It’s time to triage: sharpperformance.com (Source: IACP Survey)

Formation is cooking. Leeor Mushin

Make that 10th