Variant (@variantfund) 's Twitter Profile
Variant

@variantfund

Investing in an internet that turns users into owners

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linkhttps://variant.fund/writing/ calendar_today15-10-2019 03:00:28

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derek walkush (@derekmw23) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Trust” is very bloated in traditional lending. Think of expenses around underwriting, loan management, recourse, etc. Defi has the potential to create a competitive, open market for “trust” driving more efficient outcomes. Excited to see what Morpho 🦋 does here.

Phantom (@phantom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Solana Accelerate 🇺🇸 NYC May 19-23 keynote by @bchillman is now available on youtube 🍿 Check it out to learn how Phantom plans to accelerate the ecosystem! youtube.com/watch?v=CrgwoX…

J.Hackworth (@jphackworth42) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ Last week at Variant's second Crypto x AI Demo Night, 5 teams showed us a glimpse of what the future looks like. AI agents with your memory, decentralized model training, and autonomous investors. Here’s a breakdown of what they built.

1/ Last week at <a href="/variantfund/">Variant</a>'s second Crypto x AI Demo Night, 5 teams showed us a glimpse of what the future looks like.

AI agents with your memory, decentralized model training, and autonomous investors.

Here’s a breakdown of what they built.
Alexander Long (@_alexanderlong) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When I started Pluralis I thought it was going to take 2-3 years and several papers to get to this point. I was considered borderline delusional to hold that view. Well: computational graph itself is split over nodes. Nodes are physically in different continents. 8B model. No

Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are many details worth discussing in the House market structure bill, but the big question is: How much discretion are we comfortable giving to regulators? DAMCA (aka the CLARITY Act) is a meaty bill at 236 pages, but it leaves many issues unresolved, instead authorizing

Mara Schmiedt (@maraschmiedt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Liquid Collective has been busy in May: → 150k ETH AoP (+22.8% MoM) → $3.3M ADV (+107.8% MoM) → $100M+ MTV (+114.8% MoM) Watch this space ... Liquid Collective 👀

Pluralis Research (@pluralishq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This work proves a third path is viable between closed models and today’s open-weight releases, which remain centralized and unsustainable. Community-owned models are the only true open-source AI and open a new path to scale. blog.pluralis.ai/p/a-third-path…

derek walkush (@derekmw23) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hosting a small defi coworking session at our office tomorrow afternoon with Gauntlet and Morpho 🦋 still have a few spots left - rsvp below or dm me if interested! lu.ma/wea2hmkp

Alana Levin (@alanadlevin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Crypto curious and looking to jump in full-time? Our portfolio companies are hiring across the board - Blockaid - Turnkey 🔑 - Phantom - stealth stablecoin co - Doppler - True Markets And many more DM me if you're looking for your next thing

derek walkush (@derekmw23) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve backed Turnkey 🔑 from the beginning, and we’re doubling down again in their Series B. They just raised $30m to build the secure, programmable infrastructure crypto needs to scale.

Jesse Walden (@jessewldn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Proud to back Turnkey 🔑 from their first round through their $30M Series B. Crypto can feel like magic if we get the infra right. Turnkey is the secure, programmable tooling to do exactly that.

Uniswap Foundation (@uniswapfnd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Introducing the Uniswap v4 Hook Design Lab 🪝 A new pilot grant program accelerating the next generation of DeFi protocols on Unichain Built to support v4 teams: from idea, to impact

bryce đź’€ (@sadbryce) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge congrats to the Privy team on the acquisition by Stripe. This is a major milestone for the ecosystem, and a clear bet on the value of wallet infra. Henri Stern Ꙫ and the Privy team have been formidable competitors the last few years, and have helped make Turnkey better.

Jesse Walden (@jessewldn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Morpho v2 takes to market another two years of learnings from one of the best teams in DeFi. The protocol is a net new primitive designed to price any loan.

Jesse Walden (@jessewldn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

LsETH adoption accelerating. @galaxyHQ brings serious scale, custody, and collateral to Liquid Collective - the standard for institutional liquid staking. Mara Schmiedt and team are quietly building the liquid staking solution institutions want.