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Announcing: Topology Ventures is Live Help us get the word on X here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6SJkNwk I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Topology, an early-stage venture firm focused on backing frontier technology. We’ve raised an oversubscribed $75M Fund 1. topology.vc We are backed by the co-founder of OpenAI, managing partner of Bessemer, author of GPT4, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Ethan Kurzweil, Accolade, Cendana, and many other top tier builders, organizations, and endowments. For the past 8 years, I’ve been investing in frontier tech: brain computer interfaces, agents, distributed compute, decentralized protocols, semiconductors, new cities, etc. Topology brings institutional scale to this approach. We back founders who put everything on the line to bend the arc of human progress. We’ve been deploying in stealth over the past 7 months into companies building in AI, decentralized systems, distributed compute, neurotech, and more. Our founders have already received follow-on investment from folks like Founders Fund, a16z, and the founders of OpenAI & Meta AI. Our core thesis: In an era where tech is accelerating at record speed, being deeply technical is crucial for partnering with & enabling the best founders. For those of you that know me, you probably know that I’ve been obsessed with computers since I was a teenager. I thought I’d be a software engineer my whole life because I just loved it. While at Google, I began moonlighting at Bessemer part-time as an EIR, helping on deals from crypto to quantum. I also began investing personally using profits from crypto mining. I realized that investing was a way to build more. At a time when AI couldn’t write code, there was only so much one dev could do and since I couldn’t control the Caseys in the multiverse, investing was my way to scale impact. I eventually left Google to study neuroengineering at Harvard but dropped out to go all in on frontier investing and joined Paradigm where I developed a reputation as an investor who will always roll up their sleeves and burn the midnight oil when founders needed help. The best founders exist outside of society's Overton window. They are maniacally focused, ship at uncanny speeds, and are a magnet for other brilliant executors. They think about their companies to a troubling degree. But since great founders are thinking about their companies, who is left to think about the founder? We are. Ask them. I’ve been mistaken as an employee on portfolio company engineering teams, pulled countless all-nighters to support launches, and hopped on planes to close customers. As someone who has always had more internet friends than 3D ones, DM me if you're building at the frontier and want to talk. I cannot overstate how thankful I am to all my mentors, LPs and founders along the way. A special thank you to Ian Johnson and Jason Schwarz from Google, and Ethan Kurzweil from Bessemer. Meet us at the edge. https://lnkd.in/eP2QWBHw