@windshieldtime the luck in this case, was I was speaking at @founding and @adeoressi forced me to go to Antonio's Nut House --- which is proudly listed as a dive bar on Yelp: https://t.co/4jsO3bDMwo
Yes, the Robinhood lore is solid. Vlad Tenev, Baiju Bhatt, and their investor shook hands on the $13M Series A at Antonio’s Nut House in spring 2014 over cheap beer (Vlad predicted “dozens of billions”).
Elon Musk has direct ties — he frequented it while living in Palo Alto and even dropped by near the end before it closed in 2020. Peter Thiel and the broader PayPal mafia circle are part of its deep legendary status as the ultimate unpretentious SV dive where tech icons mixed. Classic heritage spot.
🦍🍺 This is where Vlad Tenev pitched Robinhood, Elon Musk was sitting there, and Jason Calacanis wrote the check.
Same dirty Palo Alto dive bar where young Zuck hid while building Facebook.
The legendary Nut House with the gorilla throwing free peanuts.