Charlie Leggate

Investor at Anorak Ventures | Co-Founder of Avie AI
Manchester | Chicago | London | San Francisco

[Charlie Leggate @Charlieleg8]

In July 2007, a young man who was 'made in Manchester' left Europe to begin a new adventure in California. His name was Beckham.

It's July 2024 and another young man ‘made in Manchester' has left Europe to begin a new adVenture in California. His name is my name...Charlie.

[Judith Dada @DadaJudith]

Most of Europe has not yet absorbed what AI is about to do to us. The few who have are not saying it loudly enough.

We wrote Europe 2031: a five-year scenario of the continent's slide into irrelevance, how AI is driving it, and what can still be done to change course.

[Thais Castello Branco @thaiscbranco_]

We’re excited to introduce Taste Labs.

Our mission is to end AI slop. We’re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste.

And today we’re coming out of stealth, announcing our $18.5M seed funding, co-led by @CRV and @AmplifyPartners

AI has nailed objective domains and made it easy to generate anything. But it still feels off. Now, the challenge is judgement. What fits, what feels like you, what’s GREAT. This requires turning a fuzzy, subjective domain into something we can measure and codify. We’re starting with design.

There are two sides to cracking this, the foundation model layer and the agent layer:

- We’ve already been working with the top frontier labs to evaluate and improve their models, crafting the right post-training data and RL environments.
- We’ve also been working with app-layer companies to build the context and verification tools for their agents to produce better, more on-brand, more creative outputs.

We want a future where AI feels right.

If you’re passionate about this mission, join us!

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

Nox Metals exists so America can build 100x more factories and technologically abundant industrial capacity in the West.

We are announcing our $11.5M Seed round led by Hyperion, with participation from Palmer Luckey, Y Combinator, Jared Friedman, RoboStrategy, Operator Collective, DTX, Alumni Ventures, and others.

Over the past few decades, America has neglected domestic production. We lost our dominating ability to build in the world of atoms while jobs on the factory floor plummeted.

It's time to build for America again. As our grandparents once did.

Since launching production only 7 months ago, we have shipped metal to hundreds of American factories. Countless truckloads to America's industrial base. And we are no where near slowing down.

Our metal has gone to space. It has protected our troops. It is in your car and in the machine that scanned your chest. It is all around us. And we can't stop supplying at warp speeds, because America needs it.

We will be revitalizing a WW2 era, 35,000 SQFT factory in Detroit this summer where we will have our techno industrialists working hard to further pursue our mission. We will be tripling down on technology, which has allowed us to move this fast for America thus far.

More code. More machines. More metal. More production.

[Charlie Leggate @Charlieleg8]

@ExiaLabsAI ⚡️ Execution!

[Exia Labs @ExiaLabsAI]

Introducing Argus, our unmanned ground vehicle designed to execute a wide range of critical missions – from logistics resupply and casualty evacuation to terrain mapping. Learn more: https://t.co/773IifCTS8

[Exia Labs @ExiaLabsAI]

Exia Labs enables decision advantage for national security through spatial intelligence and simulations.

By making the physical world machine-readable, we empower AI agents to autonomously execute tactical military workflows. This technology directly supports the Department of War’s designation of Applied Artificial Intelligence as a Critical Technology Area to achieve decision superiority.

As the 2026 National Defense Strategy pivots toward the defense of the Western Hemisphere and enhanced allied interoperability, Exia is meeting that moment. Our Keystone product enables Blue and Green (Allies) object management and has been tested at NATO and INDOPACOM. Yesterday, we launched "Mr. President"—a strategic simulation engine that balances the defense of the U.S. homeland against the evolving threats posed by China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

https://t.co/3JNBtKT1bu

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

cut so much metal I ended up on Forbes 30 Under 30

thanks for the warm welcome to the list!!!

I'm grateful that there is an additional light shined on us for the work we are doing at @noxmetals - it's important that we can get in front of more factories and shops as we continue our goal to Reindustrialize America

hit us up for aluminum and steel

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

This is how you know AI is a bubble. Nobody even knows what the hell is going on. Elon is like “We’re building 500 megawatts, gigawatts, I don’t know man who cares? It’s going to cost eight bazillion trillion dollars.” Jensen starts sweating and says “stop that,” and they rush in. It’s just made up Monopoly money and random announcements. Elon can’t even hide his amusement. 😂 💀

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

the nox metals mission:

>enable every factory in America to build parts faster and cheaper

parts account for 30-60% of COGS

current metal suppliers fail American manufacturing due to a lack of technology or ability to implement said technology

if manufacturers have a killer metals supplier, they can start to compete with overseas

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

proud to announce our latest fundraise at @noxmetals

a huge thank you to our investors, team, and customers for empowering our mission to supply America's industrial base

the next era of American metals supply starts in Detroit

[Exia Labs @ExiaLabsAI]

Introducing Recon

Today, we’re launching a Closed Beta of Recon: a cloud-based Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment (IPOE) AI agent that creates decision support products like the Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay (MCOO), identifies tactical areas like Position Areas for Artillery (PAA), and generates maneuver and logistics routes based on specific formations (e.g. Stryker Battalion, Mobile Infantry Company, Armor Brigade).

Recon is available to all soldiers within the XVIII Airborne Corps and Washington Army National Guard for testing and feedback. Get your free account here: https://t.co/fMiQnosOwN

[Charlie Leggate @Charlieleg8]

How to deliver hype...in the chillest way possible

👏 Zipline

[Keller Cliffton @Keller]

Today, Zipline launched in Dallas, our first major metro in the US. We’re seeing the dawn of a new era of robotic instant logistics that is going to become an indispensable part of our lives. After 4 years and hundreds of thousands of test flights, teleportation is finally here.

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Listen to this guy - Mitt called it all so well!

[Overheard on Wall Street @OHWallStreet]

Me and the boys are practicing

[Shweta @shwedotai]

1/ FLORA (@floraai) is creating the “Cursor for Creatives” - the ultimate workspace where all creative AI tools seamlessly come together.

Presented by @ethanproia.

[TBPN @tbpn]

We asked @traestephens about @Flock_Safety's $275M round.

"Flock Safety is like @anduriltech for local gov, deploying vertical systems end-to-end (camera, command-and-control for drone operations, intelligence surveillance etc)."

"Gov-tech startups usually have a Field of Dreams problem. It's harder to sell to gov than to build a product that's useful for them. Companies like Flock are embedded and have figured out the sales motion."

[Charlie Leggate @Charlieleg8]

This doc is awesome. Energy too cheap to meter though...that won't happen in a capitalist society

[Story @storyandscience]

In 1954, Atomic Energy Chairman Lewis Strauss promised energy "too cheap to meter."

In 2025, we interviewed 15 pioneers working to shape the future of energy.

Our second frontier film is out now: 'TOO CHEAP TO METER' — their vision may finally deliver on that promise.

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

lmao, Caltrain's tweet claiming their trains are "100% Billionaire-free" got deleted after me and a bunch of other Caltrain-riding billionaires responded.

Don't they know that techno-autists all love trains?

[Greg Castle @gpcastle12]

Bro hangs with @johncoogan and @jordihays. 🤜🏼🤛🏻
Thanks for having me on fellas!

[Kurt Walker @KingMumboJumbo]

Been quietly cooking... but dinner will be served hot