Mark Suster

2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to @salesforce). Now @UpfrontVC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs.

[Matt Grimm @mttgrmm]

Hey @peard33 @WIRED - free tip for you

Yesterday the Anduril team in Mississippi achieved a successful test of our Denali rocket motor, the same rocket that exploded *on that exact test stand* 38 days ago.

In the ~5 weeks since the rapid unscheduled disassembly, the Anduril team diagnosed the failure, rebuilt and re-instrumented the test stand (including some backlogged improvements), meticulously studied and inspected the new motor, and prepped for this test. A true all-hands-on-deck effort culminating in success.

This is the same exact test stand that Wired, quoting anonymous sources, said “could take up to a couple of months” to rebuild the “knocked out” test stand and “could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business.” Not so much. I look forward to your detailed reporting on the successful test.

As I discussed 35-ish days ago, doing hard things is actually hard, and rocket science is definitely hard. It’s easy to cite anonymous sources, usually former disgruntled employees, to throw shade and write critical headlines when tests go wrong. Well, yesterday it went right.

The credit belongs to the [team] who is actually in the arena, and for all the Andurilians who sprinted: thanks, and great work. I hope you enjoy some celebratory chicken wings this week down in McHenry. Onward.

[Mark Suster @msuster]

I'm at AI optimist. We have so much positivity to look forward to. Just watch this short clip that shows Voice AI give a stroke victim the ability to "speak" back to express how much he loves his kids.

Bland is the company that persuaded me in 2023 that Voice AI was ready to transform computing.

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

The Irish government is an absolute gobshite — as the Irish would say

[Michael Koeris @mkoeris]

Strong agree on the thesis - been saying that for a while. Disagree on the delta, it’s larger.

Time to get after it!

[Josh Kopelman @joshk]

Hard at work preparing my bid responding to NYC's RFP for a city run venture fund that will invest in startups via a SAFE that converts at a 300% premium to next round price.

[Mark Suster @msuster]

@ehzish crazy right? so human

[Mark Suster @msuster]

I'm at AI optimist. We have so much positivity to look forward to. Just watch this short clip that shows Voice AI give a stroke victim the ability to "speak" back to express how much he loves his kids.

Bland is the company that persuaded me in 2023 that Voice AI was ready to transform computing.

[Bland @usebland]

Today, we’re launching Bland Speech v3 - The world's first Human Speech Engine.

In @designarena’s Audio Realism benchmark, Speech v3 is the top model, outranking Elevenlabs, Grok, Cartesia, and OpenAI.

Trained on over 100 million real, human conversations: businesses, developers, and creators can now create any audio they can imagine.

To showcase this, we used 5 seconds of old footage to help James, a 49 year old father who recently suffered a stroke, get his voice back.

Try it for free at https://t.co/lr96zcKLbq

Full length documentary below🧵

[Mark Suster @msuster]

@edenchen @creatorsdotgg Love to see your continued innovation. Congrats. Look forward to seeing where you take this.

[Mark Suster @msuster]

More proof of the booming hard tech ecosystem (Space, Energy, Maritime) in Los Angeles. This is one to watch. Addressing an important issue for both companies and the United States at large

[Tyler Presser @presser_tyler]

Today we're coming out of stealth with a $10.75M seed co-led by @generalcatalyst and @a16z with support from @mainobjectvc , @xyz_vc , and @upfrontvc.

Global internet data moves the same way it did 30 years ago. 95% of intercontinental data runs through subsea cables that take a decade to build and get severed with zero consequence - the Red Sea, the Baltic, Taiwan, over and over.

@EndeavorSpace moves terrestrial data across oceans. A beam up to a satellite, a beam back to Earth. Nothing on the seabed.

The world has changed, we are building the infrastructure to keep up.

We're hiring.

[nick kokonas @nickkokonas]

I downloaded and reviewed NYC's grocery store RFP... as someone who has built biz's and bought a lot of food... wow.

Forget for a moment whether or not the govt should own a grocery store. Let's review the doc instead.

Here you go... /1

[keyan @keyankazemian]

@gregisenberg @222place :)

[Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger]

All Eyes on Ceuta

[Boy George @BoyGeorge]

So many people are calling me and saying I should pipe down and let it blow over and while they mean well I'm afraid it's not an option.
Doubling down works for Donald Trump and we share a birthday with Che Guevara, Alan Carr and Paul O'Grady.
What a supergroup that would be. Move over Steps.
What is most shocking is the amount of gay folk attacking me but I am smart enough to realise that what you are cannot disguise who you are. No gay person speaks for an entire community and if you support terrorism you can in the words of Divine 'Take your toolkit and go fuck a garage'.
When I say 'they want to kill every last one of us' I am also talking about us queers not just the Jewish community. When will you wake up?
Regardless of which side you take, I am disgusted by anyone who posts hatred against anyone but refuses to show their face.
If you have something powerful to say then you should have the guts to show the world who you are but most, if not all of you, are unwilling to show your faces and the only reason is self interest.

[Mark Suster @msuster]

@davidjblevine Is it still not live? My guy told me it was fixed

[Mark Suster @msuster]

@orenzeev Same. 😑

[Mark Suster @msuster]

The Democratic Party has abandoned the Jews. It’s no wonder Jews don’t donate anymore. Myself included.

[Joe Roberts @Joe_Roberts01]

Jewish donors account for 50% of the donations that fuel the Democratic Party and its candidates. If you think the anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric coming from the socialist entryists in the party isn’t making donors sit back this cycle, you’re wrong.

[Mark Suster @msuster]

@gregbettinelli If only that were the cause. Sadly, it’s but one

[Mark Suster @msuster]

Years ago it became clear to me that maritime would be much more important domain for both trade & national security.

We ramped up investments. Andrenam built devices to better track UUVs, USVs & all sea vessels around critical shipping infrastructure. 🚢 🛰️ 💪🏼 - amazing team

[Natalie Sanandaji @NatSanandaji]

From a Nova survivor, thank you.
🫶🏽

[Boy George @BoyGeorge]

#Shalom