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[Ron Conway @RonConway]

As the swirl continues (which I believe should be taken seriously), let’s pause for a moment and remember what Jensen has contributed to our industry with his determination and vision, which laid the foundation that we all work off of today.
Jensen’s statements have shown grace and dignity to his family and the industry. He surely understands the impact.
Now we should be patient and wait for investigations by the board of directors and any government authorities to conclude.

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Brian Chesky, the founder of "Founder Mode" and Airbnb, continues to be a role model for our industry.  Thank you for your philanthropy at the Airbnb Foundation and to SF and many more ! KUDOS !

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[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Congratulations to @ReBuildMFG on $2.1B in new capital to build the next generation of important products in America. Re:Build takes products from idea to full-rate production through integrated design, engineering, and scalable manufacturing. An exciting milestone for the team and for American manufacturing. 🇺🇸

[Re:Build @ReBuildMFG]

$2.1 billion in new capital to ensure the next generation of important products are made, at scale, in America. Led by @generalcatalyst + @jpmorgan. Covered today in @dealbook.

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

I've known Georges Harik for over 25 years. Proud to back him, Eric, Yuchen, Noah, and the entire @humansand team as they build AI that understands people and helps us accomplish more together. Excited to see Boba out in the world. Give it a try!

[humans& @humansand]

Introducing Boba - the social intelligence that understands your goals and your community. Text Boba today or message it online at https://t.co/ZrF5yBrp2g

[Xavier Becerra @XavierBecerra]

California will remain the center of responsible AI innovation, but leading AI companies must mitigate risks, share prosperity broadly, protect jobs and the environment, and commit to transparency and collaboration with state and local leaders. I applaud SV Angel and Project Blueprint for their commitment to shared prosperity and collaborative solutions.

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

After such a consequential week for AI, with the leading labs demonstrating real progress, today's news feels especially timely: @SVAngel is launching Project Blueprint, a comprehensive effort to forge consensus among industry leaders and lawmakers around durable solutions to the hardest AI policy challenges so that all Americans can benefit from AI's opportunities. And we've brought on @JayCarney to run it. https://t.co/0qb7MIGknd

We are encouraged by the reaction of Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis to the launch of Project Blueprint:

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI: "We have before us a technology of immense and still-unfolding wonder. I believe AI has the power to heal people, to discover cures and to deliver abundance on a scale the world has never known before. But we need a way for the world to build trust in the technology so that we can all get to share these benefits. National safety requirements for the most capable systems are a great first step, ideally building towards a global framework for advanced AI models. I’m glad Ron is bringing the people building AI and policymakers together to help move that work forward.”

Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder, Anthropic: "AI is advancing faster than our institutions can adapt, and the most important decisions about how it is developed and deployed will be made in the next few years. If those decisions are to serve the public, they can't rest with AI companies alone. Industry and policymakers need to work through them together, with an honest, shared understanding of what these systems can do. We're glad to support Project Blueprint's effort to make that possible." 

Demis Hassabis, chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist of Alphabet: "We have long said that AI development needs to be both bold and responsible. We support bringing industry and lawmakers together around public policies that promote both innovation and safety."

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

After such a consequential week for AI, with the leading labs demonstrating real progress, today's news feels especially timely: @SVAngel is launching Project Blueprint, a comprehensive effort to forge consensus among industry leaders and lawmakers around durable solutions to the hardest AI policy challenges. And we've brought on @JayCarney to run it. For America and our economy and our security,  there’s nothing more important than getting the right policies in place.

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[DealBook @dealbook]

In today’s DealBook: @m_delamerced on the costs of and pushback against slowing down AI; @andrewrsorkin scoops Jay Carney’s next move as a Silicon Valley emissary to DC; @bernhardwarner on the funding spree bolstering the space race; and more https://t.co/I0p0hTWbR1

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Impressive model from an impressive team!

[humans& @humansand]

For AI to work with us, it needs to understand us

Today, we're introducing Persimmon, the first large-scale model designed to realistically simulate how people talk and interact

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

What an incredible outcome for @huggingface! Long before it was obvious, @ClementDelangue and his co-founders saw that AI should be more open and accessible. His passion for open source, remarkable ability to bring people together, and talent for assembling an extraordinary team are at the heart of everything Hugging Face has become. Together, @svangel and A Capital feel incredibly fortunate to have been their partners and, collectively, the company’s largest outside shareholder. Thank you, Clem, and congratulations to the entire Hugging Face team, NVIDIA and @JensenHuang!

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

@BillGates has driven more technological innovation in our lifetimes than just about anyone on the planet, so his insights here (https://t.co/fD2dzVvrFk) on the AI revolution are valuable. As he says, AI will almost certainly be one of the most transformative innovations in human history. The industry absolutely must come together -- and work together with policymakers -- to make sure we reap the huge upside of AI while minimizing the very real risks.

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

The tech community has lost an icon.

Ben Rosen was my friend and mentor since Altos Computer went public in 1982. He was a star tech analyst at Morgan Stanley, and we became fast friends.

Ben went on to become a venture capitalist at Seven Rosen Partners.

When Ben retired from Seven Rosen Partners, I had just left Altos Computer, and we decided to angel invest together.

Ben was in New York pursuing angel investments on the East Coast, and I was covering the West Coast.

Sure enough, Ben found our first “hit” investment on the West Coast, the Ask Jeeves search engine. Ask Jeeves gave me my knowledge of the search space to pursue our investment in Google a few years later!

More important than investing together was our friendship, our mentoring, and love of founders.

Ben was kind, gentle, humble, and smarter than everyone else in the room, but never said so.

I am so thankful to him for our friendship and for launching my investing career, which led to the founding SV Angel where we have invested in close to 1,000 companies. Ben was the foundation of it all.

I send deepest condolences to Ben's dedicated wife, Donna, and sons, Eric and Jeff.

God Bless Ben!

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[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Demis at Deepmind is SO RIGHT.

Mitigating the technical risks related to AI is a challenge we can collectively address, but only if we give ourselves the time and space to get it right.

This calls for public policy that promotes innovation while also incentivising responsibility and security, fosters international collaboration on key safety issues, and encourages careful consideration of how AI is deployed for the benefit of society. It's up to us in industry to operationalize this ASAP!!

And Kudos to @sama at OAI and @jackclarkSF at Anthropic for their support!

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[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

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[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Congrats to @laurenepowell on her commencement speech at the Graduate School of Business that she attended as well. Her inspiring story of her journey from entrepreneurship to the founding of College Track and Emerson Collective is a lesson for us all.

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[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Introducing “Comeback City: A Love Letter to San Francisco.” Proud to call this place home.

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

I want to share some difficult news. I was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and I want you to hear it directly from me.

Treatment is starting immediately and will include multiple strategies over the course of about a year. While I will be stepping back from some of my usual activities, I will continue to support SV Angel founders, who I love with a passion.

SV Angel remains unchanged. Topher has made all of our investment decisions for the better part of the last decade, and Ronny joined as Managing Partner in 2024. They bring experience from nearly every major technology cycle in Silicon Valley and are now focused on partnering with founders building the future of AI. SV Angel has a deep, experienced team that remains fully focused on supporting exceptional founders.

With a more focused and balanced schedule, I can prioritize treatments while helping SV Angel founders at inflection points like we always do!

I’ve chosen not to share the specific type of cancer since I don't want speculation about my prognosis. I appreciate your understanding and respect for this.

I am optimistic about my prognosis. I am fortunate to have the best/amazing team of UCSF doctors in San Francisco, and as you know, I never back down from a fight.

Thank you for your support, it means a great deal to me.

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

Congrats to the OAI Foundation team and @JacobTref for more than $100 million in grants across six research institutions just this month, as a first step to support and accelerate Alzheimer’s research!!

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