Christopher Mendoza

Head of Investment Research | Angel Investor | AI Enthusiast (Personal account, views my own, tweets are not advice)

[Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 @DStrachman]

Tyler and Jonathan were undergrads at Vanderbilt who dusted off some old research that they thought could be commercializable.

They wrote into the 1517 contact form about their work. Nick, on our team, drove a couple hours to meet with them.

We wrote the first $50K check into Zeno to give them a shot on goal to get started.

Now they're powering the frontier.

Be the first check, not the last!

[Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 @DStrachman]

1517 was the first venture check into the Missors!

Be the first check, not the last...

And bring these statues to the USA!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Cybercab driving itself out of the GigaTexas factory

[Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 @DStrachman]

Excited to announce our keynotes for our 1517 Summit in June -- all will be speaking about their view of the next 10 years and how to get started building today!

- Thomas Sohmers (Positron AI/Thiel Fellow): Started building as a teenager, became a Thiel Fellow at 16, founded Positron (one of the fastest growing AI companies) just three years ago.

- Roya Amani-Naieni (Trilobio/776 Fellow): Joined bio labs as a teenager and received one of our first R&D science angel checks through 1517. She's selling robots to make the future of biology brighter!

- Hooman Reza Nezhad (Solcoa/Thiel Fellow): Started building in his basement as a teen, received a 1517 Medici grant to move his work forward, launched Solcoa which turns magnet waste into high-purity metals.

If you're a teen, student, dropout or wily maker/scientist, DM me for an invite.

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman @William_Blake 1517 OG

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Proceed with caution

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman Fabulous

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman 1517 so good

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@DStrachman @zslayback So good.

[Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 @DStrachman]

Some advice that probably scales:

Start aligning yourself towards a north star and start walking!

May the muses of inspiration strike you greatly with clarity and your feet carry you the distance!

[Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 @DStrachman]

Hot damn

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman Onwards and upwards , wahoo!

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

Advisors Who Use AI Are Pulling Ahead

I’ve been having a lot of conversations lately with financial advisors from solo RIAs to larger firms, and AI keeps coming up.

Advisors who are leaning into AI aren’t replacing the human side of what they do, they’re amplifying it.

Advisors who are experimenting with AI are already seeing where it gives them an edge, whether it's personalizing communication or just getting a clearer picture of each client.

My takeaway is that, AI is an accelerator.

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman Can’t wait :-)

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

Warren Buffett, a man who turned investing into a craft, leadership into legacy, and compound interest into poetry. 👏👏👏

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman The good stuff

[Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 @DStrachman]

Flux applications are open! Due by May 11th!

Send us your wily, your weird, your renegade scientists reaching for glory.

We offer $100K investment, a cohort of peers, and $1M in follow on capital for those making fast progress to bring us back to the future! (1/2)

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@DStrachman This is great.

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

Robots might do tasks faster, but they can’t replicate your team’s creativity or their talent for turning coffee into brilliant ideas.

[Christopher Mendoza @ViennaChris858]

@TKopelman play the long game.