dorian

Connector @EniacVC | Boston U alum | Previously @FoundationCap, @Merge_API, @Meta

[Alex Calder @ATCalder]

Today, we dropped the price of enterprise AI by 80%.

Same frontier AI. Same chat, cowork, and code experience.

Just 5x more tokens for the same spend.

Here’s how and why. 👇 Also, we made a video. Please enjoy.

[Hadley Harris @Hadley]

https://t.co/wVOn4n82Kh

[Hadley Harris @Hadley]

The bottleneck for world models is data. And unlike LLMs, world models will need fully licensed training data, a lot of which is going to come from video games. Origin Lab is building the bridge between AI labs and the industry sitting on it. Congrats on the $8M seed, thrilled to be backing this team!

[Hadley Harris @Hadley]

At @EniacVC we’re investing in companies built for a world of abundant intelligence.

At the agentic layer, that means leaning into regulated industries like healthcare, government/defense, and financial services, where data friction is the moat, not the obstacle. The companies that will win here aren’t just building smart products. They’re willing to take on liability, to stand behind the output, own the outcome, and put skin in the game alongside their customers.

At the tooling layer, it means things like security, privacy, and compliance. The model companies can’t be the ones solving this. You don’t grade your own homework. These need to be independent layers, and the need only grows as agents move deeper into mission critical environments.

In the age of abundant intelligence, the hardest areas to build in will likely be where the most durable companies emerge.

[Hadley Harris @Hadley]

At @EniacVC, we do one thing: lead seed rounds and then help founders find product-market fit. Everything we build as a firm is optimized around those outcomes.

That's why I'm really excited to share that @_dorianruth has joined us as our Head of Platform.

Dorian brings a great mix of venture experience and GTM execution, exactly the combination that matters at the seed stage. He'll be working directly with our portfolio founders on business development, fundraising prep, customer intros, and the kind of strategic support that actually moves the needle early on.

If you've built a company, you know how much of the hard stuff happens between the seed and the Series A. Having someone like Dorian fully dedicated to helping founders navigate that stretch is a big deal for us.

Welcome to the team, Dorian!

[Jaya Gupta @JayaGup10]

AI has given venture capital a new way to repeat an old mistake: kingmaking.

The pattern from 2021 is back: a category becomes "obvious," a top-tier firm anoints its winner, and everyone else acts like the decision is final.

Sierra for support. Harvey for legal. Applied Compute for RL-as-a-service.

[Nightcap @NightcapShow_]

Unc tells Ocho a hilarious story about the time he found out his daughter got a tattoo and piercing against his wishes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ShannonSharpe @ochocinco @ShayShayMedia_