Alana Levin

Investing @variantfund | Prior: @BCG @Wharton

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[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Invest in things that make the world more productive

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Every day in NYC I see something that could only happen here

Today it was an Advil popup for the World Cup in a parking lot between two skyscrapers

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@nabeelqu doesn't quite have the same ring

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

David's piece makes a ton of great arguments for why recording meetings helps compound an organization

That being said, I strongly believe that individuals should also have the ability to opt out of being recorded - especially in non-work settings

If you're working on devices that make people "recording-proof" (ie interfere with any unwanted or unknown recordings), I'd love to talk. In particular, I'd be keen to be an early adopter

[David Haber @dhaber]

https://t.co/OF9MZRPoIX

[Founders Fund @foundersfund]

MAFIA EP 002

[Daniel Barabander @dbarabander]

Congrats to the @honchodotdev team for passing 5K stars.

Honcho is the best solution for memory.

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@signulll If they figure out AGI, they may not say it explicitly but there *will* be signs

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Insane growth from @openfx_

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Seems like the early innings of this type of product naming

Man Cereal
Boy kibble
Guy soap
Girl soda
etc

[Karine Hsu @karine_hsu]

finally acquired, excited to try “World's First Creatine Cereal”🫡

brand + packaging is A+

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Chart of the day: ETFs are beginning to dramatically outnumber publicly listed companies

[alli @sonofalli]

new york is the best city in the world

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@firstc0in Yes

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Highly recommend frozen, pitted cherries

Thank me later

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

New York or Nowhere

Knicks in 4

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@wolfejosh congrats (to you and to the entreprenuers!)

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Best guess is we are closer to the bottom than the top

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

It wouldn't be crypto if there weren't at least one thing every few years that makes you wonder if it'll go to zero

(narrator: it never actually goes to zero)

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

It wouldn't be crypto if there weren't at least one thing every few years that makes you wonder if it'll go to zero

(narrator: it never actually goes to zero)

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@sonofalli Arguably your best tweet ever

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

Stuff like this is genuinely so cool

[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

New Limit just raised $435 million. This is, in part, because they've had a massive breakthrough on reversing the age of the liver with their new brand of genetic reprogramming drugs.

For the first time, NewLimit's co-founder and president Jacob Kimmel details the company's breakthrough here.

We also get into the longevity and bio-tech fields more broadly to explain where aging science and AI are heading.

If nothing else, come to see some mice get drunk.

The Core Memory podcast is available wherever you pod, and I'll put the YouTube link down below in the replies.

Our show is sponsored by Brex and SendCutSend. They are both wise and benevolent.

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:50 What Is Epigenetic Reprogramming?
7:16 Growing a Whole Animal From One Old Cell
13:06 Meet Ambrosia, the AI Hunting for Youth
22:44 $435 Million and the Race to Human Trials
29:26 The Drunk Mice That Skip the Hangover
36:48 Inside the First Human Trial
43:14 Will There Ever Be a Hangover Pen?
49:39 Beyond the Liver: The Delivery Problem
1:03:27 Answering the Skeptics
1:12:42 Will OpenAI Become a Drug Company?
1:23:53 The Health Story Bigger Than AI?
1:35:00 How Far Behind Is the US vs China?
1:53:10 Can We Build Computers From Neurons?

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@Natan_benish thank you nate!

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

When I think about what’s at the heart of Variant, the guiding force has always been deep thematic development.

Core to our DNA are themes like permissionless markets, composable software, and the commercialization of open source systems. Many of these can be found within the world of crypto, but we’re increasingly seeing them play out on new frontiers as well. The specific technology is an implementation detail.

What matters most are products & services that broaden market access, expand the set of available capabilities, and deepen the ways in which individuals and organizations can own their money and data. We believe these are large markets with strong tailwinds. Extremely excited to have $222M in fresh capital to back entrepreneurs building toward these goals!

[Jesse Walden @jessewldn]

https://t.co/ZjpYF5IOJc

[Alana Levin @AlanaDLevin]

@Dylan_Steck thank you Dylan!