What do you think will be some of the second-order effects of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic all going public within the next year? I'll go first:
- Explosion of first time fund managers
- California housing gets even crazier
- Charitable giving increases dramatically
What else?
I was talking to a founder yesterday who was frustrated by how negative the timeline feels lately, especially among VCs. I’ve noticed the same thing.
My takeaway is that it’s much easier to critique something than it is to stand for something. And as people increasingly outsource their thinking to machines, that dynamic only becomes more pronounced.
Conviction will become more rare (& more valuable).
When we originally invested in Bluesky, part of the thesis was that users were increasingly gravitating toward smaller, more intimate communities:
- Less posting on Instagram feeds, more private stories
- Less broadcasting on Snap stories, more private DMs
Bluesky gave users the ability to create these more intimate social experiences by curating their own feeds and communities.
What we didn’t fully anticipate was the rise of AI tools. Now, anyone can build software, and we’re starting to see a new wave of AI-generated social apps designed specifically for small groups of friends and family.
It’s been incredibly cool to watch this emerge across the Bluesky ecosystem, which now has hundreds of apps built on the platform. Excited to see the developer ecosystem continue to grow.
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