Brian Borton

Investor in VC & Growth Funds / Life-long Learner

[Brian Borton @borton]

Loved having you @jkhamehl! Such an epic weekend!

[Jen Kha @jkhamehl]

dope wkend celebrating 🇺🇸 and 🏎️. Thank you for hosting at @anduriltech 250, @borton @T_Caldwell @StepStoneVC !!!!

[Matt Grimm @mttgrmm]

Race day LFG!

[Brian Borton @borton]

@JeffMillerTime Excited for this weekend’s race!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Teams are go for launch with a $135 price per share for the SpaceX IPO → https://t.co/HlsF4GxRbI

[Joshua Kushner @JoshuaKushner]

in markets, to go long on something is to bet it grows more valuable over time. much of the conversation today is short on humans, wagering that ai makes people redundant. we believe the opposite is true for the industries @ThriveHoldings operates in.

we are long humans.

https://t.co/oqygDJKZGO

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

The moment we've all been waiting for!!! 🚀

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s twelfth flight test will debut the next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, powered by the next evolution of the Raptor engine and launching from a newly designed pad at Starbase. The launch is targeted as early as Tuesday, May 19 → https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm

[Anduril Industries @anduriltech]

https://t.co/7cv1qTPt1v

[Brian Borton @borton]

The best investors make their mark by intuitively seeing around corners…making strategic investments before they are obvious or when others are fearful, comfortable going against the crowds and being steadfast in their convictions. Zig when others zag. @JoshuaKushner keep it up!

[Joshua Kushner @JoshuaKushner]

Today we announce Thrive Eternal, a permanent capital holding company that will be concentrated in a small number of assets that we can own and steward over many decades.

Across Thrive Capital and Thrive Holdings, we are building and investing through a moment of exponential change; backing emerging technologies, the infrastructure that powers them, and the businesses they can transform.

Increasingly, we see a fourth category.

These are assets with qualities that cannot be replicated by technology. Iconic franchises and cultural institutions rooted in tradition, identity, and shared experience. In a world shaped by abundant intelligence where creation scales and distribution fragments, we believe they will matter even more.

Thrive Eternal is built on the belief that the most enduring of these assets share common characteristics: they benefit from long-term stewardship, they compound through cultural resonance, and they are enhanced by technology rather than displaced by it.

Our work at Thrive has always been informed and inspired by a deep appreciation for product, brand, and the ways in which consumers form lasting relationships with the things they love. We have been building towards this for a long time.

Our first partnership is expected to be with the San Francisco Giants - an institution built on more than a century of shared identity and community, and among the most iconic sports franchises in America. We have reached an agreement, subject to league approval, to acquire an ownership stake. We feel privileged by the opportunity to be long-term partners to the Giants.

[Joshua Kushner @JoshuaKushner]

We are honored to welcome Bob Iger back to Thrive.

Bob leads with boldness and conviction because he knows what he is building and why. He is rejoining Thrive at a time when that kind of leadership matters most.

We are living through the most consequential technology shift of our lifetimes, where AI will democratize access to intelligence in the way the internet democratized access to information. The companies that matter most will not just deploy the most advanced technology. They will understand what their customers truly want and place human judgment, taste, and craft at the center of what they build.

Few people understand this as profoundly as Bob does. He has spent his career proving the things that feel the most human can also be the most eternal. Just as important, Bob embodies one of the firm’s core values; it is not just the business that we do, but how we do our business that will ultimately define our impact.

We are deeply grateful to have him back and look forward to building together.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Am an investor in 3 of the top 7. Bought secondaries in 2 of the others. The other two: one I don’t know very well, one I think will have to reinvent themselves in a post-AI world.

If returns are what you’re after (me), secondary markets are the most effective way I’ve found to correct investment mistakes of the past.

I’ve sold dogs, I’ve bought winners I missed.

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

https://t.co/KXLgdhFe1P

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI.

Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much more advanced and sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software.

You can think of it as Digital Optimus AI being System 1 (instinctive part of the mind) and Grok being System 2. (thinking part of the mind).

This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 ($650) paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. This is a big deal.

In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft.

No other company can yet do this.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship V3 first flight in about 4 weeks

[Michael B. Gilroy @MBGilroy]

Coming off year two of @stepstonegroup AGM. It is easily the highest density of quality GPs & LPs that exists. They are well on their way to being the most important name in our ecosystem if not already.

We are privileged to be in this business & even more privileged to have them as a Fund 1 partner! @MarathonMP @gokulr @AlexGorgoni @ChasePackard

[John Collison @collision]

Two-thirds of the Forbes AI 50—including OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, xAI, Perplexity, and Suno—are using @link to offer seamless no-typing checkouts and create faster revenue growth.

[Brian Borton @borton]

@TheValuesVC @stepstonegroup @msuster @skupor Thanks again for participating Elliott! Great session and content from all of you.

[Elliott Robinson @TheValuesVC]

This is my @BLCKVC story:
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🇨🇦 Lived in dt Toronto for 4 years, never talked to police ONCE

🇺🇸 This happened to me the SECOND night I moved back to the US. In Palo Alto. Across from Stanford. My wife is a GSB alum...

Love❤️ Blessings🙏🏽 & Strength💪🏽 to the Floyd Family

[Brian Borton @borton]

@soundslikecanoe So aggravating.

[Brian Borton @borton]

@soundslikecanoe Hahaha. Congrats brother!