Brickyard

Insulate & execute.

[Brickyard @BrickyardVC]

In person FTW.

[George Munguia @jobsbygeorge]

Yesterday, I flew to Minnesota (took 7 hours), drove two hours to a town of 9,000 people, and delivered a bottle of whiskey to a prospect.

We spent 2 days together touring their factories. Today, we got lunch / beers and he said he’s going to give us a shot.

Meet in-person.

[Justin Ryan ᯅ @justinryanio]

Spent several days this week with the SpatialGen team exploring the future of live Apple Immersive Video on Apple Vision Pro and getting a behind the scenes look at immersive video production.

Oh, and gators. More to share soon.

[Marcus Eagan @MarcusForPeace]

Some people will never understand and that’s ok.

[Brickyard @BrickyardVC]

🏴‍☠️

[Marcus Eagan @MarcusForPeace]

Some people will never understand and that’s ok.

[Brickyard @BrickyardVC]

@DharmaSamu @jobsbygeorge @tryharmonyai @gsequeira_ @kanlanc Best decision of your life. 🧱

[Turner Novak 🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak]

This is actually pretty wild

A single firm @BrickyardVC gets a sub $200k population city to top 7/8th https://t.co/Gp3eiK8243

[Campbell Pritchard @CampbellPritch1]

We’re live on product hunt!! 🚀🚀🚀

We built the simplest way to book an podcast ad – and the biggest open Ad Library for podcasts with 59,000+ shows analyzed (the entire catalog that runs ads seriously).

Now you can easily test the channel, drive conversions and run your first campaigns with confidence.

Would love any support/ feedback!!
https://t.co/w7VmpKA11e

[Spotsnow @UseStation]

We just launched on Product Hunt 🚀

We built a platform that makes podcast ad buying simple, plus an open podcast ad library analyzing 59,000+ shows that actively run ads.

Brands can now:

- discover high-converting podcasts
- see competitor ad activity
- book podcast ads faster
- submit talking points + tracking easily
- measure campaign performance clearly

The goal: make podcast advertising easier, faster, and more accessible for brands.

We’re currently at the #2 spot on Product Hunt and would love your support, feedback, comments, or upvotes to help us reach #1 🏆

https://t.co/Ay5NKayUcm

[Cam @camdoody]

Visited Brickyard #47 @KuninTechIX in their new office. Extracting rare earth metals from mining waste streams via chemistry & nanofiber! 🇺🇸⛏️🧪

[Robbie van Zyl @rob_zedd]

No workout. No celebratory BBQ. No time off. Just a handful of engineers up till 3am building to protect the men/woman who sacrifice it all to defend our freedom. 🇺🇸

Well spent Memorial Day weekend, onwards! A solemn thank you to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

[Daniel Rau @drauwsy]

What’s in the Chattanooga, TN water?

[Askari Defense @AskariDefense]

If the demand signal was not clear enough, U.S. Northern Command (@USNorthernCmd) just identified the missing layer in counter-UAS: protection that moves with the individual.

Fixed-site and point defense systems matter, but they do not solve the problem once a patrol dismounts and moves beyond fixed coverage. Gen. Gregory Guillot put it plainly: there is “not really anything that would follow a patrolling soldier.”

Askari is building that missing layer: man-packable, fire-and-forget kinetic interceptors that move with the operator.

Threats move. Our defenders move. Counter-drone systems need to move too.

#AskariDefense #CounterUAS #BorderSecurity

https://t.co/qHxwhdOWUN

[Brickyard @BrickyardVC]

@__MattPatt__ @elonmusk 🧱

[Cam @camdoody]

3D reconstruction of @BrickyardVC, shot on iPhone by @thespatialgen in real-time.

[Justin Ryan ᯅ @justinryanio]

I’ll be sitting down with the SpatialGen founders @UnevenMike and @zacharyhandshoe later this month for a full interview.

[Spatial Insider @spatialinsider]

SpatialGen just announced Zeus, a dedicated hardware system for live Apple Immersive Video streaming. It supports live 16K immersive video encoding with 90 FPS streaming.

This is a huge step toward more live immersive experiences on Apple Vision Pro.

[Brickyard @BrickyardVC]

@BlackFlagVC @KuninTechIX @AskariDefense 🫡

[Brickyard @BrickyardVC]

Excited to have two companies featured on The Black Flag 100: @KuninTechIX & @AskariDefense. 🏴‍☠️ 🧱

[Black Flag @BlackFlagVC]

500+ founders. 1,500+ nominations. 100 companies.

The Black Flag 100 is back 🏴‍☠️

No VC votes. No fund picks. Just pirates chasing storms over certainty.

The 2026 list 🧵🏴‍☠️

[George Munguia @jobsbygeorge]

Harmony AI is building the AI-Native Operating System for American Manufacturing. 🇺🇸🦅

We work on-site, in-person, and inside the factory to deploy AI that actually works on the floor. 🏭

That matters to us.

You cannot build great manufacturing software from far away. You have to be on the floor with the people doing the work every day.

Our job is simple:
Connect the paperwork, tribal knowledge, people, machines, systems, data, and workflows that run a plant. ⚙️

Then turn that into AI intelligence that works on the floor.

Too many manufacturers have been left behind in the technology race and stuck with expensive solutions that overpromised and underdelivered.

We hate that.

Manufacturers deserve better. They deserve honest partnership, software that works, and AI that helps America build, operate, and win. 🇺🇸🏭

That is why Harmony AI exists.

[Robbie van Zyl @rob_zedd]

Stoked to have @AskariDefense included in the top 100 frontier tech startups alongside some close friends @drauwsy, @mike_smayda, etc.