Dan A

Investing in AI and other advanced technologies across industries. Former founder and professional matchmaker at SpeedDate. Keytar player.

[Dan A @dabelon]

@JasonrShuman Congrats!!

[Dan A @dabelon]

@Hadley Friendster for college students :)

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

It's time to build. Now everyone can.

@Wabi Build me an app that recommends films and novels with techno-optimist themes!

[OpenHands @OpenHandsDev]

Big news: OpenHands has raised an $18.8M Series A led by @MadronaVentures to build the open standard for autonomous software development.

Open source, model agnostic, and already used across thousands of repos.

Read more: https://t.co/BtvB3tJMO2

[Dan A @dabelon]

@mottice @ModernTreasury Congrats!

[Dan A @dabelon]

@reganbozman Good advice! In my experience this mistake is most common for crypto startups but not unheard of in other areas

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

The Jewish community makes up just 2% of the U.S. population, yet it is the target of 70% of all religion-based hate crimes. According to the FBI, antisemitic hate crimes are at their highest level since 1991. The ADL reports that antisemitic incidents are at their highest level since it began tracking in 1979.

Hate crimes against Jews are rising even as overall hate crimes decline. The evidence is painfully clear: antisemitism in America has metastasized into a crisis. To ignore it is not neutrality but complicity.

[Dan A @dabelon]

@paulg @StevenOwsley I feel empathy for all innocent victims of war and their families. But if Hamas released the hostages and laid down their arms, why do you think there could still not be peace?

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

The Associated Press chose not to highlight the suffering of hostages like Evyatar David—who is deliberately being starved and forced to dig his own grave—but instead to focus on the “struggles” of Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization that has fired over 10,000 rockets at Israel since 10/7.

The media narrative suggests that Hezbollah, which has murdered hundreds of Americans, deserves our empathy.

Here’s a radical thought: empathy should be reserved for the victims of terror rather than the terrorists themselves.

[Colin Beirne @csbeirne]

Very excited to be partnering with @darrennix and the @SteadilyInsure team for their $30M Series C.

Among many strengths, here are the top four reasons Steadily stands out:

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[Dan A @dabelon]

@typesfast We used to do that before all hands meetings but this is so much better.

[Dan A @dabelon]

@leehower Right. Will probably be a mix of the old guard and the new ones you point out. Hopefully good for startups.

[Rive @rive_app]

Introducing Vector Feathering — a new way to create vector glow and shadow effects. Vector Feathering is a technique we invented at Rive that can soften the edge of vector paths without the typical performance impact of traditional blur effects. (Audio on 🔊)

[Dan A @dabelon]

I thought Zuck’s video about Meta replacing fact checking with X’s community moderation system and moving their trust and safety team to Texas might be a deep fake… but he posted it to his own Facebook account. Pretty significant swing of the pendulum.

https://t.co/v04dPVkUeQ

[Dan A @dabelon]

@villi @Category_VC Congrats Villi! Excited for you and the lucky founders that will partner with Category!

[Two Sigma Ventures @TwoSigmaVC]

Business banking needed an upgrade. Today it gets one thanks to @dakota_xyz .

Businesses can now access modern banking that lets you send/receive USD & crypto globally, backed by US Treasuries, with automated yield generation built in.

Now you can finally:

- Send USD globally via ACH, Fedwire, SWIFT & SEPA
- Make borderless payments 24/7 with stablecoins
- Keep deposits 100% backed by US Treasuries
- Earn automated treasury rewards
- Access on-chain yield opportunities

Incredible watching this team execute from pre-product investment to launch. Congratulations!

[Dan A @dabelon]

@nchirls @nkorzenko @asylumventures Congrats!

[Dan A @dabelon]

@cnaut @kathy__yoo Congrats!