Asking a VC to sign an NDA was, for years, a signal that you didn’t get venture. That signal has inverted as of late. Early-stage deals built around any proprietary IP are now regularly arriving with NDA requests.
Asking a VC to sign an NDA was, for years, a signal that you didn’t get venture. That signal has inverted as of late. Early-stage deals built around any proprietary IP are now regularly arriving with NDA requests.
The epidemic of vibe lawyering is going to cause some problems. A friend recently typed the details of an employment dispute, including things he did in violation of his non-compete, into ChatGPT and asked it to draft a separation agreement. He did not talk to a lawyer first. He created a discoverable record of his own liability that lives on a third party's servers. He is very much not the only one. I wrote about why this is a real problem, and what a federal court just confirmed about it.
Got a lot of messages from VC and fund manager friends and clients after yesterday's thread on the paradigm shifting SEC guidance (thank you). The #1 question: what does this actually mean for my portfolio and my next deal?
Wrote a deep dive on that. Key points in this thread, full piece linked below.
The SEC just released the most important piece of U.S. crypto regulatory guidance ever produced. 68 pages. 148 footnotes. A 5-category token taxonomy. Safe harbors for staking, mining, wrapping, and airdrops. And a separation doctrine that changes how every token deal gets structured.
Initial takeaways in this thread. Full analysis in my article below.
Dear blessed algorithm, please show this most excellent @hack_vc#NeurIPS happy hour invite to good people solving the hard problems in AI x {trust / verifiability / attribution / adversarial environments / heterogenous hardware / compute constraints} with cryptography and vibes™
https://t.co/ljIfsMZDsy
Last week, we hosted our 2025 Annual General Meeting in NYC.
A thesis-driven AGM from a thesis-driven firm, we brought our investment theses to life through conversations with the top founders, policymakers, and industry leaders shaping crypto’s next decade.
Agenda & highlights below 👇
We’re hiring! Hack VC is looking for our first Corporate Counsel to join our fast-growing Web3 venture firm. You’ll help lead legal work across venture deals, fund formation, and compliance in one of crypto’s most active investment teams. Apply at the link below 📝
“Hack has been one of our most value-added investors, and part of that is Harrison.” - @justsayuluvjo 🫶
Thanks to @soon_svm for hosting our Partner & CTO @IsTheBaron to talk market trends, supporting founders, and the path from builder to investor. 🎧👇
1/ AI will shape the future. The question is whether that future will be closed and centralized, or open, verifiable, and user-owned. We’re betting on the latter.
That’s why we led @0G_labs’ pre-seed in 2023 (and the seed last year). 👇
@GoMightyCard Yeah, and the ball clearly did a 360 spin while he was landing out of bounds, but they said he had control. How does that make any sense?
1/ @Hack_VC is about to make a splash in Seoul 🇰🇷 Sept 22–25. Nonstop event activations, founder lunches, late nights & early mornings.
@0xRodney, @hsinju, and @herbiefu from the Hack VC team will be on the ground. If you plan to attend KBW and want to jam, ping us.
Here's what we have cooking 🧵
1/ Hack VC is so excited to announce that we’ll be hosting hack.summit(“Seoul”) on Sept 22 during @kbwofficial at Josun Palace. We’re bringing together top founders, KOLs, and market movers. If you’re in Seoul and want REAL alpha, this is where you’ll find it—a high-signal, curated crowd.
😉: the first 100 ppl who register will be entered into a raffle to earn 1 free KBW ticket. There will also be other surprises for attendees later as well (shhhhh).
RSVP now: https://t.co/D4sHIuDhEo
Hack VC is pumped to re-launch the Proof of Work newsletter — now with a fresh spin for the Crypto × AI era. Readers will get monthly updates and intel straight from the top projects building in the space.
💫What shipped in the last month
💫What’s live
💫What insiders are working on
Our First Issue:
https://t.co/bBFfT34LST