Dustin Rosen

Investor at Wonder Ventures=leading LA Pre-Seed deals, previously CEO/Co-Founder of Pose, #LongLA, UPenn

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

👋Announcing $102M across our new @WonderVentures IV pre-seed fund & 1st-ever Opportunity Fund to invest in LA's best founders earlier than anyone else!

Thanks to the founders who allow us to be part of their journeys & the LPs who believe in our mission.
https://t.co/mtWSFCQoLz

[Tom Verrilli @tdrobbo]

@Whatnot sellers sell 10x more live than they can on a legacy e-commerce platform. That creates a champagne problem: the rate at which they can load inventory and export orders for fulfillment eventually can’t keep up with the platforms incredible buyer demand. Today we’re excited to launch our official @shop sales channel - enabling sellers to seamlessly sync their inventory and use companies like @ShipBob to help scale their fulfillment in line with their sales.

As always, we build with our sellers here at Whatnot, and it was incredible to see 30 sellers do more than $10M of synced orders during our pilot. Gaines Pet, a seller of all-natural dog treats, told us inventory management had previously limited them to going live about 10 to 12 hours a week. Now they’re streaming nearly 30 hours a week and expect to increase that by another 30% next month.

Thanks to @harleyf the whole Shop crew for the partnership (and my old mate @jonchen for kicking it all off). Can’t wait for our sellers to try it out - and for the next generation of merchants to get their start in live.
https://t.co/7lBpIVdhjS

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

Yes congrats, @StevenEidelman & team on @ModernAnimalVet's acq by @Chewy. But also giving RESPECT to a true founder's founder!

An honor to work w/ Steve, who never took a day off building a 1st class experience for pets, owners &, his team. And even better to call him a friend.

[deaddrop @deaddropradio]

Chewy ($CHWY) acquires Modern Animal to build fully integrated pet healthcare ecosystem (BusinessWire). Vertical integration accelerates? https://t.co/57JsvCDTqj

[tobi lutke @tobi]

The most AI proof job in the world is entrepreneurship

Use it to make products and services. Build more companies. On Shopify or otherwise.

[Gordon Sun @ImGordonSun]

Introducing Simmy: the Youtube for playable stories.

Today, Simmy is #3 in its US App Store category, starting with the $1B romantic fiction vertical.

We believe playable stories will redefine entertainment forever.

Comment for an INVITE CODE to our public beta.

(1/8) THREAD 🧵

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

$25M for live Brains(neurons) merged w/ silicon chips = up to 100X better AI/Compute! VCs & AI Researchers ping me to see the lab in SF!

Congrats Jon Pomeraniec Alex Ksendzovsky & TBC team for allowing @WonderVentures to back u 3 yrs ago. But we know today is just the beginning!

[The Biological Computing Co. (TBC) @BioComputingCo]

Hello, we are The Biological Computing Co. (TBC), the first to bring applied biological computing to modern AI! 👋

Interested in learning more about us? @agarfinks at @Fortune has the scoop. https://t.co/iBMZYGPaMJ

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

@pitdesi Hey @pitdesi (saw you from afar at EMC today), but at pre-seed for us at @WonderVentures it was really about meeting two amazing founders and believing in them. And then watching them execute amazingly at every turn.
(And a childhood love of collecting didn’t hurt ; )

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

OY! For some reason one of my top investments @ctodotnew is giving away the best-in-class AI coding tool for free! Our servers are melting...

Plz help friends at @sequoia @a16z @Accel @lightspeedvp @IndexVentures

[simon @simontheweb]

It's 8am on launch day. Servers are melting and we are spending $100s a minute.

Why did I raise $5m to launch a completely free code agent?

[Tech Week @Techweek_]

Very, very few things can go wrong when there are sunsets and startups involved...that’s why we’re RSVPing to this LA Tech Week mixer.

Private club. Founders & operators. Speed networking (yes, Tinder-style).

https://t.co/zP05bHSNre

@Tinder @WonderVentures

[The Nuclear Company @TheNuclearCo]

The Nuclear Frontier documentary premieres Sept 15th in Washington DC

[Palantir @PalantirTech]

Palantir 🤝The Nuclear Company.

We are proud to partner with @TheNuclearCo to ensure U.S. dominance in the global nuclear energy race.

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

AI has killed COLD email.

My volume of cold outreach is up 5-10x in the last yr & now I have to ignore all of it. Founder emails that stood out before just don't anymore b/c now all are vaguely personalized & thus undifferentiated.

There is a start up opportunity here though!

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

Didn’t make it easy on himself, seemed to miss the easy ones and make the hard ones. Great for drama and TV though.
All feels right in the golf world tonight.
Masters champion @McIlroyRory !!

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

Future of AI investing: about Semiconductors & ENERGY

Thus Biological Black Box (BBB)'s "Bionode concept could significantly reduce the energy footprint of AI... while introducing a level of dynamic adaptability rarely seen in traditional semiconductors"
https://t.co/6MC9fB9xCh

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

@scottshapiro Very cool and well deserved Scott!

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

Yes, amazing & heart-warming to see our non-LA colleagues from VC and Tech around the country join us to help the most needy in LA rebuild their lives.

Thank you for also supporting: @uncorkcap @jeffclavier @KatieS @NextViewVC @chazard @micahjay1 @JoshSteinVC and more!

[Mark Suster @msuster]

Huge thank you to @bijan @MKRocks @fredwilson @rodriscoll @AustinLAC & everybody who contributed to @du_ro fund helping lower-income people affected by LA Fires & to deserving fire depts. Every $ helps
https://t.co/O3zRNs45F6

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

For those that have asked what you can do to help LA & the people who have lost so much, the LA Tech community has created “The LA Tech Community Cares Fund.”

To make the biggest impact & give directly to those who need it most (tax-deductibly), give to:
https://t.co/wCEPdYJ1Fs

[Dustin Rosen @du_ro]

Live, LA-made/USA-made, and empowering small business with more than $6B in sales LIVE on @Whatnot !!

[Tom Verrilli @tdrobbo]

Always Live.

[DIMO @DIMO_Network]

Meet the new DIMO

This is more than a fresh paint job — today marks the beginning of a new chapter. This winter will be filled with product updates, partnership launches, driving competitions, and giveaways that redefine DIMO. The journey to onboard a billion cars starts now. 🚘

[ben_chiang @ben_chiang]

Ready to launch 🚀

So excited to announce the launch of @voistory_ai on Product Hunt (https://t.co/MSW215p6r6) today along with @priestxelloss and the rest of the team 🎉🍾🥳

Love journaling, but struggle to get started? We certainly did, which is why we built Voistory, the world's first conversational voice journal app. Now journaling is a natural conversation rather than an essay or speech!

Let us know what you think!