Christina Brodbeck

Angel Investor. Previously: Founding Partner Rivet Ventures (Venture Capital), Founding Team Member YouTube (1st Designer), Lead Designer YouTube Mobile.

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Now that the Cubs are out 😭, let's go Dodgers! Happy they won tonight!!!

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Go Cubs Go!!!! ⚾🐻

[F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli]

Today we are announcing the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht on a criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what became the Palisades Fire in January.

The complaint alleges that Rinderknecht's started a fire in Pacific Palisades on New Year's Day -- a blaze that eventually turned into one of the most destructive fires in Los Angeles history, causing death and widespread destruction.

Among the evidence that was collected from his digital devices was an image he generated on ChatGPT depicting a burning city.

While we cannot undo the damage and destruction that was done, we hope his arrest and the charges against him bring some measure of justice to the victims of this horrific tragedy.

Rinderknecht's initial appearance is scheduled for today at 1:30 p.m. EDT in U.S. District Court in Orlando. Rinderknecht is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

This arrest validates everything in our lawsuit. Not only does it not change anything, it just buttressed the case. The lawyers were never arguing the state is responsible for the ignition. They argue that they left a dangerous condition on their property that was a proximate cause of the larger fire. They cite Vedder v Imperial County, which shows that govt can be responsible for damages by stacking up fuel, even if someone else *ignited* the fire

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Spooky season nails 🩸🩸🩸

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Wonderful and inspiring interview with @RickCarusoLA at the @allinsummit. I hope he chooses to run again for Mayor of LA, or Governor of CA.
https://t.co/XvBFIPlmd9

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

To clear California High-Speed Rail for use on EXISTING train tracks between San Jose and San Francisco alone, the environmental review process produced a final report of 8,204 pages (456 hours of reading) and took almost 14 years to complete. We need reform.

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Mixboard by @GoogleLabs feels like pure bottled joy! Instead of traditional mood boards (like Pinterest), where the work of finding inspiration is done BY THE USER who has to waste hours endlessly browsing, searching, and building mood boards...with Mixboard the work is done BY AI, inspiration is presented to the user, and completed in seconds with simple prompts. Game changer.

https://t.co/AyUEjKsdI4 https://t.co/gVRDZIQl0S

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Director Michael Kratsios @mkratsios47]

The United States must not only dominate in the development of frontier AI capabilities, but also must ensure the American AI stack -- from chips, to models, to applications -- is adopted worldwide.

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

@jgebbia Love this!

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Nice to be back "home" in the Palisades today. Palisades strong.
❤️💪🏼 #pacificpalisades

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Europe is losing. Will the continent that once ruled the world become a bystander to history? https://t.co/118uroW3QR via @WSJ

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Fantastic list of folks investing in consumer tech. Super helpful.

Thanks for including me, @HugoAmsellem.

[Hugo Amsellem @HugoAmsellem]

Consumer is having an identity crisis.

So, I asked around for the best people investing in consumer tech at pre-seed and compiled:

📜 The (New) Consumer Manifesto
👼 100 angels who truly get consumer
💰 75 VCs actively writing pre-seed checks

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[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Thank you @BenAllenCA for listening to, hearing, and taking into consideration the Palisades community's concerns. 🙏🏼

[Ben Allen @BenAllenCA]

My statement on pausing SB 549.

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

@BenAllenCA Thank you! With few roads in and out, high density in the Palisades could prove extremely dangerous to our citizens in emergency conditions.

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

Thank you Colonel Eric Swenson (for leading clean-up efforts) and to the women and men of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (@USACEHQ) for working so hard to remove the debris left over from the #PalisadesFire. Our community is forever grateful. 🙏

[Christina Brodbeck @jellyfishbloom]

@danielkivatinos @getjustpaid @ScritchVet Sounds like a great partnership! 🔥

[NIK @ns123abc]

Waymo has already beaten Lyft market share and on track to beat Uber in next 12 months 🤯

This is a huge deal.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

One state ***increased*** its reading literacy for the bottom 10% of students while 49 other states let standards keep slipping.

It was the poorest state in the country, Mississippi. In 2013 they enacted a rule where at 4th grade if you can’t read, you repeat until you can.