kevin berardinelli

people @Rivet_US | ex @p72vc, @Plaid, In-Q-Tel | optimist, always asking ?s, sometimes writing poems

[Defense News @defense_news]

Rivet's CEO envisions a world where a soldier commands an AI agent, and the AI agent commands the robots and drones. https://t.co/EerOLVGdtH

[Rivet Industries @Rivet_US]

25 years since the September 11 attacks. We remember the lives lost, and the heroic police officers and firefighters who answered the call. Never forget.

[David Marra @david_marra]

China is already mapping humanoids into urban combat roles. The West is still stuck demoing kitchen chores. Edge-native multimodal AI - language, vision, action- fused to the frontline worker is not a product category. It is a civilizational necessity. Every day is #laborday

[Rivet Industries @Rivet_US]

The New York Times ran Al Blackman's obituary this week. He was sixteen when he started as an apprentice at American Export Airlines, went on to repair Army helicopters in Korea, then came home to spend decades as a maintenance crew chief at JFK - retiring in 2022 with the Guinness World Record for the longest career of any airline mechanic in history.

Frontline workers like Al do the most important work in this country. Rest easy.

https://t.co/N3PIzQ5ZOA

[Rivet Industries @Rivet_US]

500,000 additional workers needed in the energy sector by 2030. A training pipeline already tens of thousands of people short every year. That's the gap Fortune laid out this week.

The fastest way to close it is making the people you already have dramatically more efficient, faster. With Rivet, a new power plant operator or technician can get trained and productive in a fraction of the time it used to take, because the guidance is right there in real time instead of locked in someone's head or a binder. One person can now do work that used to take two or three.

Keeping the power on is one of the most important jobs in the country. Workers deserve tools that match the stakes.

https://t.co/wD83hxvy9d

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

We’re pleased to lead Sound Games’ $6.5M seed round and support the team’s flexible, cross platform approach to game development.

Sound Games is building video games around a “pay once, play anywhere” model, enabling a single purchase across PC, console, and mobile, with a focus on re playable titles and a streamlined player experience without heavy in game purchases.

Congratulations to the Sound Games team on this milestone!

🔗 Read more here: https://t.co/xjJBF2lwoC

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

🎮Congratulations to TaleMonster Games on their Series A! We’re proud to support the team as they scale their vision to push casual mobile gaming forward.

Read more in Business Insider here: https://t.co/JuqtzFG11L

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

If you haven't seen Micky van de Ven's solo goal yet watch this! 😱

...and if you have seen Micky van de Ven's solo goal watch it again! 🤯

#UCLGOTD | @Heineken

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: Tottenham’s trophy drought is finally over.

Tottenham Hotspur won the 2025 Europa League final, defeating Manchester United 1-0. Spurs will play in the Champions League next season even though they are 17th with one game remaining. https://t.co/mEsHt9kIeQ

[COMAP Math @COMAPMath]

Today is 5/5/25... Square Root Day! These only happen 9 times each century, so this is a special day. Celebrate by challenging your students with square root puzzles, exploring the history of radicals, or enjoying the elegance of √25 = 5.

#SquareRootDay #Math #MathTeacher

[kevin berardinelli @kberardinelli]

happy #PiDay2025 and 106 days til #TauDay

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

Startup founders spend a lot of time thinking about how their business can succeed—but what about how it can fail? Inverted thinking might just be the key to outwit existential GTM threats. Sometimes it's more about what you don't do, than what you do. https://t.co/hHuosBSYKg

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

We’re proud to announce our lead investment in Overland AI to support their progress in building intelligent uncrewed ground systems for defense and national security. No human should be put at risk when a machine can do the job. Read more here: https://t.co/EpicsB9jco

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

Congratulations to our portfolio company Dashworks for launching on Product Hunt today. Dashworks is building an Autopilot for Slack that instantly connects with a company's tech stack and automatically answers internal questions. Read more here: https://t.co/9TbX9vznB4

[BronxBmbrz @BronxBmbrz]

Don Mattingly “HANG ON TO THE ROOF” - 10/04/1995 https://t.co/sp2w2obyma

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

Congratulations to @Saronic on raising their Series A and coming out of stealth. We are excited to support the team as they work to build autonomous surface vessels to advance critical technology for Navy missions. Read more here: https://t.co/BwCjTJ05gh

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

We're proud to continue our investment in Stoke Space, the rocket company aiming to build the world's most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket. Congratulations to the team! https://t.co/TmdFVpd53Y

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

Congratulations to Regent on raising their Series A. We're proud to support the team as they embark on their journey toward manufacturing all-electric zero-emission seagliders to transport people and cargo fast and affordably along coastal routes. https://t.co/7JAjAyVefC

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

Congratulations to Nexusflow on raising their Seed and coming out of stealth. We are proud to be the lead investor and support the team as they work to build a generative AI-powered cybersecurity "copilot." Read more here: https://t.co/ApbR6YeLsa

[Point72 Ventures @p72vc]

Point72 Ventures Managing Partner Tripp Shriner spoke with Business Insider about what he thinks is next for the fintech team, from videogame payments and inter-game currency exchanges, to generative AI and know-your-customer solutions. Read more here: https://t.co/1acy2GWgVE