Brian O'Malley

Founder @tactilevc. 20 year veteran investor across @accel, @batteryventures & @forerunnervc. Seeker of network effects & taquerias.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

@phillip_mckenna I don’t always drink data center water, but when I do, I prefer Sandatarino.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

02: Debt, Death & Taxes. Financial security is in the eye of the beholder.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

Spending in America has shifted. Quietly.

There’s a growing divide. The biggest opportunities go to the founders who can bridge it.

Part 1 of 4.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

Proof shows up in unlikely places. Trust builds. And with it, confidence is restored.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

@danielleahy @eightsleep It was a Saturday night with no little kids...weekdays aren't quite as green!

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

I feel like whoever developed this leaderboard idea for @eightsleep must not be married.

The better my wife sleeps, the more I win. If you’re going to gamify it, this should be framed as more of a cooperative game versus a competitive one.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

@garrytan @garrytan This is the power of the franchise model. Centralized systems, but local ownership. Franchises employ almost 10m people in the us and do almost $1T in revenue. Big opportunity to bring the same model online with AI.

https://t.co/P3mnm2Z25X

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

One of the main reasons why some of the best emerging consumer AI startups are quiet about how much of the experience is AI.

[Jediwolf @Jediwolf]

What happens when you post a real Monet and say it’s AI? The coolest art social experiment I’ve seen in a while. Thank you @SHL0MS

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

@mignano Congrats Mike. Such a natural fit!

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

Seed frequently is more about light governance / limited investor responsibility than it is check size.

[Terrence Rohan @tmrohan]

Seed is now two markets pretending to be one.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

Thank you Team @Coupa for inviting me to celebrate your 20th birthday. It was a true pleasure being part of the early story and an honor to meet the team responsible for the next 20 years!

cc @neisner @jebinger

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

@nrmehta So sorry for your loss Nick. Much love to you and family.

[Aditya Agarwal @adityaag]

It's a weird time. I am filled with wonder and also a profound sadness.

I spent a lot of time over the weekend writing code with Claude. And it was very clear that we will never ever write code by hand again. It doesn't make any sense to do so.

Something I was very good at is now free and abundant. I am happy...but disoriented.

At the same time, something I spent my early career building (social networks) was being created by lobster-agents. It's all a bit silly...but if you zoom out, it's kind of indistinguishable from humans on the larger internet.

So both the form and function of my early career are now produced by AI.

I am happy but also sad and confused.

If anything, this whole period is showing me what it is like to be human again.

[Brian O'Malley @omal]

Congrats @zachtratar. Looking forward to seeing what you build @NotionHQ!

[Zach Tratar @zachtratar]

I’m thrilled to announce that Embra is joining Notion! 🥳

Notion is the ultimate interface and data platform for agent <> human collaboration. At Embra, we’ve spent 3 years building a Graph Context Engine to power B2B AI.

Let me tell you why I’m so excited. 👇