Andrew McKinzie

Investing in fintech and AI @acrewcapital. Co-Founder @assembliai @Perplexity_AI Fellow. @Penn @Wharton @HotchkissSchool. Building? [email protected]

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

Everyone loves to hop on the retrospective founder DMs trend when an amazing company announcement happens. Almost all of them are the sad "missed that generational opportunity" type. Well, I'm happy to say this is the ecstatic "start of an amazing partnership" type! I first learned about @tankots and @WisprFlow in May '25 when I was at a dinner and the AI Grant whatsapp group chat was lighting up nonstop - the entire dinner - after @natfriedman asked if anyone had tried this new thing called wisprflow. There was so much excitement about it. So much so that one AI grant founder said their office had "become a zoo where we all talk to our computers." Fast forward two months, Tanay presented it to the Perplexity fellowship and it blew my mind how seamless the product experience was. It truly "just worked." Fast forward a year, and I'm stoked to say that @AcrewCapital is fortunate enough to partner with Tanay for his $280M Series B at $2B valuation, led by our friends at @MenloVentures ! We're avid Wisprflow users - especially Tom Porter who must hold some kind of spoken words world record at this point - and love how much better we communicate because of it. The product is magical and the business is absolutely crushing it. We can't wait to see how this funding unlocks their next phase of growth!

[Christian Garrett @CGarrett_15]

Wiser words have never been said

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@jacobeffron @fractile_ai @goodwin_ml Woohoo

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@goodwin_ml @ThriveCapital @lightspeedvp @Redpoint @foundersfund Congrats Walter! :)

[Konstantine Buhler @Konstantine]

Markets were jittery last week, so I’m bringing this chart back up.

Over the long term, American markets keep growing through the tough times.

Add AI, the biggest technological wave in history, and the case for America gets even stronger. 🇺🇸

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@heynatefox that’s the current market

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

Is anyone raising a normal $3-5m seed round anymore?

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@Hadley Yep

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@AVenturousMind i suggest you identify deep tech investors who have been doing it for a while. it’s a specialty and skillset that some gp’s have and most do not! congrats on such an accomplished career :)

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@SeanMEverett most businesses shouldn’t raise venture capital

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@heynatefox $3-5m was normal for a seed once upon a time

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@0xSanya exactly

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@rahim_mirani hahaha right?!

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@brackin king

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@xChill exactly

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@orithellama i chuckled 😂😂😂

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@ben_glenney my guy!

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@utekkare 100%. think about how big the outcome for each investment needs to be in order to underwrite it returning a $2B fund multiple times over!

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@mbeckett pre-pre-pre-pre-pre according to some

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@andryemel 🎯

[Andrew McKinzie @onnbase]

@Trace_Cohen i've always referred to it or heard it referred to as "friends and family," it was the fools part that threw me off haha. appreciate the clarification and agree! they play an important role.