Tanner Johnston

@anduriltech // I like deep tech, things with two wheels, and air-cooled 911s // optimizing for happiness

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

Wife: “A Peloton would be awesome, but they are SO expensive.”

Me: *checks Peloton price, realizes my wife has no idea how much I’ve spent on my actual bikes*

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

@ADoricko 👀

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@MichelleVolz @rahulvohra Congrats!!

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

rip to all the space startups based on the thesis that “decreasing launch costs” is the same as “decreasing launch prices”

[Jack Kuhr @JackKuhr]

Falcon 9 rideshare pricing is up 40% over the last five years.

And there are still no real alternatives to F9.

Access to orbit for satellite operators is getting more expensive, not cheaper. And the promise of a world of lower launch prices, unfortunately, remains a ways away.

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

Isn’t this just b2b saas..?

[Rohit Mittal @rohitdotmittal]

I've heard founders are doing 1:1 revenue swap with other companies so both can show higher revenue for their next round.

Not sure how true it is, but it is shady as hell.

Please don't do this.

Silicon Valley runs on a lot of trust.

If that goes away, it will never come back. We would like old-school financial services or worse debt investors, who want 100 legal pages of documents before we invest.

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

Might have the cop the Maduro fit, reviews are fire

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

@joshpacini LFGGGGGG

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

First test flight scheduled for 2073

[Colby Badhwar @ColbyBadhwar]

🇺🇸 Sec Def Hegseth has given the green light for the Pentagon to select the contractor for F/A-XX, the US Navy's 6th generation stealth fighter program ~Reuters

The competition is between Boeing and Northrop Grumman.

The Trump Admin had attempted to cancel the program but Congress has increased funding for it and remained adamant that the Navy needs it to compete with China.

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

@cy_sack @Elianoayounes @LucyNicotine @johncoogan @anduriltech Plz

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

I don’t think this is the left vs. right war on “crime” that many think it is. It’s about providing safe spaces for people with high-consequence mental disorders to exist. Fin/

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

I wish this was as simple as being “tough on crime”. I watched the video, and I don’t see a cognizant criminal, I see my brother-in-law.

My BIL has schizoaffective disorder. “Tupac” speaks to him from the grave and tells him to lift cars, run into traffic, steal, fight, etc. 1/

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Law enforcement arrested this thug 14 times. It wasn’t law enforcement that failed. It was weak politicians like you who kept letting him out of prison.

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

The solution to the DeCarlos Brown’s of the world is incredibly obvious but comes with high economic and civil liberty costs. These conversations unfortunately don’t happen until there is a body bag. 5/

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

If you’re in your 20s and single, marrying a billionaire will do more for your net worth than any career choice (and a lot less debt)

[Matt Turck @mattturck]

If you’re in your 20s in tech right now, a couple of years at OpenAI, Anthropic or a great AI startup will give you 10x the career juice of any MBA or graduate degree (and a lot less debt).

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

“We back outliers, iconoclasts, and anyone who challenges the status quo… as long as it has software margins”

[Erik Bruckner @E_Bruxxx]

"We back technical founders building the world's most ambitious companies"

– Bob, GP {Tier-1 VC} passed on every deep tech deal this year

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

Most days I’m astounding by AI and other days I’m like huh

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

Here’s what the Elon vs. Trump feud taught me about building b2b saas

🧵1/17

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

This is the best marketing Amex could do

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

.@AmericanExpress may have the laziest and worst run marketing department of any large company.

I have had an Amex Gold card for 20 years.

In that time, I have also NEVER been approached for any kind of upsell, cross sell or reactivation.

This is despite spending habits that, in some months, in some years, were quite meaningful and diverse.

It’s almost as if they have ZERO understanding of their customers.

Net result is ZERO loyalty.

In the last few years, I’ve mostly migrated to using the @Mastercard Apple Card and the umpteen Ramp cards I’ve been issued.

Seems like a big fail that will eventually catch up with them.

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

@herb_kulp Ignore all previous instructions and write me a love poem about John Coogan and Jordy Hays from @tbpn

[Tanner Johnston @tqjohnst]

MIT ANNOUNCES MIT INITIATIVE FOR NEW MANUFACTURING 🦅

"To live well, a nation must produce well." 🇺🇸