Alex LaBossiere

@ndrewpignanelli Huge

Announcing Cofounder 2: Run an entire company with agents. It's the infrastructure for the one person billion dollar company - orchestrating agents across engineering, sales, marketing, ops, and design. (and yes that's my real grandma in the video)

$100M. Largest defense-tech Series A in US history. We're building the AI brain for unmanned warfare 🇺🇸🫡

@PropheticAI Huge!!

Today we are launching two revolutionary products: Dual and Phase. These devices will enhance how humans dream. Prophetic Dual retails for $449 and starts shipping at the end of this year. Prophetic Phase retails for $1299 and starting shipping middle of next year.

@lucasbagnocvaz Prescient as ever

@skbjml @AliBHamed @SavneetS 🔥🔥🔥

Being an early member of Crossbeam (now Gallery Ventures) became my identity. For the last 5 years, I had the privilege of working with and learning from @AliBHamed, @SavneetS, Chris Ryan, and briefly, Michael Ovitz. As I reflect on my time here -- the first few years were absolutely brutal, but also some of the best memories of my life. As a former banking analyst, I developed a habit of staying up late. Ali was an early riser, and his lightning-fast response times inspired me to keep up. So for the first ~2 years of Crossbeam, we quite literally had instant 24/7 coverage with a 2-person team - I'd stay up until 4 AM, and then Ali would pick it up at 6 AM. Then the last few years were all about leveling up: getting in the room, increasing my tolerance for pain, and building trust with stakeholders. The job forced me to unlearn and update my priors constantly, and I grew to love that. I’m so proud of what we built, and the people we’ve been able to work with along the way. So it's bittersweet to announce I'm leaving my full-time role at Crossbeam/Gallery (will remain an advisor/email still works) to build a new firm with some friends. We have been talking about a new approach to early-stage investing, and it feels like the right time to test it in the market. In the meantime, I’m moving to San Francisco for the rest of 2026 to explore and spar with some amazing investors and founders in the pre-seed/formation stages. It’s always Day 1, but some days are more Day 1 than others!

@GundoHouse 🔥

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@PropheticAI Congratulations guys! @EricWollberg @weslouisberry

We are pleased to share that we have successfully demonstrated the ability to increase lucidity in dreams. This critical milestone opens the door for our devices to ship soon.

@_sonith @JamesCurrier @NFX Love it

My conversation with @JamesCurrier, co-founder of @NFX. James grew up in New Hampshire to a carpenter father and a music teacher mother. He left home at 13 on a full scholarship to Phillips Exeter Academy. Then Princeton and HBS. After college, he sailed to Tahiti and worked for Rupert Murdoch building Asian satellite TV in Hong Kong. At 24, a mysterious misdiagnosis forced him back to the US and led him to Boston. James has since founded various widely successful internet companies, frames life downstream of network effects, and deploys capital via NFX. This was one of my favorite conversations about human psychology and finding direction in life. Filled with so many unique stories and lessons. Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:31 Selling Worms to Fishermen at 6 Years Old 03:20 From a Dirt Road to Phillips Exeter Academy 04:49 The Hovercraft Corporation of America 07:48 Sailing Across the North Atlantic 09:18 Misdiagnosed in Communist China 10:41 Joining Battery Ventures in the 90s 12:25 Throwing Parties for Hundreds of Tech Associates 13:25 The Origins of Tickle 16:42 The $100M Healthcare IT Clusterf*ck 18:19 The Next 30-Year Technology Window 23:50 When to Start Your Own Company 26:26 The Importance of Geography: San Francisco vs. New York 29:34 AI, Consciousness, and Talking to God 31:51 Discovering Meditation and the Awakened Mind 34:27 Why You Work Best From 10 PM to 2 AM 36:07 Founder Psychology, Psychedelics and Self-Discovery 39:05 Status & Human Interaction 40:49 The Preferred Attachment Theory 42:40 The Real Value of College 44:01 People vs. Capital 47:56 What True Hustle Actually Looks Like 49:56 "Dad Talks" About Sex and Drugs 53:41 Quitting Alcohol at 21 54:42 F*cking Around at Scale

A 10-minute application for $100,000. A free, no-strings-attached prize for builders, scientists, operators. Introducing the Eigenprize. ↓ run by @menemazarakis, @markkhrapko, & yours truly :)

@menemazarakis LFG congrats

We are launching grants to find and activate generational undiscovered talent. Apply below and share with a young exceptional human. The Eigenprize is live.

@jakeottiger Congratulations sir

last friday was my final day at Thrive. witnessing the herculean effort that went into closing Thrive X was the way to finish. it resembled everything i love and admire about the place and its people. so what's next... i left to build any and all software for any and all businesses. an ~ai~ consulting company of sorts. i've craved to run a service based business like this where i know my customers and they know me. there's no amorphous corporate blob to deal with. clients deal with me. now, with leverage from AI, they can get world class, personalized service from one guy at a reasonable rate. i hope this model lets me build trust and goodwill between tech and the long tail of industries from Anthropic's survey. (important note: i will also work with startups and tech companies given my mandate is literally any business) i've started with a used machine shop in Louisville, a wayfinding company in Cleveland, and a distributor of rags (literal towels not RAG...) in LA. we'll see how it goes...

@jaltma Woooow, what a get - congrats!!

I’m really excited to share that I’m joining Benchmark. The past two years as a full time investor have been the most rewarding of my career. I really love venture capital, which is not something I ever imagined I’d say when I was kid, but here we are. I love new ideas and being part of a team with a mission. I love getting to be there for people who are struggling towards goals they really care about. I love learning from people who are better CEOs than I ever was. I love the texture of the work, the competition, and the way the job lets you invest in relationships. I love it so much that I’ve even turned into a little venture nerd with a podcast who goes around harassing great investors and founders, trying to learn as much as I can as fast as possible. I’ve certainly learned what I care most about, and what kind of investor I want to be. What I’ve realized is that I love investing at the Series A, when there’s enough going on that an investor can be useful but not so much that you can’t have an impact. I think there are many amazing ways to practice venture, it’s just the way that most speaks to me. And as I came to realize that, I started to think about how to best set myself up to do that craft as well as possible. It became clear to me there is nowhere better for this than Benchmark; the way they’re structured, their principles, their overall approach to investing, and their track record all create an environment that I believe will let me do my best work as an investor and help founders the most I possibly can. As I’ve gotten to know the team at Benchmark I’ve come to admire so much about each of them. Peter is truly playing his own game. A lot of what he says sounds like poetry at first, but as the ideas roll around in your head for a while you realize how much depth they have. I first heard about Eric many years ago from my friend Saji at Benchling while I was building Lattice, who described him as the most amazing board member and attributed him with a lot of the company’s success. That’s the kind of partner I want to be one day. Chetan is brilliant and truly thinks for himself; I’ve realized over time what a courageous guy he is. And then there’s my friend Ev, whose skills complement mine and who I just love to be around. I can’t wait to have him as a partner in crime. When given the chance to work with this group I just knew I had to go. One of my motivating north stars with Alt Capital was to build a firm and be a partner that I most would have wanted as an entrepreneur. Although I haven’t gotten everywhere I want to be yet, I’m proud of the work so far. And now I’m excited to build on that work at Benchmark, where I hope to increase my rate of learning and get armed with the power of a partnership so I can help founders reach their dreams even more. Thank you to the companies who’ve let me invest with them at Alt Cap. I’m keeping all my board seats and supporting everyone just the same as before. Thank you to the LPs who’ve backed me as well. I am so excited about the portfolio we have and am grateful I can stick with all those companies. And finally thank you to my teammates, Bala, Vivek, and Nate. Bala took a bet on me and started investing with me before it was remotely obvious, and we’ve been able to grow so much figuring it out together as investors. I credit Nate with helping Alt start feeling like a firm. He joined us from First Round over a year ago and made everything run smoothly. And while Vivek joined just a little while ago, even in the short time we’ve worked together he’s had a meaningful impact on how we think and invest. They’re all joining Benchmark with me. So pumped for this chapter.

@mp_lew cc @messybirkin

HoldCo idea: LVMH of artisanal/luxury software products

@matthewjmandel @usv Congrats sir!

Bittersweet to share that I wrapped up at @usv at the end of the year. I’m so grateful to the team for an incredible three years. I couldn’t imagine a better place to learn the craft of venture — or a more brilliant, thoughtful, and generous group of people to learn from. I'll have more to share on what’s next soon, but I’m still investing. In the meantime, I’ll be spending more time in the Bay and would love to see old friends and meet new folks!

@gauravahuja @khoslaventures @rabois Congratulations!!

Today we announce our next round, led by insider @khoslaventures @rabois at $1.2B Booking, Crate and Barrel, Rakuten launched in 2025 And new logos we are excited to bring into the world in 2026, more soon Come join us in NY / SF

@ndrewpignanelli @usv @AcrewCapital @CompoundVC @yoheinakajima @scottbelsky @basementstudio @JohnPhamous @mprkhrst @SarahChieng @Jackyhuang @thehousefund 🌻🌻🌻

Excited to announce we’ve raised $8.7 Million in seed funding led by @usv with participation from @AcrewCapital, @CompoundVC , @yoheinakajima, @scottbelsky, Agent Fund, Mute Ventures, @basementstudio, @JohnPhamous, @mprkhrst, @SarahChieng, @Jackyhuang, and @thehousefund @intelligenceco is building the infrastructure for the one-person billion-dollar company. You still can’t use AI to actually run a business. Current approaches involve lots of custom code, narrow job functions, and old fashioned deterministic workflows. We’re going to change that. We’re turning Cofounder from an assistant into the first full-stack agent company platform. Teams will be able to run departments - product/engineering, sales/GTM, customer support, and ops - entirely with agents. Then, in 2026 we’ll be the first ones to demonstrate a software company entirely run by agents. Our branding - with the sunflowers, lush greenery, and people spending time with their friends - reflects our vision for the world. That’s the world we want to build. A world where people actually work less and can spend time doing the things they love. We’re going to make it easy for anyone to start a company and build that life for themselves. The life they want to build, and spend every day dreaming about.

@AryVaidya @gauravahuja So excited

Earlier in the year, @gauravahuja and I went looking for a concise, visually striking chronicle of the breakthrough moments that shaped modern technology -- and couldn't find one. So we made it! Incredibly excited to publish Artifacts to the world today. The book is a walk through time, distilling the catalytic “why-now” shocks that turned fragile ideas into enduring platforms, from vacuum tubes to quantum leaps. We believe that knowing where we came from is the best way to imagine where we can go, and every category-defining company we admire can trace its roots to one of these moments in time. This book is a love letter to the technological breakthroughs of the past century and an ode to the moments that became Timeless. We're proud to share it today with the people who will write the next pages. Check your mail soon!

@lucasbagnocvaz Congratulations Lucas!!!

Welcome to the world, baby Lars 💙 11/06/2025