Fil Aronshtein

Do you want to win defense contracts like @anduriltech does? Partnering with @DiracInc can help.

Not enough companies trying to help them operate indistinguishably

@espricewright Yes

A lot of people are starting to learn that building physical stuff at production volumes is really hard and not that many people in the United States know how to do it.

Excited to announce that Jake Cornelius, former CoS to @PalantirTech COO Aki (Akash Jain) and Director at @geckorobotics, has joined @DiracInc as Head of Commercial. Dirac is at a major inflection point, and I'm thrilled to have Jake help lead the charge.

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@gaby_goldberg @a16z Congrats Gaby!

I’m excited to share that I’m joining Andreessen Horowitz as a Partner on the New Media team, focusing on the intersection of comms, networks, and investing. I’ve been working on these three things throughout my career, first in early-stage investing and most recently in comms at Rostra, writing about my perspectives and experiences along the way. For a long time, I thought these were three different paths I’d have to choose between. I’ve done comms, but I’m not just a comms leader. I write and build community, but I’m not just a writer or community builder. And I’ve invested, but I’m not just an investor. When @eriktorenberg approached me about the opportunity, he told me I could come do all of it under one roof, at a scale that wouldn’t be possible anywhere else, and crafted the right role to make it work. @a16z is the perfect place for me to manifest the full range of my interests, skills, and ambitions. Erik has been one of my earliest believers (since college!), so this feels like a long arc finally closing. I look forward to working alongside him and the rest of a16z’s brilliant team, and also hire even more great people into the firm. I’ll be taking some time between roles to touch grass and exist in the context. In the meantime, my DMs are always open.

@EricJorgenson @DiracInc @PalantirTech @geckorobotics Real

@FilArons @DiracInc @PalantirTech @geckorobotics Huuuuuge

@chadwahl @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc A marriage of two houses

@FilArons @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc

@wadeeyerly True

@FilArons Massive W

@mcan_cath @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc Real

@FilArons @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc big hire energy

@robotsailor @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc He's the best

@FilArons @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc no way, jake is awesome. huge win

@PaulYacoubian Very excited about it

@FilArons Incredible pull

@armstrong_jackk @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc Exciting times!

@FilArons @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc Big win.

@thilokonzok @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc Exciting times!

@FilArons @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc impressive

@ericmagvas @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc Exciting times!

@FilArons @PalantirTech @geckorobotics @DiracInc Heck yeah!

@hardaway_cam Blessed

@FilArons Wow, huge get. Congrats!

This is a huge win for Dirac. Jake is widely known as a relentless, world-class operator who turns opportunity into operational excellence. I couldn't be more excited to work with Jake as Dirac moves into its next phase of growth.

Jake spent 7 years at Palantir as Chief of Staff to COO Aki (now CTO/President of Palantir USG) and went on to run their Risk & Security team. He then spent 4 years at Gecko Robotics as Director, where he helped scale the company to a massively successful Physical AI unicorn.

Met the EVP Eng of Otis this week and I’ll admit, I fanboyed a bit

Everything is a factory, except the factory. That’s the product.