Soona

Memecoins are the mindkiller. Distractions - not the end game - after decades of cryptography, math & game theory breakthroughs in our industry A timeline cleanse to refocus on what serious founders are building as we inch closer to the convergence of AI, physical world platforms & crypto

@dojideon @forethought_ai @Zendesk Congrats Deon!

There are moments where you stop and look back at the journey — and realize just how rare it is. Today is one of those moments. I’m incredibly proud to share that @forethought_ai has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by @Zendesk .

Meet The $9 Billion AI Company Reimagining Vibe Coding forbes.com/sites/richardn… (📸: Cody Pickens for Forbes)

This feels like a dream come true since I started Replit. As a designer, I’ve always found it challenging to collaborate smoothly with my engineering teammates. For a long time, I imagined what it would look like to have a true source of truth that makes collaboration effortless. The infinite canvas didn’t just happen by accident. I’m incredibly proud of the team, and it’s been such a fun experience getting to work on cutting-edge technology while solving really hard problems. If this resonates with you, come join us in building the future.

@MichelleVolz Let’s goooo

Excited to officially announce the launch of Pax Fund I, a $50M early stage vehicle dedicated to founders transforming the foundational categories of society. 🇺🇸🚀 Wrote a bit about my journey and the thinking behind Pax below:

First batch of categories we're keen to see crypto founders build in 2026: • Persistent Sensing Networks • Robotics Risk Engines • The Universal Carry Layer • Proof-of-Useful-Work • Post-Alpenglow Solana Protocols

@0xZergs 🔥🔥🔥

Excited to have Evan advise us! As some deals get bigger, it's been great to lean on his experience scaling Coreweave into the $45bn company that it is today (and most of that was financial engineering/structuring)

Evan Meagher, former CFO of @CoreWeave is joining USD.AI as a Senior Advisor. He brings hands-on experience financing and scaling GPU-backed infrastructure at global scale.

@HipCityReg @generalcatalyst @htaneja @jcfurstenberg Congrats! 🎉

I’m incredibly energized to announce that I’ve joined @generalcatalyst as their Creative Director It’s an honor to be trusted to hold this position by @htaneja, @jcfurstenberg, and the entire GC Famiglia I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with incredible folks across our industry during my break. But the ambition that General Catalyst has to tackle huge problems, is simply unnatural. There’s so much work to do to show the story of the immense world being built here. But I couldn’t imagine doing anything else right now. It would be absolutely foolish to not thank the many people that spent time supporting me during this time. So here’s a list of thank yous: @gaby_goldberg @seanxthielen @menemazarakis @thecpe @tamarawinter @marannelson @pythianism @janehk @cokiehasiotis @jacksondahl @nabeelqu @EmilyHerrera @DevinLewtan @bryce @soleio and I’m sure there’s others I’m forgetting who had a huge impact on me during this time And most importantly, my very offline Wife whom I’m nothing without 💕 *bonus first day of work fit yesterday

@signulll to boldly go where we we’ve gone hundreds of times before

it’s january 11 & we’ve already had 4 rocket launches to space. this is so routine now that most ppl don’t even notice. spaceflight quietly went from spectacle to basic infra, like a highway. this is so ridiculous.

@midwitmagnet @tszzl supreme court blocked her firing last year until hearing and jpow chair term expires in 4 months… so far lower courts and Supreme Court seem to lean towards Fed independence

@soona @tszzl the cook case isn't over yet; hearings are scheduled for later this month. i suspect the investigation is supposed to bring some foundation for arguing jpows case is different

things are about to get so bad

@infraa_ just it proves that we are well into AI video dominance

The fact that several people have already texted me to ask if this is real, just proves that we are well into fiscal dominance Position accordingly

@ASvanevik online debates can’t be won, only abandoned

pro tip: when you win an argument on twitter you still lose touch grass

Patrick Collison: “Working with people you’re close to is underrated.” Patrick started Stripe with his brother John and Arc Institute with his wife Silvana. He offers founders the following advice: “I think working with people you’re close to is underrated… For all of the ventures of any significance in my life, they’ve been with people that I’m very close to and who I had and would like to have an enduring relationship with. Sometimes one hears the advice that you shouldn’t work with friends or your partner, and all of these things are idiosyncratic and there are instances of every possible permutation, but for me it has been a really rewarding experience.” He continues: “I think John and I can work together for, you never know, life. But I think we’ll probably work together for decades. For us, it has been both an important source of meaning and fulfillment, but I also think there’s a real complementarity.” Video source: @dwarkesh_sp (2024)

@hahnbeelee i think we all just start seeing it more

you can tell when pg is back in sf because he starts tweeting a lot more

@KMNDR_ @signulll Even if done well you’re still effectively ventriloquizing the opposition and giving them free airtime

@signulll I stand by the thought that this rule can be broken - but it has to be done well. The avoidant passive aggressive HR era is over. People are off that train. But you need something that helps read the room too. What's the phrase people use? Skill issue.

number 1 rule of any corporate comms: never ever ever name your competitor directly.

@Kalshi and ~23 more states have filed to do the same, in process for approval

JUST IN: Texas becomes first state to buy Bitcoin

@AndrewSteinwold @VoltCapital i did not say runs the world but yeah i hear it’s a big deal

“AI was dismissed as Excel VLOOKUP, now it runs the world. Crypto is on the same trajectory.” That’s how @soona Amhaz, Founder and Managing Partner of @VoltCapital, describes the moment we’re in. Soona has a rare vantage point because she lived through the AI dark ages before joining the crypto frontier and built companies in both eras. On @Angels2Allo, we covered: 🔷 AI before it was cool: working at an early AI company when people mocked AI as “just ML” and why that skepticism feels identical to today’s crypto landscape. 🔷 Patience as a superpower: how frontier technologies look like toys, get dismissed, then quietly compound until they reshape everything. 🔷 Building crypto products in 2013: accepting BTC and DOGE at University of Michigan hackathons before Ethereum even launched. 🔷 Creating Token Daily: one of the earliest crypto knowledge hubs and how it evolved into the foundation for what later became On Deck. 🔷 The origin of Volt Capital: a crypto fund built by repeat founders and operators who understand zero to one company building from the inside. 🔷 Crypto’s barbell: mature financial primitives such as stablecoins, RWAs, DeFi and tokenized equities on one side and deep tech frontier such as crypto with robotics, crypto with space and crypto with AI on the other. 🔷 Underpriced frontier: data marketplaces for robotics, citizen astronomy networks for space analytics and why deep tech crypto is massively overlooked. 🔷 Founder first investing: why “good founders don’t stay in bad markets” and how past work is the strongest predictor of future success. 🔷 Tokens, equity and value accrual: how Soona thinks about modern token models, liquidity timing and the real mechanics of exits. “Just keep going.” The simple three-word advice from her mom that guides her through every market cycle, bull or bear, chaos or calm. Soona has been quietly building and backing in frontier tech for over a decade and her conviction in crypto’s next decade is unwavering. YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=RHOWPM… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4h0cD2…