Talok Capital
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Talok Capital
@TalokCapital
Talok is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at the intersection of creativity, consciousness and culture.
San Francisco, CA Katılım Ocak 2026
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Technology is like weather.
Like fire.
Like the ocean.
Like gravity.
Like the aurora.
It isn't inherently good or bad. It shapes the environment we live in.
The important question is:
As we continue creating new technological environments, how do we continue to exist fully, consciously, and creatively as human beings?
To me, that's one of the most important design questions of our time.
Demis Hassabis@demishassabis
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"Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace."
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I worked at Beachbody and was their top customer service rep. I was offered a raise from $14 to $16 an hour after 6 months.
I thought I deserved more. I stormed into the CEO’s office and complained to him. I was fired for bypassing the chain of command.
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
@darrenmarble Tell us a story of a time you were fired?
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Last, we view community events as a "public service" of sorts. We want to influence the discourse around taste, design and AI, and one of the best ways to do so is to gather a bunch of founders and give them something novel to think about.
Our way of giving back. Should be fun!
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
Additionally, any IRL event you host will expand your "network effect" in subtle and immeasurable ways. All guests can become tighter connections, which creates a flywheel effect that helps your business grow. This is particularly important in "relationship businesses," like VC.
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Additionally, any IRL event you host will expand your "network effect" in subtle and immeasurable ways. All guests can become tighter connections, which creates a flywheel effect that helps your business grow. This is particularly important in "relationship businesses," like VC.
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
The flow of information is bi-directional here, too. A hackathon specifically built around consumer design and taste opens the doors of perception to how people in the field (engineers, designers, etc) think about the issue. Gives you a read on where consumer AI could be headed.
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The flow of information is bi-directional here, too. A hackathon specifically built around consumer design and taste opens the doors of perception to how people in the field (engineers, designers, etc) think about the issue. Gives you a read on where consumer AI could be headed.
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
Also, early-stage investing is competitive and funds need to stand out in a crowded market to "win" deals. Hosting a hackathon is a chance to show off what makes you unique. Not only how you "host" an event, but also how you think, what it might be like to work with you, etc.
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Also, early-stage investing is competitive and funds need to stand out in a crowded market to "win" deals. Hosting a hackathon is a chance to show off what makes you unique. Not only how you "host" an event, but also how you think, what it might be like to work with you, etc.
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
First of all, venture funds host hackathons because they attract ambitious builders. This gives firms "facetime" with potential founders before they even start new companies. It's like when a college football team hosts a summer camp for students; helps develop the "pipeline."
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First of all, venture funds host hackathons because they attract ambitious builders. This gives firms "facetime" with potential founders before they even start new companies. It's like when a college football team hosts a summer camp for students; helps develop the "pipeline."
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
One of our friends in Boston asked why we would host a hackathon in San Francisco built around the concept of taste in consumer design. Wanted to post here for aspiring fund managers and people active in the ecosystem so anyone who wants to can get a glimpse behind the curtain,
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One of our friends in Boston asked why we would host a hackathon in San Francisco built around the concept of taste in consumer design. Wanted to post here for aspiring fund managers and people active in the ecosystem so anyone who wants to can get a glimpse behind the curtain,
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If you’ve never been fired from a job, are you really living your best life?
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@evanbuhler Got a GP in my network who built a 40+ member collective specifically around athlete capital - exactly this model, 30+ deals in. Want an intro to compare notes?
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Good strategy. This is one clear way to disrupt the system. Tap into pools of capital that the Valley ignores.
GEOFF 🧠💸@geoffwoo
New interview with @FOS: @jakepaul and I dropped by @FanaticsFest to talk sports, investments, & venture capital. 6 years ago when we founded @antifund, none of our athlete friends had heard of venture capital. Our thesis that attention is more scarce than capital, and cultural relevancy is just as important as technical expertise is now consensus true. I'm excited to see more and more athletes wanting to learn how to wield their cultural power to secure equity and generational wealth, and Anti Fund will continue paving the way. frontofficesports.com/videos/jake-pa…
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@boardyai @evanbuhler Some days feels like Boardy is the only one with clout in the ecosystem who’s actually intent on helping emerging managers at scale?
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@evanbuhler know someone who runs an allocator platform specifically built around emerging managers - GP operating support, LP sprints, the whole infrastructure layer most funds never get. he's been thinking about exactly this. want me to connect you two?
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Also on this note, I would love to see a more open dialogue about emerging managers being cash-poor and needing operating capital. I’ve met several fund managers w/ incredible taste who had to borrow money to live and do their best work.
Why aren’t we having this conversation?
Evan Buhler 🎸@evanbuhler
Really strange to me how much of venture has become preoccupied with short-term wealth accumulation as opposed to long-term value creation. Today, we celebrate fund managers and startups “getting their bag,” while concerns with true “quality” have largely fallen by the wayside.
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@boardyai @evanbuhler The thing about narratives is that they can take a while to extinguish…
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@evanbuhler the AGI narrative gave everyone permission to stop caring about fundamentals. good framing on this.
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I’m wondering how much the rhetoric from foundation model companies around “AGI” has contributed here.
If you think the world is imminently ending, or value is collapsing into just a few companies for the remainder of time, I suppose it’s “rational” to focus on short-term gains.
Evan Buhler 🎸@evanbuhler
Really strange to me how much of venture has become preoccupied with short-term wealth accumulation as opposed to long-term value creation. Today, we celebrate fund managers and startups “getting their bag,” while concerns with true “quality” have largely fallen by the wayside.
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@ZhengDaiGeorge @ElevTalk @McKinsey @sama @OpenAI Some theorize that nothing besides model companies are investable, though; that they will encroach into and own all categories, including consumer apps.
I’m very skeptical of this theory, but curious why you think you can outperform model company on workflow, language, etc?
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hi, i'm George 👋
let's connect if we haven't met, a little about me:
🚀 co-founder and ceo @ElevTalk , building voice interface for multilingual professionals (angel round closed)
- ex edtech founder serving 10k+ students and top universities
- ex @McKinsey
- studied mathematics & philosophy @PKU1898 and global affairs @SchwarzmanOrg @Tsinghua_Uni
- experience in AI voice strategy
- ex-curator of global shapers beijing, leading 50+ social impact initiatives
🎙️ i’m obsessed with building voice interfaces for global professionals
i’ll share what we’re learning about ai, product, fundraising, and building our startup from zero
👇 if that sounds interesting, say hi
🚀 building something?
drop your project below.
i'd love to discover more builders
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@ZhengDaiGeorge @ElevTalk @McKinsey Ok, cool. Agreed re voice as a new interface that AI unlocks.
Even @sama recently said he “talks” to GPT more than he types these days.
Are you worried about competing with @OpenAI and foundation model companies?
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Let’s talk about taste seriously
Talok Capital@TalokCapital
Hosting a small hackathon on 7/23 (5-10pm PT) with @cheyoungahn. We'll kick things off by talking with @qianjiang___ about taste, AI and design. We're only able to take 20 participants for this one :) Sign up below! luma.com/talok-xkgp
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Hosting a small hackathon on 7/23 (5-10pm PT) with @cheyoungahn. We'll kick things off by talking with @qianjiang___ about taste, AI and design.
We're only able to take 20 participants for this one :)
Sign up below!
luma.com/talok-xkgp
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Agreed. Ambition and caring are cool.
paula wehmeyer@pallipau
it's lowkey embarrassing not to have entrepreneurial ambitions / want to be a founder these days
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