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Terrific to chat all things private markets on @Nasdaq @TradeTalks with @JillMalandrino! There’s a major shift in the Venture Capital asset class coming and we are excited to play our part in building the next generational investment institution. cc. @gen_partners

Access is here. Water without limits. Pre-order now at vital-lyfe.com #WaterWithoutLimits #AccessToWater #AccessIsHere #WaterReliability #BuiltForEverywhere

@gen_partners is the fund for that.

Pre-orders are live! We started Vital Lyfe to solve a fundamental problem. Today is the first real step. Access is here.

JUST IN: This might be the closest thing to universal water access. Vital Lyfe just launched a portable system that turns any water source into clean drinking water on demand. • Works with saltwater, rivers, and other sources • Battery-powered so it runs fully off-grid • Aerospace-grade build but simple to use • App to track water quality and system health • Built by ex-SpaceX engineers focused on water independence Pre-orders are live at $749.

@business @matt_bc is a government contract machine.

US Special Operations Command awarded a $50 million contract to aviation technology firm Beacon AI as part of a push to give military pilots more access to artificial intelligence features bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

While rolling Starlink out internationally Jon Criss started asking what other essential services could be put directly in people's hands rather than relying on centralized, aging, or nonexistent infrastructure. He landed on the most vital of all... water. He teamed up with Andrew Harner, who also spent a decade at SpaceX, and today they launch their first product. Access is a simple, rugged desalination system that allows you to make your own drinking water. Pre-order now for just $8 down!

Open the floodgates.

@vdadmahi Would fund

Expecting my partner Asher to bring to our next investment committee “former SpaceXer Milaad is reindustrializing koobideh restaurants” #MIGA

🚀 Introducing the 2025 LA Hard Tech 50! 🚀 The hard tech movement continues to build at a manic pace in LA, with more hardware engineers flocking to LA to build the next big company solving problems in aerospace/defense, manufacturing, energy, resources, & more.

Special shoutout to our close collaborator @achalsu at @interlagoscap who supported our initial vetting and stepped up to precipitate the Seed round. + our pre-seed co-conspirators @lacostejonathan @asherkraut @vdadmahi & @nunzi46!

So excited for @jcriss_1 and the entire @VitalLyfe team who are on a mission to redefine access to clean water - one of our most critical yet overlooked resources. 🧪

When we backed @VitalLyfe's pre-seed we knew the scope of Jon & Andrew's ambition would require more firepower, and we already knew who the right partners would be. Excited to finally announce that our friends at Interlagos and @AlexaLiautaud at @generalcatalyst are on board!

Proud to share news of @gen_partners’ investment in Vital Lyfe’s $24M seed round. A bold mission, breakthrough tech, and real conviction behind it. Proud to be partners to Jon Criss and Andrew Harner for what’s coming next. #WaterWithoutLimits

Hiring 10 of the nation's top mechanical engineers for one of our newest portfolio companies. 1-3yrs experience preferred. Founded by operators with 26+ years of combined experience at SpaceX. Early-stage. High standards. Meaningful stock options. JD below.

New mascot prob

14 yrs SpaceX. 14 yrs SpaceX. 9 yrs Neuralink + 3 yrs SpaceX. 12 yrs Palantir. 5 yrs Anduril. Founders with resumes like this are leaving elite roles to build in defense, energy, manufacturing, and more. Feels like @gen_partners was built for this moment.

Grateful to @Mike_Thrasher for mentioning my essay “Venture Capital Has Lost the Plot” in this week’s @ModusNewsletter; one of the most thoughtful reads for allocators. Worth a subscribe if you haven’t already: modus.news/ubs-keeps-grow… cc. @gen_partners

VC has lost the plot. Once built on trust & judgment, now it’s theater. Attention replaced access & hard work. Trust, transparency, and rigor compound faster than hype. Wrote about why that matters and how @gen_partners is bringing it back. tinyurl.com/vclosttheplot

National security used to mean defense. Now it means energy, manufacturing, and compute. The lines between them are gone; they’re the same system now. At @gen_partners, that’s where we invest: where capability becomes security.

The hardest access to earn is honesty.