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Collab of the year

The Payy Team is growing. We're hiring the following roles: ↳ Head of Business Development ↳ Hacker / Ex-Founder Engineer Applications linked below ↓

Yesterday our portfolio company Bluesky Social announced their Series B, a major milestone 🎉 . @plcapital have been proud supporters and investors in the company since seed and we are particularly excited about this new stage of growth as Jay Graber, the company's CEO/Founder transitions into a Chief Innovation Officer role to stay deeply focused on pushing the boundaries of decentralized social media. Bluesky is often framed as an "X" alternative, but that seriously undersells what's really being built. At its core, Bluesky is redefining digital identity--giving users true ownership over their presence online. With portable identity, customizable algorithms, and an open ecosystem, it's laying the foundation for a more modular and user-controlled internet. 🦋 The momentum is clear: over 40 million users and growing 🦋 bsky.social/about/blog/03-…

We are shouting from the rooftops on this one, literally. Glow is bringing life-saving solar to two Lebanese hospitals where blackouts cost lives. Airstrikes slowed construction, but we asked ourselves, "If we don't help, who will?" Here's why we continue from @DavidVorick ⤵️

Catch me at DAS 🗽 next week! If you're a founder building the future of compute and fixated on rethinking how traditional rails should work, let's meet!

how the @nytimes quietly destroyed sunday routine, formerly one of my favorite weekend columns.

@unusual_whales @grok what was the last war the US outright won?

Palantir's Karp: "What makes America special right now is our lethal capacities. Our ability to fight war."

@GSR_io just unlocked private OTC trades leveraging @zama. This is HUGE!

congrats to our portfolio @cryptio_co on raising a $45M series B! 🎉 such an exciting roadmap to tackle crypto reporting challenges

The first vertical festival for human flourishing in the age of AI. 🌸💻 This weekend, 1,000+ researchers, builders, founders, funders, and artists are taking over @frontiertower in SF for 36 hours of programming, experimentation, and collective imagination across AI governance, open-source infrastructure, and coordination systems. World-class speakers, hands-on workshops, an overnight hackathon, live public goods funding experiments, a community biolab, a 4,000 sq ft maker lab, immersive art installations, and live music into the night—all across 16 floors of one building. 🌐 Conference & hackathon are supported by @protocollabs @elevenlabs @NEARProtocol @FilFoundation @OctantApp @hypercerts @humntech @bittensor @solana @activeloop @vesslai @velda_io @NomadicML @unbrowse & more. In partnership with @torproject @internetarchive @foresightinst @AAI_Society @ethereumsf @UNICEFinnovate @metagov_project @founding Participate: luma.com/ftc-sf-2026 Hack: luma.com/ftchack-sf-2026

PL Demo Day is less than a week away. 12+ early-stage teams across AI, Web3, and deep tech will be showcasing. Presentations go live March 16 @ 9am PT and remain available through March 23. Accredited investors & angels can register now. 👇 directory.plnetwork.io/demoday/plw26

🧠@synchroninc’s Stentrode is a self-expanding sensor array delivered via catheter through the jugular vein to the brain, enabling brain-computer interface functionality without open brain surgery. Using a minimally invasive, stent-like procedure, the technology is designed to let neural signals control digital devices, addressing physical limitations without opening the skull.

congratulations to @dmleon10 @stefaanweb3 and the entire @akavenetwork team!

AI agents will soon move money autonomously. The missing layer: risk infrastructure that operates at machine speed, with no human in the loop. @t54ai is building it from first principles. "Payment giants are racing to launch agent products but lack specialized risk infrastructure. This team—repeat founders across derivatives, crypto, and AI—has the unfair advantage to build it." — @lacey_wisdom, GP at PL Capital Congrats to @chandler_agi, @Sergio2Chan, and the team on the $5M Seed. Read more: t54.ai/seed

bullish on @sidgandhi_xyz and @calummoore

Payy is built on Ethereum. @payy_link is a privacy-first stablecoin chain designed so your transactions aren’t exposed to the world. It brings programmable payments to Ethereum, without sacrificing privacy by default.

🧠@PrecisionNeuro_ is moving toward a pivotal clinical trial for a fully implanted BCI system, with hardware, software, and algorithms in development. The aim: enable people with severe paralysis to engage with the digital world, return to work, or play games.

Crypto holds the key to quantum resilience, yet this is often overlooked. At @plcapital we've made several bets in the space (denoted by an *) particularly around FHE. We consider FHE a bet on quantum resilience 🧵

In 2025, PL network team @OSObserver concentrated on the Superchain ecosystem. 70M+ OP funded across 700+ projects, with tens of thousands of developers building real value and bringing users onchain.

🧠 @Synchroninc roadmap: ramp clinical trials over the next 12 months, with a goal to achieve commercial approval for an implantable brain–computer interface. Advancing implantable neurotechnology.