Raymond Tonsing
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Caffeinated: @affirm @airtable @amcainc @antaresnuclear @AvenCard @boomsupersonic @brexhq @federato_ai @onebriefapp @saronic @vardaspace @virtahealth
I'm excited to announce that @AmcaInc has raised a $300M Series B at a >$1B valuation, led by @CaffeinatedCap with major support from @LightspeedVP, @a16z, @Lux_Capital, and others. We're on a mission to reconstitute a supply chain that has too often put profit over country.
The @latimes has named Antares one of Southern California's Top Aerospace & Defense Companies and CEO Jordan Bramble to its 2026 Aerospace & Defense Visionaries list.
OpenRouter has a new look. As we’ve grown into the infrastructure powering the intelligence era, our brand needed to evolve too. Built on clarity, precision, and purpose. For developers. For enterprises. For everyone turning intelligence into impact.
Hahah we now get the same regarding our preseed at the end of 2023 (slide below) where investors that passed now say “Oh, if I’d know you were going to build thiiss…” I used to finish every pitch with this slide and say all compute is going to space once the launch cost hits a certain point. Some seem to have forgotten! For context, we were raising $2M at $10M cap SAFE and had at least 100 investors say no. Thanks @FinnMurphy12 for leading and @russelllong for being the first ‘yes’!
The Orteig Prize put Lindbergh across the Atlantic and ignited the airline age. The Kremer Prize produced human-powered flight. The Ansari XPRIZE opened private spaceflight. Today, we're announcing The Boom Prize: $750k in cash and $50k in Boom stock for the first American amateur-built radio controlled airplane to break the sound barrier. Judges are @rookisaacman, @lrocket, @DJSnM, and Phil Condit. The prize is co-sponsored by Alex Gerko, @ElectricCapital, @caffeinatedcap, @balajis, @Denver_Ventures, and @joshbuckley. Rules and registration on the Boom website. This is going to be exciting!
I am the American Dream. My mom was 8 when she immigrated from the USSR and landed in the Bronx projects. My grandma sewed fur coats and my grandfather was a taxi driver. He was 5”3, had a great attitude, and got a job at a kosher butcher shop. Years of hard work led him to owning a chain of shops across NY. My mom started a cake business out of the stores in high school. Calvin Klein was one of her customers. My father immigrated on his own after the fall at 19. He started as a driving school instructor, then a dispatcher, and now he runs a fleet of car services. I have been raised to prioritize family, community, and hard work. I have been given every opportunity a person could ever ask for. I have two degrees from Harvard. A career I am proud of. Friends who love me. And I am now moving across the country to help build a company that is making sure our American dreams continue to be lived. Happy Birthday and God Bless America. I love you with all my heart.
