Tanner Johnston
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Tanner Johnston
@tqjohnst
@anduriltech // I like deep tech, things with two wheels, and air-cooled 911s // optimizing for happiness

Falcon 9 rideshare pricing is up 40% over the last five years. And there are still no real alternatives to F9. Access to orbit for satellite operators is getting more expensive, not cheaper. And the promise of a world of lower launch prices, unfortunately, remains a ways away.


Valinor is building momentum with a $13 million funding round to increase clinical trial success through our ML platform. Thank you to our investors @CRV, @HarpoonVentures, @AminoCollective, and @Pelion_VP for backing our vision to help shape the future of faster, more efficient drug development. This investment will fuel the expansion of our proprietary patient-derived datasets and grow our San Francisco-based team. Our multimodal ML models are trained on matched multi-omic and clinical outcome datasets to better predict patient response — helping drug developers identify responders earlier, design smarter trials, and uncover new insights from real-world biology. If you are working on clinical drug programs and want to learn more about Valinor's predictive ML models for patient response please reach out!


Law enforcement arrested this thug 14 times. It wasn’t law enforcement that failed. It was weak politicians like you who kept letting him out of prison.

If you’re in your 20s in tech right now, a couple of years at OpenAI, Anthropic or a great AI startup will give you 10x the career juice of any MBA or graduate degree (and a lot less debt).

"We back technical founders building the world's most ambitious companies" – Bob, GP {Tier-1 VC} passed on every deep tech deal this year

.@AmericanExpress may have the laziest and worst run marketing department of any large company. I have had an Amex Gold card for 20 years. In that time, I have also NEVER been approached for any kind of upsell, cross sell or reactivation. This is despite spending habits that, in some months, in some years, were quite meaningful and diverse. It’s almost as if they have ZERO understanding of their customers. Net result is ZERO loyalty. In the last few years, I’ve mostly migrated to using the @Mastercard Apple Card and the umpteen Ramp cards I’ve been issued. Seems like a big fail that will eventually catch up with them.





"Playing the game on the field" continues to be the path of least resistance but it won't drive returns for most managers









