Zack Schildhorn

@mttgrmm ChatGPT interpretation: This stamp likely represents the official company seal of an American-affiliated company with a name similar to “Andrew” (🧐) with a branch in Taiwan.

Been a fun couple weeks here at Anduril.

@mattturck I often think of the profound E.O. Wilson quote: "We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology"

America, a foot in 21st century (AI), a foot in the 19th century (tariffs)

@scottbelsky @Behance @A24 Inspiring move! Eager to see what ideas you'll make happen for the big screen...

after 7 years since returning to Adobe (post the acquisition of @Behance), i’ll be shifting gears over the coming months + jumping into the fast-evolving world of filmmaking and storytelling (a longtime passion). excited to join @A24 - an independent studio i have long admired - as a partner and will be kicking off a few special projects within. fortunately, i’ll remain extended family of Adobe and look forward to working with them as a future tech partner. it’s hard to leave a team, mission, and customer base I care for deeply, but the Adobe team, strategy and pipeline has never been stronger. our upcoming releases of new products and transformational workflows across creativity and marketing are years in the making. i leave w/ a ton of gratitude - for shantanu and our leadership team, the incredible team we’ve built, and the countless learning opportunities Adobe has provided. i am especially grateful for the era of Adobe’s rich history that I’ve participated in - bringing products to the cloud/mobile/web, building foundational models and new products in the age of AI, growing Behance to > 50M members, innovating in areas like content credentials that foster attribution for creators, and helping advance our mission of creativity for all. as i jump into my next chapter at A24, I'm excited to finally be NYC-based (and will continue supporting founders as an investor/product advisor, writing "Implications," and serving on the Atlassian board). but right now i'm just very grateful to my colleagues at @Adobe, excited about the company’s path ahead (and our collaborations to come!), and eager to get to work w/ my new partners supporting the world’s best storytellers at A24.

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@nealkhosla This is the paralyzing counterpart to FOMO - it’s called FOLD (Fear Of Looking Dumb) and it’s a very real phenomenon!

the long term issue is if a VC makes it 7 years playing risk averse w/o wins, they get fired. it's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma, but people don't like to look stupid to their peers, so they mostly all play it safe and pray something works out.

I can’t stress enough the importance of storytelling in the world of startups. As part of our commitment to venture assistance, we’re announcing our partnership with Zack Schildhorn, the founder of series-z.co. Zack is an expert at assisting companies to develop, refine and communicate their stories. Our CEOs who have worked with Zack uniformly praise his insight and effectiveness, and we are pleased to be able to offer this valuable resource to our portfolio companies.

@bznotes Thanks BZ!

Congrats @zacktrak!

@christianreber @Pitch @adamrenklint I love pitch. As a former VC, this move gives me more confidence in the company’s future - long runway, long-term focus on building and supporting a great product, and less risk of new unexpected or unwelcome changes for the sake of growth (or lack thereof). Proud user.

Today was my last day at @Pitch as CEO. I’ve given my absolute best to the company, and after 6 years, many highs, and some painful lows, I need a break. I’m incredibly proud that my co-founder and CTO of Pitch, @adamrenklint, will step in and take over the CEO role from now on. Adam has been such a rock for me and the team during this journey, and I trust him completely to lead Pitch in the right direction. A key part of this change in leadership is also a big shift in how we build our company going forward. As many of you know, being a venture-backed company in 2023 was insanely challenging. We created sky-high expectations for our business, our employees, and ourselves as founders. Towards the end of last year, my co-founders and I noticed that those expectations were simply too high, and we decided that we wanted to take a new and completely different path for Pitch. Instead of pushing harder and harder to turn Pitch into a hyper-growth company with venture funding, we concluded it was better to build a profitable company and grow Pitch organically from here. We had conversations with our investors about resetting our company and cap table, so there’s potential for meaningful impact for everyone involved. Despite having more than 4 years of runway, we know that a sustainable path has a much higher chance of success than the path we were on. This change also means we’re reducing the size of the Pitch team by around 2/3 today. Going forward, we’ll be a significantly smaller team focused on creating maximum value for our customers and driving sustainable growth. I am very sorry that this happened, and I take full responsibility for leading Pitch up to this point. I’m fully convinced that this is the right decision to make Pitch a lasting success for all shareholders, including past and future employees. Building companies is never a linear process, and going through painful moments like these is what we signed up for. For Pitch customers, nothing will change today, and the product will remain available as previously. The newly formed company will continue to focus on making Pitch a key part of any ambitious company’s tech stack. I want to thank all the team members who’ve worked at Pitch up until now and everyone who has decided to stay with us in the newly formed company. As a board member of Pitch, I’ll support my co-founders and our new leadership team with every ounce of energy I have. I’m committed to investing time, money, and hard work to make Pitch a great success story. Thank you also to our board members @narimer, @JoshuaKushner, @StephenNundy, @ciaranoleary, and @koenbok. You’ve all been incredibly supportive in this difficult change. We’ll do our very best to pay back the huge level of trust and support we’ve received in the past.

Israel’s motives ARE just… 🇮🇱 That doesn’t mean all its tactics are justified. 💣💥 You CAN be sympathetic to Palestinians… 🇵🇸 Without being anti-Semitic or harboring a shred of support for Hamas. Disturbed by the extreme polarization that only serves to furthers hatred ☮️

Thanks for the shout-out! I love working with @Pitch to quickly prototype concepts and collaboratively work with clients. It was a fun & fitting creative challenge to use a pitch deck as the basis for my web presence.

@NoContextBrits You can buy an airhorn specially-designed for bikes. It weighs nothing. Insanely loud. Never dies (refillable with tire pump!) Ingenious product: Delta Cycle Airzound Bike Horn a.co/hjkqCVL

@isabelleboemeke Cc @GriffithSaul Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future smile.amazon.com/dp/0262046237/…

electrify everything ⚡️

Hugely important and glad to see some rational decision-making from country leadership around a topic that can be highly emotional

@Eisenberg @bznotes @EvolvTechnology Spotted @EvolvTechnology in action at The Edge at Hudson Yards today!

@bznotes @EvolvTechnology I used at Lincoln center/Alice Tully hall and Met Museum of Art recently and had excellent experiences at both

Evolv Technology - Safety in Motion Some stats: Scanning 20,000 ppl/hour, 500,000 ppl/day 200M+ visitors scanned 200+ customers Thousands of weapon signatures 20,000+ weapons stopped and subscription/recurring revenue! cc: @EvolvTechnology

23,000,000 households got a dog (or cat) during pandemic. LONG @mypawp + @MarcAtiyeh

@joshuamarch @opalelectronics I want too!!

Can anyone get me an invite to @opalelectronics?

@mikekarnj @rachitshukla

@joeben Looks so good!!!

Experience of a lifetime flying chase. In 2009 we set out to build a new mode of transportation that is fast, clean and quiet. Today our eVTOL flew 186 mph. I am so grateful to each and every person propelling us towards this fantastic future. #jobyaviation #evtol #quietflight

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