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Will Summerlin

@WSummerlinAI

Managing Partner at Autopilot (@hqautopilot). Investor @xAI, @replit, @fluidstack, @skyryse, @AyarLabs, @RadiantNuclear + more. Prev: @ARKInvest

เข้าร่วม Mart 2021
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Naveen Rao
Naveen Rao@NaveenGRao·
So, I’m going to say something that @nvidia won’t like. You stole our term. You are not doing “extreme” co-design by any real standard. You are doing regular co-design. It’s the standard process of optimizing your product for the market in front of you. We will use a different term since you have polluted OUR term. We started using this 6 months ago, and even said it in a presentation to Nvidia. You never heard this term before we said it to you and now you have usurped it. I guess this is the standard story in Silicon Valley. C’est la vie…
Ejaaz@cryptopunk7213

Nvidia’s biggest secret to success is called “extreme codesign” which involves simultaneously improving both hardware AND software for their chips typically chip companies don’t do this because it adds a LOT of risk (if you fuck up one component you get delayed) but Jensen’s built different. he works on all 15 components lmao that’s why you see MASSIVE performance leaps between each generation. Nvidia’s upcoming Ultra model will be 50X more powerful and CHEAPER than its predecessor. think about how insane that is.

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James Wang@draecomino·
How many spam calls are you now getting daily?
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Fairly certain Uber would be a trillion-dollar company today if Travis hadn’t been kicked out.
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Will Summerlin@WSummerlinAI·
We wrote our largest check ever into @Replit’s Series C, and I’m excited to double down again in the Series D. This is one of those rare companies that will define our generation. FYI — Replit is hiring. If you’re exceptional and want to build the future, go work at Replit.
Amjad Masad@amasad

We’ve raised $400M at a $9B valuation. Investors include Georgian, G Squared, Prysm, 1789, YC, Coatue, a16z, Craft, and QIA, with strategic investments from Accenture, Databricks, Okta, and Tether. We’re also lucky to have incredible individuals backing us, including Shaq and Jared Leto. This funding will help us scale our ambition and expand beyond coding into AI systems that center human creativity. Replit is now used at 85% of the Fortune 500. We have an opportunity to help shape the future of work. One where AI abstracts away the boring parts and humans shine as creative directors. We’re also investing more globally, particularly in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Innovation can come from anywhere in the world, and we want to help unlock it.

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Michael P Gibson
Michael P Gibson@William_Blake·
1517 is searching for ways to challenge this law. We are a Colorado-based fund but so sweeping is California’s reach, that it claims the law holds either if you have just 1 California investor or 1 startup in CA. Penalty for non-compliance is $5000 per day. Compelled speech. Extraterritorial overreach in violation of the commerce clause. Nationwide compliance. Total horse shit.
Josh Barro@jbarro

California has a new law requiring VC firms to ask the founders of the companies they fund whether they're gay. (They're allowed to decline to answer, but the funds aren't allowed to decline to ask.) x.com/investing_law/…

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Skyryse
Skyryse@skyryse·
This morning at VERTICON, we provided a firsthand look at how SkyOS™, the world’s first operating system for flight, is maturing its capabilities on the Black Hawk platform. In a session led by former commander of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (aka the “Night Stalkers”) and our Director of Strategic Pursuits, Mike Hertzendorf, we shared how our team was able to rapidly expand our flight envelope for Black Hawk with SkyOS, to perform precision maneuvers and patterns with one hand. Just weeks after achieving the first-ever automated pickup, hover, and setdown of a Black Hawk with SkyOS, we’re continuing to witness our system’s maturity on a new platform. SkyOS unlocks safety and performance without compromise – making flying every aircraft more reliable and effective. Watch as this battle-proven aircraft enters a new era.
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Radiant
Radiant@RadiantNuclear·
We’re excited to share that @LockheedMartin has joined us on our mission to mass-produce portable nuclear reactors. This strategic investment further oversubscribes Radiant’s current financing round and adds decades of defense expertise to our team of investors and partners. Lockheed Martin's investment, combined with the almost half a billion dollars we raised last year, reflects our relentless focus on the mission and deepening confidence from both financial and strategic partners in our commercialization strategy. Today's news comes one week after our PDSA was approved by @ENERGY, six weeks since we became the first nuclear startup to generate electric power, seven weeks since we announced our Series D, two months since our first pressure vessel arrived at our headquarters in El Segundo, and a little over three months since we announced we'll build our first factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. All this comes ahead of startup of our first reactor this summer at @NRICnuclear's DOME facility at @INL.
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Skyryse
Skyryse@skyryse·
Celebrating 10 years 🚁🛩️ We’re on a mission to make flying every aircraft safe and simple, and that’s why we’ve created SkyOS™, the world’s first operating system for flight. We’re the only company to have developed aircraft-agnostic technology to make that future a reality, and 10 years in, we’ve secured partnerships across every major aviation sector – including the U.S. military, emergency medical service operators, law enforcement, private operators, including the largest firefighting agency in the world as well as international markets. By replacing conventional, complex mechanical flight controls in both helicopters and airplanes to support safe operations in all situations, including emergencies, SkyOS creates a synergistic partnership between human skill and intelligent automation, setting a new standard for safe aviation operations. SkyOS’ impact reaches far beyond the cockpit, creating ripple effects that enhance public safety, strengthen national resilience, and accelerate the transition to a more sustainable, equitable future of air mobility.
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Skyryse
Skyryse@skyryse·
And now we're in Times Square! Thanks to @Nasdaq for helping us celebrate our $300M+ Series C, a round that was 2x oversubscribed, and established our unicorn status.
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Will Summerlin@WSummerlinAI·
While computers, cars, and most other technology products have rapidly improved over the last 50+ years, the way we fly aircraft has not. It remains extraordinarily complex and dangerous, with human error contributing to over 80% of aviation accidents. The cockpit of a helicopter looks more like an Apollo-era capsule than a Tesla, and hovering is closer to manually landing on the moon than parking a car. @skyryse is changing that. Its digitally native operating system—combining innovative hardware and software—radically simplifies the complex task of flying helicopters and airplanes. We believe Skyryse will transform aviation in the same way modern operating systems (i.e., Windows) transformed computing: abstracting away complexity, reducing human error, and making powerful machines dramatically easier to use. This is the right team at the right time, building on over a decade of hard-won progress solving aviation’s most difficult engineering problems. From the military to some of the world’s largest commercial operators, customers have spoken: SkyOS is the new standard in aviation. In our view, Skyryse is one of a small handful of venture-backed companies with a clear path to building a durable $100bn+ enterprise. Excited to have led the Series C alongside so many outstanding investors.
Skyryse@skyryse

Status: Unicorn. 🦄 Today we’re announcing our $300M+ Series C raise, accelerating our path to certification and scaling our universal operating system for flight across helicopters and airplanes. This round was led by Autopilot Ventures (@HQAutopilot) and returning investor Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from new and returning investors ArrowMark Partners, Atreides Management LP (@Atreidesmgmt), @BAMelevate, @BaronCapital Group, Inc., Durable Capital Partners, Positive Sum, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), RCM Private Markets Fund managed by Rokos Capital Management (US) LP, Woodline Partners, among others. Surpassing $1B in valuation as a privately-held company, is a big milestone for us and a history-making moment for the industry. To date, we’re the only aviation technology company to reach this milestone while maintaining our independence and offering a technology for dual-use in defense and civilian markets. We’re especially proud of what this capital unlocks for safe, simple flight for everyone. Learn more in @TechCrunch here: techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/sky…

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Will Summerlin@WSummerlinAI·
The first app I ever published was a Flappy Bird clone called Barnstormer. It took me weeks to build, and navigating Xcode and the App Store submission process was a nightmare. I just rebuilt it with @Replit in 15 minutes. Literally magic.
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Will Summerlin@WSummerlinAI·
My first job (in high school) was as a mobile developer at a startup. Even with cross-platform frameworks making life a bit easier, I still spent countless sleepless nights buried in Stack Overflow threads and wrestling with the last mile of packaging and publishing apps. With Replit, anyone can now go from idea → mobile app with zero technical knowledge. You can build in minutes what used to take a professional developer weeks or months. It’s impossible to overstate how significant a leap this is from just 24 months ago. @Replit is on fire 🚀
Replit ⠕@Replit

AI builds web apps well. Mobile apps have been harder. Now, the inventor of React (the technology that AI uses to build apps), has a new announcement.

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Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️
Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️@FreightAlley·
We developed an internal workflow app in Replit that saved us $1.2m in annual expense. I took us a week from idea to launch. Also, this past week our head of HR (no coding experience) in preparation of a large acquisition built an HRIS app to automate most of the admin/onboarding functions and is able to handle 300 employees by herself.
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Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa@cosminDZS·
We get Fortunate Son Venezuela Edition and you're blackpilling?
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Skyryse
Skyryse@skyryse·
2025 was a big year for the industry, and for us, it was the year we realized SkyOS’ universal application.  With Skyryse One™ in for-credit testing with the FAA, successful flights with Black Hawk with SkyOS, and installation on the Airbus H125 and H130 set to begin, we are ready to tackle 2026 and scale our automation solution across the industry. Thank you to our investors, partners and especially our innovative Skyrysers, whose belief, trust and collaboration give us the opportunity to bring lifesaving technology to the industry.
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Will Summerlin@WSummerlinAI·
Sometimes dumb people get lucky
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