The best ideas rarely feel safe at first.
Some of the top builders and investors who’ve learned to trust their instinct shared their thinking with us. Swipe through ➡️
“Whenever you are standing alone, you know you’re either very right or very wrong.”
Antonio Gracias, founder of Valor Equity Partners talked about what conviction actually looks like under pressure, and why the companies worth backing are the ones built to thrive in chaos, not in spite of it.
Check out the full Upfront Summit conversation on our YouTube channel ⏯️
“Every problem has a solution. Every solution creates new problems. And so, so long as we have more problems to solve, we will all be employed if we embrace the new problems.”
Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital sat down with @mollysoshea to share what he’s seeing across his portfolio - everything from moats, on AI, and on what the shift looks like inside a boardroom.
Check out the full conversation on our YouTube channel ⏯️
Barry Diller has seen every major technology shift of the last 50 years. At the #UpfrontSummit, he was clear that AI is not like any of them.
He goes on to point out that the Internet took 20 years to lay its tracks, while AI will get there in three. The consequences won’t all land in that window, but the foundation will be set faster than anything he’s seen in his career.
He calls this next chapter, “the great unknown.”
Check out the full session (interviewed by Jason Rapp) on our YouTube channel 🔗
Why Los Angeles?
Upfront portfolio company @apexspacecraft is standardizing how satellites get built, and CEO Ian Cinnamon says LA is the only place to do it. With the LA Air Force Base, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and more, the entire ecosystem is right here in our backyard.
Check out Ian’s full talk from the #UpfrontSummit at the link in our bio 🔗
What if satellites could beam power directly to Earth?
@aetherfluxus is building a constellation of satellites that generate power in space and send it back down.
Baiju Bhatt sat down with Vanessa Larco at the #UpfrontSummit to talk through how it works, what it unlocks, and why working with regulators early is just as important as the engineering.
Check out the full interview on our YouTube channel. 🔗 in bio!
AI is reshaping jobs, markets, and entire industries. At the #UpfrontSummit, @cathiewoodark of @arkinvest shared what that means for the future of the industry, and what we can do about it.
Her full conversation with Thomas Laffont of Coatue on our YouTube now. 🔗 in bio.
"Retired from basketball. Not from life."
Just 13 days after retiring from a 21-season NBA career, Chris Paul sat down with Upfront's Kobie Fuller at the #UpfrontSummit.
He talked about the hole retirement leaves behind, why legacy is built beyond the court, and what his next chapter holds as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and mentor.
Watch the full conversation at the link in our bio 🏀
“Saying out loud in tech that you aren’t an AI maximalist will get you kicked out of the room.”
Chris Sacca of Lowercarbon Capital came to this year’s #UpfrontSummit with a simple ask: can we start being honest?
AI will cure diseases. It will accelerate clean energy. It will change the world in ways we can barely imagine. And it will eliminate a lot of jobs for people who did everything right.
Both things are true. But Chris says that most people in this industry are only willing to say the first one out loud.
Check out the full session at the link in our bio 🔔
