"Dig Through Your Couches. SpaceX Needs It." Cyan Banister on Luke Nosek's Pitch

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Deep research on taxi driver economics led to early Uber conviction

2026-07-10 · 10 company · 9 thematic

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cyan banister

Cyan Banister is a prolific angel investor and partner at Long Journey Ventures. She previously spent four years at Founders Fund. Her notable early investments include SpaceX, Uber, Niantic, Anduril, and many others. She is known for her curiosity-driven investment approach and focus on deep tech, defense, and AI infrastructure.

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“I started asking why why can I not get a taxi when it rains?... The taxi drivers would tell me like, 'Well, I wake up. I go to the taxi yard. I give them $200. I'm in the whole $200 from the moment I walk in.'”

—cyan banister

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