danny youngCo-founded IM8 supplement brand with David Beckham 19 months ago; scaled to $200M ARR in 18 months, global day-one in 31 countries. Secured $1B growth commitment from General Catalyst CVF fund. Prenetics (NASDAQ: PRE) owns 100% of IM8.
conor loveJoined a16z American Dynamism team to lead defense/space/manufacturing investing. Previously at Lightseed Ventures where he backed Anduril, K2 Space, AMA. Manages $1.2B fresh capital for the category.
khalilBuilding payment infrastructure for AI agents—wallets, balances, pay-by-phone, card collection. Raised $30M Series A led by Forerunner Ventures. Thesis: agentic payments will be monopolistic, decided in 12 months, TAM = banking + PSP + networks.
tarek mansourFormer trader and risk manager who grew up in Lebanon; co-founded Kalshi in 2018 to build a regulated 'everything exchange' for event contracts. Led the company through a multi-year regulatory battle including suing the CFTC and winning, achieving 95% US election market share. Mission-driven founder who views the company as a vehicle for the idea rather than an end in itself.
tony xiaoAchieved 99% zero-shot laundry folding across 785 attempts. Demonstrated oneshot learning emergence from scaled pre-training. Pursuing physical AGI via parallel skill training; home robot form factor agnostic.
john cooganCo-host of TBPN, a live technology and business show focused on startups, venture capital and Silicon Valley.