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▶ 7:52 · $SYNTHEGO · AI Investing Strategy for 2026
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Joe Lonsdale

AI Investing Strategy for 2026

2026-05-22 · 2 company · 2 thematic
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eric scott

Eric Scott is managing partner of Overlook Capital, former principal at Founders Fund (Peter Thiel's fund), worked with Max Levchin at HVF Labs, spun out SciFi VC, advised 8VC, and helped build Harbor Health. He grew up in Chicago, attended Claremont McKenna, and started investing in 2013.

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“Which was Synthego. And you know, I'd probably spent 6 months uh listening to pitch meetings uh mostly with Max before we pulled the trigger on investment. And then uh Paul Dabrowski came in early employee at SpaceX um saying he had a micr…”
—eric scott
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