▶ 136:49 · $DIMENSION · Dimension closes $800M Fund III targeting frontiers of science and compute

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China China China, Substack & Pangram Fight Slop, Is It Bleak to Lock In, Search Fund Fairy Tale

2026-07-21 · 6 company · 6 thematic

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Founder of Augustus, a modern correspondent bank using AI to automate dollar clearing and expand global dollar access. Raised $180M Series B at $1B valuation from Tiger Global.

kaiwei tang

Co-founder of Light Phone, a minimalist phone company offering modern utilities without the attention economy business model. Launched $299 Light Phone Flip.

chris best

Founder of Substack, a publishing platform for subscription newsletters. Launched AI detection feature with Pangram to combat 'slop' and emphasize human connection.

stephen

Co-founder of WOB (blob), an API-first platform enabling AI agents to programmatically run businesses—payments, ads, labor—via a new CLI.

zane dar

Founder of Dimension, a venture capital firm that closed $800M Fund III investing at the frontiers of science and compute: silicon, ML infrastructure, world models, and next-gen medicines.

chad edwards

Co-founder of Cusp AI, a generative materials discovery platform for semiconductors, energy, and climate. Raised $450M from Bezos, Kleiner Perkins, NEA using a royalty-based business model.

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“Fund three. Uh it really is the frontiers of science and compute. Uh so companies that are touching silicon nextg GPUs, CPUs for ML and AI architectures all the way through ML infrastructure. And then on the science side, world models, neo…”

—zane dar

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