Josh Kopelman
@joshk
Father. Husband. VC. INTJ. Dad Joke Lover. Partner @FirstRound.
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Instead of fighting Elon or helping Elon or hating Elon or loving Elon, just be the next Elon.
StrawberriesAsAService
Dyson is now growing strawberries with robots, spinning trays and UV lights, making farming super smart and fun 🍓
I encourage you to watch this short video. Depressing, sure. But it speaks to an important educational challenge we have in America with our youth.
America's new Hitler Youth. Well done everybody.
Phillies debut the “Coldplay Kiss Cam”. Wait for it…
AI Agent startups launch daily. But the incumbent cloud providers (AWS, Azure, etc) that startups are building on top of were meant for humans, not billions of autonomous agents. Thats why Im beyond proud to partner w/ @blaxelAI, the “AWS for AI companies”.
This is a photo of the Kutz family before October 7. They were found huddled together in their home's bomb shelter. None of them survived. We will never forget.
ProTip: Take the stairs.
Many thanks to the incredibly fast @FDNY for saving me from a stuck elevator today. It took less than 30 minutes for them to come and save me. (I didn’t even have time to take elevator pitches). And if you’re planning to visit @firstround’s New York office today, I’d suggest…
Many thanks to the incredibly fast @FDNY for saving me from a stuck elevator today. It took less than 30 minutes for them to come and save me. (I didn’t even have time to take elevator pitches). And if you’re planning to visit @firstround’s New York office today, I’d suggest…
The highs and lows of company building were all I knew in the first few chapters of my career. I sold my first company to Microsoft at age 23. But my second company shut down after 6 months. I built my third company in the aftermath of the dot-com bust, struggling at first…
I’ve spoken to over 2 dozen MDs at PE firms I can confidently say that the arb of figuring out how to implement AI at portfolio companies is very real right now It will fundamentally change underwriting for those who can do it predictably Most are aware they need to act. Very…
If you are a software developer who is interested in improving government services for 300m+ American's, you should be talking to YC's best GovTech company Promise. I'm co-hosting an event with the founders on July 17th - sign up here to attend: promise-pay-5332344.hs-sites.com/engineering-fo…
The best way to be highly influential is to be human to everyone you meet. That’s the networking advice @chrisfralic has lived by ever since a pivotal introduction helped him launch a career in venture capital. Conventional wisdom encourages adding value to your conversations…
Big news: my partners and I at FirstMark, alongside Sequoia, a16z, Benchmark, Redpoint, Battery, Bessemer, Kleiner and First Round, are excited to announce that we have hired Soham Parekh as a GP at all our firms, focused on investments in productivity and the future of work.