Michael Palank
@mpalank101
Do or do not. There is no try.
Could not be more excited to announce @MaCVentureCap and our debut $110M fund. @MarlonCNichols, @adrianfenty, @IAmCharlesDKing & I are excited to earn our place alongside many of the other great venture capital firms working to bring the future into focus. macventurecapital.com/mac-venture-ca…
If a single phrase sums up the U.S. hypersonics journey, it’s this: We proved it, then we walked away. X-43 (2004) was our Kitty Hawk moment. The first flight of a scramjet-powered vehicle, demonstrating net-positive thrust at Mach 9.6. A breakthrough. Then…canceled after two…
Happiest of birthdays to the legend @dansgoldin
Grateful to turn 85 today. This is the side of me, I don't post about often. The real Dan Goldin 👇 I spent most of my life behind the secrecy of classified works during the Cold War and then catapulted all of a sudden into the public eye as NASA Administrator. On both sides,…
July 20, 1969. “Contact light, engine stop.” The Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle touched down at Tranquility Base on the Moon. A few hours later, Neil Armstrong and I stepped foot on the Moon, with Michael Collins orbiting close-by. An achievement resulting from years of…
“What if the technological momentum of the Apollo era had never stalled? What if humanity had continued to invest in and develop the physical technologies behind such defining moments?” macventurecapital.com/insight/the-st…
Happy Moon Landing Day! On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. This photo shows both astronauts on the Moon, with Armstrong reflected in the visor of Aldrin's helmet.
Great listen from @rmcentush, @davidu and @espricewright on the the energy challenges and opportunities in the US. Crazy that US per capita energy usage peaked in 1973 while China's has grown by more than 10x. open.spotify.com/episode/1sebTn…
This was a great conversation - thanks for having us on @pemo!
Our @mpalank101 and @MarlonCNichols joined the VConVC podcast to talk about how MaC is navigating today’s venture landscape, from the return of hardware to the rise of AI, energy, and global impact. 🎧 Link to full episode: bit.ly/459KWHM #MaCVentures #VentureCapital
Lets’s go!
Launching our 2025 Future Union Fellowship program with 25 exceptional experts! @mpalank101 @wshirleyiv @sasazdjelar @DanielMiessler @vijaybolina @fubini @trinavanpelt @Lpevs @matthewb417572 @KB2o22 @sidtriv @hguzs @itayrand @chrisyeh
New report from #MaCVentures: The State of Technology & Culture: A Return to Hard Tech 🔍 250 years of tech revolutions 📷 75 years of shifting attitudes At Mac, we’ve always bet on what culture does next. This is what’s next: macventurecapital.com/insight/the-st…
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total reindustrialization victory. pmarca just articulated the single most important mission of our generation in less than 3 minutes. he sees what we see. the future isn't another LLM. it's about intelligence for atoms and rebuilding the industrial world.