Trae Stephens
@traestephens
Partner, Founders Fund; Co-Founder, Anduril; Co-Founder, Sol
1/ History is the record of TOP players completing GOOD quests. This is a moral imperative. Check out the latest @PirateWires post by @markiewagner and I and ask yourself what the world would look like if our best players all took on good quests. piratewires.com/p/choose-good-…
Could not agree more! This was part of the original thesis behind @solreader. It's an incredible happiness + sleep hack, and also the antidote to doomscrolling yourself into depression.
Before bed tonight, read for 6–10 min. + reduce stress levels by up to 68% + better than music (61%), tea (54%), or walk (42%).
We welcomed our first Arsenal-1 hires this week... the gang is in training out at HQ in Costa Mesa. Welcome aboard! I spy @PalmerLuckey @traestephens
I’ve learned more about venture from Brian than any other single person. I can’t think of a better fit for him than mentoring solo GPs and taking large high conviction bets alongside them - which is the way he worked with me every single day, pushing me to go "all in" when I…

I have four great tickets to the San Jose Quakes vs New York Red Bulls tonight at PayPal Park at 7:30pm PT. Free to the first person to dm me your email!
Pretty excited to finally get my hands on @nayafia’s new book. Beautifully designed. Can’t wait to read.

Let the robots do the dull stuff. Another milestone for @tryramp. Onward!
Today, @tryramp reached a new valuation: $16 billion Let the robots chase your receipts and close your books, so you can use your brain and build things. That's the way AI was meant to be.
Thanks, @traestephens! From Paris, with Love (but definitely not with air conditioning). All systems @Nominal_io
Congrats to former Andurilian @CameronLMcCord and the rest of the team at @Nominal_io on their Series B!
Update: Arrived at hotel, TV was on, but there was no remote, so I couldn’t even turn it off. Took one hour to get concierge to come shut it off. Are they trolling me?
Has another ever, in the history of mankind, walked into a hotel room and thought “wow, it’s so nice that they put the TV on for me!”
But why do you need a tent If you can control the weather 🤔
Ran out of manufacturing space in the warehouse Building a tent in the parking lot
Congrats to former Andurilian @CameronLMcCord and the rest of the team at @Nominal_io on their Series B!
We're excited to announce our $75M Series B led by @sequoia to modernize hardware testing. We’re delivering the software stack purpose-built for hardware engineers, making continuous testing as seamless for hardware as it is for software. With this raise, we’re accelerating our…
Great “shards of Narsil”reference in @PirateWires this morning. Well played.
