Watching this team execute is awe inspiring. So thrilled to have been in @ApexSpacecraft's corner from the start ✨

The first time we saw Extra for ourselves, we couldn't believe it. Truly a paradigm shift for personal email ✉️

800-page invoice. Reviewed in seconds. By an employee that doesn't exist. Meet @kos_ai_inc . The world's first virtual finance employee. Own computer. Own software seats. Own identity in the org chart. You talk to it over email, Teams, Slack, Zoom. Teach it new workflows over screenshare like a new hire. Datacenters. Energy. Defense. Factories. @8VC @xyz_vc @MVPVentures @kos_ai_inc kos.ai

Join us! Work with @ImChauncey - she's the best! If you're building a career in venture, there's no better partner you could learn from.

ICYMI: Chapter (@askchapter) Raised $100M Series E at a $3B Valuation Led By Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management - 2X valuation <1 year - Total funding ~$285M - 3x revenue growth in 2025, surpassing $100M in ARR - "Past 4 rounds have been preempted" Founded by @CobiBGantz, Chapter is building the leading AI retirement platform. New investors: Fifth Down Capital & @8vc Existing investors: Stripes, XYZ VC (@fubini), Addition, Narya Capital (@JDVance), @SusaVentures, & Maverick Ventures. PS - Cobi also shares key lessons from Palantir about talent density.. including @ssankar's “hamburger rule.” 00:00 Big Funding Announcement 00:18 How Al Gore Joined 01:01 Bipartisan Backing 01:19 JD Vance Investor Era 01:48 Total Raised & Valuation 02:00 Vision for Retirees 02:53 What Makes Chapter Different 04:16 Hot Take: Healthcare > Defense 04:59 LA Medicare Fraud Explained 06:13 Cutting Waste in Medicare 07:05 Palantir Talent Lessons 08:10 Hamburger Rule Wisdom 09:19 Looking Ahead This Year

Our own @fubini sharing 🔥 takes w/@MollySOShea →

The most important hardware on Earth deserves better software. We owe that to our customers. Time to accelerate.

Not our style 😎

My exceptional colleague @JCDorsainvil is becoming @xyz_vc’s first ever Principal today! 🎉 Adding my voice to the chorus of people who feel lucky to work with him :)

Couldn’t be more excited to see @JCDorsainvil become @xyz_vc’s first ever principal. I first got to know JC as an investor on @DormRoomFund’s SF team and was lucky to recruit him into XYZ. Beloved by founders, his team and everyone he meets, JC is coming for each and every one of you on the Midas List. Consider this a warning.

Huge congratulations to the @valinortech team on their $54 Million Series A! We’re thrilled to partner with them they enter this next phase of scale. They’re just getting started, and we’re proud to be along for the ride.

Valinor has raised $54 million in Series A funding led by @friendsfamcap, bringing our total capital to over $85 million. We also saw continued participation from existing investors— @generalcatalyst, @foundersfund, and @RedCellPartners—deepening their commitment to Valinor.

Go team go! 👏 For all the readers we know, this is your app for 2026.

Our own @fubini on how raising XYZ I instilled him with permanent empathy for the arduous craft of fundraising - and why he's made that a central theme of how he helps founders.

Excited for @Pryzm_Dynamics to partner with @a16z , @xyz_vc , @amplifyla , and @forumventures here. Now is the time to transform gov contracting, level up capture, accelerate acquisition, and deliver mission-critical tech faster. Let's move!

We’re thrilled to celebrate four founders from the XYZ Venture Capital community who were just named to Forbes 30 Under 30: Lucis Kuzak & Sheila Nicolin (Ordo), @joship__ (@RangerNetHQ ), and Peter Goldsborough (Rune Technologies). We get to see firsthand how relentlessly these teams push to build something meaningful. This recognition is a reminder of what’s possible when talent and purpose collide. So proud to be in their corner. Onward ⚡️

We just raised $6.6M to make sourcing physical products as simple as launching an online store. Shopify made selling easy, but manufacturing is still painful. It takes brands 6 months and thousands of messages with low quality factories over WhatsApp/WeChat/email to source a single product. With tariffs forcing businesses to shift their supply chains, the urgency around fixing sourcing has only intensified. @cavelahq uses AI agents, a vetted network of 200,000 factories across 40 countries, and experts on the ground to handle everything from collecting quotes to delivering orders to warehouse. The round was co-led by @SusaVentures (Robinhood, Flexport), @xyz_vc (Anduril), and with participation from @CrossoverVC. Other investors include @PropelVC and Go Global Ventures. We’re thrilled to have partners who recognize that global manufacturing should operate with the efficiency and accessibility of software. Thank you to @MTemkin and @TechCrunch for the story, and to the many people who supported. Now back to work. A special thank you to: @chadbyers @fubini @deeeniseS @camillericketts @Noah_L @milesdeamer @dvlamoen @David_Mort @JayReinemann @0xelton @braeden_norris @LucyWilmot1 @ImChauncey

Thrilled to be working with this team to truly reinvent email for the first time in a loooong time 💌

The best walking meetings in the city. Nice to see @fubini talking about our historical home out here.

So thrilled to be in Rivet's orbit - they deliver SUCH a superior experience in an important, too often stressful part of life. Congrats to the team today! 🧡

My partner @fubini 's Grandfather, Gene Fubini, in @ssankar's words was the OG FDE. Such a fun read and sheds light on some of the motivation that both inspires us and motives us at @xyz_vc -- founders, operators and builders all in the pursuit of exceptionalism 🚀