What happens when AI goes public? Get ready for a flood of angel checks and founders chasing crazy ideas, says Scale Principal @siddharthvader_. Read the full story in @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/martinepari…

We're inviting operators building the future of Physical AI across robotics, autonomy, manufacturing, and defense for an evening of high-level conversations over ramen, co-hosted with our friends at @join_savant. If you're a founder, engineer, or researcher building in Physical AI and want to connect with other like-minded builders, this is for you. San Francisco (register to see location), Wednesday, June 24, 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. PT Sign up here: luma.com/u0p5l40a

.@0xjohnkim and @lijeffrey39 built @paraformtalent to match your hardest roles with expert recruiters and AI agents who already know how to fill them. Hear what inspired them to start the company:

We've raised $400M in new funding. This capital goes toward one mission: building general intelligence for the physical world and making it useful to everyone.

We’re excited to announce the promotion of @Sabina_Smith_ to Principal! Sabina invests across cybersecurity, infrastructure software, and creative tools. Her fascination with technology traces back to an early obsession with mechanical systems, from analog cameras to pinball machines. Congratulations, Sabina.

Last month, we brought together operators, researchers, founders, and investors across 3 standout gatherings - our AI Roundtable Dinner, Security Happy Hour with Lama Partners during Boston @Techweek_ by a16z, and a Harvard/MIT PhD Dinner with some of Boston's exceptional technical talent and researchers. Thanks to everyone who attended these events with us – we've got a lot more in store for June!

Congratulations, @anothercohen! 👶🍼🎉

We’re hosting The Boston Security Table with Lama Partners during Boston Tech Week: an intimate gathering for security leaders focused on candid conversation around AI, security, and the investment landscape shaping both. The discussion will go behind the scenes on how venture firms evaluate companies, identify emerging winners, and think about where real opportunity is being created in the AI era. The goal: thoughtful dialogue and perspective-sharing among operators and investors who are building in the space every day. RSVP here: luma.com/u3rl75nv

Thrilled to welcome @tedzchai!

It's a robot day @scalevp. First @LocusRobotics announcing Nexera, now @PlusOneRobotics livestreaming picking at 2200 for eight hours! youtube.com/live/EU5vGAL_Ti4

Locus Robotics has acquired Nexera Robotics, adding patented NeuraGrasp™ technology to advance Locus Array and autonomous mobile fulfillment. One gripper. Broader SKU coverage. A new level of enterprise-scale automation. Learn more: locusrobotics.com/news/locus…

We’re happy to introduce @benjaminliebald as our newest Executive in Residence. Ben brings firsthand experience building AI products for some of the most demanding professional services and enterprise customers in the world. Most recently, he was VP of Engineering at Harvey, where he led Product & AI Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, and Applied Research through a period of significant growth. Welcome to Scale, Ben!

It's been a fun couple of weeks for the @scalevp team! 💥@jkauf_mann spoke at @cerebral_valley 💥@rodriscoll took the stage with @jasonlk at @saastr 💥@aniehenke spoke at @WebSummit 💥@jkauf_mann spoke to two of our portco CEOs at @saastr (@CeciliaZin/@gcai and Alex H/Inspiren)

Vertical AI is having a moment. What once felt like a market few dared to enter, and many steered away from, has now become the obvious place to build. At @saastr Annual this Thursday, Scale Partner @jkauf_mann will join @CeciliaZin (CEO of @gcai) and @ahejnoszcipher (CEO of @InspirenHealth) for a conversation on what it takes to win in vertical AI today. ⌚️ Thursday, May 14, 12:30 - 1:15 pm PDT

Before AI, software drove scale and returns for investors, while hardware stayed on the sidelines. Now, as AI is moving beyond the cloud into physical systems like infrastructure and healthcare, the venture playbook is being rewritten. Scale Partner @aniehenke is taking the stage at @WebSummit Vancouver on May 12 for the panel “Return of the rack: are hardware and deep tech reclaiming the VC stack?” He’ll be joined by Nicholas Brathwaite (@CelestaCapital) and @luzhangvc (@FusionFundVC) with @dewalt (@sciam) moderating, to talk about how the AI build-out is pulling capital back toward the harder, more physical end of the venture stack, and what it means for the next phase of AI.

Sometimes, against every instinct, startups have to tell customers "no." Next week at the Cerebral Valley Voice Summit, Scale Partner @jkauf_mann is leading a discussion on when and why voice AI startups should do exactly that. Register here: cerebralvalleyvoice.com/