We raised $9M to give your agents the internet. Led by @generalcatalyst, with @orangecollectv and Robinhood Ventures. Search, scrape, crawl, monitor with one API trusted by 800+ customers. We’re making it ridiculously easy to build with web data.

Today we're excited to announce @HalluminateAI's $30M Series A led by @oakhcft with participation from @YCombinator, @orangecollectv, @FTPartners, @heavybit, and more.

Today is the day that AI passed the "financial modeling Turing test" for me. A "push button" build from scratch Skill that one-shotted a model on $MU that is indistinguishable (to me) from a model that a junior analyst would build from scratch. With full, impeccable adherence to all aspects of who i like to format, design & build models (took a few turns to dial it in). Opus 5.5 is unbelievable.

***5 days until our final close of OC Fund I!*** An LP (we'll call him John) recently asked me how he should think about the risks of our fund given that we're: 1. Concentrated on YC 2. Concentrated on AI 3. Concentrated on the US This was my answer: John, All good questions! By philosophy, we don't over-sell. Happy to explain our thoughts, but you should weigh risks and portfolio diversification strategies and invest only if it works for you. Make the decision that is right for you! 1. Concentrated on YC Our fund is the YC kool-aid fund. We're probably more devoted to YC than your normal insider. We're the YC Uncs, drunk on the kool-aid and distributing it in plastic solo cups to everyone that wants to try it. You're investing in YC fanatics that are upside-oriented. If YC does poorly, so will we. You should diversify that risk at your portfolio level since we'll be your best upside option, not your downside protection. Note, historically, funds that invest in YC and are in the bottom 25%...still get 3x returns. 2. Concentrated on AI We assume all market ups have corrections. AI will be no different. We look for formidable founders like Jon and Patrick Collison (my original YC batchmates) who are building generational companies. They started in one market slump (2009 GFC) and they have already crossed another economic cycle with ZIRP Ending. ZIRP ending cost them 2 years of share price progress, but was but was but a speedbump. (90B peak pre-ZIRP ending, 40B trough, 160B valuation today and growing) 3. Concentrated on the US The government can wreck a lot of good startups and that's a risk. Our current protection on this risk continues to be that the other governments of the world are better at wrecking their startups than our government is of our's. We're currently the least worst destination for the world's best founders. For what it's worth, YC's attraction to international founders has been steadily growing for the last 15 years straight with no perceptible change based on current administration. Founders, especially the highest potential, see Silicon Valley, YC, and America as the land of opportunity, relative to their home country and all other countries vying for their talents. We (Both YC and OC) are the techno-optimists that want to help earnest builders build. While our country's media, politicians, and populace may say otherwise at different levels of intensities...one quick visit to San Francisco and YC will convince any earnest builder from around the world that we're the most welcoming, optimistic, constructive, place on the planet to start their next world-changing company. 6000 of the best future founders from around the world came to YC's Startup School this summer and they went home with a dream to make it back. There has never been a better time or place in the history of the world to build a great company. note - John is actually his name. I crack myself up. second note - yes, final close of the Fund. If you want in, dm me. last chance. accredited investors only.

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