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A Tall Order

The hardest company to build is the one no one’s built before. The hardest cheque to write is the first. We named ourselves after both.

Rohan WorkmanCo-Founder & GP · 2 min read
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Inside the firm

Why we paused

In March 2026, we did something no fund is supposed to do: we stopped investing. For three months we took the whole process apart and rebuilt it around AI. Here’s why.

Sam HendersonOperating Partner · 7 min read
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Perspectives

The last unpriced trade in AI

Right now, every fund with a chequebook is elbowing into the frontier labs. It's where the money is rushing, but it's not necessarily where the growth is.

Maxine LeeCo-Founder & GP · 23 min read

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