Jonathan Frankle with Shahin Farshchi recently discussed why certain frontier technologies may be too capital- and scale-intensive for startups to tackle. And yet… we still see new companies emerge every year, even as much of the top talent flows to the Mag 7.

Jonathan Frankle with Shahin Farshchi recently discussed why certain frontier technologies may be too capital- and scale-intensive for startups to tackle. And yet… we still see new companies emerge every year, even as much of the top talent flows to the Mag 7.

This speaks volumes to the trailblazer mentality of founders. You are crazy enough to do it against all odds and hopefully you find a few investors crazy enough to fund you.

Big take away from Jonathan, “time to build a new chip was in 2014, don’t build infrastructure, build applications” — I am personally looking for founders who say “f-that”!!

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