Engineer turned Entrepreneur; East Coast transplant to Silicon Valley; Founder TaskRabbit, Investor, Director, Global Leader host of @BreakPrecedent

San Francisco, CA
Joined November 2008
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We are proud to announce @keplercompute. Our mission is unlock computing for everyone by pushing memory and logic to the limits of physics. Our team co-led one of the industry's first 3D chip-stacking technologies, has led and scaled seven generations of DRAM and multiple logic designs into billions of chips. We built the world's first commercial physical synthesis tool and techniques at the heart of the logic design industry and solved long standing challenges in ferroelectrics, invented beyond CMOS logic devices. We would love to work with you to reinvent chip manufacturing here in America. Memory is the biggest binding constraint on AI compute. Today we come out of stealth after a 7 year bet on this problem - introducing a new frontier of AI memories - that approach the bandwidth per watt of SRAM and go up to 10x beyond the capacity of SRAM and HBM. We raised $468m, built a dedicated fab and our AI memories sample this year and ramp to production next year. We are allocated for 2027 and will be scaling in America by 2028. We are open for business get in touch to work together. We are also growing the group of Keplerians and would love to work with you. Learn More @ Kepler: keplercompute.com/ Read our story in @WIRED: wired.com/story/a-new-dollar…
Today, after 7 years in stealth, I, @emeskey and our co-founders are proud to announce @keplercompute. The world is much better off when we give power & intelligence to the people. When everyone can become their highest selves by pairing their human creativity with the exponentially rising intelligence from our magnificent computers. Our goal is to unlock the power of frontier intelligence for everyone by pushing memory and logic chip manufacturing to the limits of physics. To achieve this, we will move the world from one of compute scarcity to abundance where we can make orders of magnitude more chips per dollar and can lower datacenter energies to the limits of physics. We will use physics to ensure we have enough chips and that we can power them on. Why is compute scarce? Today's dominant approach - shrinking transistors with EUV - has run into $20B-$40B fabs that take years to build. Sized against that risk, the industry (quite rationally!) grows capex much slower than AI demand that can grow 10x in a year. In the current system, scarcity is built in. A different way is possible. We founded Kepler on the following beliefs: 1. It is possible to build leadership chips without a dependence on EUV 2. It is possible to achieve multiple orders of magnitude more intelligence per watt by evolving chips 2D Silicon to 3D Beyond silicon 3. It is possible to get much closer to the physical limits of computing than we are today while staying within mainstream digital computing Memory is the biggest binding constraint on AI compute and so we start with a new frontier of AI memory- approaching the bandwidth per watt of SRAM, going up to 10x beyond the capacity of HBM. We use 3D and materials innovations that allow for leapfrogging leading nodes while requiring no EUV lithography and allowing us use fabs that already exist. Our team co-led one of the industry's first 3D chip-stacking technologies, has led and scaled seven generations of DRAM and multiple logic designs into billions of chips. We built the world's first commercial physical synthesis tool and techniques at the heart of the logic design industry and solved long standing challenges in ferroelectrics, invented beyond CMOS logic devices. We would love to work with you to reinvent chip manufacturing here in America. We have raised $468m, built our own fab and our AI memories sample this year and ramp to production next year. We are allocated for 2027 and will be scaling in America by 2028. We are open for business, please get in touch to work together. We are also growing the group of Keplerians and would love to work with you. Learn More @ Kepler: keplercompute.com/ Read our story in @WIRED: wired.com/story/a-new-dollar…
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You go from being inside the world… to seeing it as a whole. After decades of chasing the dream, @DrEJahangir went to space in 2024, experiencing what astronauts call the overview effect. Listen to the replay of this conversation today — Part I is live. tinyurl.com/3te788cs
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Now live 🎙️ Stacy Brown-Philpot (@CherryrockCap) on: Standing up for yourself — early and often The decision that saved @Taskrabbit (and the backlash) Why “there is no pipeline problem” Listen now. breakingprecedent.com/
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New episode of Breaking Precedent is live. Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Rachel Sussman talks about the journey of bringing @SuffsMusical to Broadway, the real business behind theater, and why stories about women’s suffrage still matter today. breakingprecedent.com/breaki…
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Episode 9 is live with @ryannece on: The next play mindset Ego detox after pro sports Why greatness is thoughtful Building access in venture Listen now: breakingprecedent.com/breaki…
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From NFL to venture capital. @ryannece on: •Identity after the spotlight •Why greatness is “thoughtful” •The next play mindset •Turning legacy into impact Episode drops tomorrow.
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Tomorrow on @BreakPrecedent @halletecco on healthcare, incentives, and why implementation matters more than ideas.
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New Episode! "Breaking Gravity: Olympic Gymnast, Nastia Liukin, on Defying Limits, Labels & Expectations" In the second episode of the brand-new season of Breaking Precedent , Leah Solivan sits down… Player links & show notes: breakingprecedent.com/e/1411…
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New @BreakPrecedent episode drops tomorrow. @NastiaLiukin and @labunleashed talk resilience, reinvention, and redefining success after a major turning point.
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VC loves to talk about bold ideas, but how often does it fund real change? All Raiser @labunleashed joins @annimaniac, @peteflint & Aaron Holiday (@645ventures) on @BreakPrecedent to unpack access, power & the weight of precedent in the pitch room.🎧 breakingprecedent.com/summer…
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🚨 The Precedent Breaker Quiz results are in: 🌊 64% Tides 🌈 26% Rainbows 🌅 10% Sunrises Most of us aren’t disruptors. We’re restorers—challenging the chaos by returning to what matters. precedentcollective.substack… #Leadership #BreakingPrecedent #FutureOfWork
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This is the single best post I have seen, since... well, 2014. ;) Fully agree @NFX @JamesCurrier @peteflint It's always darkest before the light and the pendulum for Consumer is now swinging back, due to AI. The smartest minds and repeat founders are now building in AI Consumer. 💪 Also, later stage consumer multiples are back. These Consumer companies were all recently valued ~$5b: - Vinted (LSVP portco) - Whatnot (LSVP portco) - Vuori - Skims - Oura Ring The next decade will see more IPOs and M&A in Consumer than ever before. 🚀 nfx.com/post/consumer-is-bac…
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New Episode! "Fashion: How Bianca Gates built Birdies and broke the mold in footwear" In this episode of Breaking Precedent, host Leah Solivan talks with Bianca Gates, founder and CEO of Birdies, ab… Player links & show notes: breakingprecedent.com/fashio…
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Today is a big day for the TruthOrLie.ai team, we're live on @ProductHunt! 🎉 We're excited to bring the first AI-powered truth detector for video interviews to market. Learn more on our showcase page and try TruthOrLie for yourself: producthunt.com/posts/trutho…
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Can you imagine winning a ticket to space through an NFT @OfficialMoonDAO ? That’s exactly what happened! Listen to the full episode to hear this out of this world story by @DrEJahangir
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We’ve already lived through the era of mass connectivity, where broadband and mobile phones put a computer in every pocket. Now, we’re entering a new era: mass cognition, powered by AI. Full episode w/ @annimaniac here: breakingprecedent.com/techno…
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Justice Breyer explores the ongoing debate between interpreting the Constitution literally versus adapting it to modern contexts. Full episode here: breakingprecedent.com/law-re…
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Join @labunleashed as she dives deep into the stories of innovators pushing the boundaries of social norms, challenging precedents, and setting new ones in their fields. breakingprecedent.com/
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🚀✨ A Message From the Heart ✨🚀 Today, our very own Overview Ambassador, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, is launching to space with Blue Origin as the second astronaut sent to space by MoonDAO! 🌌 In his latest video message, Dr. Jahangir shares his incredible excitement about experiencing the Overview Effect firsthand. This profound shift in perspective, often described by astronauts, highlights the beauty and fragility of our planet from space. 🌍💫 We are so excited for Eiman’s launch today. Will you be watching? @blueorigin @drejahangir @official_moondao #S4H #Space4Humanity #spaceforhumanity #2Space4Earth #tospaceforearth #OverviewEffect #theovervieweffect #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceIsForEveryone #CitizenAstronaut #CA #CAP #earthlings #humanitarian #spaceforgood #future #STEM #OverviewEffect #PreserveEarth #SpaceInclusivity #AstronautLife #CosmicPerspective #NextFrontier #SpaceOutreach #UnityInSpace #BlueOrigin #SpaceExploration #JourneyToSpace #DrEimanJahangir
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