Juan Orbea

The UN predicts that by 2030 there’ll be no person in the world living under abject poverty.

We believe that investors in any market need “edge” … knowing something (thesis) or somebody (access) better than almost any other investor. We also focus heavily on geographies.

Chart by Lloyd WattsCochlea: Sense organ of hearing. Detection of spectral edges and calibrating for noise levels. VNTB: Ventral Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body. Computing inter-aural time difference (difference in time of arrival between the two ears, used to tell where a sound is coming from).LSO: Lateral Superior Olive. The brain is not one huge... See more

Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund.

AI that can start to be an AI scientist and self-improvement could help us solve the hard alignment problems that we don’t know how to solve. The alignment problem is: how do we build AGI that does what is in the best interest of humanity? How do we make sure humanity gets to determine the future of humanity. It is also interesting to note how this... See more

Where do most of the alumni of this college end up living? When you choose a college you are also choosing a regional network. If you go to school in California, for example, your friends and job offers will end up being mostly in that region. I don’t recruit at my alma mater Princeton anymore because it’s so low probability to pull a Princeton... See more