A Substack About VC Stuff

Announcing Earthling VC's $4.5M Fund I

This is perhaps the least spectacular fundraising announcement you'll read this month.

Apr 30 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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February 2025

Status quo VC fund performance metrics are dated — we need an update

Metrics need to adapt to a new reality.

Feb 6 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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January 2025

Short MBAs!!

The pendulum is not swinging back

Jan 16 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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December 2024

Revisiting my predictions in AI, AR/VR & consumer hardware for 2024

This year went by fast.

Dec 9, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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November 2024

The Earthling manifesto (v1.0) — an evolution of the "cockroach" manifesto

In a previous post — the so-called “cockroach” manifesto (it’s a term of endearment) — I laid out criteria I use to pick founders we back at Earthling…

Nov 8, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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September 2024

VR and robotics are the UI for AI

Continued AI advancement necessitates new interfaces.

Sep 18, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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August 2024

Let's be honest about VC "value-add"

Sorry not sorry.

Aug 23, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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May 2024

The first one-man $1B companies: Demystifying the phenomenon of VR studios

VR studios are the overlooked money printers in venture.

May 2, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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February 2024

How Earthling VC picks founders: the cockroach manifesto

Cockroach — it's a term of endearment

Feb 21, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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A week of Vision Pro: Revisiting some pre-launch assumptions

I've done ok so far.

Feb 11, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

January 2024

The Vision Pro is here: Let's set reasonable expectations

The Glassholes are coming.

Jan 31, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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4 predictions in AI, AR/VR & consumer hardware for 2024

Saying AR/VR will take off is a lazy prediction, for what it's worth.

Jan 12, 2024 • 

Arian Ghashghai

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