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Josh Wolfe
Founder, Managing Director - Lux Capital
Josh Wolfe is a prominent venture capitalist and co-founder of Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on emerging technologies in physical and life sciences. Here are some key details about Josh Wolfe:
Professional Background
- Co-founder and Managing Partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm he helped start in 199914
- Focuses on investments in emerging technologies, particularly in physical and life sciences14
- Previously worked in investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney and in capital markets at Merrill Lynch13
Investment Portfolio
- Manages Lux Capital's investments in companies like Nanosys, Cambrios, and Siluria1
- Serves on the board of directors for companies including Shapeways, Kymeta, Kurion, and Lux Research1
- Founding investor and board member of Kymeta, alongside Bill Gates23
Notable Achievements
- Co-founded and funded Kurion, a nuclear waste cleanup company that was acquired for nearly $400 million in 2016, providing a 34x return on Lux's investment34
- Columnist for Forbes and editor of the Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report13
- Has been invited to advise on nanotechnology and emerging technologies at the White House and Capitol Hill14
Education and Personal
- Graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Economics and Finance13
- Passionate about science, inner-city education, and inspiring kids to learn1
- Serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Coney Island Prep, the first charter school in his native Coney Island, Brooklyn13
Josh Wolfe is known for his contrarian investments in emerging technologies and his focus on supporting scientists and entrepreneurs working on ambitious, unconventional solutions to complex problems.4
Highlights
This prediction was in 2018
now my 8yr old does better Midjourney prompts than me
(how? b/c I had 'legal inside info' 7 yrs ago from one of our private co's using evolutionary approach to 'generate' engineering CAD models)
future is already here––just unevenly distributed
WOW––congrats @xai team!
the frontier model work is impressive––YET the race is not who has better model, but who has better proprietary data.
Grok3 search on long time repository of X comments/posts is 🤯––something other models do NOT have. a valuable super 'global brain' https://t.co/cHXTSoYIvv