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As AI agents become software’s primary builders, we believe Convex’s unified, reactive, and correct-by-default backend will become the application runtime for the agent era.
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The rise of Anthropic is a case study in how focus and culture can become strategy.
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Etna Portfolio
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Our Investment in Convex: The Backend Where Agents Build
As AI agents become software’s primary builders, we believe Convex’s unified, reactive, and correct-by-default backend will become the application runtime for the agent era.
Etna Chats
June 25, 2026
Fable 5: Expensive Intelligence Needs Expensive Work
Frontier models may capture 80% of model revenue, while lower-cost and open-source models may process 80% of tokens.
Deep Dive
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Inventing Anthropic: Two Ingredients Behind the AI Winner
The rise of Anthropic is a case study in how focus and culture can become strategy.
Etna Portfolio
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Our Investment in Generalist: A Brain for Many Bodies
The Generalist team is singularly focused on unlocking robotics’ scaling laws, turning ever more real-world interaction data into increasingly capable physical intelligence.
Agentic Infra
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Decode the Buzzword: Why Harness Engineering Matters Now
The Harness is the Datase
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Deep insights on AI and frontier technology building what's next
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Etna Portfolio
August 4, 2026
Our Investment in Convex: The Backend Where Agents Build
As AI agents become software’s primary builders, we believe Convex’s unified, reactive, and correct-by-default backend will become the application runtime for the agent era.
Etna Chats
June 25, 2026
Fable 5: Expensive Intelligence Needs Expensive Work
Frontier models may capture 80% of model revenue, while lower-cost and open-source models may process 80% of tokens.
Deep Dive
June 18, 2026
Inventing Anthropic: Two Ingredients Behind the AI Winner
The rise of Anthropic is a case study in how focus and culture can become strategy.
Etna Portfolio
June 4, 2026
Our Investment in Generalist: A Brain for Many Bodies
The Generalist team is singularly focused on unlocking robotics’ scaling laws, turning ever more real-world interaction data into increasingly capable physical intelligence.
Agentic Infra
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Beyond DeepSeek: What China's Model Builders Are Seeing
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