We first invested in Minds in 2017 and had met Bill after seeing him on Tim Pool’s show. I started seeing the issues of online censorship and data privacy and knew they were going to worsen as things got more centralized and politicized.

After meeting Bill and seeing his firm commitment to open-source principles and his deep understanding and desire for decentralization and transparency, I had to get involved. Bill is a long-term thinker and a founder with strong conviction in core principles and a clear mission.

Over the years, I have seen the team grow, evolve, and flourish as I have been involved on an advisory basis. From product to business models to integrating deeper technology and protocols, the team has adapted to user, business, and market demands while meeting the highest open-source standards.

Minds is also at a key inflection point for monetization as features like Supermind begin taking off and more influencers get on board. This is a very exciting time to align further with this.

Lastly, I believe there are many potential long term exits in the open-source, open data, and privacy world, especially as the battle between open and closed AI takes off. Minds has always taken a pragmatic and ethical approach to data and are very well positioned for this fight.