Ross Matican
San Francisco, California, United States
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About
I'm passionate about tech businesses and their role in capital markets, geopolitics, and…
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Appreciate the kind words! Always love the crowd at Funding the Commons -- hope to catch you there!
Appreciate the kind words! Always love the crowd at Funding the Commons -- hope to catch you there!
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How can we ensure AI systems are safe and trustworthy? 🛡️ At FtC SF on March 15-16, Evan Miyazono, Founder and CEO of Atlas Computing, will discuss…
How can we ensure AI systems are safe and trustworthy? 🛡️ At FtC SF on March 15-16, Evan Miyazono, Founder and CEO of Atlas Computing, will discuss…
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Experience
Education
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Volunteer Experience
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Operations
Agentic Tech
- Present 6 months
I volunteer for a growing movement of startup operators and investors, policy professionals, and philanthropists concerned with building tech for human agency. We're especially excited about frontier AI, privacy and identity, agent infrastructure, data security, blockchain, and governance tools. Ask me about our private Signal group and recurring fireside chat series.
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Facilitator
The Ai Salon
- Present 7 months
Science and Technology
I help host and facilitate forum discussions about AI's impact on work, politics, and society via this non-profit group headquartered in San Francisco.
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Youngish Member
Congregation Beth Sholom
- Present 6 months
I've been getting more involved with CBS' "Youngish" (20s-40s) affinity group programming.
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Mensch Committee (Board) Member
Nice Jewish Boys (NJB+) San Francisco
- 9 months
Nice Jewish Boys Plus is a non-profit organization focused on fostering Jewish identity in an inclusive social setting for gay, bi, queer, and trans men.
I supported on post-10/7 community-building efforts, a selective grant application, and the group's 2024 annual retreat, before stepping back in order to double down on AI safety and governance efforts. -
Board Treasurer; Young Adult Programming Chair
Or Shalom Jewish Community
- 1 year 6 months
I had the privilege of serving Or Shalom during a major period of transition for the organization—we were in between rabbis, purchasing and moving into a new building, and reimagining our youth education program.
Being a marketing-oriented treasurer helped me understand how messaging, revenue growth, and fundraising work together as levers to pull and puzzle pieces to fit together.
In addition to my responsibilities as board treasurer, I was heavily involved in Or Shalom’s…I had the privilege of serving Or Shalom during a major period of transition for the organization—we were in between rabbis, purchasing and moving into a new building, and reimagining our youth education program.
Being a marketing-oriented treasurer helped me understand how messaging, revenue growth, and fundraising work together as levers to pull and puzzle pieces to fit together.
In addition to my responsibilities as board treasurer, I was heavily involved in Or Shalom’s membership and marketing efforts, and I founded Young Adults @ Or Shalom, the congregation's programming for people in their 20s and 30s. -
Honors & Awards
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4th Place, 2019 ACP/Ernie Pyle Reporter of the Year
Associated Collegiate Press/Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation
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4th place for individual news story, Best of Show awards, ACP Best of the Midwest College Journalism Convention.
Associated Collegiate Press
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The VC model is broken. Here’s why founders and investors need a new game plan: Venture capital was built on a simple premise: fund early, scale…
The VC model is broken. Here’s why founders and investors need a new game plan: Venture capital was built on a simple premise: fund early, scale…
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For the first time in many years, I gathered the entire global Pfizer Corporate Affairs team in person at our New York headquarters. The energy was…
For the first time in many years, I gathered the entire global Pfizer Corporate Affairs team in person at our New York headquarters. The energy was…
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🚨 I’m thrilled to share that the report I co-authored with Steven M. Kelly, CISSP for the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) titled…
🚨 I’m thrilled to share that the report I co-authored with Steven M. Kelly, CISSP for the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) titled…
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Bullish on solo 1-person teams. Now is the best time ever to build something on your own. Anyone can leverage AI to build products, reach new…
Bullish on solo 1-person teams. Now is the best time ever to build something on your own. Anyone can leverage AI to build products, reach new…
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Venture capital is full of pattern matchers. Mintaka VC is not one of them. Founded by Reed McBride (ex-Carta, ex-University of California, Berkeley…
Venture capital is full of pattern matchers. Mintaka VC is not one of them. Founded by Reed McBride (ex-Carta, ex-University of California, Berkeley…
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Today marks an exciting milestone in our ongoing partnership with Amazon: Anthropic and Amazon are bringing Claude's capabilities to Alexa+. This…
Today marks an exciting milestone in our ongoing partnership with Amazon: Anthropic and Amazon are bringing Claude's capabilities to Alexa+. This…
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