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Michael Mignano

ROLE INVESTORAT USVMENTIONS 2LAST SEEN JUNE 17, 2026
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Investor at Union Square Ventures who coined the 'rebel alliance' framing for open source AI investment.

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mention·Newcomer Newsletter·JUNE 17, 2026

“For the past two years people have been model-maxxing and picking models at the frontier with little regard for how much they're spending. From startups' CEOs to CEOs of big public companies, everyone is thinking about this.”

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mention·Newcomer Newsletter·JUNE 17, 2026

“Companies are reeling from the sticker shock of tokenmaxxing.”

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