The Afterburner
Morgan Livermore, Chris MartinSupercruise helps founders build businesses capable of sustained supersonic growth. We believe efficient innovation is the most important fight of our time. Come cruise with us!
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What Is a Company Actually Worth?
There’s a question every founder eventually has to answer: what is the company actually worth? Not what a term sheet said a few years ago, and not what a new investor will pay for an option on the future. What a buyer will pay in cash, toda...
Record Dollars, Rare Exits
The question I keep hearing
I’ve been getting a version of the same question from founders lately. It usually comes from founders running profitable, growing companies, which is where we spend our time. The question goes something like...
We’ve Seen This Movie Before. We Know How It Ends.
The software movie is replaying in AI. And quickly.
Open-weight models have closed the capability gap with the closed frontier to single digits, from about thirteen points down to six on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index in roughl...
The Loneliest Jersey
The 2026 World Cup has been nothing short of exceptional, weaving together narrative threads that allow the global community to witness the American landscape through a lens they likely never imagined. For me, observing from the perspective...
What Stays Human
A note from Morgan: this is the first Afterburner post written by my best friend and someone I’ve admired for over 20 years, Chris Martin. You’ll see his name more often going forward. As many of you know, Chris is my co-founder at Supercru...
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founder @supercruise previously @quietcapital, @geodesiccapital, @accel, @vistapointadvisors @dartmouth
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