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 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...
The Retreat From Software And Why It’s the Wrong Call
I’ve been getting a version of the same conversation a lot lately. Sophisticated investors (GPs and LPs), thoughtful in their reasoning, tell me they’re pulling back from net new software commitments for the next year. Their logic: AI force...
Vertical vs. Horizontal
There is a real debate happening right now in the investment world about whether to invest in vertical or horizontal software companies. You hear it at conferences, in partner meetings, in pitch debriefs, and in LP conversations. Both sides...
The Market Is Breaking in Two
What if your first institutional investor was also your last? What if instead of optimizing for the next round, you optimized for building a robust business: capital efficient, technically advantaged, with a clear path to a meaningful outco...
AI: the Ultimate Bootstrapping Multiplier
For decades, the standard startup playbook was deterministic: raise more capital to hire more people to build more features. In 2026, the proliferation of AI has shattered that old correlation. By shifting the focus from headcount to automa...
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founder @supercruise previously @quietcapital, @geodesiccapital, @accel, @vistapointadvisors @dartmouth
partner at quiet capital; previously @geodesiccapital, @accel, @vistapointadvisors @dartmouth
COO @ Supercruise
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