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Michael Mignano

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Michael Mignano

@mignano

General Partner @USV. Co-Founder Anchor (acquired by Spotify) and @OboeLabs. Early investor in @meetgranola, @suno, @xai, others.

Joined July 2008

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Michael Mignano
@mignano
Jun 15
For the first time in ~3 years, it feels like the AI table has been flipped over. Yes, the labs and hyperscalers will have the highest chance of resetting it before everyone else, given their vast capital, frontier model, and compute advantages. But there is now a window for a
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Sep 10, 2025
Introducing Oboe. Out now. Human beings are getting stupider. We all know it. Meanwhile, we’ve spent trillions to make the most incredible technology in the history of humanity, and we’ve outsourced all of our individual agency in the process. (1/3)
Oboe
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Oboe
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Feb 24, 2025
People are underestimating what will happen to software as a result of AI. Most are focused on how it'll make creating software incrementally easier, faster, cheaper. Few are discussing just how vast the universe of software becomes when this happens. We will have 100x more
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Feb 6, 2025
Deep Research marks the first time I've been convinced that AGI is already here. The discussion is over.
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Jan 21, 2022
Welp, guess NFT PFP’s finally got me. Thanks, @doodles community, psyched to be here.
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Nov 28, 2023
Today, @lightspeedvp is announcing that we’re leading a $35M Series A in @pika_labs, the company that’s redesigning the entire video-making and editing experience with AI. Founded by @demi_guo_ and @chenlin_meng, Pika is making it possible for anyone to create high quality video
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Michael Mignano
@mignano
Feb 27, 2025
Technology is not a moat. Never has been. There are so many examples of incumbents copying startup’s technology and leveraging their distribution to crush competition. And AI coding models are quickly making technology even less defensible. With coding models like Claude,
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Feb 6, 2019
Today is a historic moment for podcasting: We're combining the power of @anchor's next-generation podcasting tools with the strength of @Spotify, the most forward-thinking audio company in the world. We can’t wait to show you what comes next.
Anchor is joining Spotify
From medium.com
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Sep 5, 2024
Some news: today, we at @lightspeedvp are welcoming @nikitabier — the internet's undisputed king of virality — to our partnership and consumer team as a Product Growth Partner. In this new role, Nikita will work directly with Lightspeed portfolio founders to help them crack what
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Apr 8, 2025
Bet on people who have a motor. If someone is constantly in motion, there's a good chance they're going to find the heat eventually.
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Apr 8, 2025
Huge opportunity no one is talking about: AI’s accountability layer. It’s easy to manage humans. Way harder to manage dozens, hundreds, thousands, or millions of agents. How will you keep track of the work they’re doing? Massive market to be built around agent management.
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Feb 12, 2025
Agents are cool and the tech behind Operator and Computer Use is super impressive. But I'm not convinced there are tons of super obvious consumer use cases... yet. That's why everyone always cites the same obvious examples ("imagine you wanted to plan the perfect trip to
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Sep 5, 2024
Had to buy out his Intro calendar to pull this off
Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
Sep 5, 2024
Ladies & gentlemen: I’d like to share that I’m joining Lightspeed as a Product Growth Partner. I've been talking with @mignano for a couple years about working together and the stars finally aligned. In this new role, I'll be helping out their consumer companies grow,
Michael Mignano
@mignano
Oct 16, 2024
“Operator” is a term invented by VCs to inflate their employment experience.