We invited Timothy Chen from Essence VC, talked about how he eventually became a venture capitalist, some hidden histories most people don't know.

And of course, a bit more about Tim's belief in Infra.

Essence VC is a Seattle based venture capital, with remarkable portfolio including LanceDB, DevZero and Tabular (recently acquired by Databricks).

00:55 beyond Tim's linkedin page

02:50 the hidden history of Mesos

09:46 building good product isn't enough

12:58 being an investor who can still code

15:30 VC was the last option for Tim

17:03 if time rewinds, would Tim still choose to be an investor

23:13 how to find the right deal

37:46 small story about Databricks

38:23 Tim's belief in Infra

42:38 good Infra should be as exciting without AI

48:10 Tim on WarpStream joining Confluent

53:51 In which company does Tim regret not making an early investment.