Cantos

0 statements across 0 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 8, 2026 by Shayle Kann · said 7 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Jan 8, 2026 positive
Opinion
Kann: Rountree's Deep Tech Thesis Excludes Most Startups in the Space
“I think it's correct, but it also describes a world that honestly excludes the vast majority of startups in this space.”
Shayle Kann Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 3:56 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026
Disclosure
Rountree: Cantos evaluates founders across six axes emphasizing narrative and talent gravity
“Now we flesh it out actually have internally like a way of scoring founders along six axes and how we tease out each of those. And a lot of them are around the qualitative. It's sort of, you know, it's talent gravity. It's narrative ability.”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 46:34 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Rountree: Early Cantos investment failed due to long Ford and Toyota sales cycles
“And one of my very first investments at Cantos in 2016 was a startup that had incredible machine learning and interoperability software that it was selling into the automotive industry, into industrial robots. Absolutely best in class, and we would hear this t…”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 8:50 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026 bearish
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Rountree: Cantos expressly does not invest in nuclear fusion
“There are some very interesting initiatives to bring fusion energy about. It is expressly the type of science that we at Kantos do not invest in.”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 15:51 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026 positive
Insight
Rountree: Selling low-cost commodities offsets deep tech technical risk
“Why I love commodities is because It offsets the technical risk we're taking with less market risk, because I know if I'm selling a commodity, i.e., my product is molecularly identical to the competitors, but I have a cost advantage, I know you can sell that.”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 39:39 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026 bullish
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Rountree: Earth AI acquired rights and now owns valuable deposits
“Earth AI went out and Bought rights and drilled their own hypotheses, and we now own deposits that we think are very valuable.”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 34:48 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026 negative
Opinion
Rountree: Chaos Industries Has Worse Technology but Superior Commercial Execution
“There's, you know, a much better funded company incubated by ABC called Chaos Industries, which I personally think has worse technology, but they're doing a lot better because they've productized this, they're very good at selling it, they're very good at mark…”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 23:48 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
Jan 8, 2026
Insight
Rountree: Selling software to legacy industries limits operational innovation
“Every single time we've invested in a capable team or watched a capable team go after an industry with a lot of inertia there are a thousand little things that can be improved upon that if you're not, Taking that on, and you're just selling into the industry, …”
Ian Rountree Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 37:06 The VC case for 'full stack deeptech'
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