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Cyan Banister

General Partner, Long Journey Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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Cyan Banister is an early-stage investor, former partner at Founders Fund, and co-founder of Long Journey Ventures. She was an early backer of companies including SpaceX, Uber, Niantic, and Postmates, and previously co-founded the platform Zivity.

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Banister: Human ingenuity and handmade goods will become increasingly valuable with AI
“The artisan is always going to be able to create that desk that you're at, you know a piece of art, a piece of music that's original from the human mind is always going to stand out as being different. And so I think that human innovation and human ingenuity a…”
Cyan Banister Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 8:23 Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction
Disclosure
Banister backed Diamond Foundry for compute wafers, not just jewelry
“So I invested in diamond foundry early and the thesis behind that was when everybody thought that they were just going to make fancy diamonds that we wear for wedding rings. I thought, what is the secret here? The secret is that we're actually going to need co…”
Cyan Banister Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 9:27 Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction
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Banister: Encountering an extraterrestrial force will unify humanity
“When earth is going to encounter an outside force is going to be one of the most unifying forces for our entire planet.”
Cyan Banister Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 12:22 Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction
Insight
Banister: Long Journey's best-performing investments were initially non-consensus
“When we went and looked back at all of our companies that had the highest returns, they had one thing in common, which was that nobody believed in them at the time.”
Cyan Banister Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 3:26 Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction
Disclosure
Banister: Long Journey backed Crusoe and Together AI for infrastructure
“And that's, we want to get ahead of it and do the picks and shovels of whatever that is. So we did that with Crusoe. We did that with Together AI. We're doing it with we have a stealth company that's, you know, in the chip space. And so we're doing things that…”
Cyan Banister Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 6:21 Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Banister: AI generation will make creating utopian sci-fi media cheap
“So when we move into AI generation, we'll be able to create utopias cheaply, and that actually will allow us to tell stories about a scientific future that actually is possible.”
Cyan Banister Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 11:19 Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction

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Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction Mar 24, 2025 9m
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