Matt Hartman, who wrote Hugging Face's first check, explains his play-first investing method
danshipper · x · 2026-10-15
Every Podcast interview with Factorial Capital's Matt Hartman, who wrote Hugging Face's first check in 2016 at Betaworks when it was a teen chatbot app — now being acquired by Nvidia for $13B. His method: find what's newly technically possible, then back founders already tinkering there; assume every early startup will pivot, so back technical founders who can move with where the world goes. Portfolio includes Factory and Modal.
Related event: Hugging Face's First Investor on Picking Founders(3 posts)→
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