At BlueYard we invest in only two kinds of technologies: those that move us towards utopia, and those that hold the line against oblivionhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3mtbhx4ib5k2hYou arrive at an alpine lake. Waiting in your room is a newspaper dated September 16, 2035. You begin reading. Some headlines are exactly as expected. Others seem impossible. Yet somehow they happened. The assumptions everyone shared in 2026 turned out to be wrong.17 Aug 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbhx4ib5k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3ms6ysqrsdk2a"I miss having a global town square where I can talk. I don't have to miss that anymore, I just have to join a platform that is more humane." Watch the full livestream where miren.dev CEO @evanphx.dev and @chadfowler.com show how anyone can launch and manage their own PDS in minutes with Miren.03 Aug 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ysqrsdk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3mrfxjady3c2l"There are plenty of places where you can dump your vibe-coded garbage – but this is not the same. Because you can actually scale up and do a legit system architecture with @miren.dev" Watch the full livestream with @chadfowler.com and @evanphx.dev here: https://www.youtube.com/live/1gjm9GihhHc?si=6J9CuhVojKvPaUDJ24 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfxjady3c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3m4qc6k3oyc2yThe hardest conversations in AI need space to breathe. Last month, we hosted Climbing Hard AI Peaks—two days in the Alps with builders from across the ecosystem. Four camps. Winding trails. Fresh air. In a world heading toward utopia or oblivion, this was the former. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMdYT9Sqy4o03 Nov 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qc6k3oyc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3m4ds6jpfzc2pLive today at 2pm ET – an open conversation with Carson Farmer and @chadfowler.com on building a decentralized skill market for Al with Recall Network. 📍 https://www.youtube.com/live/BvQsWZ407XA?si=IQ_L6UA_3XbHv4qP29 Oct 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ds6jpfzc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3m3u66ssihs27NEWS: We’re welcoming Mike Wax to BlueYard as a General Partner. Serial founder, prolific angel investor, friend and a keen student of technology and the world. He’ll help us back founders moving us closer to utopia & holding the line against oblivion. https://blueyard.medium.com/welcoming-mike-wax-to-blueyard-as-a-general-partner-384e4655244023 Oct 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3u66ssihs27https://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3m3sad3nu7c2eStreaming live now on X – @chadfowler.com joins Recall Network's In the Arena with Carson Farmer https://x.com/recallnet/status/198102838516719655122 Oct 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sad3nu7c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3m3asm5244s2yAI has a trust problem. Recall is addressing this with Skill Markets—combining competitions with economic signals to make AI discoverable based on performance, not promises. Excited to continue backing the Recall team on their mission to rebuild trust in the AI economy. app.recall.network https://app.recall.network15 Oct 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3asm5244s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lvsjc74nrs2uAre you a seed-stage founder / builder (or soon to be) working on the hard frontier of AI? Then apply to join Climbing Hard AI Peaks, an immersive two-day summit for learning and exchange: https://blueyard.medium.com/climbing-hard-ai-peaks-5654411d198307 Aug 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsjc74nrs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lvqhudgrd22x@gordon.bsky.social on the origin of the name Samizdat – from his conversation with @chadfowler.com on censorship-resistant data archiving with SZDT. Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZRh79JQs25s06 Aug 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqhudgrd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lv7a2lcee22bCan discovery happen without exposure? Join @chadfowler.com and Seref Yarar for a conversation and live demo on how Index Network is building a privacy-first protocol for intent-driven discovery. 🗓️ Tuesday, August 5th | 3pm ET 📍 https://www.youtube.com/live/oFFs9jeBBy4?si=tIPm0deVV5sW2Xup30 Jul 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7a2lcee22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lukzjjkwl22t“AI can fake all kinds of things, but it cannot fake a cryptographic signature” – @gordon.bsky.social Watch the full conversation with @chadfowler.com on censorship-resistant data archiving with SZDT: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZRh79JQs25s https://github.com/gordonbrander/szdt22 Jul 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukzjjkwl22thttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3ltz64pdprk2dJoin @chadfowler.com for a livestream with Tim Robinson as he walks us through the motivation and architecture behind FreePay - the worlds first open source, fee-free payment terminal. 🗓️ Wednesday, July 23rd | 10:00am ET / 16:00 CET 📽️ https://www.youtube.com/live/eaqPCXqOYZI?si=yc4MdlbMLRyFbOyT15 Jul 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltz64pdprk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lstfpnlsps2fJoin @chadfowler.com and @gordon.bsky.social for a livestream on censorship-resistant data archiving with SZDT (Signed Zero-trust DaTa. Pronounced "Samizdat") 🗓️ Wednesday, July 2nd | 9am ET 🎬 https://www.youtube.com/live/ZRh79JQs25s?si=Oc2MN87jqswUC-99 https://github.com/gordonbrander/szdt30 Jun 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstfpnlsps2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lqwsupoqv222Join John Calabrese and @chadfowler.com as they explore Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade using open data tools from www.agnostic.engineering 🗓️ Tuesday, June 10th | 11am ET 🎦 https://www.youtube.com/live/xUJQL2NsCQY?si=ReqAHUNibs_J58xv06 Jun 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwsupoqv222https://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lqpe6chhlk2vWe are excited to be backing Manex AI on their mission to enable autonomous manufacturing. https://blueyard.medium.com/manex-ai-317cabbbb41503 Jun 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpe6chhlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3loxne4dokc2hJoin our team as Head of Communications / PR to lead and evolve BlueYard’s communication strategy and help unlock the powerful narratives emerging from the fabric layer technologies we back. https://blueyard.medium.com/join-our-team-as-head-of-communications-pr-full-time-or-part-time-ba0c3e4709b912 May 2025 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxne4dokc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lny2ryww3s26AI is going to redefine human relationships - love & hate, joy & sorrow, humour & cringe. Grouphug is exploring the intersection of human group interactions and AI. We are excited to be backing Felix Petersen & team on their new mission: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/grouphug-is-a-stealth-mode-startup-that-plans-to-use-ai-inside-whatsapp-groups/29 Apr 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lny2ryww3s26https://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3llwaa7jtac2qJoin @chadfowler.bsky.social on April 16th for a livestream with Gabriela Moreira, Lead Quint Developer Informal Systems. Quint is a modern specification language built to increase trust in software. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 16 | 11am EDT 📽️ https://www.youtube.com/live/ww046k3L2vY?si=dRtkL_qwegJVRy3v03 Apr 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwaa7jtac2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3llmpuxf5ok2qCongratulations to Marvel Fusion on the successful $120M raise - a key milestone that brings total funding to $415M. We are excited to continue supporting their quest to commercialize fusion-enabled baseload energy to power the world’s clean energy future. https://www.ft.com/content/c9112c79-51aa-4e66-bd23-77cbfad9b32130 Mar 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmpuxf5ok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lk5whxczhk2uExcited to see Castelion and AnySignal featured as two of the companies shaping the fight of the future in a16z's latest American Dynamism 50. https://a16z.com/american-dynamism-50-2025/12 Mar 2025 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk5whxczhk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lk5uiofsps2uThrilled to see VSPARTICLE featured in The Economist for shaping the future of AI-driven materials discovery & creation! https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/03/05/ai-models-are-dreaming-up-the-materials-of-the-future12 Mar 2025 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk5uiofsps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lherm4qt4s2qWe are excited to be backing veteran open source infrastructure developer Evan Phoenix and Miren on their journey to deliver cloud computing’s first major upgrade in decades. https://blueyard.medium.com/miren-bd717ae641df04 Feb 2025 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lherm4qt4s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3lgvaeinets2fWe are excited to continue supporting Cryptio on their mission to ensure financial integrity within the crypto economy. Read more about their $25m Series A financing and launch of their Bedrock data platform: https://blog.cryptio.co/cryptio-raises-25m-to-improve-financial-integrity-in-the-crypto-economy29 Jan 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvaeinets2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3ldgnnpflzs2t“The games of money tend not to be sensitive to evidence ... if we create a game that permits both money & evidence to exist simultaneously, then maybe we also get to create a new type of economic system on top of that.” full convo w/ @chadfowler.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/live/FVz11m64PgM?si=42DZs6iCuBPUaaBX16 Dec 2024 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgnnpflzs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3l7vdzby2aq23Congrats Meatable for being recognized as one of Time's Best Inventions of 2024 – for its mission to create a sustainable & post-animal economy.01 Nov 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7vdzby2aq23https://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3l74ob7aaxw2vLive in 90mins: @chadfowler.bsky.social & Connor McCormick discuss the next socioeconomic system. Will Mars be a democratic republic? Or can we do better? Connor outlines a criteria for governance systems and describes a possible approach to achieve it. 🎬 https://www.youtube.com/live/FVz11m64PgM?si=4uPIIaBu317rCMOj22 Oct 2024 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3l74ob7aaxw2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3l5fjdx2gnt2mJoin @chadfowler.bsky.social, Tom Walton-Pocock, and Tim Robinson for a conversation on the importance of private state blockchains to crypto’s adoption, new technologies coming online in 2024, and the limitations / constraints developers may face. https://www.youtube.com/live/tdmTnRgqZUY?si=Nkrr1EZvp2lachP930 Sep 2024 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5fjdx2gnt2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3l4tp2bqdwj2pWe are excited to be backing Infinex on their mission to unlock the full potential of DeFi through a transformative, user-focused experience. https://blueyard.medium.com/infinex-aa38793636e523 Sep 2024 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4tp2bqdwj2phttps://bsky.app/profile/blueyard.com/post/3l4bq4qbk3u25Join Seref Yarar, co-founder @ Index Network, and @chadfowler.bsky.social tomorrow for a livestream on building a decentralized protocol for user-centric discovery. 🗓️ Tuesday, Sept 17th at 2:00pm ET 🎦 Streaming live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/BUOv-jkWSWE16 Sep 2024 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:macoztgctoncjrmun3ydcwr3/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4bq4qbk3u25