$BRR
Silvia Inc. ($SVIA) Reduces Expense Structure
Last night, Silvia, Inc. distributed a press release indicating it had taken actions to save approximately $10MM per year. This morning, I spoke with CEO, Anthony Pompliano (Pomp), about the restructuring. About $3.6MM will come from compute savings. Rather than send all user requests to the expensive frontier models at companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Bring Your Own Power Issue
I’m heading to Buenos Aires this week followed by a few days in Florence, Italy, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you think it would be worthwhile for me to meet, feel free to reach out … Read more
Silvia ($SVIA) Buys Back Another 5%
Silvia (formerly ProCap Financial) announced today they’ve bought back an additional 5% of the shares outstanding. Total repurchases so far have totaled 20%. I’ve updated my NAV model. Based on pre-market trading, the stock is priced at 100% of NAV. Said another way, when you buy $SVIA, you are buying Bitcoin at the current market … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Semiconductor’s Muse Issue
I arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay a week ago. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you think it would be worthwhile for me to … Read more
Portfolio Update
Last week, I sold 2% $BRR (now $SVIA) and bought 2% of $IBIT. The reason was $SVIA had gone from trading at a 33% discount to NAV to a 0% discount. That, combined with the increase in the stock price meant I had a 10% position in a start-up VC company (CFO Silvia) without the … Read more