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Charles Hudson

@chudson3.bsky.social
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Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures. You can find me on the internet here: linktr.ee/chudson

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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Many people say the most important decision you make is the person you choose as a partner for life (spouse, partner, etc). That feels really relevant as I read through a lot of the current political discourse.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Teaching AI to Think Like Me Made Me Rethink How I Think
I started building a lot of AI tools for myself and learned more about how I think than I did about how AI tools work.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
First time not doing a fantasy football league in 20+ years and it feels weird!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I think this is a healthy development, but I've basically replaced most of my doomscrolling with tinkering around with Cursor and Claude code, and it feels like a much more satisfying way to kill time
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
One thing I find interesting about VC investing in AI cos is the investor desire to declare early winner. Last year very few ppl I know thought Claude would be a major player, it was all Cursor’s market to lose. Now many view this market as way more competitive - customers decide, not investors!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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I’ve been trying to find a better way to articulate some of the challenges investing in AI companies as a seed-stage investor. I’ve been thinking about the companies I meet and evaluating them on two ...
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
First time seeing Lady Gaga live - she’s an incredible performer. High energy from start to finish.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I’ve been learning Python as a fun side project and as a way to better understand a few things that eluded me. It has been way more fun than I expected, especially now that I’m getting into MCPs!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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Fund Size is Strategy - Extreme Power Law Will Make Portfolio Company Conflicts a Relic of the Past
As multi-stage funds get larger and larger and the need to get into all of the power law winners is required to make their own fund math work, what happens to portfolio company conflict policies?
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Today I learned that a lot of things people call co-pilots are just projects in Claude!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Spent some time thinking about the questions im not hearing answered when it comes to the near-term impact AI is already having on white collar work: open.substack.com/pub/chudson/...
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Uncomfortable and Unanswered Questions I Have as an AI Investor
I've been in a lot of rooms with a lot of smart people who are working on the future of AI and a few important questions still feel unanswered to me.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A lot of people seem to just want to be famous for anything, no matter what the thing is or what it costs them. Seems weird to me.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Inside Startup Purgatory: Retention, Returns & Recession Warnings
YouTube video by The Learning Corner by Precursor
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This week I got a lot of emails from work people that were clearly AI generated. This was the first week I didn’t roll my eyes or find it annoying - they were easy to read and well organized, but maybe lacked their personality and voice. Something felt different - maybe it was me, maybe it was AI
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Investors Worry Trump’s Tariffs Could Cause a ‘World of Hurt’ for Startups
Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies have unsettled the venture capital world, further darkening an already gloomy outlook for IPOs.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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What Does It Mean to Be a Venture Capitalist Today?
Some thought on our business and where things might go from here
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I've heard of people declaring email bankruptcy - I'm considering declaring text messaging bankruptcy!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Whenever I look at the number of daily logistical text messages I exchange with my wife, I can’t imagine what parenting logistics looked like before phones.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Celebrities want to stay famous, rich people want to stay rich, and politicians want to maintain power. Sometimes it’s just that simple.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Early in my investing career I heard the old saw “never try to catch a falling knife” when markets fall. As a VC, I feel like I need the equivalent of “never try to grab a knife attached to a bottle rocket” to describe investing in AI startups. Either way you end up with a bloody hand in the end.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Only worked at one public tech company, glad it wasn’t that one
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I hope it was worth it
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Lifelong NBA fan. Never thought I’d see a year where my adopted Warriors and my hometown Pistons were both legit playoff teams!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I spoke with a journalist asking for tips on the most interesting consumer AI companies. It was hard to think of good examples at scale other than ChatGPT and Perplexity.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I have no idea why it took me so long to find @thestorygraph.com but I am so glad that a fellow reader encouraged me to sign up.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
First new longform post of the year! I’ve been thinking a lot about the lack of tech IPOs and what that means for smaller funds like mine. I think we are in a new normal of bigger but less frequent IPOs. open.substack.com/pub/chudson/...
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What if the Current Tech IPO Drought isn't a Drought but the New Normal for Venture?
What happens in a world where we have fewer, bigger IPOs that take longer to mature?
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Lately I’ve seen a lot of people at the airport traveling in full hiking/trail gear - hiking pants and utility hiking shirts and sometimes hiking shoes, too. Is this a thing now? Is this about comfort, utility, or something else?
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Predicting the future is really hard - I don’t do it. Three things that surprised me as an adult: 1. Normalization of visible tattoos and body art. Used to be taboo, totally normal. 2. Public weed consumption - didn’t see that coming. 3. The hard shift in tech from optimism to pragmatism
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I have officially reached the dad who always wears a long sleeve shirt at the pool stage of life
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Roy E. Bahat @roybahat.com · 17/02/2025
(A good one from @hunterwalk.com also looping in @chudson3.bsky.social on same theme...)
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Watching cartoons growing up, this episode is still stuck in my mind: “Lifeline, you have the ability to be an effective officer, but not the desire. Dial Tone has the desire, but not the ability. Don't feel bad, son, not everyone's cut out to be a leader.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP2f...
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The Most Dangerous Thing in the World | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | S02 | E23 | Full Episode
YouTube video by Hasbro
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished” - find myself thinking about that a lot lately.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I have no idea who will win the Chiefs vs Bills game. But as someone who listens to way too many NFL football and fantasy football podcasts, it feels like the NFL media is sick of talking about the Chiefs and is dying for a Bills breakthrough narrative.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Every now and then I go back on to X to see a post that someone tagged me in and then I scroll and I’m like yikes I remember why I stopped spending time over there.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Took my son to his first NFL game. As a lifelong @detroitlions.bsky.social fan it’s hard for me to see him cheer for the @sanfrancisco49ers.bsky.social but he’s born in the Bay and can love his hometown team just like I do.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I very much want to hear the @harrisfootball.com take on that last Kyler pass!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I got so nostalgic seeing this new version of NBA Jam!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I flew a lot this year!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Decided to almost clean out the draft folder at the end of the year - a few things i didn't publishthia year: open.substack.com/pub/chudson/...
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Four Blog Posts I Didn't Publish This Year
A number of blog posts didn't get past the cutting room floor this year - here's why.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Few things make me happier than getting to visit Stamford Bridge and pay homage to the many @chelseafcn.bsky.social greats of past and present!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Very happy that all of my favorite football analysts like @minakimes.bsky.social and @harrisfootball.com are on Bluesky and active - so glad to see them here and posting. Even happier that my @detroitlions.bsky.social are 12-1 and yes they can beat the Eagles in the playoffs if it comes to that.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Every year, I pick a few slides from the Precursor Annual General Meeting to share with a broader audience. This year, the team and I presented one slide that generated a lively discussion with those in attendance. chudson.substack.com/p/three-futu...
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Three Future States of the Early-Stage VC Ecosystem
Sharing a slide from our annual meeting that sums up one of the things I've been thinking about for the majority of this year.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
One of the things I do most Sundays is cook seafood. Here's this week's creation - simple spaghetti vongole with fresh clams from my fishmonger
Spaghetti with clams garlic and parsley in a stainless steel pan
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I felt really good about this #LAFC game until that own goal. Yikes!
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I was playing chess against my son and tried to run an experiment using ChatGPT for chess advice and he was not amused.
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thank you Dominic-Midori Davis from @techcrunch.com for this nice writeup on my panel at AfroTech. Investors have to earn the trust of founders. This job is a lot easier and more fulfilling when there is safety to share challenges and celebrate wins. techcrunch.com/2024/11/17/2...
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Precursor's Charles Hudson believes founders should test their investors | TechCrunch
Charles Hudson, managing partner of Precursor Ventures, told an audience at AfroTech the basics of knowing when to invest: A company should have
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Charles Hudson @chudson3.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Pretty good father-son day in SF. Lunch at Flour and Water Pizzeria, bus ride over to Subpar for some mini-golf, ice cream at Ghiradelli, quick trip home.
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