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Rethinking Inference for Diffusion

On the architecture shifts making diffusion models practical at scale.

Çağla Kaymaz·Jan 2026·1 min read
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Partnering with Myriad

Why we led Myriad’s seed round.

Çağla Kaymaz·Sep 2025·1 min read
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The Blitzhire Acquisition

How AI acquihires like Windsurf and Character.AI route around traditional regulatory review.

Villi Iltchev·Jul 2025·8 min read
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On (the future of) Git

Where version control is headed and why it matters for the next wave of dev tools.

Shri Kolanukuduru·Jul 2025·2 min read
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The One Metric Villi Iltchev Says Startups Should Stop Tracking

Villi on Tank Talks by Ripple Ventures on the metrics that mislead early-stage founders.

Villi Iltchev·Mar 2025·58 min
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Illegal Immigrant to $160m Fund 1: Inside Villi Iltchev's Journey Building Category Ventures

Villi on The Peel with Turner Novak — his arc from immigrant to operator to founding Category Ventures.

Villi Iltchev·Feb 2025·1h 49m
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Introducing Category Ventures

The story behind Category Ventures, our debut fund, and why we’re fired up to back ambitious founders building the future of enterprise software.

Villi Iltchev·Dec 2024·1 min read
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Sid Sijbrandij on Working with Villi

GitLab’s founder on Villi as an investor — and a case for founders running real reference checks on VCs.

Villi Iltchev·Mar 2023·1 min read