WE’RE LOOKING FOR BIG IDEAS
(AND THE BIG BRAINS BEHIND THEM)
We partner with companies and founders trying to change the world, who want to upend paradigms, not just chase incremental progress.
FOUNDERS WHO SEE THE FUTURE
We’re looking for leaders with a vision, who see a radically different future and know how to make it happen. They’re equal parts mad scientist and business mastermind: walking, talking Venn diagrams ready to change everything.
COMPANIES THAT MAKE IT REAL
We invest in companies that see radical potential in what they do. Founders who see reshaping a single industry as table stakes.
And teams that see failure as just a challenge to find a new path.
And teams that see failure as just a challenge to find a new path.
neuroscience
manufacturing
biology
defense
data & ai
robotics
sensing
space
The Basics
Over the past two decades, Lux has expanded from our New York City roots to Silicon Valley, and built a firm with over $5 billion AUM and more than 30 full-time professionals, with a wide spectrum of technical backgrounds and the versatility to invest at any stage, from $100,000 to $100 million.
What we're up to
Open secrets harm society far more than AI or disinformation
September 9, 2025
Danny Crichton
Maintaining open secrets requires a passive conspiracy of lies. We know the empirical truth, but we can’t express it nor can we act on it. It anesthetizes agency, because humans don’t like living inconsistently with the world as they perceive it. That is deeply corrosive to political debates, corporate strategy meetings and anything in between — open secrets are the landmines in the march to rigorous thinking.
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