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From coding tests to billion-dollar startups, Ali Partovi’s eight-year experiment is paying off


In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name

This wider recognition stems from Neo, his eight-year-old venture firm that promised from the outset to revolutionize how exceptional talent is discovered — and is developing some fairly convincing proof points. Among its bets, Neo was the first institution outside of Twitter to invest in the decentralized social network Bluesky, which was reportedly valued at $700 million in a January funding round, and Kalshi, an online prediction market whose surge in popularity began during last fall’s U.S. presidential election. It just helps you think,” Partovi explained, citing examples like Jeff Bezos, Reed Hastings, and Larry Ellison — all computer science students who became legendary business leaders.

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