Building Software as Fast as You Can Think
True Partner Mike Montano built a Mac app on a 45-minute flight home. Custom software isn't just for big teams anymore because the math on build vs. buy is shifting.
Go back as an IC
Management is losing value and building is gaining it. Mike Montano on becoming an IC again after running a 3,000-person engineering org at Twitter, and why founders should hire managers, directors and VPs to build.
Building AI for human learning: why we invested in Aristotle
Aristotle helps students think through problems instead of handing them answers. Mike Montano on the team building a voice-first AI tutor and why True led its seed round.
The org chart is getting weird: why we invested in TokenCompass
Every team is buying tokens. Nobody can attribute the bill. Mike Montano on why True backed Ian Chan and TokenCompass, the system of record for AI labor.
Why We Invested in Flick: The AI-Native Filmmaking Platform
Real cinema, not slop. Mike Montano on why Flick's founders — an award-winning filmmaker and a founding Instagram Stories engineer — are the rare team to build Flick, True's latest investment.
Loops and Swarms
Most AI use is still session-based — prompt, response, done. The real unlock is systems that keep working while you sleep, compounding judgment and memory across every cycle.