Managing Partner, Hack Vc
Search every verified Alex Pack interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Alex Pack, managing partner at Hack VC, has been active across multiple media appearances discussing venture capital, crypto, and AI. On the "This Week in Startups" podcast, he commented on the complexity of modern software infrastructure, using the delivery of a TikTok video as an example of the many layers involved. He also participated in a panel at TOKEN2049 in Dubai debating the future of decentralized finance (DeFi) versus centralized finance (CeFi), where he stated that he has been a crypto venture capitalist for 11 years and has done many early DeFi deals. Pack expressed the view that DeFi lending has already exceeded centralized exchange lending in market share, and predicted that spot trading would flip centralized exchanges within two years. In other appearances, Pack discussed startup strategy, advising founders to build an audience before seeking venture capital, citing examples of entrepreneurs who gained traction through viral stunts. He also spoke about the intersection of AI and business, describing an investment in 11x, a company automating sales functions, and outlining a model for using AI to acquire and transform small, fragmented businesses. On the topic of Ethereum, Pack co-authored a piece analyzing the relationship between Ethereum fees and token price, and defended the network's modular scaling approach. Additionally, he has been promoting Hack VC's research and investment memos, and has shared personal creative projects, including original music performances.
“I am paying a lot of attention to applied AI. Sure, it's great to keep up with the newest models, but if you really want to understand the health of the AI market, I think you need to go and look where the rubber actually meets the road.”
“One of the themes we talk about over and over again on this week in startups is making sure you do your chores. I'm no expert on these things... Let's talk about being cash efficient.”
“We train people to do this at the launch accelerator: make two lists — your existing investors you want to keep updated and your dream (prospective) investors. With existing investors be candid about challenges; with prospective investors highlight growth and traction.”
“You talk about integrations with ElasticSearch, Prometheus, IBM, PagerDuty, MongoDB, Reddit, Snowflake — which means if I'm going to send out Hawkeye and I'm a big cloud user who has a lot of different things to keep an eye on, it feels like that would need to ingest so much information and process it that it would be...”
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In the panel "Is DeFi Eating CeFi? Slowly, Then All at Once," at @TOKEN2049, Kain Warwick, Founder of @infinex_app, Antonio ...
Jason and Alex discuss how startups are flipping the script—like a college sophomore who hacked Amazon, went viral, and built a ...
Join us as Alex, Partner at Hack VC, dives deep into the world of Web3 venture capital, sharing insights on how early investments in blockchain, AI, and DeFi are shaping the future of on-chain innovation. In this episode of the Building Web3 podcast, Alex provides an in-depth look at Hack VC’s investment strategy, why they focus on infrastructure, and how they identify opportunities before categories like DeFi, modular blockchains, and AI even have names. Learn how Hack VC stays on the cutting edge, what sets them apart, and how they leverage their unique thesis-driven approach to build a thri…
In today's episode Alex Botte and Alex Pack from Hack VC break down Ethereum's controversial shift from monolithic to modular.
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