To investors,

Today we are announcing a brand new business, Inflection Points Inc, that has been in stealth since the beginning of 2021. I co-founded the business with Colton Sakamoto and it has grown into one of the key pieces of infrastructure across the bitcoin and crypto industry. Below is more information about the business, our mission, and why we are coming out of stealth.

Inflection Points, Inc has quietly built the #1 corporate training and employment business in the bitcoin and crypto industry over the last 18 months. The business is coming out of stealth today and announcing a recent fundraise of $12.6 million from some of the best technology investors in the world. 

Investors in the round include Thiel Capital, Fifth Down Capital, XYZ Fund, Rose Park Advisors, Blockchange, Third Prime, former Palantir CFO Colin Anderson, Eight Sleep CEO Matteo Franceschetti, former Allergan CEO Brent Saunders, and real estate mogul Marc Roberts. Fifth Down Capital’s Andrew Spellman is joining the Board of Directors. 

Inflection Points, Inc, has been profitable since inception and raised outside capital only after it hit seven-figures in revenue. The founders of the business, Anthony Pompliano and Colton Sakamoto, are focused on building a durable business that can thrive over the long term. 

The Mission

One of the most pressing issues around the world is that global debt-to-GDP continues to rise at an alarming rate. The unsustainable debt levels force central banks to devalue their currencies, which in turn, punishes the billions of people who hold no investable assets. If you analyze this situation from first principles, there are two potential solutions to the problem:

1. Create a currency that is not based on debt; or

2. Stimulate economic growth to outpace increases in debt

The first potential solution is being addressed by bitcoin. The open-source, decentralized, digital currency is non-debt money that provides a neutral monetary network for anyone with an internet connection. 

The second potential solution is being addressed by Inflection Points, Inc. The company is relentless in its pursuit of creating a measurable inflection point in economic growth. 

“Stimulating global economic growth is the highest leverage opportunity outside of bitcoin development. This problem is incredibly difficult to solve, but we are committed to working on it for a very long time.” - Anthony Pompliano

Through its various products, Inflection Points, Inc ensures that every company in the bitcoin and crypto industry is able to hire the best talent, while simultaneously creating systems and programs to train existing employees on the technologies that make up the fastest growing economic vertical. 

Inflection Points Inc has helped nearly 1,000 people obtain a new job in the bitcoin and crypto industry over the last 18 months, or more than one person per day. Thousands of employees at companies including Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, Strike, BTC Inc, Anchorage, OkCoin, TaxBit, and Reed Smith, have gone through the extensive training program as well. 

Inflection Points Acquires Proof of Talent

In addition to the fresh financing round, the company has also acquired Proof of Talent, the leading recruiting agency in the crypto industry. The acquisition will make it possible to help create a seamless process for identifying the right candidates for the hardest-to-fill roles. 

Proof of Talent's executive team, including founder Rob Paone, will join Inflection Points, Inc, to grow the business into the most dominant hiring and training platform in the industry.

“Over the past three years, Proof of Talent has worked to build the premier crypto-native recruiting firm. By combining Proof of Talent’s specialist recruitment experience and talent acquisition team with the scale of Inflection Points education and training programs, we’re poised to create the most comprehensive hiring solutions for talent and employers in the industry.” - Rob Paone 

With the addition of the 9-person Proof of Talent team, Inflection Points, Inc now covers three domains — employment, training, and recruiting — in an effort to ensure the best and brightest are working in the bitcoin and crypto industry.

If you are looking for a new job in the industry, or would like to have your team trained on the bitcoin and crypto industry, visit the website by clicking here.

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Hope you all have a great start to your day. I’ll talk to everyone tomorrow.

-Pomp

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