Date: 2026-09-08 Time: 2:00 PM EDT Attendees: Blake Stewart, Jeffrey Evans (Mantis VC) Note captured by: Blake Stewart (Me = Blake, Them = Jeffrey)
Summary
Routine biweekly content call for jeff-evans (Mantis). Batch 25 reviewed and approved. Proactive commenting agreed to resume on human-written-only basis. Jeffrey is buried with 16 meetings over 3 days. New drafts to be delivered this week for next week’s review. Jeffrey will send 5 content ideas by Thursday.
Decisions
- Proactive commenting resumed with two conditions: (1) all comments must be human-written, not AI-generated; (2) avoid Peter Walker’s profile. Team sources posts, drafts comments, Blake reviews before posting. (Scope: client-account)
- Instinct ($12B round) skipped - too many personal connections to the deal; Jeffrey does not want to weigh in.
- ChatGPT Astra - flagged as the big news of the week; Jeffrey received a personal email from someone at OpenAI and will review and potentially share thoughts for a post.
- Grok - Jeffrey spending time with the Grok team soon; potential content angle.
Action Items
- Jeffrey: send 5 content ideas to Blake by Thursday Sep 10
- Jeffrey: forward ChatGPT Astra thoughts / insider email notes for drafting
- Blake: send Jeffrey new content drafts this week (for next week’s review cycle)
- Blake: post the two approved Batch 25 drafts
Notable Excerpts
“I’m fine if it’s human and direct. I just - anything that feels like AI, it’s gotta stay away from.” - Jeffrey (on proactive commenting)
“The Instinct valuation doesn’t make any sense… there are too many people I know that are part of the deal. I don’t wanna be calling them out.” - Jeffrey