Variant ✓

@variantfund · New York · joined 15 Oct 2019

Variant invests in technology that expands autonomy.

51 829Followers

204Following

1 294Posts total

220.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views3 186this account3 383median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.15%this account10.96%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.48%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 186	3 383	0.94×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.15%	10.96%	0.56×
Engagement rate	0.48%	1.40%	0.34×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

26.4K19 Feb

2K20 Feb

119.9K3 Jun

8.6K16 Jun

6.9K22 Jul

2.6K

45.8K10 Aug

2.2K11 Aug

3K1 Sep

3.2K

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.61%19 Feb

0.49%20 Feb

0.56%3 Jun

0.48%16 Jun

0.79%22 Jul

0.96%

0.21%10 Aug

0.55%11 Aug

0.17%1 Sep

0.41%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes73.1%805 in total

Reposts5.1%56 in total

Replies16.9%186 in total

Quotes3.7%41 in total

Bookmarks1.2%13 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Domain-specific models don’t rely on economies of scale like the frontier labs; they build their moat through cornering verifiability. Our investment in Physical Superintelligence (PSI) is premised on the belief that solving hard physics problems is an instance where 3.2K views · 8 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 01 Sep 2026 https://t.co/jrGM9mnXfU 3K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 > Understanding the law of distillation matters to us at Variant because we invest in technology that enables autonomy, and distillation’s legality or illegality will play a large part in who controls frontier intelligence 2.2K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies 11 Aug 2026 https://t.co/RiCzrf0TJS 45.8K views · 66 likes · 10 reposts · 4 replies 10 Aug 2026 A second wave of AI companies automate the full outcome and deliver it directly to customers. We’ve been using a loose framework for identifying which workflows are ripe for disruption via automation vs. those that will be dominated by augmentation. We learned a similar set of 2.6K views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies 22 Jul 2026 https://t.co/OU8bgZCfqs 6.9K views · 39 likes · 5 reposts · 8 replies 22 Jul 2026 Autonomy != automation. Automation is the frontier of tech and finance. Autonomy is about increasing freedom to build, customize, and act on your own terms. Focus on the latter can be a winning strategy for startups to compete with scaled incumbents. 8.6K views · 25 likes · 1 reposts · 14 replies 16 Jun 2026 https://t.co/ZjpYF5IOJc 119.9K views · 509 likes · 24 reposts · 119 replies 03 Jun 2026 Huge congrats to @BChillman and the whole @phantom team 2K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 20 Feb 2026 🙏 Honored that @phantom was chosen for the 2026 Forbes Fintech 50 list! This is a direct reflection of the insane team we've built. I'm humbled that I get to work with this group of incredibly kind and talented folks who are so dedicated to building the best consumer crypto 26.4K views · 126 likes · 10 reposts · 23 replies 19 Feb 2026