{"podcast":{"title":"Sourcery","slug":"sourcery-6853139","podcast_index_feed_id":6853139,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f192713c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.sourcery.vc","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40429063/40429063-1777331323919-38ab3ebcb33f6.jpg","author":"Sourcery with Molly O'Shea","episode_count":178,"summary":"Interviews with the top Investors, CEOs, & Founders","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T22:18:35.948107+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sourcery-6853139"},"episode":{"title":"\"Dig Through Your Couches. SpaceX Needs It.\" Cyan Banister on Luke Nosek's Pitch","slug":"dig-through-your-couches-spacex-needs-it-cyan-banister-on-luke-nosek-s-pitch","published_at":"2026-07-10T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sourcery-6853139/dig-through-your-couches-spacex-needs-it-cyan-banister-on-luke-nosek-s-pitch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sourcery-6853139","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sourcery/episodes/Dig-Through-Your-Couches--SpaceX-Needs-It--Cyan-Banister-on-Luke-Noseks-Pitch-e3lt6d5","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f192713c/podcast/play/122640229/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-10%2F427698620-44100-2-7f8066cdc5949.mp3","summary":"Cyan Banister put her entire IronPort exit into SpaceX when the rockets were still blowing up on the launchpad. She never sold. It became the best investment of her life. She is Co-Founder and General Partner at Long Journey Ventures, spent 4 years as a partner at Founders Fund, and with her husband Scott Banister has built one of the most successful angel portfolios in the world across 20+ years of investing together: SpaceX. Anduril. Uber. PayPal. Affirm. Flexport. Postmates. Niantic. Opendoor. Carta. Together AI. Diamond Foundry. Crusoe. Flock Safety. Substrate. Brave. Depop. Calm. Fivetran. Zappos. Cyan joins Sourcery at Long Journey's HQ to break down how she actually sources deals, why she refuses to chase hot rounds, and what she is buying next in nanotech and biotech. She found Niantic in a customer support inbox at Hint Water. She found Uber by asking taxi drivers what their day was actually like. Her point is that the alpha is in paying attention, and that the best investments arrive as a feeling before they arrive as a thesis. Cyan Banister: https://x.com/cyantist Molly O’Shea: https://x.com/MollySOShea Sourcery: ⁠ https://x.com/sourceryy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 YouTube: https://youtu.be/810VlN3lkqQ 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 • Brex —The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate card with integrated expense management, banking, bill pay, & travel. https://brex.com/sourcery • Turing —Turing delivers top-tier talent, data, and tools to help AI labs improve model performance—and enables enterprises to turn those models into powerful, production-ready systems. https://turing.com/sourcery • VCX —VCX is the public ticker for private tech, allowing investors of all sizes to invest in venture capital. View The Portfolio at http://GetVCX.com • Deel —Deel is the global…","meta_description":"Cyan Banister put her entire IronPort exit into SpaceX when the rockets were still blowing up on the launchpad. She never sold. It became the best investm…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5362,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sourcery-6853139/episodes/dig-through-your-couches-spacex-needs-it-cyan-banister-on-luke-nosek-s-pitch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sourcery-6853139/dig-through-your-couches-spacex-needs-it-cyan-banister-on-luke-nosek-s-pitch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}