🧠 Thinking about how we can align technology with human prosperity.

If anything piques interest, drop me a note. You can also find me on Twitter.

🌐 About

Backing founders through the Arete Fellowship. Built products at Meta. Told stories about AI at Google. Wrote about US military innovation. Read Presidential speeches and studied political rhetoric, among other things.

Greek by blood. Eating Mexican tacos in childhood, walking in Central Park through adolescence, simulating deal negotiations in Huntsman Hall in Philadelphia, and hauling carbon up Hawk Hill in San Francisco. When duty calls tending to Greek island waves.

⏳ Currently

1. Investing in untracked and out-of-system talent.
2. Running experiments at the intersection of technology & national security.
3. Investing and advising early stage companies on product and growth.
4. Building the next generation of technical leaders to Expand the West and contribute to American National Prosperity through Archimedes Labs.
5. Learning and thinking about questions worth pondering.
6. Studying and stealing from legendary, exceptional humans.
7. Consuming media that shapes the decisions I make.

🕊️ Experiences

Mene currently invests in untracked and out-of-system talent through the Arete Fellowship. Mene’s interests lie at the intersection of emerging technologies and policy.

Earlier in his career, Menelaos worked on civic products at Instagram, focused on the US2020 election. He led product development for civic defense and offense products at Instagram, including misinformation, election interference, and voter registration. Before this he worked in product at Facebook on the crypto team building out the digital wallet and currency Libra. He is on the far left side of the tech adopter’s curve, especially across consumer products.