Luke Nosek practices first principles investing and commits to founders for decades, with a stated pattern of never firing CEOs and asking if founders will stay with their companies for around 20 years. He served as an early board director and leader at DeepMind before its Google acquisition and has publicly engaged with AI safety investing, positioning him among the few mainstream venture investors connecting deep-tech investing with long-term existential considerations. Luke Nosek practices first principles investing and commits to founders for decades, with a stated pattern of never firing CEOs and asking if founders will stay with their companies for around 20 years. He served as an early board director and leader at DeepMind before its Google acquisition and has publicly engaged with AI safety investing, positioning him among the few mainstream venture investors connecting deep-tech investing with long-term existential considerations.