AJ Scaramucci, the venture capitalist son of SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, took his firm Solari Capital out of stealth on September 25, 2026, revealing $350 million deployed since its founding across early-stage deals, late-stage growth investments and in-house incubations. The firm's backers include SV Angel's Ron Conway, Breyer Capital's Jim Breyer, Bain Capital co-chairman Stephen Pagliuca, former Alphabet CEO Eric Schmidt, and Peter Diamandis.
A thesis built on 'programmable reality'
Scaramucci frames Solari's investment approach around what he calls "programmable reality," the idea that advancing computing power is making biology, intelligence, physical matter and even money increasingly engineerable in the way software already is. That thesis shows up across the firm's portfolio, which includes xAI, Suno, Tessera Therapeutics, Varda Space, Northwood Space, Fission Labs, Architect Financial and Radial Health.
Collectibles as a stand-in for locked-up value
Solari's collectibles arm has made headlines of its own, purchasing a $2 million first-appearance Iron Man comic and a record-setting Pokémon card. For Scaramucci, those acquisitions tie back to a broader concern: too much value creation now happens in private markets that ordinary investors can't access. He points to how long companies stay private before going public as evidence, noting that the typical path to an IPO once took around four years and now stretches to 12 to 15 years. Data cited alongside his comments shows venture-backed tech IPOs reaching a median company age of 13.5 years in 2024, compared with six to nine years in the 1990s, while the number of U.S. tech IPOs fell from 205 in 1995 to just 34 in 2025.