Abstract is a seed-focused venture capital fund founded by a 25-year-old college dropout who previously built a hedge fund and made early bets on companies like Rippling and Solana, bringing an outsider perspective that makes them comfortable backing non-traditional founders and frontier assets like crypto and AI infrastructure. Despite being founded only in 2016, Abstract has scaled to roughly $1.5-1.8 billion in assets under management while maintaining their seed focus and positioning themselves as a "seed-to-Series A machine" that combines high-volume investing with intense operational support to help founders reach their next funding round.