About
Sam Lushtak worked in cash management roles at Goldman Sachs and Capital Group, serving Fortune 500 clients, and holds a degree from Caltech. He now leads Palus Finance, which provides similar treasury services to startups.
Sam Lushtak @sam_lushtak
I don’t blame @leopoldasch I blame the institutional investors who gave billions to a 24 year old YOLOing 4x leverage on a single volatile asset class with no real hedging strategy They should fucking know better
Aug 1, 2026 · ♥ 1
Sam Lushtak @sam_lushtak
This whole story reminds me of Cathy Wood and Ark circa 2020-21. No you’re not some unprecedented genius who outsmarted all of Wall Street combined. You invested in volatile assets in a hot vertical and got lucky for a while, until you didn’t. With Ark it was TSLA and other https://t.co/hR0hzB3GR2
Jul 30, 2026
Sam Lushtak @sam_lushtak
I see take like this a lot and they miss the point. Housing absolutely shouldn’t beat the market. It shouldn’t even beat wage growth ideally, otherwise living standards decrease. The benefits of a house as an investment is: 1. savings from not paying rent (or rental income/cap https://t.co/yDO7H20zPZ
Jul 17, 2026 · ♥ 2
Founder and CEO at Palus FinanceYC W26
Intro paths
Sam went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Palus Finance's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Sam can intro founders to Palus Finance's investors below.
