One was a tech VC, the other was unhoused. They forged an unlikely friendship in a deeply unequal city

Brought together by a Bay Area volunteer program, Nathaniel Todd and Bruce Armstrong found support and solace in each other

Bruce Armstrong thought it was going to be an awkward call.

It was the summer of 2020, and the San Francisco venture capitalist had responded to a newspaper ad placed by Miracle Messages, a Bay Area non-profit seeking volunteers to alleviate the social isolation of people experiencing homelessness.

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