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☆ Lux Capital VC reveals what she looks for in an AI company
  + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLux Capital VC reveals what she looks for in an AI companyCNBC's Arjun Kharpal asks Grace Isford, partner at Lux Capital, about Big Tech, open vs. closed-source applications and what's next in the world of AI.
Persons: CNBC's Arjun Kharpal, Grace Isford Organizations: Lux, Lux Capital, Big Tech
☆ VCs are scrambling to invest in AI startups in Y Combinator's latest class: 'There's hysteria for a reason'
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
VCs are scrambling to back the AI startups in Y Combinator's latest batch. Several generative AI startups have already secured funding from top firms, sources say. And while valuations are down across the board, YC AI startups are still hot. Startups focused on AI, and generative AI specifically, which saw a substantial jump in the latest batch, were some of the most highly sought after by investors. An AI feeding frenzyVC buzz was common across generative AI startups both in the application and infrastructure layers.
☆ Y Combinator's latest class is a feeding frenzy for VCs looking to back AI startups: 'There's hysteria for a reason'
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
VCs are scrambling to back the AI startups in Y Combinator's latest batch. Several generative AI startups have already secured funding from top firms, sources say. And while valuations are down across the board, YC AI startups are still hot. Startups focused on AI, and generative AI specifically, which saw a substantial jump in the latest batch, were some of the most highly sought after by investors. An AI feeding frenzyVC buzz was common across generative AI startups both in the application and infrastructure layers.
☆ ChatGPT is coming for classrooms, hospitals, marketing departments, and everything else as the next great startup boom emerges
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Entrepreneurs are encouraged to look at generative AI as a tool to solve a myriad of problems. This year will be the year new ways of using generative AI will thrive. Jasper competitor Copy.ai, which uses ChatGPT for marketing, raised $11 million in Series A in October 2021. Not all generative AI companies have longevity, and not all sectors have problems that generative AI can solve. For now, investors are confident their bets in generative AI will pay off, said Josh Constine, partner at Signal Fire.
☆ 27 women in venture capital who made partner or higher at firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed in 2022
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Melia Russell | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
But more firms made moves to close the gender gap in 2022, hiring and promoting female partners and general partners. PitchBook data indicates that the share of women in decision-making roles at venture firms held steady year over year, with women representing 16% of general partners at firms with over $50 million in assets. To toast their success, Insider is recognizing the women in venture capital who made partner or general partner for the first time in 2022. You can read more on Europe's new female partners here. Let us know who we missed — investing partners or general partners only, please — by contacting Melia Russell at mrussell@insider.com
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