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Requests for startups 2026 edition
Requests for startups are a way for investors to communicate what might work and where they are actively…
2026 AI Predictions: The Year of the “Agent Employee”
I read a bunch of VC AI predictions for 2026 so you don’t have to. This includes predictions…
What it takes to win in GenAI Consumer Tech
Generative AI has gone from an early novelty to an increasingly mature consumer category. The days of quick…
How AI Agents Are Reshaping eCommerce
AI agents are beginning to transform how we shop, how brands sell, and how the entire stack of…
AI Adoption is starting with consumers first
Before AI transforms entire industries, it’s already transforming our everyday lives one GenAI-powered consumer app at a time.…
The Series A Crunch Just Got Tighter — Blame (or Thank) GenAI
The road to Series A has never been easy—but in 2025, it’s steeper, faster, and far less forgiving…
How Venture Capital Firms are Changing in 2025
Venture Capital as an asset class is in a tough spot. Based on the Q1 2025 Pitchbook-NVCA Venture…
Requests for startups in 2025
“Products that are loved and used by customers don’t start with what you want to build; they start…
Use cases for Generative AI in gaming
Generative AI is already being used in developer workflows. We expect AI to further augment content creation pipelines…
Take Five: The Metaverse
There is a seemingly non-stop stream of articles, reports and news coming out about the metaverse. I try to separate signal from noise in my latest post on the topic