1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Warren Packard, AI Fund (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: So, the obvious question that stems out of what you described is, how do you identify or qualify the founder who’s fit for this kind of a model?

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Warren Packard, AI Fund (Part 1)

Warren Packard, Partner at AI Fund, discusses his firm’s investment thesis. Instead of founders pitching, the AI Fund operates as a Venture Studio and recruits repeat entrepreneurs with domain knowledge to build ventures based on their ideas.

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