I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Illusion III
Illusion III | Sramana Mitra, 2019 | Watercolor, Ink | 16 x 20, On Paper
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During this week’s roundtable, we had David Hornik, Founding Partner at Lobby Capital, discussing his firm’s AI investment thesis. It was an excellent discussion spanning Agentic AI and Ultralight startups.
i-Resonate
As for the entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Maitreyi Sharma from Dehradun, India pitch i-Resonate, a social media content marketing suite.
A9Y
Then we had Dege Nsoki from Geneva, Switzerland pitch A9Y, a career advancement site.
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According to a recent report, the AI code tools market is projected to grow 23.2% annually to $30.1 billion by 2032 from $4.8 billion in 2024. The growth in the industry is being driven by the increasing adoption of DevOps practices and the need for efficient software development solutions. AI-driven coding tools are enhancing developer productivity and streamlining workflows, leading to higher adoption.
>>>Sramana Mitra: What else are you looking at, thinking about, interested in investing in in terms of AI companies? What are you looking for?
Raju Reddy: For me, Sramana, pretty much all my investments have been at a very early seed stage.
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Today’s 677th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, March 20, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 4 p.m. CET / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!