Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner at Priven Advisors, discusses his firm’s AI Investment Thesis. We have a very strategic discussion on SaaS, Marketplaces and Agentic AI.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had Shripati Acharya Managing Partner at Priven Advisors, to discuss his firm’s AI Investment Thesis. We had a very strategic discussion on SaaS, Marketplaces and Agentic AI.
You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

Sramana Mitra: So, what else are you looking at or investing in that are interesting case studies that we should discuss here that will trigger ideas and insights for the audience?
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Sramana Mitra: So, when you look at these companies that you have invested in and are looking at your deal flow, could you summarize a bit of what you would like to see?
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Anupam Rastogi, Managing Partner at Emergent Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.
Welcome to the program, and let’s talk about what you are up to with Emergent Ventures and AI. We started with this watershed moment of generative AI coming into the picture in 2023 and now almost two years hence, AI has moved at a breakneck pace.
So, my first question is, where is your head vis-a-vis AI? How are you parsing all the happenings of the world? How are you framing your investment thesis and so on?
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