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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ankit Jain of Gradient Ventures (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: In the case of Algorithmia, what kinds of use cases are they? It sounds like it’s a horizontal platform that could be applied to all sorts of use cases. You said it’s a Fortune 500 target market. What kinds of use cases are they going after? Ankit Jain: The simplest way to describe
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ankit Jain of Gradient Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: How are the companies in the Valley that you’re investing in? Are they using offshore development centers where there is AI talent available? Ankit Jain: Even in the last year, it has changed a lot. There is a lot of interesting AI development being done out of Ukraine. Both Pakistan and India have
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ankit Jain of Gradient Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: I was talking to a friend at a party last weekend. He’s very experienced and successful serial entrepreneur. He has invested in an AI company that is doing very well. But this question of hiring AI talent is very serious right now. Let me ask you the geography question. What is your footprint?
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ankit Jain of Gradient Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Double-click down for me on your definition of early stage. You said check size is from $1 million to $10 million. What is your definition of early stage? What does an AI startup need to show to be able to convince you that is has enough validation that there is something there? Ankit
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ankit Jain of Gradient Ventures (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Ankit Jain was recorded in May 2018. Ankit Jain is Founding Partner at Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI venture fund. Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce you to our audience. Tell us about yourself a
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Utsav Somani of AngelList India (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: What else is interesting in your structure that is worth discussing that I have not discussed with you yet? Utsav Somani: I think you’ve pretty much covered everything. There are some really good companies coming out of India. Sramana Mitra: Can you talk about them? Utsav Somani: It’s too early to be disclosing
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Utsav Somani of AngelList India (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What direction does the deal flow? Is it the VC’s who are coming to AngelList, or AngelList is chasing these deals? Utsav Somani: We are the largest tech-enabled cloud platform in the world. We are more of a product company than a service company. Our product are the syndicate products. You go do
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Utsav Somani of AngelList India (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: I’m going to double-click down on a bunch of points you made. You said the angel networks like Mumbai Angels work like glorified VC funds versus AngelList. Elaborate and contrast the fee structures. Utsav Somani: Everyone is structured in a different way. They help different people. The offline angel networks are places where
