Sramana Mitra: So, two questions on AI. First one is, as you said, there is a tailwind, clearly, because agentic AI this year in 2025 has started to take off, and we are doing this interview in June 2025. We have started hearing about agents quite aggressively all through this year. So, the vulnerabilities caused
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Sramana Mitra: What were the milestones of that first round of $15 million financing that you raised? What did you accomplish with that and in what timeframe?
Sramana Mitra: Yes, but I was not asking you about AI rollups. I’m asking you about this Y Combinator model of starting a full stack company from scratch.
Sramana Mitra: Interesting. There is a completely opposite trend, but it’s kind of similar. Y Combinator put out the types of companies they’re looking for a few months ago. One of the types of companies is full stack AI.
Sramana Mitra: If you were to highlight some themes that you’re seeing in the deal flow right now, what are some of the trends that you’re seeing?
Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discusses the fund’s investment thesis.
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