1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Yash Hemaraj, General Partner at BGV (Part 1)

Yash Hemaraj is General Partner at BGV, and Founding Partner at Arka Venture Labs. This is a very interesting discussion that goes into the nuances of high velocity Positioning and Go To Market strategies.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Just know, I have a slightly different question on capitalization of these companies. So you talk about these two kids from MIT who are commercializing their PhD thesis, I guess. You have this CalTech professor who’s commercializing his work in the domain of drug discovery using AI. Talk to me a little bit about how you structure these deals. You’re getting in at almost an R&D level.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Other than H2O.ai, have you invested in any other open source AI companies since?  

Jishnu Bhattacharjee: We have invested in over twenty AI companies.

Sramana Mitra: Talk about some of them. How are you thinking about what to invest in? Do some case studies.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I think it depends on what timescale we are talking about because inside the enterprise, whatever application that you bring in, whether it’s non AI or AI, now everything is kind of in the AI domain. There are three things to consider – domain-specific understanding of what’s happening in that enterprise which includes domain-specific vocabulary, domain-specific workflow, and then domain-specific API integration.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Since the hype cycle has been so rapid, enterprise and business buyers have made AI a priority now, which was not the case, right? When you started doing H2O, it was not that case. It was much more niche, much more selective, and much more difficult to get the buyer attention, and that has completely changed. AI has become one of the top budget items in the enterprise IT expenditure.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let me synthesize this point for our audience. In startups that are going the open source route, including non-AI startups, what is great is that developers with insights put something out there in the open source realm and start getting usage. Then, by the time they go out for investment, often there’s a lot of history of usage that has built up and some of that has started to monetize. There’s a little bit of a monetization model that is starting to emerge. Even if it hadn’t emerged yet, if there is substantial usage and value creation, there is a tried-and-true path of monetizing commercial open source in a freemium mode, where basically people start with free and then become premium.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners (Part 1)

Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners, has been investing in AI startups for over a decade. This is an excellent and insightful discussion about his AI investment thesis.

New Course – How VC Investors Think About AI Startups + Coupons

Our new course, How VC Investors Think About AI Startups, cuts through the hype surrounding AI to offer entrepreneurs real insights into what drives investor decision-making in this space. It shares the perspectives of venture capitalists who are actively investing in AI startups, with a focus on how machine learning is influencing their strategies. Through in-depth conversations, you’ll explore how investors evaluate enterprise AI adoption, the potential of general AI versus specialized applications, and the infrastructure needed to scale artificial intelligence. The course also tackles key challenges like AI hallucination and the evolving role of superintelligence in shaping the future of the industry. By the end, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of what VCs look for in AI startups, along with examples from their portfolios that highlight these strategies in action.

For the month of September, we are offering you up to 85% off this course and all of those listed below.

All of the discount coupons will expire on September 30, 2024, so enroll today!

Artificial Intelligence:

How VC Investors Think About AI Startups with Sramana Mitra: TRY1MBY1MSEP2024AIVC

How To Build AI Startups with Sramana Mitra: TRY1MBY1MSEP2024AI

Generative AI Startup Strategy Case Studies: TRY1MBY1MSEP2024GAI

>>>