🎙️ New Podcast Episode 🎙️ In the latest Founded & Funded, Madrona Venture Partner Len Jordan sits down with Sean Muller, Founder and CEO of iSpot.tv, to talk about the company's evolution in measuring TV advertising. Sean delves into strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and the rise of ad-supported streaming. They discuss the impact of sports on advertising, challenges for marketers in balancing investments across various channels, and the innovative strides iSpot is making with AI-driven planning and real-time data. Sean is a true visionary in the advertising space — here's a glimpse of what they covered: 💡How to navigate entering a new space when there's a large incumbent. 💡How sports are driving significant ad dollars and the shift of advertising to streaming platforms. 💡How real-time data and AI are revolutionizing ad planning and effectiveness. 💡How to effectively navigate acquisitions. 💡The unexpected rise of ad-supported streaming and its massive impact on the industry. Tune in to explore the future of TV advertising and iSpot's role in shaping it. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WhFCxV Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3S36xe3 Apple: https://apple.co/4bIBDP3 Podcast Addict: https://bit.ly/3Yg4rM7 Madrona (transcript): https://bit.ly/3WfKSlj
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Gen AI from a VC perspective, A conversation with Vivek Ramaswami from Madrona Ventures. Listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/dFnT_ZVc Generative AI has taken the industry by storm as we all know. Besides Open AI. a number of players like Meta, Google and Anthropic have announced new foundation models. In this episode, we get Vivek's perspective of the competitive landscape and how it will likely evolve. Will open source models start to match Open AI's GPT 4o in terms of capabilities? We also discuss Apple's recent announcements around "Apple Intelligence". Hundreds of millions of VC money have poured into Gen AI startups but who is really making any money? Vivek gives us his insights as well as the layer of the AI stack that Madrona invests in. Finally, we ask Vivek to make one big prediction for the industry over the next one year. Tune in to listen to his insights and predictions! About Vivek Ramaswami Vivek has spent his career investing in high-growth companies across software and fintech. Prior to Madrona, Vivek helped launch the venture capital arm of Steadfast Capital, where he led investments in Zapier, Klaviyo, Lucid, Forethought, Sendbird, Jumpcloud, Algolia, Wealthsimple, and other high-growth companies. Prior to Steadfast, Vivek was a Principal at Redpoint for five years, where he helped source or work on investments in SentinelOne, Nubank, Bright Health, Cockroach Labs, Hashicorp, and others. Vivek started his career in technology investment banking at Goldman Sachs, advising clients on M&A and IPO opportunities in the software and consumer internet sectors. Vivek Ramaswami joined Madrona in 2022. As part of the Madrona investment team based in California, Vivek partners with ambitious founders across enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, data tools, intelligent applications, and fintech. He focuses on helping founders who have achieved product-market fit scale to the next level. Gowri Shankar TiE Seattle
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Calling all developers! 📣 Numbers Station AI is excited to host our first ever Multi-Agent hackathon in conjunction with SambaNova Systems, Together AI, and Codeium at AGI House this July 13th. We're excited to see how teams will apply Meadow to build their data workflows. 🧠 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/gwz4XG-V
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The rise of AI agents is transforming the landscape of application development, offering new possibilities for productivity, media consumption, healthcare, and more. But — as we continue to build and innovate, the need for robust AI agent infrastructure becomes crucial. In his latest blog post, Madrona Partner Jon Turow explores the evolution of AI agents and the infrastructure needed to support them. As we bridge the gap between current capabilities and future potential, it's clear that the industry must invest in infrastructure that meets developers where they are and anticipates their future needs. Check out the full blog post to dive deeper into the rise of AI agents and the infrastructure shaping the future of GenAI: https://lnkd.in/g3Wexp3t #AI #Agents #AgenticAI #GenAI #innovation #GenerativeAI #intelligentagents #appliedAI
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We dropped our latest Investor Spotlight, featuring Sabrina Wu. We're also spotlighting Runway Co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela in our latest Founder Spotlight. Partner Jon Turow led a panel on open-source models at Cerebral Valley New York. Madrona Venture Labs shared part 4 of its "Journey From Proof of Concept to Proof of Value" series. And Delta Air Lines shared a wonderful tribute to Madrona Co-Founder Jerry Grinstein. From the portfolio, Route announced a $40M funding round, Clerk.com, Fauna Inc., Groundlight AI, unstructured.io, and Runway all announced launches, and so much more. #AI #AgenticAI #Agents #opensource #GenAI #AppliedAI #Innovation #digitalAI #investing #startups #founders #entrepreneurs
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Vivek Ramaswami is a Partner at Madrona. He joined Madrona in 2022. As part of the Madrona investment team based in California, Vivek partners with ambitious founders across enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, data tools, intelligent applications, and fintech. He focuses on helping founders who have achieved product-market fit scale to the next level. Vivek has spent his career investing in high-growth companies across software and fintech. Prior to Madrona, Vivek helped launch the venture capital arm of Steadfast Capital, where he led investments in Zapier, Klaviyo, Lucid, Forethought, Sendbird, Jumpcloud, Algolia, Wealthsimple, and other high-growth companies. Prior to Steadfast, Vivek was a Principal at Redpoint for five years, where he helped source or work on investments in SentinelOne, Nubank, Bright Health, Cockroach Labs, Hashicorp, and others. Vivek started his career in technology investment banking at Goldman Sachs, advising clients on M&A and IPO opportunities in the software and consumer internet sectors. Vivek was named to the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital in 2021. Vivek is originally from Alberta, Canada, and holds a bachelor’s from the Ivey Business School at Western University. Topics: - Open Source Models and AI Development - Deepfakes and AI Ethics - Cross-Cloud Data Sharing #AI #OpenSource #GenerativeAI #Deepfakes #DataPrivacy
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I had a fun conversation about the future of Open Source AI with Laurens van der Maaten of Meta, Jonathan Frankle of Databricks, and Ali Farhadi of Ai2. These folks and others are investing heavily to put more control in the hands of AI developers. And that creates a counterweight to closed models, a bit like Android did for iOS. YouTube linked below, but first - here’s a glimpse into our conversation: 🌟 Motivations Behind Open-Source AI: Each speaker shared the unique reasons their lab has chosen to release open-source AI models. A common theme was the importance of decentralization. But why is decentralization important, and what's in it for them? 🤔 Future of Open-Source AI Models: We asked our panel if they believe open-source AI models will meet or surpass the best closed models for general purposes within the next 36 months. 💰💡 Investment and Innovation: With the next wave of capabilities projected to be incredibly expensive (around $10B or more), we explored whether open-source AI might need to slow down, or continue to thrive through direct investment or efficient new techniques. 🤝🖥️ Community Contributions: While community contributions have always been a cornerstone of open-source software, open-source AI presents unique challenges due to the need for significant GPU resources. We spoke about how the community can effectively contribute to open-source AI. 📈🔧 AI-Enabling Software vs. Core Models: Lastly, we discussed the role of AI-enabling software as a complement to open-source AI models. How does open-source software fit into the evolving story of open-source AI? Really enjoyed this discussion. Thanks to the group, and to Eric Newcomer for having us! YouTube Link: https://lnkd.in/gbpDnvX3
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Recruiting is THE most leveraged thing founders do. If you recruit well, you can do many other things poorly and still thrive. The good news is that who and how you hire are the most predictive and controllable inputs to your company's success. The bad news is that many founders approach recruiting as a series of transactions rather than as a strategic pillar of company building. As the company grows, founders might be tempted to hire a recruiter or outsource parts of the recruiting process to team members or agencies. Don’t succumb to this notion. Now is the time to triple down on founder-led recruiting, not hand it off or staff it out!! Read more on founder-led recruiting & subscribe to Hooked on Substack: https://lnkd.in/gsTBT7hH Thanks, Christopher Aberger (Numbers Station AI) for your insights! Shannon Anderson
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