Investing In AI-first Startups

Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Camilo Acosta is a GP at Perceptive VC, a pre-seed and seed stage venture firm investing in AI-first companies across the US and Latin America. He was previously a product lead at Meta. Prior to that, he was the cofounder and CEO of Pay By Group.
Camilo's favorite book: The Power Law (Author: Sebastian Mallaby)
(00:00) Introduction
(00:29) Key Factors for AI Startup Success
(01:23) Disruptive Opportunities for Startups in the AI Tech Stack
(03:15) Challenges and Opportunities in AI Hardware
(04:15) Assessing Ambitious Hardware Opportunities
(05:23) Promising Trends in Verticalized AI Applications
(06:21) Impactful AI Applications in Healthcare and Education
(08:11) Modes and Building an Edge in AI Startups
(09:10) The Importance of Truth Seeking and Paranoia in Founders
(11:13) Overlooked Opportunities in AI, Particularly Computer Vision
(13:26) Traits of Successful AI Startup Founders
(15:46) Balancing Coachability and Self-Reliance in Founders
(20:43) Personalized Compute Devices and the Future of Hardware
(22:34) Infusing AI into Venture and Private Equity Workflows
(25:34) Exciting Breakthroughs and Seed Fundable Opportunities in AI
(27:44) The Future of AI Investing and the Role of Founders
(29:48) Rapid Fire Round
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