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It’s no secret that AI has eaten the lion’s share of funding over the past couple of years, with investments into the sector surging 62% to $110 billion in 2024 alone, while startup funding overall declined 12%.
At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley, top VCs Zeya Yang (IVP), Jill Chase (CapitalG), and Kanu Gulati (Khosla Ventures) will break down exactly what they look for at each stage of investment, from seed rounds to Series C. And they’ve got the investment history and on-the-ground expertise to back it up.
Zeya Yang has invested in winners such as Grammarly and Figma and has a track record of working directly with founders to refine product-market fit and drive growth.
Jill Chase leads CapitalG’s investments in Magic, /dev/agents, Motif, and Abridge, and has spent the last several years focusing on emerging use cases for AI and ML, data infrastructure, and enterprise technology.
Kanu Gulati has backed AI leaders PolyAI, Kognitos, and Moonhub and brings over 10 years of experience as a research scientist at Intel and Cadence and as a founding engineer at Heavy.ai, Spyglass, and Nascentric.
Buy your tickets now to lean in on the conversation at TC Sessions: AI on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley to get an inside look at what VCs really want to see in AI startups. Take advantage of Early Bird deals now to save up to $210 — register here.
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Rebecca Bellan covers transportation for TechCrunch. She’s interested in all things micromobility, EVs, AVs, smart cities, AI, sustainability and more. Previously, she covered social media for Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more. Rebecca studied journalism and history at Boston University. She has invested in Ethereum.
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