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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

SaaStr

Our most recent disclosed investment is in Pika.art, a company redesigning the entire video-making and editing experience utilizing AI. Satya joined Google in 2003 and was responsible for AdSense product management and partnerships. What’s your most recent disclosed investment? Why did you do the deal?

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The Economic Case for Generative AI (presentation)

Andreessen Horowitz

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Bai Xue believed in the internet – and in 2003 she did the unthinkable: she quit a secure and well-paid job at Panasonic to join the startup movement. With more than 15 years of solid experience, today she is the Chief Operations Officer at the Ping An Health Cloud, known as the most advanced AI healthcare technology.

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The Future of AI Is Amazing

Andreessen Horowitz

In this presentation from the American Dynamism Summit , a16z General Partner Martin Casado lays out the case for AI as a driving force behind incredible advancements in technology, creativity, and the human experience — not to mention efficiency improvements on par with, if not greater than, those delivered by the internet and the microchip.

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Salesforce’s Mike Kreaden on how to build a platform to drive growth

Intercom, Inc.

He joined me for a chat that ranged from the role of AI to how they choose startups to incubate. Customer nurturing now starts from the first touch, and AI can help with that. The role of AI. Mike: It’s interesting, because with respect to AI, we have been doing that at Salesforce for quite some time. Short on time?

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Top Lessons in Building Great Teams from Khosla Ventures (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

” Keith : And so in today’s world that can mean AI co-founder if you’re building a company that leverages data science. Keith : So from 2003 to 2013 before I joined Khosla Ventures, I was a pretty active angel investor in Silicon Valley. What’s the smallest deal you’ve done?

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Disrupting the Desk Phone: How and Why We Made a $50M Acquisition with Dialpad (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

At the time conversational AI was really heating up here in Silicon Valley. So we were doing actually a business deal, arm’s length business deal to partner and integrate their stuff, and it just seemed like a much more compelling way to provide a better AI service than just after the fact data. Jessica Lin: Yeah.