At Redpoint’s annual meeting with investors, Redpoint partners Scott Raney, Alex Bard, Patrick Chase and Jacob Effron shared unfiltered thoughts on some of the most topical questions in AI today, where value will accrue, which industries are best positioned for defensibility at the application layer, and more.
0:00 Intro
0:39 AI Investment Landscape
1:30 Market Projections
3:25 Strategic Imperatives in AI
6:04 AI Model Layer Insights
10:06 Infrastructure Layer
11:46 Application Layer
15:04 Vertical AI SaaS Opportunities
21:45 Evaluating Early-Stage Founders
23:39 First Mover Advantage and Competitive Dynamics
25:28 Domain Expertise vs. AI Expertise
26:58 Why AI Startups Fail
29:41 Startups vs. Incumbents
35:15 Navigating High AI Valuations
With your co-hosts:
@jacobeffron
- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health
@patrickachase
- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn
@ericabrescia
- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare)
@jordan_segall
- Partner at Redpoint