Alex is the CEO and Co-founder of Juniper Square, the leading provider of modern investment partnership solutions to the private funds industry. Juniper Square helps more than 2,000 GPs manage more than $1T of LP capital across 35,000 private equity partnerships.
Alex previously served as a founding partner of New Energy Risk (acquired by XL Capital), and started his career at Microsoft, where he held a variety of product leadership roles.
Alex holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and a BA from the University of Washington.
Links:
Alex on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexrob22/
Juniper Square - https://www.junipersquare.com/
Brandon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bsedloff/
Topics:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:52) - Alex's Personal Journey and Health Transformation
(00:08:25) - Market Trends
(00:11:52) - The Rise of Retail Investors
(00:14:33) - AI and Its Impact on Private Markets
(00:20:19) - Regulation in Private Markets
(00:23:18) - Challenges and Solutions for GPs
(00:53:44) - Leveraging AI for Business Transformation
(00:54:46) - The Challenge of Re-engineering Business Processes
(00:55:43) - The Role of AI Tools in Business
(00:57:15) - Juniper Square's Unique Position in AI
(00:58:11) - The Evolution of Foundational AI Models
(01:03:54) - Future Predictions and AI Integration
(01:07:20) - Juniper Square's Journey and Vision
(01:08:28) - AI Conversation of Alex's last appearance on the Podcast juxtaposed to this one
