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Venture with Grace

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Mar 25, 2025 • 60min

Tatyana Mamut, Wayfound CEO: Revolutionizing AI Agent Management

Tatyana Mamut is the Founder and CEO of Wayfound.ai. Wayfound helps business coordinate, supervise, align, and improve their GenAI Agents in one place. Prior to that, she was the SVP of New Products at Pendo leading the creation of the Adopt family of products. Before that she she was CPO at Nextdoor, creating a product-led growth strategy which drove a 60% increase in engagement while driving down abusive and toxic content on the platform. She also led the Local Business revenue line and consolidated the advertising platform. At Amazon Web Services, Tatyana was General Manager & Director of Product, where she built a revolutionary new software product and scaled the team from 2 to 150 engineers, product managers, and designers. At Salesforce, she was Vice President of Product Experience for the IoT (Internet of Things) Cloud, where she led the vision and development for the democratization of IoT technology.Topics: The future of work with AI agentsProduct-led growth strategies and their application to AI productsBalancing innovation with ethics in AI development#AIOrchestration #EnterpriseTech #ProductLeadership #FutureOfAI🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/46799347...
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Mar 22, 2025 • 1h 3min

Sabrina Farmer: From Google VP to GitLab CTO, Engineering Excellence

Sabrina Farmer is the Chief Technology Officer at GitLab, where she leads software engineering, operations, and customer support teams to execute the company's technical vision and strategy and oversee the development and delivery of GitLab's products and services. Prior to GitLab, Sabrina spent nearly two decades at Google, where she most recently served as vice president of engineering, core infrastructure. During her tenure with Google, she was directly responsible for the reliability, performance, and efficiency of all of Google's billion-user products and infrastructure. A long-time advocate for women in technology, Farmer earned a B.S. in Computer Science at the University of New Orleans, where she established two scholarships to help level the playing field for inclusion and empowerment in technology.Topics:The evolution of DevOps and developer toolsThe real impact of AI on engineering productivityBuilding and maintaining technical talent #TechLeadership #AIInfrastructure #EngineeringExcellence #FutureOfDev 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/46799347...
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Mar 22, 2025 • 58min

Andrew Blum: HumanX Co-Founder Accelerating Enterprise AI Adoption

Andrew Blum is the Co-Founder and COO at HumanX, the preeminent event dedicated to accelerating enterprise AI adoption - backed by Primary, Foundation Capital, and FPV. Previously, he served as Researcher-in-Residence at Primary Venture Partners, where he built out the incubation program and helped launch venture-scale businesses. Topics: Community building as a catalyst for AI innovationInsights from bridging the AI hype-reality gapEnterprise AI adoption timeline - where we are and what's next#EnterpriseAI #AIAdoption #VCPodcast #HumanX 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/46799347...
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Mar 20, 2025 • 1h

Casber Wang: Partner at Sapphire Champions Security & AI

Casber Wang is a Partner at Sapphire Ventures where he is focused on security, enterprise infrastructure, and data and analytics. Born in China to parents who were both small-business entrepreneurs, Casber is familiar with and excited by the founder’s journey. Casber is on the boards of Cyera, Huntress, JumpCloud, Rewst, StarTree, and Zesty. Prior to Okta’s acquisition, he was also a board observer at Auth0. He also helped lead Sapphire’s investments in Glean and Weights & Biases. For his work, he has been recognized by Business Insider as a Rising Star, and is often sought after by media publications for insights on tech trends related to AI and cybersecurity.Prior to Sapphire, Casber was part of the technology investment banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he worked on high-profile IPO and M&A transactions. Casber graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s in business. While there, he was actively involved with the startup scene and co-founded Etch.ai, a personal CRM company incubated at Berkeley Skydeck.Topics: The Evolution of Cybersecurity InvestmentThe AI Revolution in EnterpriseSecurity and Enterprise Tech Investing Trends#VentureCapital #CyberSecurity #AIInvesting #EnterpriseInfrastructure
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Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 4min

Joseph Floyd, GP at Emergence: Enterprise Cloud Investor Shaping B2B SaaS

Joseph Floyd is a General Partner at Emergence and a Kauffman Fellow. Joe’s expertise in building cloud startups has evolved from over fifteen years of advising and investing in rocketship startups like SalesLoft, project44, Mya, Total Expert, LogDNA and more. Before joining Emergence, Joe was a Senior Associate in American Capital’s technology group where he focused on investing in fast-growing internet and software companies including HomeAway. Joe was also an Associate at McKinsey & Co. in their corporate finance practice and did hard time in tech investment banking before that.Joe earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. While at Wharton, Joe won first place at the International Venture Capital Investment Competition. He is also a proud Cal Bear with a BA in Economics and BS in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.Topics: Evolution of the cloud startup landscapeHow to evaluates AI SaaS sales and revenue tools Impact of AI on enterprise SaaS business models#EnterpriseVC #CloudInvesting #B2BSaaS #AIStartups #VCStrategy
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Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 7min

Brian Peterson, CTO: Dialpad's AI Revolution in Communication

Brian Peterson is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Dialpad, a leader in AI-powered communication and collaboration. With a background as a Senior Software Engineer at Google, where he contributed to the development of Google Voice, Peterson has been instrumental in driving technological innovation at Dialpad. His leadership continues to shape the company's growth and product development in the evolving landscape of hybrid work.Topics: The evolution of AI in business communication tools Building and scaling a communication platformThe role of real-time voice analytics and AI transcription #VoiceAI #Dialpad #CTO #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork
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Mar 18, 2025 • 1h

Iliana (Accenture Innovation) & Michael (Allocator One) on VC Transformation

Iliana Oris Valiente is the Managing Director (Partner) of NA Innovation Hubs Lead at Accenture. She leads all NA innovation hubs at Accenture, working with senior exec clients and boards to support their transformation journeys. This includes a focus on our AI, metaverse/web3, and cross industry plays. In this role, she oversees teams that bring together specialists in design, data science, the venture ecosystem, tech, along with variety of industry experts to educate clients, inspire change and move forward with results.Michael Ströck is the Co-Founder and CEO of Allocator One. Allocator One is the leading platform for first-time venture capital funds. Since its founding, Allocator One has invested in numerous first-time GPs, including standout funds like Common Magic and Don't Quit Ventures. Today, Allocator One has built a powerful community of emerging fund managers and provides the tools and support needed to launch successful venture funds.Topics: Building Effective Innovation EcosystemsAI's Impact on Investment StrategiesThe Evolution of VC Funding Models#CorporateInnovation #VCFunding #EmergingManagers #AI
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Mar 14, 2025 • 1h

Anna Barber: M13 Partner Shaping the Future of Enterprise AI & Commerce

Anna Barber is a partner at M13, Anna was the managing director of Techstars LA and also a partner in The Fund LA. A certified executive coach, Anna has worked as a corporate lawyer, McKinsey consultant, product exec, and entrepreneur. She serves on the Advisory Board of PledgeLA and is a member of AllRaise.Topics: The rise of solopreneurship and its impact on the business landscapeHow AI is transforming the economics of small businessesThe concept of "business-in-a-box" solutions#venturecapital #startup #AI #innovation #entrepreneurship #funding
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Mar 14, 2025 • 25min

Stefan Weitz: HumanX CEO & SilverCircle GP Building AI Communities

Stefan Weitz is the co founder and CEO of HumanX. He is a veteran of Microsoft with 18 years of experience, has led billion-user technologies, including Bing.com, while also pioneering strategic initiatives in online platforms and cybersecurity, showcasing a profound understanding of technology trends and a talent for transforming concepts into thriving ventures.Topics: The role of conferences in fostering innovation and collaborationLeading billion-user technologiesThe vision behind HumanX#TechLeadership #AIInnovation #CybersecurityTrends #EntrepreneurshipJourney
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Mar 12, 2025 • 58min

Yousuf Khan: Ridge Partner Bridging CIO Experience to B2B Investments

Yousuf Khan is a Partner at Ridge Ventures. Having held many operational roles in his previous positions, he’s uniquely qualified to not only grow Ridge’s portfolio, but more importantly to support founders through the vantage point of deep start-up experience. He currently serves as board director for Ridge-backed Archera, Cerby, Chisel Labs, Lightyear, Rafay, and Rewind.Prior to joining Ridge, Yousuf was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, the CIO and Vice President of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage and Qualys. He has been an advisor to early-stage companies such as Zoom, Productiv and Material Security as well as an active member of the CIO community. He holds a BSc in Business Management from King’s College London.Topics: The evolving role of CIOs in modern enterprises Key trends in enterprise software and AI The future of cloud-based AI platforms#VC #RidgeVentures #StartupInvesting #EnterpriseSoftware #CloudTechnology

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