Venture with Grace

Jamie Davidson is the Co-founder at Omni. Omni is a business intelligence and embedded analytics platform that empowers everyone—regardless of technical ability—to easily analyze data using SQL, spreadsheets, AI, or point-and-click interfaces. Prior to that he was the VP of product at Looker. He was also a Partner at Repoint Ventures. Before that he was the founder of PrimaTable which was acquired by HotelTonight. Topics: Reinventing Business IntelligenceBuilding See-Through Analytics PlatformsScaling Teams, Products, and Cultures#OmniAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #DataDemocratization #AIinBI

Connor Heggie, co-founder and CTO of Unify, discusses leveraging AI to revolutionize sales and go-to-market strategies. He shares insights on how automation can enhance human decision-making in sales, highlighting key signals of buying intent such as web engagement and hiring trends. Connor also delves into Unify's demo-first approach and the importance of a robust Salesforce integration. He emphasizes the significance of data quality in machine learning and explains how ongoing development ensures product excellence while scaling operations across numerous companies.

Yash Sheth is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Galileo, an AI observability and evaluation platform that helps organizations build reliable, high-performing large language model (LLM) applications at scale. Before founding Galileo in 2021 with Vikram Chatterji and Atindriyo Sanyal, he spent nearly nine years at Google, where he led the Speech Recognition Platform team powering over 20 products and advanced the state of AI speech-to-text systems globally. A machine learning expert driven by the goal of improving model quality and usability, Sheth holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and a B.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.Topics: Building Trustworthy and Reliable AIEvolution from ML Observability to Agent ObservabilityEvaluation-Driven Development in AI#AI #MachineLearning #LLM #AIObservability #AIEvaluation #AIInfrastructure

In this conversation, Marc Boroditsky, the Chief Revenue Officer at Nebius, shares his extensive experience scaling SaaS and cloud businesses. He emphasizes the importance of applying AI in real-world scenarios for new grads and discusses the evolution of the CRO role into trusted advisors. Marc highlights the need to avoid commoditization by focusing on customer value and offers insights into building repeatable sales strategies. He also touches on his personal hobbies, including a love for Lego, giving listeners a glimpse into his life beyond tech.

Aarti Borkar is the Corporate Vice President of Customer Success for Microsoft’s $20B+ Security business, where she oversees strategy, customer experience, and a global team of 1,000+. With over two decades in cybersecurity and AI, she has built and scaled billion-dollar businesses, led over a dozen acquisitions, and is a Limited Partner at Operator Collective supporting women-led innovation.Dipti Borkar is Vice President and General Manager at Microsoft and the Founder of Ahana (acquired by IBM), a cloud-native data analytics company that democratized access to big data. A deep technologist with expertise across databases, distributed systems, and data infrastructure, she previously held senior roles at Couchbase, IBM, and Hortonworks. Dipti is a frequent keynote speaker and advocate for diversity in data and AI leadership.Together, Aarti and Dipti bring decades of leadership across security, data, and AI—building and scaling products that power the modern enterprise.Topics: AI for Business Impact: Turning Enterprise Data into Real OutcomesBuilding Trust at Scale: Cybersecurity, Cloud & the Future of WorkLeading with Purpose: Tech, Leadership & Legacy#AI #Cybersecurity #DataInnovation #WomenInTech #Leadership

Suhani Mohan is an impact investor and healthcare entrepreneur committed to advancing social and planetary well-being. She is the Director of Impact Investing at Silicon Valley Social Ventures (SV2), where she leads early-stage investments in climate, health, education, and economic empowerment. Before SV2, she co-founded Saral Designs, an award-winning social enterprise that revolutionized menstrual health access through decentralized manufacturing—reaching over one million women across 13 countries. A two-time TEDx speaker and Forbes India Top 25 Trailblazing Woman in Business, Suhani has also led climate-focused investments at ACT Capital Foundation and Energy Innovation Capital. A Stanford GSB MBA and IIT Bombay alum, she bridges deep technical insight with a purpose-driven approach to building a more equitable and sustainable world.Topics: From Menstrual Health Innovation to Climate Investing: Building Scalable Impact VenturesHow Decentralized Manufacturing and Local Entrepreneurship Can Transform Global Health AccessThe Future of Impact Investing: Mobilizing Capital for Climate and Gender Equity#ImpactInvesting #SocialInnovation #ClimateTech #WomenInLeadership #PurposeDrivenCapitalTranscriptSuhani Mohan is an impact investor and healthcare entrepreneur committed to advancing social and planetary well-being. She is the Director of Impact Investing at Silicon Valley Social Ventures (SV2), where she leads early-stage investments in climate, health, education, and economic empowerment. Before SV2, she co-founded Saral Designs, an award-winning social enterprise that revolutionized menstrual health access through decentralized manufacturing—reaching over one million women across 13 countries. A two-time TEDx speaker and Forbes India Top 25 Trailblazing Woman in Business, Suhani has also led climate-focused investments at ACT Capital Foundation and Energy Innovation Capital. A Stanford GSB MBA and IIT Bombay alum, she bridges deep technical insight with a purpose-driven approach to building a more equitable and sustainable world.Topics: From Menstrual Health Innovation to Climate Investing: Building Scalable Impact VenturesHow Decentralized Manufacturing and Local Entrepreneurship Can Transform Global Health AccessThe Future of Impact Investing: Mobilizing Capital for Climate and Gender Equity#ImpactInvesting #SocialInnovation #ClimateTech #WomenInLeadership #PurposeDrivenCapital

Patti Degnan is a seasoned cybersecurity executive, venture investor, and operator. She recently joined Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as a Partner (Operating Partner, CISO/CIO Advisor), where she oversees security-portfolio initiatives, engages with the CISO community, and forges strategic relationships across the industry. Prior to a16z, Patti served as the first Security hire and Chief Information Security Officer at Notion, where she built the security organization end-to-end—scaling it to 60+ individuals and supporting 100 million+ user sign-ups across security operations, product security, infrastructure security, governance, risk and compliance (GRC), privacy, and trust engineering. With her unique transition from operator to investor, Patti brings deep hands-on experience and strategic insight to help founders and CISOs build secure, scalable, and resilient organizations.Topics: Building Security at ScaleFrom CISO to VC Partner AI x Security#AISecurity #CybersecurityLeadership #a16z #ResponsibleAI #TechInnovation

Frederik Ebert is the Founder and CEO of Emancro Robotics, a company developing intelligent robots to automate critical logistics tasks in hospitals. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, where he was advised by renowned AI researchers Sergey Levine and Chelsea Finn. During his time at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab, Frederik focused on advancing robotic manipulation through deep learning, reinforcement learning, and classical robotics. His mission at Emancro is to bring cutting-edge AI and robotics from the lab into the real world—improving efficiency, safety, and care delivery in healthcare environments.Disclosure: Grace is an investor in Emancro Robotics.Topics:From AI research at Berkeley to real-world robotics in hospitalsBuilding robots that learn from experience: deep reinforcement learning in actionThe future of automation and AI in healthcare logistics#AI #HealthcareInnovation #Robotics #DeepLearning #VentureCapital

Denise Persson is the Chief Marketing Officer of Snowflake. Denise has 20 years of technology marketing experience at high-growth companies. Prior to joining Snowflake, she served as CMO for Apigee, an API platform company that went public in 2015 and Google acquired in 2016. She began her career at collaboration software company Genesys, where she built and led a global marketing organization. Denise also helped lead Genesys through its expansion to become a successful IPO and acquired company. Denise holds a BA in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University, and holds an MBA from Georgetown University.Topics: From Startup to IPO: Snowflake’s GTM MasterclassHow Snowflake Uses AI to Power Its GTM MachineHow to Build a Billion-Dollar Brand the Snowflake Way#Snowflake #DenisePersson #MakeItSnow #GoToMarket #AI #DataCloud #B2BMarketing

Alexander Danilowicz is the Co-founder of Magic Patterns, a Y Combinator–backed AI design platform that enables teams to instantly turn text prompts, screenshots, and user stories into interactive, production-ready interfaces. A Dartmouth College graduate in Computer Science and Economics, Alexander previously worked as a software engineer at LiveRamp and Canopy before launching Magic Patterns in early 2023 to automate front-end design and coding workflows. The platform, which he co-founded with longtime collaborator Teddy Ni, has become a go-to tool for product and design teams at scale, integrating AI with popular component libraries to generate high-quality UI elements. Based in San Francisco, Alexander continues to build at the intersection of AI, design systems, and developer productivity.Topics: The Evolution of AI-Native Product DesignProduct Vision and the Future of Creative WorkScaling Smart: Building Big with a Lean Team#LeanStartups #AIStartups #VentureCapital #StartupGrowth #DesignTech #AITools