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November 26, 2024
2 min read
Episode #80: Meet the Startup Revolutionizing Perishable eCommerce Fulfillment
In this episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Jason Bird interviews Jason Park, Co-founder and CEO of Coldcart, about the company’s innovative platform for perishable parcel logistics. Coldcart’s technology helps businesses reduce shipping costs and spoilage while optimizing routing and packaging in real time, positioning the company to scale and transform the perishable logistics market.
by Alumni Ventures
November 22, 2024
2 min read
Episode #79: Meet the Startup Making Analytics Effortless with AI
In this episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Daphne Pariser, co-founder and CEO of HeronAI, discusses how the Boston-based startup is transforming data analytics with its AI-powered platform. HeronAI automates processes, simplifies data integration, and generates dashboards quickly, offering businesses of all sizes a powerful tool for decision-making.
by Alumni Ventures
November 21, 2024
2 min read
Alumni Ventures Partners with Gatik to Revolutionize Autonomous Middle-Mile Logistics
Alumni Ventures (AV), one of the world’s most active venture capital firms, is a proud investor in Gatik. The company is transforming supply chains with autonomous trucking for middle-mile logistics. AV is part of Gatik’s growing portfolio of venture capital firms whose leadership, experience, and strategic investment have been instrumental to the company’s continued growth. Key funding partners include Isuzu Motors, Ryder, Goodyear, FM Capital, Innovation Endeavours, Dynamo Ventures, Wittington Ventures, Trucks VC, and Intact Ventures.
by Alumni Ventures
November 21, 2024
2 min read
Episode #78: Three Breakthroughs: 2024 Election - Polling Is Dead, Prediction Markets Are In
In this episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy discuss groundbreaking technological advancements, including prediction markets and their influence on election forecasting. They also explore brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis and the growing impact of AI-driven collaboration and creativity on productivity.
by Alumni Ventures
November 20, 2024
6 min read
America's Digital Railroad: How Data Centers Will Power our Nation's AI Future
Just as railroads revolutionized the industrial age, data centers are driving the undeniably AI-age. The parallels between these transformative infrastructures offer crucial insights into the economic shifts ahead. This blog digs into that.
by Pete Mathias
November 19, 2024
2 min read
Episode #77: Meet the Startup Helping Dev Teams Build Better with AI
In this episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Erik Severinghaus, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Bloomfilter, discusses how the startup is using process mining and AI to improve the software development life cycle. The conversation highlights Erik’s entrepreneurial journey, the challenges of scaling a startup, and Bloomfilter’s mission to bring greater clarity and efficiency to software development.
by Alumni Ventures
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December 17th 2024
Unlocking Venture Capital with The Fence Ventures
Watch an on-demand presentation to learn about The Fence Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ Carnegie Melon-focused venture capital fund. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the team and hear about their approach to investing in private-stage companies. This presentation will be led by Managing Partner Brian Keil.
by Alumni Ventures
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December 17th 2024
An Introduction to Potomac Ventures
Join our on-demand presentatio to learn about Potomac Ventures, Alumni Ventures’ Georgetown-focused venture capital fund. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the team and hear about their approach to investing in private-stage companies. This presentation will be led by Managing Partner Matt Caspari.
by Alumni Ventures
November 15, 2024
2 min read
Episode #76: Meet the Startup Transforming Mobile Shopping with AI
In this episode of The Tech Optimist, Meera Oak, a Partner at Alumni Ventures, interviews Ross Correia, co-founder and CEO of Reactiv, a Toronto-based startup transforming mobile commerce.
by Alumni Ventures
November 14, 2024
The Agents: Came, Saw, and Conquered. An AV Big Idea
“Hey Alexa, play Ms. Rachel, ” you call out, hoping to entertain your two-year-old with a toddler show while you cook in the kitchen. For many of us, using voice commands with virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant has become second nature. These technologies are woven into our daily routines, from playing Netflix shows to managing grocery lists and even initiating conversations with customer service bots.
by Sophia Zhao
November 14, 2024
2 min read
Episode #75: Three Breakthroughs: AI Agents: They Came, They Saw, They Conquered
Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy discuss three cutting-edge innovations reshaping technology and society. Explore Eve, a groundbreaking robotic fish collecting environmental DNA to revolutionize marine research. Dive into Google’s Project Jarvis, an AI-powered digital assistant poised to transform how we interact with technology. Finally, learn how Meta’s emerging search engine is challenging Google’s dominance while redefining personalized data access.
by Alumni Ventures
November 12, 2024
12 min read
Beyond Crypto Bros
I am a woman who has spent more than her fair share of time at Web3 conferences, afterparties, panels, and awkward networking demos. And, more often than not, I find myself as one of the rare unicorns in the room — the elusive “woman attendee.” Add to that, imagine walking into a room where the crypto bros immediately lock eyes… with each other. I’m practically a ghost.
by Sophia Zhao
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