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Hey Friends,
Our guest today is James Currier, Founder & General Partner of NFX. NFX is a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups. Their investments include Triple Whale, YoEgg, Poshmark and Outdoorsy.
We focus this conversation primarily on investing in A.I. startups. We discuss:
The difference between how A.I. was viewed in the past and now
Which layer in the tech stack is the most investible opportunity within A.I.
Why the language layer may not be the most valuable
How much opportunity is there for startups vs. incumbents
How A.I. will change search and other use cases
His analysis of OpenAI & more
Thank you for listening
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