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Venture with Grace
by Grace Gong
I host a top VC podcast called Smart Venture Podcast (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level/VPs of Google, Meta, Amazon, Sephora, Dunkin' Donuts, Chipotle, Pepsi, Instagram, Deloitte, Reddit, Lyft, etc. Managing Partners of top funds (many were featured on the Forbes Midas List) and unicorn founders (founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, Cruise, etc.) Venture with Grace is my new spin-off series that features top LPs, GPs, solo GPs, Angel Investors, top AI founders, and other experts in tech and business to cover specific domain expertise.Watch this Live on LinkedIn/ YouTube: Grace Gong
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Darren Bechtel, Brick & Mortar Ventures Founder on Construction Tech
Darren Bechtel is the Founder and Managing Director of Brick & Mortar Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technologies modernizing architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for...
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Ali Partovi, Neo CEO on AI Safety, Investing in People, & "Confession"
Ali Partovi is the CEO of Neo, a venture capital firm and mentorship community that brings together experienced technology leaders to support ambitious founders. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can...
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Fred Parietti, Multiply Labs CEO on Robotics and Biomanufacturing
Fred Parietti is the CEO and co-founder of Multiply Labs, a robotics company developing automated manufacturing systems for individualized medicines, including cell therapies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Joo-Young Kim, HyperAccel CEO on AI Chips, LLM Inference & Efficiency
Joo-Young Kim is the CEO of HyperAccel and an Associate Professor at KAIST, where his research focuses on specialized AI hardware and large language model inference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you...
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Jeffrey Lolley, Wilson Sonsini CIO on AI, Legal Tech and Cybersecurity
Jeffrey Lolley is Chief Information Officer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads global technology strategy, AI adoption, data infrastructure, information security, and technology innovation across the firm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud...
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Akshaya Srivatsa, Maxima CPO on Agentic AI and the Future of Accounting
Akshaya Srivatsa is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Maxima, an agentic accounting platform built to automate the month-end close, reduce errors and audit risk, and give accounting teams more time for strategic work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate…
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Apoorv Bhargava, WeaveGrid CEO on EVs, Energy and the Future Grid
Apoorv Bhargava is the CEO and co-founder of WeaveGrid, a software company integrating electric vehicles into the grid to accelerate the energy transition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count...
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Scott Beechuk, Norwest Partner on Agentic AI, Enterprise Software & CX
Scott Beechuk is a Partner at Norwest, where he invests in early-stage enterprise software companies, with a focus on agentic systems, CX, customer support, sales enablement, e-commerce infrastructure, and marketing.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Walter Kortschak, Firestreak Ventures Founder on AI Investing
Walter Kortschak is the Founder of Kortschak Investments and a Senior Advisor at Summit Partners, where he spent 26 years and helped establish the firm’s West Coast investment presence, growing assets under management from $100 million to more than $20 billion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is…
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Jenny Xiao, Leonis Capital Partner on AI Investing and Emerging Talent
Jenny Xiao is a Partner at Leonis Capital, a research-driven venture capital firm backing technical founders and emerging talent at the earliest stages of AI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can…
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Paul Tatum, Salesforce EVP on Agentic AI, Government and Innovation
Paul Tatum is Executive Vice President of Solution Engineering for Global Public Sector at Salesforce, where he leads teams helping governments around the world modernize their missions and operations with Salesforce’s PaaS and SaaS offerings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius…
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Ashley Kramer, ElevenLabs CRO on AI, Enterprise Growth and Voice
Ashley Kramer is the Chief Revenue Officer at ElevenLabs, where she leads the company’s global revenue function and partnership ecosystem as it expands AI-powered voice and agent technology across the enterprise.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Ryan Gibson, Eclipse Partner on Physical AI, Robotics and Industry
Ryan Gibson is a Partner and VP of Finance at Eclipse Capital, where he invests at the formation, Seed, and Series A stages in companies reinventing physical industries through hardware, software, and AI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Barr Moses, Monte Carlo CEO on Agent Trust, AI Infrastructure and Data
Barr Moses is the CEO & co-founder of Monte Carlo, the agent trust platform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support...
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Alex Ratner, Snorkel AI CEO on Data-Centric AI and AI Development
Alex Ratner is the co-founder and CEO at Snorkel AI, and an affiliate assistant professor of computer science at the University of Washington. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining...
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Hariharan Kolam, Findem CEO on AI Agents and the Future of Hiring
Hari Kolam is Co-Founder and CEO of Findem, an AI-powered people intelligence and talent acquisition platform that helps companies source, manage, and analyze talent using 3D data. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Fabiola Quinzanos, Monashees Partner on Fintech, Climate and Consumer
Fabiola Quinzanos is a Partner at Monashees, where she focuses on fintech, climate tech, and consumer-oriented companies across Latin America and the U.S. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count…
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George Hu, Fireworks AI President on AI Inference and Enterprise
George Hu is President of Fireworks AI, an enterprise AI inference platform enabling companies to build, fine-tune, and deploy specialized AI models at production scale. He joined Fireworks AI after more than a decade in leadership roles at Salesforce and Twilio, where he helped scale products,...
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Cheryl Cheng, M12 Managing Partner on AI, Healthcare and SaaS
Cheryl Cheng is a Managing Partner at M12, where she invests in early-stage companies from seed through Series B across enterprise AI, applications, and vertical SaaS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure…
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Saurabh Sharma, You.com CPO on AI Search, Agents and Enterprise
Saurabh Sharma is the Chief Product Officer at You.com, where he leads product strategy for enterprise AI tools and Web Search APIs designed to power AI agents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can...
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Jonathan Pearce, AheadComputing Co-Founder on AI Chips and CPU
Jonathan Pearce is Co-Founder and Microprocessor Architect at AheadComputing, where he is developing new approaches to processor architecture for AI and high-performance computing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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STEP Panel: How We Restructured Teams When AI Agents Joined the Workforce.
At STEP Summit in San Francisco, Grace Gong moderates a conversation with Michel Tricot, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbyte, Vijay R. of Mayfield, and Dan Klein of Scaled Cognition on how AI agents are reshaping the way companies are structured and how work gets done.The discussion explores what…
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Spiros Xanthos, Resolve AI CEO on AI Agents for Production Software
Spiros Xanthos is Founder and CEO of Resolve AI, which builds AI agents that run and troubleshoot production software, reducing MTTR and freeing engineers to focus on building. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Jordan Tigani, MotherDuck CEO on DuckDB, AI and the End of Big Data
Jordan Tigani is the Co-Founder and CEO of MotherDuck, a company building around DuckDB to make analytics simpler and more accessible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining...
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Ajay Kulkarni, TigerData CEO on Postgres, AI Agents and Data Infra
Ajay Kulkarni is the co-founder and CEO of TigerData, the company behind TimescaleDB and a high-performance PostgreSQL platform for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Bryant Chou, Ploy CEO on AI Agents, Marketing and Web Growth
Bryant Chou is the founder of Ploy, an AI-powered growth platform that turns company websites into active growth engines. Prior to that he was the Co-Founder and CTO of Webflow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Rissa Cao, Fish Audio CEO on Building AI Voice Infrastructure
Rissa Cao is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fish Audio, an AI voice generation and text-to-speech company building audio infrastructure for the next generation of AI-native applications. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Boris Sofman, Bedrock Robotics CEO on Autonomous Construction
Boris Sofman is the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Robotics, an SF-based company building fully self-operating heavy machinery to improve the cost, schedule, safety, and predictability of construction projects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Paul Lee, Patlytics Co-Founder & CEO on AI, Patents and IP Strategy
Paul Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of Patlytics, an AI-powered patent workflow platform built to help IP professionals drive innovation and strategic value through intellectual property. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides…
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Ankit Jain, Infinitus CEO on AI Voice Agents in Healthcare
Ankit Jain is the Co-Founder and CEO of Infinitus, the AI company building voice agents and copilots that automate administrative workflows across healthcare. Infinitus leverages safe large language models to help healthcare organizations address workforce shortages by automating phone-based…
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George Bonaci, Ramp VP on AI-First Growth and Demand Generation
George Bonaci is the VP of Growth & Demand Generation at Ramp, where he leads growth, demand generation, and marketing strategies for one of the fastest-scaling financial technology companies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius...
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Guy Marion, Chargebee CMO on AI, SaaS Growth and Customer Retention
Guy Marion is the Chief Marketing Officer at Chargebee, where he leads global marketing and growth across product marketing, digital, account-based marketing, field marketing, communications, brand, BDR, and operations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud…
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Ashish Kakran & Umesh Padval, Seligman Ventures MPs on AI Investing
Ashish Kakran and Umesh Padval are Managing Partners at Seligman Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing from Seed to pre-IPO across AI infrastructure, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and modern data center technologies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate...
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AI4 Panel: How AI Startups and VCs Are Building the Future of Industry
At AI4 in Las Vegas, Grace Gong moderates a conversation with Michael Montano, Partner at True Ventures, and Shan Reddy, Founder of Aristotle, exploring the forces shaping the next generation of AI companies. The discussion covers the state of AI funding, how AI is changing venture investing and...
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Marshall Choy, Rebellions CBO on AI Chips and Sovereign AI Infra
Marshall Choy is the Chief Business Officer at Rebellions, an AI semiconductor company building energy-efficient AI chips and infrastructure for large-scale inference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure…
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Rocky Yu, AGI House Founder & CEO on Building AGI Startup Ecosystem
Rocky Yu is the Founder and CEO of AGI House, a community and builder ecosystem focused on accelerating the development of artificial general intelligence by bringing together AI founders and researchers.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Eric Nguyen, Radical Numerics CEO on AI for Biological Intelligence
Eric Nguyen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Radical Numerics, an AI research lab building general biological intelligence—next-generation foundation models that can reason across DNA, RNA, proteins, and other biological data to accelerate breakthroughs in healthcare, biotechnology, and biosecurity....
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Ariel Shulman, Bright Data CPO on AI Agents and the Future of Web Data
Ariel Shulman is the Chief Product Officer at Bright Data, the world's leading web data infrastructure company for AI and business intelligence. He leads the company's AI-integrated product strategy, driving innovation in web data infrastructure, AI agents, and enterprise solutions that enable...
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Ali Dasdan, Dropbox CTO on Scaling AI Infra & Engineering Leadership
Ali Dasdan is the Chief Technology Officer at Dropbox, where he leads the company's technology strategy, AI initiatives, and engineering organization serving more than 700 million users on an exabyte-scale platform.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Rong Yan, HeyGen CTO on AI Video and Visual Storytelling
Rong Yan is the Chief Technology Officer at HeyGen, the AI video platform making visual storytelling accessible to everyone. He leads the company's engineering and AI strategy as HeyGen builds generative AI tools that enable businesses and creators to produce studio-quality videos, AI avatars…
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Chris Farmer, SignalFire Founder & CEO on AI-Native Venture Capital
Chris Farmer is the Founder and CEO of SignalFire, one of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms built around proprietary data and AI.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining...
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William Sun, Auctor CEO on AI for Software Implementations
William Sun is the Co-Founder and CEO of Auctor AI, the AI-native system of action for the entire software implementation lifecycle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining…
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Jerry Shu, Daylit Co-Founder & CTO on AI for Enterprise Finance
Jerry Shu is the Co-Founder and CTO of Daylit (formerly Lendica), an AI platform building autonomous finance agents that help enterprises automate accounts receivable, improve cash flow visibility, and streamline working capital management. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius —...
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Frank Petterson, Uniphore CTPO on Enterprise AI and Product Leadership
Frank Petterson is the Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO) at Uniphore, where he leads the company’s global product, engineering and AI groups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on,...
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Jason Goodison, General Compute CTO on the Future of AI Inference
Jason Goodison is the Co-Founder and CTO of General Compute, an AI infrastructure company building one of the fastest inference clouds by leveraging alternatives to traditional GPUs to dramatically reduce latency and cost for AI workloads. The company is developing next-generation infrastructure...
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Sue Xu, Amino Capital Managing Partner on Data Moat Investing
Sue Xu, Ph.D. is Managing Partner at Amino Capital, an early-stage venture firm in Palo Alto investing across AI, SaaS, consumer, Web3, and frontier technologies with a core focus on data moats and network effects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI...
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Andrew Dai, Elorian AI CEO on the Future of Multimodal Intelligence
Andrew Dai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Elorian AI, a startup building next-generation multimodal foundation models designed to reason across text, images, video, and audio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI...
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Alisa Cohn, Executive Coach on Scaling Leaders from Startup to CEO
Alisa Cohn is an executive coach, bestselling author, and one of the world's leading leadership coaches. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with…
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Swaroop Jagadish & Shirshanka Das, DataHub Co-Founders on Data Infra
Swaroop Jagadish is the Co-Founder and CEO, and Shirshanka Das is the Co-Founder and CTO of DataHub, an enterprise metadata and AI context platform helping organizations build trusted data foundations for humans and AI agents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate...
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Kobie Fuller, Upfront Ventures Partner on LA Tech & AI-First SaaS
Kobie Fuller is a Partner at Upfront Ventures, where he invests in AI-first enterprise software, marketing technology, retail enablement, and frontier technologies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you…
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I host a top VC podcast called Smart Venture Podcast (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level/VPs of Google, Meta, Amazon, Sephora, Dunkin' Donuts, Chipotle, Pepsi, Instagram, Deloitte, Reddit, Lyft, etc. Managing Partners of top funds (many were featured on the Forbes Midas List) and unicorn founders (founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, Cruise, etc.) Venture with Grace is my new spin-off series that features top LPs, GPs, solo GPs, Angel Investors, top AI founders, and other experts in tech and business to cover specific domain expertise.Watch this Live on LinkedIn/ YouTube: Grace Gong
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