by AV8 Ventures | Sep, 2023 | General
Introduction After a career as an Operations Officer at the CIA focusing on cyber security, Jack Vines decided to take what he had learned to the private sector, first as a CISO and then Verisk Analytics where he led corp. dev and strategy. It was at Verisk where...
by AV8 Ventures | Jun, 2023 | General
Can you share with us Covertree’s founding story? What prompted you to start it after stints at places like LinkedIn and AWS? Born and raised in Michigan, I’ve grown up seeing traditional industries: manufacturing, construction, automotive, agriculture. Our...
by AV8 Ventures | Mar, 2023 | General
Tell us about Embrace’s origin story. After many years at the prior company you founded, what inspired you to launch Embrace? Embrace is built out of what my co-founder and I, and a bunch of investors in first generation mobile games and tools like MoPub and...
by Jay Budzik | Mar, 2023 | General
By Jay Budzik In recent weeks an incredible amount of attention has focused on generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, and the recently launched GPT-4. However impressive these models are, they are still somewhat rough around the edges. To wit: just ask ChatGPT to...
by AV8 Ventures | Mar, 2023 | General
From the first time we met Li Sun, we were hooked. Her deep passion, immense drive, relentless pursuit, and bold vision are qualities that we often look for in a founder. But she is a rare combination of all of those things. I have learnt a lot from working with her...
by AV8 Ventures | Nov, 2022 | General
Can you share with us Alpha’s origin story? What motivated you to leave companies like Google and Linkedin to found a company? I had a women’s health issue and was bounced around in the system – from PCP to OB/GYN to specialists – and it was beyond...
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