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Blake Patton shared this🚀 Congrats to the Slip Robotics team on the launch of SlipLift! Automating one of the biggest bottlenecks in the supply chain - dock loading and unloading. We are proud to be part of the journey driving speed, safety, and savings for truckers and warehouse teams!Blake Patton shared this🚀 Introducing SlipLift🚀 We just expanded 5-minute load & unload times to more routes, more freight types, and more trucks. SlipLift unlocks: ✅ Heavier payloads — fast, predictable loads up to 20,000 lbs ✅ Regional & lower-frequency routes — automation that finally pencils ✅ Last-mile delivery — drivers spend more time delivering, not loading SlipLift is built on a simple idea: Decouple the bot from the payload. SlipLift moves SlipCarriers, turning staged freight into fast, predictable loads. This is how you load & unload ANY TRUCK in 5 minutes. #SlipLift #SlipRobotics #DockAutomation #SupplyChain #Logistics #TruckLoading #MaterialHandling
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Blake Patton shared thisBIG step into the future of sales - live, autonomous, personalized demos - built on real product data. This is how buyers want to explore software. Congrats to the Saleo team! 🚀Blake Patton shared thisToday Saleo is shifting the goal post - again. I don’t say this lightly: this is a fundamental shift in how software is demonstrated, evaluated, and sold. Also, full transparency: we have an unfair advantage (more on that below). I’ve seen a lot of AI in action - impressive experiments, clever features, interesting agents. This is different. Saleo's new AI Demo Agent isn’t a tinker toy or an incremental add-on. It represents a new way software is experienced. It delivers a fully conversational, fully adaptive, and fully relevant end-to-end demo (live), tailored to the buyer. Saleo was built around live demo data from day one. We invented Data Injection, which means we control the live data inside a native customer application. That gives the Agent an extraordinary level of context and insight. Personalization and adaptability aren’t bolt-ons for us - they’re our foundation. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Sales engineers and presales teams are being asked to do more with less. Their time is incredibly valuable. And to be clear, human connection and live demos will always matter. But there are only so many SEs to go around. If you want to scale effectively, consistently, and without burning out your best people, this is how. Welcome to the new era of Demo Automation! Daniel Hellerman Melissa Mandel Alexey Svetliakov Christina Simms Lincoln Waddell Abbey Johnson, MBA Latané Conant Joseph Floyd Blake Patton Danny Garcia Kyle Porter Rob Forman Jon Hallett
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Blake Patton shared this𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐓𝐃𝐂’𝐬 𝟒𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝟏𝟕 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬! Incredible to see the impact ATDC continues to have on Georgia’s innovation ecosystem — four and a half decades of helping founders build great companies and strengthen our startup community. A big highlight was seeing Atlanta friends and legends Bird Blitch and wayne hodges inducted into ATDC’s inaugural Hall of Fame. In true Bird fashion, he spent his entire acceptance speech talking about everyone but himself - reminding us that none of us succeed alone, and the importance of having a “pack” around us. Tech Square Ventures is proud to have backed 4 of this year’s 17 graduates through our early-stage fund and Engage: Slip Robotics, Speedscale, Terzo, and Wripple. Congrats to all the graduates and Hall of Famers – looking forward to ATDC’s next 45 years of impact!
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Blake Patton shared thisA big thanks to Andrew Schlossberg and the Invesco US team for partnering with us — and to Governor and First Lady Kemp for hosting. Exciting to see the collaboration and momentum building across Georgia’s innovation and venture community.Blake Patton shared thisI enjoyed meeting with Blake Patton, Jonathan Glidden, Alex Taylor, Ronald Zibelli, CFA and many of Georgia's leading capital allocators and venture fund managers in Atlanta last week for a conversation focused on elevating the state's profile in venture and innovation. Home to a rapidly growing base of world-class talent and local venture fund managers, Georgia is uniquely positioned thanks to the efforts of Engage, which has created a first-of-its-kind ecosystem that brings together leading corporations in the Southeast and entrepreneurs who are looking to accelerate their go-to-market strategy. By investing in Georgia’s venture capital ecosystem, we can drive economic growth, create high-value jobs, and ensure our state remains a leader in business and innovation. It was great to connect with everyone at this event as we continue to build the relationships and momentum needed to support the next generation of Georgia’s entrepreneurs.
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Blake Patton reposted this🚨 Big News 🚨 Congratulations to the Rainforest team on raising $29M to power the future of embedded payments! Proud to be part of the journey and excited for what’s ahead. Tech Square Ventures #InvestingInTheFuture #SuperSouth #TechBlake Patton reposted thisThrilled to announce we've closed a $29M Series B led by Matrix and Infinity Ventures with participation from Accel and Tech Square Ventures. Since our $20M Series A last year, we’ve seen over 10x revenue growth fueled by billions of dollars in live processing volume. Thank you to the Rainforest team, investors, and most importantly our platform clients. We're excited to build the future of embedded payments with you 🚀 Get the full story on Crunchbase News: https://lnkd.in/gjREVeWc
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Blake Patton posted this🚀 We’re hiring at Tech Square Ventures! Want a front-row seat to the startup ecosystem in the Super South and beyond? We’re looking for: 👉 Investment Associate 👉 Director of Finance (both based in Atlanta) At Tech Square Ventures, we invest in founders building the future of enterprise and give them the edge to scale smarter by combining capital with access to customers, markets, and expertise. If you’re passionate about entrepreneurship and want to shape the future alongside bold founders, this is your opportunity to join an early-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs and driving innovation through our Engage program. Learn more and apply at the link below in the comments.
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Blake Patton shared this🚀 Huge congratulations to Animesh Koratana and the PlayerZero team on their $20M raise! The thoughtfulness behind PlayerZero’s product vision and the forward-thinking way they’re reimagining how engineering teams work is helping customers spot issues faster, fix them sooner, and deliver a smoother experience for every user. Through our Engage program, we’ve seen firsthand how CodeSim fills a critical gap for enterprises – giving teams the insight they need to ship better products with confidence. Proud to be on this journey with you, @Animesh, and excited for what’s ahead for PlayerZero! 🎉 #Engage, #Tech Square VenturesBlake Patton shared thisI'm excited to share that PlayerZero has raised $20M in funding from Foundation Capital, WndrCo, and Green Bay Ventures alongside incredible angels including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Dylan Field (Figma), Matei Zaharia (Databricks), and Drew Houston (Dropbox). We raised this capital to build the predictive software quality platform for the next generation of software development. My journey started young—working on technical support and QA for my dad's company, then later at Stanford's DAWN lab where I had an insider view into ChatGPT's early coding capabilities. That experience sparked a vision: what if software could heal itself? The problem became impossible to ignore. Enterprise teams spend 70% of their time maintaining software. Now, with AI generating 20%+ of new code, this crisis is accelerating exponentially. We're shipping faster than ever, but quality hasn't kept up. That's why we built PlayerZero—the first immune system for production software. I’m especially excited to announce our newest product capability: Code Simulations (CodeSim). CodeSim predicts how code will behave before it ever reaches production, catching bugs and preventing failures with unprecedented accuracy. Today, PlayerZero is trusted by enterprise teams at Zuora, Georgia Pacific, Cayuse, and Cyrano Video. Our customers are seeing transformative results: * 90% reduction in engineering investigation time * 80% fewer customer support escalations * 50% fewer escalations to engineering teams * Millions saved in engineering hours Special thanks to: 1. Our customers who helped us build something that truly transforms how teams approach software quality 2. Our team, who are the smartest and most motivated people I’ve ever had the privilege of building with 3. Ashu Garg at Foundation Capital for leading our Series A and believing in our vision 4. All of my mentors (Matei Zaharia, Peter Bailis, Sujay Jaswa, ChenLi Wang, Andy Monin, Bill Hayes, and many more!) who've believed in us before we believed in ourselves Every engineer who's ever spent their weekend debugging production instead of building the future—this is for you. We're on a mission to fundamentally change software development. In the world we're building, problems are prevented rather than fixed, every issue strengthens your entire system, and engineering time goes toward innovation, not investigation. Software creation has gone supersonic. It's time for quality to catch up. We're hiring across engineering, AI research, and go-to-market. If building the immune system for software excites you, let's talk. The future belongs to systems that learn, adapt, and heal. Keep building.
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Blake Patton shared this🎉 Congratulations to Michael Gruner and the entire Limber Health team! It has been a privilege for Tech Square Ventures to partner with you in pioneering the leading digital MSK health remote therapeutic monitoring platform, grounded in strong patient outcomes. Joining the Net Health platform is a great outcome for Limber’s customers and their patients! The Blue Venture Fund Emir Sandhu, MD Rick Gawenda, PT Lloyd Mandell Nirav J. Modi
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Blake Patton shared thisWe had a great few days at the inaugural Southeast Venture Showcase in Nashville—over 50 high-potential university-based startups, university commercialization offices, and investors came together to spark innovation and momentum across the region. It is clear that the Southeast’s leading research universities and national labs are serious about increasing the commercialization success rate. These aren’t just science projects—they’re real-world solutions and companies in the making! Tech Square Ventures looks forward to what lies ahead. Thank you Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization for pulling this together!Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC)
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11moBlake Patton shared thisThat’s a wrap on the inaugural Southeast Venture Showcase! Across the last three days, SVS brought together 50+ exciting early-stage ventures, more than 100 top investors from across the region, and a community that is energized to give back to the next generation of Southeastern innovation. 👏 Thank you to all startups, investors, panelists, and attendees for your passion and the work you’re doing to move innovation forward, and a huge thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible. The discoveries born in our university labs can grow into real-world solutions that improve lives, and we are excited to keep this momentum going. 🚀 Alan Bentley Mary Albertson Blake Patton Jennifer Caldwell Fifth Third Bank Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Ropes & Gray LLP Baker Donelson Brown Advisory J.P. Morgan Holland & Knight LLP
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Blake Patton reacted on thisBlake Patton reacted on thisThe National Security Agency is impressed with our students' talent. The best in the country, which I'm not surprised to hear!!! Do you need world-class talent to keep your organization's assets and data secure? Start here!
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Blake Patton liked thisBlake Patton liked thisAtlanta is quickly emerging as a top 5 tech ecosystem in the U.S. And you can feel it in rooms like this. After attending the State of the ATL Tech Ecosystem event, one thing stood out: There is real alignment between founders, operators, and city leadership around building long-term infrastructure for growth. That alignment is what separates growing ecosystems from great ones. Grateful to be in the room with leaders like Donnie Beamer Jr., CFA and others helping shape what’s next for Atlanta. As a founder building here, it reinforced a core belief: The opportunity isn’t just to build in Atlanta it’s to build with Atlanta. This is a big part of why I’m building GetNetworked to make these rooms more accessible and create stronger connections across the ecosystem. The next phase of Atlanta’s growth will be built through real collaboration. Excited for what’s ahead. #AtlantaTech #StartupAtlanta #Founders #EntrepreneurLife #Networking
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Blake Patton liked thisBlake Patton liked thisThe 2026 AI and the Future of Finance Conference convened industry and academic voices to focus on how AI is being implemented across financial services. Organized by the Georgia Tech Center for Finance and Technology and Technology, the Georgia Tech Financial Services Innovation Lab, and the Georgia Tech Master of Science in Quantitative and Computational Finance program under the direction of Sudheer Chava, the two-day event featured Tech Talks Business discussions with Adena Friedman of Nasdaq and Sridhar Ramaswamy of Snowflake, alongside workshops and panels providing perspectives on strategy, infrastructure, and execution from financial industry leaders. Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the conversation: Sean Banks, Om Deshmukh, Ph.D., Charlie Flanagan, W. Scott Frame, Campbell Gibson, Jonathan Glidden, Vaibhava Goel, Mahmoud Hajo, Anu Hariharan, Charles Ingram, Jacob Kosoff, Ganesh Krishnan, Raghu Kulkarni, Linus Marco, Anuj Mehrotra, Parasvil Patel, Blake Patton, Jonathan Regenstein, Gerardo Rodríguez, Ramit Sawhney, Agam Shah, Sneha Sanghrajka Shah, Sid Singh, Brian Timberlake, PhD,CFA, Vladimir Zdorovtsov, PhD
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1wBlake Patton liked thisLast week's third annual AI & the Future of Finance Conference was another impactful event! We welcomed over 450 academics, finance professionals, students and alumni to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in finance. The conference was conceptualized and lead by Dr. Sudheer Chava, and jointly hosted by the Georgia Tech Center for Finance and Technology, Georgia Tech Master of Science in Quantitative and Computational Finance and the Georgia Tech Financial Services Innovation Lab. We extend our sincere thanks to the event's sponsor, Snowflake. Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Dean Anuj Mehrotra hosted TWO special editions of Tech Talks Business featuring keynote speakers Nasdaq Chair and CEO Adena Friedman on conference day 1, and Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy punctuating day 2. A full schedule of panel discussions covered topics including Agentic AI in Finance, Practical Perspectives on Implementing AI in Asset Management, Data Strategy in the Age of AI, Stablecoins and the Future of Banking, The AI Investing Landscape, Inside Track: Implementing AI at Scale in Financial Services, and Hedge Fund Perspectives on Implementing AI in Capital Markets. Thank you to our exceptional panelists and participants: Agam Shah, Jonathan Glidden, Gerardo Rodríguez, Vladimir Zdorovtsov, PhD, Mahmoud Hajo, Linus Marco, Jacob Kosoff, Brian Timberlake, PhD,CFA, Om Deshmukh, Ph.D., Raghu Kulkarni, W. Scott Frame, Campbell Gibson, Sid Singh, Charles Ingram, Sean Banks, Parasvil Patel, Anu Hariharan, Sneha Sanghrajka Shah, Blake Patton, Ganesh Krishnan, Charlie Flanagan, Vaibhava Goel, Michael Moreau, Ramit Sawhney. Special appreciation goes out to panelist and friend of GT finance Jonathan Regenstein for invaluable support in organizing this great event. -
Blake Patton reacted on thisBlake Patton reacted on thisThis week I got to meet the founders of Engage Cohort 16 and it also marks my tenth cohort (74 companies later) working with Engage across both Delta and now Cox Enterprises! Two things are clear to me: 1 - Atlanta is the best city in the US to build a growth-stage business! (we have over 70% of F500 represented here & nothing beats southern hospitality) 2 - The entire team at Engage makes the engine go, bringing the most promising business to our little city in the forest. All of us at Cox are proud of nearly a decade of working together and we can't wait to spend the next 10-weeks getting to know the below better: Pete Blackshaw, CEO of BrandRank.AI Anand Kulkarni, CEO of CoreStory Jesse Kallman, CEO of Danti Cecilia Ziniti, CEO of GC AI Frank Pica, CEO of @Native AI Ilya Preston, CEO of PAXAFE Todd Gershkowitz, Co-CEO of PayStandards Joe Davolio, Co-CEO of PayStandards Garry Cooper, CEO of Rheaply
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Blake Patton liked thisBlake Patton liked this🚀 A Powerful Afternoon of Retail Innovation at the Silicon Road Ventures Showcase Last Thursday, we hosted the Silicon Road Ventures Innovation Showcase in Atlanta—and it delivered exactly what we hoped for: real conversations between innovators and industry leaders. We brought together 8 early-stage companies and a room full of leading retailers and CPG executives including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, HD Supply, Walmart, Amazon, Chick-fil-A, Orvis, Build-A-Bear, Norfolk Southern, Genuine Parts, Roark Capital, Aptos, and Construction Resources. 💡 What made it special? • Founders received direct, real-time feedback from enterprise leaders • Retailers explored live partnership opportunities • Conversations focused on solving real industry problems—not just pitching 🎤 A highlight of the day was a fireside chat with Frank Blake (Former Chairman & CEO, Home Depot)—sharing candid insights on leadership, scaling, and the future of retail. 👏 Huge credit to the founders who presented: i-Genie.ai | Wripple | Harmonya | Daash Intelligence | Knit | Grid & Pixel | Tradeverifyd | Pull Logic Each company is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in commerce and enterprise technology. 🤝 We closed the evening with a mixer that carried forward the same energy—authentic connections, thoughtful dialogue, and the beginnings of what we hope will be many founder–enterprise collaborations. At Silicon Road Ventures, we believe the future of commerce is built together—by connecting startups with the enterprises that can help them scale. Looking forward to doing more of this. #RetailTech #Innovation #Startups #VentureCapital #Commerce #Atlanta #SiliconRoadVentures
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Blake Patton liked thisWe've been deploying Packing Control Systems for a year now, and have learned a LOT. I'm going to spill the tea at Modex. 🍵 Here's what I'm going to talk about: - Why good cartonization is table stakes, but not nearly enough alone anymore - Why a PCS? Does the industry *really* need another 3 letter acronym piece of software in the stack? - When you should entertain packaging optimization, and more importantly, when you shouldn't - The high impact packaging has on adjacent automation projects - Why lack of control is the most critical gap for shippers in 2026 As usual, come with questions and/or rotten tomatoes to throw. 🍅 💥Blake Patton liked thisIf packing still feels like an afterthought, this session is for you. At MODEX, James Malley will be leading a session on why more operations are treating packing as a system, not a set of workarounds. Why Every Operation Needs a Packing Control System (PCS) takes place Tuesday, April 14, at 11:15am in Theater B. James will break down how better packing drives fast ROI, lowers costs, and removes friction at the pack station. You’ll also see why solving packing challenges requires more than a single rule or tool, and what an optimized packout strategy actually looks like in real operations. If your cartonization is slowing you down, this session will show you a better way forward. Add the session to your show calendar: https://hubs.ly/Q047BVcz0 #MODEX2026 #cartonization #supplychain MHI: The Association That Makes Supply Chains Work
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Blake Patton liked thisBlake Patton liked thisI’m excited to share that I’m pivoting into a new focus in my role. I’m stepping out of product strategy for the first time in almost a decade to a more analytical role for membership. One of the things I love most about Chick-fil-A is how our leaders create space to develop the skills the business needs for the future. I’m glad to serve the heart of the business. Wish me luck 🍀, I have a lot to learn.
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🚀 Verif-y is redefining digital record management. With 9 State DOE contracts, 200+ institutions onboarded, and 90%+ margins, this AI-powered SaaS platform is solving a $20B+ global problem: fragmented, insecure, and outdated education and credential systems. Now raising $5M Seed funding to accelerate U.S. and international growth. 👉 For VCs and institutional investors: this is defensible, AI-driven SaaS with regulatory moats — the right product, right time. See www.verif-y.com Then DM me for more info. Join us on this funding round? Follow me on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/e8bZ8srt
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Benjamin Gordon
Cambridge Capital LLC • 32K followers
AI isn't just powering software. BrightAI just raised $51 million to automate inspection and other hardware-based AI capabilities. As Alexa von Tobel, co-founder of Inspired Capital put it: “So many people are so focused on the future of digital AI, but we’re excited about this new layer of AI: the physical world AI.” We are in the early innings of a series of AI-fueled innovations! https://lnkd.in/enhmafvH
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Lior Susan
Eclipse • 34K followers
Reshoring manufacturing to the U.S. hinges entirely on advances in automation and robotics—and those advances, in turn, rely on next-generation tools like integrated development environments, foundation models, smart robotics skills, and flexible automation platforms. This isn’t merely an incremental shift; it’s the next industrial revolution. I estimate it will unlock up to $30 trillion in GDP over the next decade, as countries compete fiercely for leadership. Eclipse is our time!
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Rochelle Silveira Demeneghi
gener8tor • 6K followers
👀 A little spoiler for what’s coming on November 25th… 🥹 The Innovation Ecosystem Directory is taking shape - and paired with the map, it’s becoming a real visibility layer for Alabama’s innovation landscape. The full first version drops in three days. We’re just getting started. 💛⚡️ — ▪️The Innovation Ecosystem Map • Rochelle Silveira Demeneghi | updated monthly on the 25th ▪️Connecting the dots: creating an innovation ecosystem map - starting in Alabama: https://lnkd.in/e3YqEdRH ▪️ Submit an organization: https://lnkd.in/eMtsi4CJ
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Sean Smith
Search Fund Ventures • 7K followers
For small business buyers, how important is industry experience? I discussed this topic with Lisa Piercey—physician-turned-operator, former Tennessee Commissioner of Health, and now a healthcare acquirer. The key takeaway: It can be the difference between generating alpha and facing unpleasant surprises post-close. Below are some of the other topics we discussed: 1️⃣ Credibility wins deals. Not just with employees and customers—with sellers. 2️⃣ Beware "unknown unknowns." Buying outside your domain? Mitigate with true subject-matter experts. 3️⃣ Use a "tight, loose, tight" thesis framework. Define the buy box clearly, stay open minded in the middle, then apply a binary filter: in the buy box or not. 4️⃣ When deals wobble, get creative. One of Lisa's best examples: a contract CEO + call option structure to bridge a diligence gap and flatten the post-close learning curve. Lisa also wrote Natural Born Entrepreneurs for mid-career professionals considering ETA, packed with templates, checklists, and an honest look at the tradeoffs vs. a W-2 path. If you're underwriting operators, or searching yourself, this one's worth a listen. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/dadEJ7WZ Listen here: https://lnkd.in/dm2sAG9v
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Avi Savar
Velocity Road • 8K followers
AI is not just a cost-saver. It’s a growth lever. This week's Velocity Meter is all about slowing down to speed up—and why successful AI isn't about tools—it's about building intelligent systems that can reason, collaborate, and scale together. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/emScVHXn 📩 Sign up for our weekly newsletter and see how PE firms are using orchestrated AI systems to increase EBITDA, reduce friction, and accelerate exits.
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Chris Sklarin
Alumni Ventures • 17K followers
This is a meaningful signal for the Southeast. Just a week after speaking at the MIT Alumni Club of South Florida about venture investing and the innovation economy, it’s notable to see a public quantum computing company choose Boca Raton as its new HQ and R&D hub — instead of defaulting to California. Talent, research institutions, defense, enterprise customers, and capital are increasingly distributed. Innovation no longer needs to be centralized to scale.
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Henry D. Wolfe
DaVega & Wolfe Industries… • 1K followers
Excerpted From the Stanford Closer Look Series paper titled: "THE CEO SCORECARD: HOW DIRECTORS SELECT A CEO WHEN THEY HAVE REAL SKIN IN THE GAME" "In this Closer Look, we consider the perspective of ValueAct Capital, an institutional investor with extensive, direct experience serving on the boards of directors of portfolio companies during multiple succession events. Through an analysis of these events, ValueAct has identified common deficiencies, including the manner in which required skills are identified and framed and the process by which they are evaluated. "ValueAct has also observed that many companies do not use rigorous scorecards built on quantitative metrics to guide the CEO evaluation process. Instead, the qualifications for a replacement CEO are often expressed as a list of vague qualities or adjectives, such as “leadership,” “vision,” “customer-centricity,” “communication skills,” “operational excellence,” and others. "Why are scorecards not more rigorous? Part of the problem lies with the board. All too often, board members lack a clear consensus around a company’s strategy and priorities and struggle to define the company’s future success in terms of specific outcomes. Without consensus, it is not possible to develop a rigorous and objective scorecard by which to evaluate potential internal and external candidates." Think about what ValueAct is saying. Boards (not sometimes but all too often) have difficulty defining the future success of a company in specific outcomes. This is obviously a huge problem in regard to defining what is needed in a new CEO in terms of experience, skills and track record. But it is also a huge problem in regard to: 1. Holding management accountable for results. If there is no consensus on outcomes, how can there be clarity in regard to what is expected of management? 2. If the board has a lack of consensus or clarity in regard to what the value creation drivers are how can there be any assurance that the board is doing its job well in allocating capital and driving operating performance and longer-term shareholder value? Said another way, how can shareholders have any degree of comfort that the board is focused on the development of the full potential of the company? Without major value creation initiatives with measurable results there cannot have been a deep dive diligence process designed to identify the full potential of the company. If such a process is absent, then there must also be the absence of a value maximization governing objective. And if that is absent, what is the role of the board? #valuemaximization #corporategovernance #boardofdirectors #governance #shareholdervalue
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Scott MacDonald
6K followers
😧It appears the public markets fear of AI has done a 180 - from fear of excessive investment to AI's ability to obliterate long incumbent software companies. I have a feeling we are going to hear the new riff "software is eating software" more times than the famous 2011 op-ed statement from Andreessen that "software is eating the world". Another 180 - long hardware, short (trad) software 🤯. AI infrastructure is literally eating memory. The global memory-ship shortage is expected to last another few years! 💽 Shout out to our pals at Inovia Capital for their State of Canadian Software Report. Thanks for the Miovision mention regarding the massive partnership potential for Canadian companies in the Middle East. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dyB8JkEh
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