20VC: Why Venture Is A Service Product? Why There Is No Such Thing As Product Market Fit & Why Startups Need To Be More Design Orientated with Ben Blumenfeld, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Designer Fund

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20VC: Mistral CEO on Why Energy Is Not the Bottleneck to AI | Why OpenAI and Anthropic Will Come for Your Business | The Future of the Inference Market | Are Chinese Open-Source Models Truly Safe?

Arthur Mensch is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Mistral, the last remaining hope for frontier intelligence in Europe. Mistral has raised approximately $7.5BN, including debt, and reached a valuation above $24BN. Previously a researcher at Google DeepMind, Arthur co-authored the landmar ...  Show more

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20VC: From $8BN to $19BN: Inside WashU's Endowment Fund | SpaceX Made Up 20% of Our AUM | Why Europe and China Has So Much Opportunity | The Reckoning That is Coming for AI Companies with Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson is the CIO of WashU, one of the best-performing endowment funds in the world. Under his leadership, Scott has grown the endowment from $8BN to $19BN today. At one point, SpaceX was over 20% of the entire value of the endowment. AGENDA: 00:00 – How WashU Built One of ...  Show more

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