MANG VC "Round Trip" Phenomenon in AI
Publisher |
Prateek Joshi
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Technology
Publication Date |
Feb 05, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:40:38

Apoorv Agrawal is a partner at Altimeter, a tech-focused crossover firm with investments in iconic companies such as Snowflake, Twilio, UiPath, Uber, Okta, Roblox, HubSpot, GitLab, and more. He focuses on software and AI investments. He was previously an investor at Softbank and Steadview. Prior to this, he was building AI software at Rocket Fuel and Palantir as an engineer. He continues to code to this day and has built AltimeterGPT to augment their research efforts. He has a bachelors in computer science and an MBA from Stanford. (00:33) The Rise of MANG VC (03:01) Capital Deployed by MANG VC (04:27) Impact of ChatGPT on Investment Strategies (07:16) The "Round Trip" Effect (10:05) Legality and Market Distortion (12:19) Margin Profiles of AI Businesses (15:28) Valuing Modern AI Businesses (18:30) Market Distortions and Downstream Effects (21:56) Considerations for Raising Capital from MANG VC (26:19) Role of MANG VC in the Next Two Years (35:02) Rapid Fire Round Apoorv's favorite book: Man's Search for Meaning (Author: Viktor Frankl)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

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