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# Diego Sandoval - Bespoken AI | LinkedIn

Sign in to view Diego’s full profile Diego can introduce you to 4 people at Bespoken AI Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . Diego Sandoval Sign in to view Diego’s full profile Diego can introduce you to 4 people at Bespoken AI Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . Miami, Florida, United States Contact Info Sign in to view Diego’s full profile Diego can introduce you to 4 people at Bespoken AI Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . 6K followers 500+ connections See your mutual connections View mutual connections with Diego Diego can introduce you to 4 people at Bespoken AI Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . Join to view profile Message Sign in to view Diego’s full profile Diego can introduce you to 4 people at Bespoken AI Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . Bespoken AI Boston University Report this profile About 📍 Boston -> NYC -> DC -> Miami Leading Bespoken AI's GTM, automating… see more Welcome back Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in or By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . New to LinkedIn? Join now Activity 6K followers Posts Comments Reactions No more previous content Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this Bespoken AI Bespoken AI 4d Diego Sandoval reposted this 📍Bespoken AI is in Boston! The energy at TECH WEEK by a16z in Boston is buzzing and we’re only half way through! ⚡️ The panels we’ve seen with AI leaders at HSBC , BMO and others, highlighted the importance of testing at the speed of AI. Bespoken has been automating conversational AI testing for close to ten years, supporting QA teams at globally recognized brands. We have a lot to share and are excited to continue meeting you at these events! Our team will also be at NY Tech Week — so if you missed us in Boston, next week is your chance 🗽 If you’re building or deploying voice AI, IVR, or conversational AI at scale — let’s talk. Quality and reliability aren’t optional at enterprise. We help you prove both. 👋 Connect with Diego #bostontechweek #techweek #AI public_profile__posts 9 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval Diego Sandoval 1w Report this post Diego Sandoval shared this Fun morning with Fellows from the YLAI / Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative with Camila Torrente from Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator . During my time at IREX, Camila was the first person I cold called to join the U.S. Department of State 's entrepreneurship network for the western hemisphere. She's been an amazing partner since and continues to host annual cohorts of international founders in NYC (3 from Peru this year!) Fellows get connected with local resources, partners, and mentors like Hernando Barreto and Sebastian Pedraza who both shared some valuable insights on raising and executing venture capital. If you’re a local founder in NYC I highly recommend connecting with Camila to get matched to an entrepreneur for future partnerships. public_profile__posts 64 6 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this Bespoken AI Bespoken AI 2w Diego Sandoval reposted this We’ve just concluded an exciting week with the Voice AI Space community at the Future of Software Technologies (FOST) New York Conference! 🚀 Alongside our co-sponsors Vapi & Rasa (and our hosts T-Bot 👾 . and Cedric Giorgi ), we brought the Voice AI community together for receptions, dinners, happy hours, and two full days of real-talk about what it takes to deliver reliable, responsible, and revenue-generating Conversational AI & Agents. Diego 's conversation with Melissa Rojo Salazar at LTM highlighted several examples of how their clients are actively giving Voice AI Agents greater scopes of responsibility not just as external representatives facing customers, but also as internal colleagues working across teams 🤖 This year is a pivotal one in terms of commitments to agentic Voice AI, and we’re excited to do the hard work required for ensuring enterprises deliver high quality experiences! public_profile__posts 44 2 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval Diego Sandoval 3w Report this post Diego Sandoval shared this Voice AI Space is happening this Thursday, May 14 in NYC! Bespoken AI is sponsoring alongside Vapi & Rasa to fuel a full day of talks, demos, and conversations around Voice AI, Agents, & more! You can still register at: https://lnkd.in/eD62-eQR I'll be in NYC for a couple of weeks, and would love to catch-up or meet with new people while I'm here. public_profile__posts 24 5 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this Dr Murat Ünal Dr Murat Ünal 1mo Diego Sandoval reposted this #INTERNSHIPS In the past few weeks, I have come across so many young people, especially high school students, looking for internships. One ingenious way to tackle the Internship challenge is Elevat.Ed . High School students are trained by Elevat.Ed over weeks in Strategy Consulting, Technology, and all kinds of relevant skills before they work pro bono in international projects as a team for NGOs. Their business model in fact adresses a huge gap, providing NGOs access to critical human resources and ideas, thanks also to senior team members and mentors helping the students while at the same time #upskilling students and provide them with unique experiences and access to new networks. This also differentiates students when they apply later for universities and jobs. If you want to assist in this endeavour and learn more about Elevat.Ed go to https://lnkd.in/dVgqccfi for more information. All the best Murat #Socialimpact Elevat.Ed Crowdfunding Round 2, April 2026 Elevat.Ed Crowdfunding Round 2, April 2026 21 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this Bespoken AI Bespoken AI 2mo Diego Sandoval reposted this Enterprise Connect kicked off this morning with some incredible insights already! 🚀 We're excited to talk about how we're automating quality assurance across the entire development lifecycle of Voice AI & Chatbots. Reach out directly to Diego Sandoval or book a time on our calendar to meet in-person 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZiCcw3G Looking forward to seeing you there! 🌟 public_profile__posts 14 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this Bespoken AI Bespoken AI 2mo Diego Sandoval reposted this Bespoken AI is headed to Las Vegas next week for Enterprise Connect ! ✈️ We’re excited to meet Contact Center Leaders serious about delivering high quality conversational AI 🤖 Our platform fully automates Voice & Chatbot testing and monitoring, saving enterprises like BNP Paribas and system integrators like IBM lots of time, money, and stress. Schedule time with Diego Sandoval . Coffee included ☕️ 👉 https://lnkd.in/eA2Wiua5 ? public_profile__posts 9 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this Bespoken AI Bespoken AI 3mo Diego Sandoval reposted this Conversational AI has never been more powerful. 🚀 But it’s also never been harder to control. In 2026, enterprises aren’t choosing between traditional AI and GenAI. They’re combining both. AI V1 = predictable, testable, safe ✅ AI V2 = flexible, intelligent, risky ⚡ The real innovation? ➡️ Hybrid systems. In our new blog, we break down: • Why this shift is happening • What hybrid architectures look like in practice • Why testing & monitoring are now mission-critical 🔎 If you're building voice or conversational AI at scale, this one’s for you. 👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eSQgVEwT public_profile__posts 13 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval reposted this Report this post Diego Sandoval reposted this HIBERIA HIBERIA 7mo Diego Sandoval reposted this A massive congratulations to Jose Rocky Enojo for presenting “ HIBERIA : Coordinating Global Research Toward Human Hibernation for Space and Earth” at the prestigious British Interplanetary Society 's Reinventing Space conference! 👏 that took place in #London at the Royal Aeronautical Society . The journey to deep space, and new solutions for critical care on Earth, depends on breakthroughs in human hypometabolism. Rocky's presentation highlighted the vital role of the HIBERIA initiative in accelerating this frontier by: • Unifying fragmented research globally • Providing an AI-powered knowledge • Fostering a collaborative Open Science community ( CYNCROCITY ) This work is critical for mitigating the challenges of long-duration space missions, from radiation exposure to resource consumption. Great job representing the future of space and medicine, Rocky! And congratulations team Dr. Ekaterina Kostioukhina , Katharyn Louise Flickinger MS PhD , Martina Dimoska , Verónica Aquilino , Chloe Ryder , Diego Sandoval , Dr.Preeti Sawant and the many more amazing scientists and contributors who contribute to #HibernationResearch #HIBERIA #HumanHibernation #SpaceMedicine #ReinventingSpace #BIS #SpaceExploration #OpenScience public_profile__posts 29 1 Comment Copy LinkedIn Facebook X No more next content Slide to item 1 Slide to item 2 Slide to item 3 Slide to item 4 Slide to item 5 Slide to item 6 Slide to item 7 Slide to item 8 Slide to item 9 Diego Sandoval replied to a comment 1w Jennifer Fox will do!! Diego Sandoval commented on a post 1w I happen to be here! Signed up 🙌🏻 Diego Sandoval replied to a comment 2w Thanks John P McCarey ! Looking forward to reconnecting next week No more previous content Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this Bespoken AI Bespoken AI 3w Diego Sandoval liked this Bespoken AI is a proud sponsor of this week’s Voice AI Space Conference happening in New York City on Thursday, May 14th! Join our Head of Business Development, Diego Sandoval , during our panel “From Pilot to Production: Delivering Reliable Voice Experiences” featuring Melissa Rojo Salazar , Global Product Lead at LTM. 🎟️ Get your tickets: https://lnkd.in/dWvyBHji P.S. The Voice AI Space Conference is nested within FOST New York (Future of Software Technologies), which gathers multiple tech conferences during two days. Registering with code VOICEAISPACEVIP gets full access to all conferences for free! See you there! 🚀 #VoiceAI #AI #VoiceAISpace #VoiceAINYC #TechConference #Events public_profile__reactions 14 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this Malte Kosub Malte Kosub 4d Diego Sandoval liked this In 2022 we made a bet that most people thought was crazy back then. I recently sat down with Max to talk about it. What was it? We decided to throw away the entire product and rebuild from scratch. 95% of engineering on a green field for 18 months, while competitors kept shipping features. LLMs at the time took 30s to respond, and instruction following was very bad. We had no proof it would work out. But it did. Since then, the traditional SaaS playbook is no longer there. Not in terms of growth, hiring, or how you operate as a company. That moment in 2022 started a story of continuously rewriting the playbook for Parloa (and any other software company). Max, thanks for the great conversation and for being an incredible thought partner and supporter on our journey! More from the Parloa journey in the video linked in comments. public_profile__reactions 267 7 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this IARPA IARPA 2w Diego Sandoval liked this Last week, Jack Cooper, Deputy Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity, welcomed over 200 members of the Intelligence Community, federal agencies, and representatives from the six prime performers to the kick-off event for the Bias Effects and Notable Generative AI Limitations (BENGAL) program. BENGAL will allow the secure and effective use of Large Language Models (LLMs) by the Intelligence Community. Although LLMs offer extraordinary capabilities for analytical tasks, they also pose significant risks, including erroneous outputs, adversarial attacks, and sensitive information leakage. BENGAL, an 18-month program, explores, quantifies, and mitigates the threats and vulnerabilities that can hinder or prevent use of LLMs by the IC. Prime performers will develop technologies to detect and mitigate these threats. “BENGAL will help the Intelligence Community harness the benefits of LLMs while developing the safeguards needed to manage their risks. Our goal is to ensure these systems can support real analytical needs without compromising security or reliability,” explained Program Manager Steven Rieber. 🔗Learn more about BENGAL and its prime performers here: https://bit.ly/4u66Be4 70 Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this The Drone Ultimatum The Drone Ultimatum 3d Diego Sandoval liked this NEW POD with Zane Mountcastle , Co-Founder and CEO of Picogrid on the integration problem inside modern defense. We discussed why the next era of warfare depends on infrastructure that can connect autonomous systems at scale, the economics of drone warfare, and why so many promising defense technologies never make it into operational use. Now available on YouTube / Spotify / Apple Podcasts. Thank you to Cushman & Wakefield for sponsoring this episode! public_profile__reactions 65 6 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this Tuana Yazici Tuana Yazici 4d Diego Sandoval liked this My first flight with my mom as a licensed helicopter pilot 🚁 We spent some time following the coastline and exploring the Everglades from above 🐊 Aviation has a way of reminding you that the world looks different when you change your perspective—but some things remain constant. No matter how far you go, it's special to share the journey with the people who helped you get there. A memory I'll cherish forever ❤️🚁 Full video in the comments below ⬇️ #helicopter #PPL #pilot #helicopterpilot #robinson #aviation #flight public_profile__reactions 79 29 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this Eyitayo O Eyitayo O 2mo Diego Sandoval liked this I learned this from Rush Hogan - Products don’t really have moats anymore. What matters now is who you are, how well you execute, and the people you have access to. Thanks, Rush. 49 3 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this Naeim Khanjani Naeim Khanjani 6d Diego Sandoval liked this Very impressed by how fast STATION DC has become a great hub for connection in Washington. A solid community bringing together innovators, investors and public sector leaders, all focused on building the future in DC and beyond. Credit to James Barlia , Bobbye Jo Green and Sofia Wynn for making it happen. public_profile__reactions 38 1 Comment Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Diego Sandoval liked this Report this post Diego Sandoval liked this Moaz Al-Sibaai Moaz Al-Sibaai 3w Diego Sandoval liked this Delighted to have attended the Arkansas State University Qatar Class of 2026 Graduation Ceremony last evening. Below are some highlights from the memorable evening: - Dr Murat Unal’s remarks on AI were particularly timely. He urged graduates not to “rent your brain to AI” while highlighting how this cohort gained hands-on experience in artificial intelligence and promoted meaningful internships, directly aligned with Qatar’s national vision. He also emphasised the university’s focus on building a strong, supportive community where “paths will cross” and graduates can continue to inspire and support one another to change the world. - Dr Salem Al-Naemi’s made nice call to “give back” - Students made heartfelt reflections through their speeches: “Nothing meaningful is achieved alone” and “Our biggest legacy is what we became, not what we achieved” . A wonderful celebration of talent, technology, and values. Congratulations to the Class of 2026 and to Qatar for an inspiring vision! #ArtificialIntelligence #Leadership #Qatar #FutureOfWork public_profile__reactions 102 2 Comments Copy LinkedIn Facebook X No more next content Slide to item 1 Slide to item 2 Slide to item 3 See all activities Experience & Education *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> Bespoken AI *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> **** ** ******** *********** *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> ********** *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> ******* * *** *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> ******* *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> ********** *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> ****** ********** *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> *** undefined undefined *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> *** **** ********** *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> ********** ****** ****** ******** *** ****** ****** *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> View Diego’s full experience See their title, tenure and more. Sign in Welcome back Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in or By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . New to LinkedIn? Join now or By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . Honors & Awards *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> NHS Leadership Award *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> National Honors Society *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> Dec 2013 Languages *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> Spanish *]:mb-0">- *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> Recommendations received Pedro David Espinoza “Innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership are the words that come into my mind when I think of Diego. Certainly, Diego is a spearheaded student that believes in "there's always room for improvement". His achievements outside of the classroom are admirable due to the fact that he is still a teenager. His heartwarming personality and determined leadership will enable him to make crucial connections for his future career. I am 100% sure that he will not only excel professionally but also academically in any endeavor he sets.” 1 person has recommended Diego Join now to view View Diego’s full profile See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Diego directly Join to view full profile Other similar profiles Ravi Shah Ravi Shah IA Capital Group 4K followers New York, NY View Profile Josh M. Josh M. 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Austin Y. Magrathea Partners 5K followers United States View Profile Bailey Sullivan Bailey Sullivan Stealth AI Startup 4K followers United States View Profile Show more profiles Show fewer profiles Explore more posts Austin Walters SpringTide Ventures • 13K followers Big win for the Inito team on closing a $29M Series B led by Bertelsmann India Investments - a major milestone for a company redefining at-home health diagnostics and using AI-designed antibodies to unlock entirely new kinds of tests. We backed Inito early as one of our first investments out of Fund I, and have watched the company grow from a bold idea into a platform built around making quantitative fertility hormone testing possible at home, globally. By measuring estrogen, LH, PdG, and FSH on a single test strip - and applying AI to interpret hormone patterns - Inito delivers a level of clarity and confirmation that traditional ovulation tests simply don’t provide. Since launching over five years ago, Inito has analyzed more than 30 million hormone data points and supported tens of thousands of users - proof that care can be more precise, more personal, and more empowering when it starts at home. Excited to see the team build on this momentum as they expand beyond fertility into a broader at-home diagnostics platform and continue pushing healthcare toward a more proactive, data-driven future. Great work Aayush Rai and Varun AV! 39 1 Comment Anjli Jain ElevenX Capital • 35K followers **The Rise of Inference Startups: Unlocking the Future of AI** Inferact’s recent $150M seed round, positioning them at an impressive $800 million valuation, underscores a pivotal trend in AI development: the commercialization of vLLM technology. At ElevenX Capital, we recognize the potential of such advancements to transform industries by accelerating inference speeds and reducing costs. 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That is the problem we are solving with real-time workforce intelligence. Thank you to the 1MC Dallas community for the great conversation! Special thanks to Vonshie Hutchins, Cassandra O. James 12 3 Comments Andreas Munk Holm EUVC • 21K followers The speed of government will never match the speed of execution required in tech. In this episode, Rina Onur Sirinoglu breaks down why early-stage founders might benefit from public incentives — but why relying on them long-term can slow you down. When you're building in fast-moving tech or consumer markets, agility beats bureaucracy. Always. 👉 Hear Rina’s full perspective on navigating scale, speed, and government support — now on the EUVC YouTube channel. 6 Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, BSN, RN Adni • 9K followers Fun fact: Brendan, Adni's technical co-founder, was in the second batch of Y Combinator ever. YC S06! He also has a previous successful exit (sold to UnitedHealthcare), patented an AI algorithm before it was cool, and is a published author... NBD! How has the startup ecosystem evolved over the past 20 years? Brendan shares his wisdom below. 💭 #startups #startupfounder #ycombinator #entrepreneur 16 1 Comment Jeff James Martin Collective Genius • 16K followers "We've become so insular in who we talk to and listen to, and I didn't realize how much that was keeping me in tunnel vision and tunnel thinking." Seth Levine, Co-Author of Capital Evolution and Partner at Foundry, talks about seeking out more diversity of thought on Tech Scenes Unplugged. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode 27 1 Comment Saqib Hussain catalyx space • 3K followers Hot take: war doesn’t kill VC. It just changes what gets funded. Here's my POV as a space founder on this conflict + how to navigate funding if you're raising soon. With US–Iran tensions spiking right now, markets do the same thing every time: they price oil first. Because the Strait of Hormuz isn’t just a headline -- it’s the choke point. ~20% of the world’s oil flows through it. Oil risk → inflation fear → markets go risk-off. And when markets go risk-off, funding doesn’t disappear. It narrows. Fewer: - “this could be huge someday” - “trust me bro” decks - idea-stage hype rounds More: - revenue - customers - contracts - proof TL;DR: the bar moves from potential → necessity. Now the plot twist: Space + defense don’t behave like normal tech in a war cycle. Because war creates urgent buyers. Governments don’t fund “nice ideas.” They fund mission-market fit. Receipts: - Defense-tech deal value hit $49.1B in 2025 (up from $27.2B in 2024) - Space investing stayed huge: $55.3B tracked in 2025 (Space Capital) - Space Force is going “commercial by default” and 2026 commercial services budget got quadrupled (per Aviation Week) The party doesn't end. The party just moves. From hype → procurement. In space, funding tends to concentrate around: 1. imaging + intel (see what’s happening, where) 2. secure comms + navigation (hard-to-jam links + GPS) 3. tracking + warning (early alerts for rockets/objects) 4. in-orbit logistics/infrastructure (move/serve/return stuff in space) And it could move away from: - Moon hotels, asteroid mining -- cool, but years from a real buyer - Futuristic tech with no budget line and no clear customer So if you're thinking of raising in this war market. Here's the play: - Show a real customer. Show urgency. Show a procurement path. - Dual-use > pure commercial. Efficient burn > growth at all costs. Because VC will still open. Just not for optionals. 27 pure commercial. Efficient burn > growth at all costs. Because VC will still open. Just not for optionals." aria-hidden="true" data-delayed-url="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D22AQFmnKRHOYE8lQ/feedshare-shrink_800/B4DZyvF6iSIUAg-/0/1772464089566?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=QE3lm6AmCZHM0uVx1Ys-8IVn3PtK-wz7WeeIxq1NAgE"> SANTOS OJHA CapitalTab Advisory Pvt. Ltd. • 13K followers 🚀 Exciting News in India’s AI Ecosystem! Natasha Malpani, former Kae Capital partner and Stanford alum, has launched Boundless Ventures, a ₹200 crore (~$23M) early-stage VC fund dedicated to empowering AI-native #startups at the intersection of science, systems, and identity. What’s in focus: • Pre-seed and seed-stage investments into consumer AI, AI infrastructure, agent tooling, healthcare & logistics verticals, and make-in-India hardware/deeptech. • Already invested in six promising startups: Superhealth, Armatrix, Piersight, Knot, plus two Stealth Ventures. • First cheques are in the range of $200K–$400K, with reserves set aside for follow-ons. The fund expects to back 20–30 companies. • Beyond capital, Boundless delivers narrative support, global storytelling, and strategic market access—backing the technical and cultural vision of founders as they build new categories. #AI is moving from experiments to infrastructure, Natasha notes—and with India’s talent density and digital momentum, the next decade of AI innovation is set to be led right here. This fund arrives at a critical inflection point. 🌟 Big congratulations to Natasha and the team—looking forward to seeing the trailblazers you help launch! 5 Larsen Jensen Harpoon Ventures • 19K followers The frontier of AI demands frontier-grade tools. That’s why Black Flag is working with Anthropic to give founders free credits and direct access to Claude - Anthropic’s family of state-of-the-art frontier models. Whether you're building intelligent agents, reasoning engines, or high-volume AI pipelines, Claude delivers: Opus for advanced intelligence and code reasoning Sonnet for hybrid performance and scalability Haiku for ultra-fast, cost-effective tasks Founders also get priority support, instant Tier 4 API access (no waitlist), and access to credits applicable across Anthropic's tools like Claude Code and their API. For those shaping the future of aerospace, biology, defense, energy, robotics and more: the future of software will be built with Claude. Only 1 day left to apply to Black Flag’s July batch! Fly the flag. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ 86 2 Comments The VC Corner 27K followers Y Combinator just dropped their Request for Startups for Fall 2025 💥 It’s a blueprint of what YC wants to fund right now. The ideas they believe could become billion dollar companies. Some are no-brainers. Others are wild 👇 6 Andrew Weinberg Arden University • 7K followers It was a pleasure to sit down with Kirk Falconer at Buyouts for their “Off-Duty” series to reflect on the experiences that have shaped my journey in the PE industry. From growing up in New York to building Brightstar Capital Partners alongside an incredible team, I’ve been fortunate to learn from great partners and take on the challenges that come with growing a firm from the ground up. Along the way, I’ve come to appreciate the importance of staying curious, whether it’s thinking about how AI will shape the future, or importantly, making time for family, travel, and the interests that help keep perspective. 43 2 Comments Karan Bhatia Menlo Times • 4K followers Quack AI Secures $7 Million in Seed Funding. Quack AI, an AI-powered platform for customer support, led by Nadav Kemper, Aviram Roisman, Doron Pryluk, and others, has secured $7 million in seed funding led by Hanaco Ventures and Storytime Capital with participation from Fusion VC, Savyon Ventures, Seed IL, and private investors such as WalkMe CEO Dan Adika. Read More At: https://lnkd.in/gjVURXki X: https://lnkd.in/gcNR_pf6 Source: https://lnkd.in/gHA7se4h 8 Andy Reid M3A HealthTech Venture Fund • 8K followers Why Now Is the Best Time Ever to Invest in Healthcare AI Startups By Andy Reid, Managing Partner, M3A Healthcare Ventures We are entering a once-in-a-generation window for investing in Healthcare AI—one where timing, technology, and major shifts in care are aligning to create outsized opportunities for early-stage venture capital. At M3A Healthcare Ventures, we believe this is the moment to invest boldly. 1. Healthcare Is Ripe for Disruption—And It Has To Be U.S. healthcare costs are projected to hit $7.2 trillion by 2031, yet outcomes lag behind every other developed nation. Workforce shortages, and fractured data systems create inefficiencies that AI is uniquely positioned to solve. • 25% of U.S. healthcare spending is administrative waste. • 90% of hospitals face staffing shortages in key roles. • Doctors spend 2 hours on documentation for every 1 hour with patients. AI isn’t a “nice to have” anymore. It’s becoming a critical tool for cost control, productivity, and quality improvement. 2. We’ve Entered the Platform Shift Era Apple Intelligence, OpenAI, and other foundation models have catalyzed a new generation of startups. In healthcare, this means real-time ambient documentation, predictive care, smart inventory management, and even AI-generated clinical trial design—all happening today. This is akin to investing in SaaS in 2006 or mobile apps in 2011. Except this time, the TAM is $4 trillion larger. 3. Buyers Are Ready—and They’re Buying Just five years ago, hospitals were wary of AI. Today, they’re budgeting for it. Health systems, ASCs, pharma, and insurers are deploying capital to integrate AI that: • Shortens revenue cycles • Boosts clinician efficiency • Reduces preventable readmissions • Enhances training and education with immersive tools In short: the demand isn’t theoretical—it’s contractually real. 4. Healthcare AI Has Multiple High-Value Exit Paths M&A activity is accelerating, and healthcare AI companies are being acquired by: • Strategics like Stryker (e.g., $130M for care.ai) • PE-backed rollups seeking operational efficiency • Big Tech, which is aggressively moving into healthcare These aren’t just tech exits. They’re life sciences, SaaS, and data infrastructure exits rolled into one—often with 3–5x higher revenue multiples. 5. We Have the Talent, Data, and Infrastructure The convergence of: • Open health data regulations (ONC Cures Act) • AI-native medical founders trained in both tech and care delivery • Decreasing costs and better modeling We finally have a clear runway to build and scale. The Next MedTech Unicorns Will Be AI-First The next wave will be built on data, AI, and automation. Investors who move now will back the next Teladoc, Intuitive, or Epic—except leaner, faster, and born in the AI-native era. #HealthcareAI #HealthTech #VentureCapital #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #MedTech #ArtificialIntelligence #StartupInvestment #HealthTechStartups #VCFunding #AIStartup 46 2 Comments Patrick Mebus Hustle Fund • 5K followers techtrust.ai is now partnering with Funding Breakthrough Lab. Because they care as much about first time founders as we do ❤️. Funding Breakthrough, founded by Natalie Pan, is a no-equity pre-accelerator based in San Francisco - built to help early-stage founders actually master fundraising. We’re excited to support their mission - to build a better tomorrow by providing non-traditional founders access to education & networks - with our knowledge and technology 🚀. 16 3 Comments Gabriel Jarrosson Lobster Capital • 49K followers YC used to invest across multiple rounds. Seed, Series A, later stages through their Continuity Fund... But they shut it down. As accelerators scale, the logic shifts from founder advocacy to capital deployment optimization. YC's Continuity Fund created two problems: 1) Negative signalling : • YC follow-on \= validation signal • No YC follow-on \= implied rejection from your own accelerator • Market interpreted this as meaningful information asymmetry 2) Incentive misalignment : • Group partners operated on 3-month cycles (batch start to Demo Day) • Continuity team operated on multi-year investment cycles • Result: handoff friction and compartmentalization Garry Tan restructured YC around Group partners being an equal investing partnership like Benchmark but with 15 people. That's the core of what YC is, supported by world-class media and software teams. Now YC does what they uniquely do best… the initial batch. The new approach = • Partners commit to founders for company lifetime • YC invests only at inception (seed stage) • Later-stage VCs become partners, not competitors This resolves the trust problem. Trust matters more than capital for founders. You don't really know who to trust when you're starting. Having one person at YC committed to you for the life of the company is better than 90% of founder situations. The returns evidence supports this… YC portfolio value grew from $300B to $800B after shutting down Continuity, not despite it. Why?... ... Small funds (YC at batch level) generate alpha through idiosyncratic bets on nascent companies. ... Large funds (Continuity-style) generate beta through momentum exposure to validated companies. It is impossible to optimize for both simultaneously. The incentive structures are fundamentally opposed. YC’s comparative advantage is in company formation, not capital deployment. Do what you uniquely do best. Partner with others for the rest. 86 13 Comments Mar Hershenson 30K followers From our PearX S25 cohort, meet Pravāh, the AI-native operating system for the electric grid When Mohak Mangal, Dhruv Suri, and Aman Gupta looked at the strain on the U.S. electric grid, they saw a system pushed to its limits. Exploding demand and unpredictable supply have made blackouts increasingly common. This costs the economy more than $150B a year, a number that could 10x in the next five years. Mohak Mangal and team founded Pravāh to help fix it. Their platform helps utilities and grid operators make real-time decisions on load, generation, and congestion, reducing blackout risks, optimizing power procurement, and bringing much-needed stability to the backbone of modern life. We’re proud to support the Pravāh team as they take on one of the toughest and most important infrastructure challenges of our time. 803 23 Comments Enis Hulli e2vc • 42K followers Fal operates in a highly competitive space but carved out a unique niche by focusing on generative media. Effectively creating a category of its own From model creators to inference providers, cloud platforms to packaged solutions, many players in the space are both competitors and potential partners to fal Their strategy of building an abstraction layer became a powerful wedge, helping them scale. As the market continues to swing with each new wave of innovation, Fal has been smartly placing bets across the value chain The real key is maintaining a sharp tech edge. Staying ahead of major shifts, moved by big tech, and the next generation of models. Fal has consistently won by leapfrogging the competition 👇Hear it from Gorkem at e2vc Summit 💙 47 2 Comments Jamil Wyne Hazelwood Network • 12K followers Had a great time at DC Startup & Tech Week (Formerly DC Startup Week) moderating a panel with Scott Christensen (Chesapeake Bay Seed Capital Fund (CBSCF) , Faith Davis (Exelon) and Bill McNulty (NextEra Energy Investments), convened by the great C'pher Gresham. Here's a quick recap: 1) The panelists were phenomenal - a mixture of corporate, state and foundation-backed VC's all focusing on climate. They're actively funding companies across a range of sectors - e.g. nature-based solutions, energy + AI, water, etc. Point being, we were lucky to have experts with such broad purviews. 2) The current climate could be pushing at least some climate VC's to focus on software and move away from hardware, at least temporarily. This type of capital may indeed just be better suited for software companies at this juncture. It also reflects the fact that certain segments of the climate-tech market are just more mature than others - e.g. software performs best once the hardware and the business case around it are solid, then it becomes and optimization and efficiency game. 3) Founders need to target "must-solve" climate problems from the investor lens. In other words, yes there's a sea of climate challenges where startups can be additive. However, in this environment, few of these areas are attracting meaningful capital. There's nothing wrong with tackling problem areas that are under-invested, we need this in spades. However, for those trying to get capital in the door, realize the constraints that come with targeting problems that investors just aren't prioritizing. 4) Look to funders overseas. The EU, where so much climate finance, policy and general expertise has come from, could be playing a much more important role. I'd also argue that Gulf countries like KSA and UAE are going to be critical here too, not to mention China, of course. 5) We need mentoring and coaching to be at an all-time high. With so much uncertainty, networks/communities where both founders and investors can learn from/lean on each other have never been more important. The panel/audience was a nice microcosm of the types of support networks we need to be actively building. Big thanks again to C'pher, Faith, Scott and Bill, as well as the whole DC Startup + Tech Week team. Til next year! 51 3 Comments Matt Crane MGMT Boston • 9K followers Welcome Gregory Raiz, Co-Founder & General Partner at FoundersEdge on this episode of 🔥The Lantern 🔥 FoundersEdge is a Boston-based pre-seed venture fund built by exited founders, investing in early-stage teams using AI to disrupt traditional industries. 🔍 What is FoundersEdge actually building? 🔎 Greg and his partner Jess Lynch are running a data-first pre-seed fund with a data driven, hands on approach. They're scraping signals from across the venture ecosystem to make sharper investment decisions, then turning that same data back into operating insights for the founders they back. They think there’s a lot of noise in early-stage investing and give founders a real, data-driven edge on Go-To-Market, ICP, and growth. 💡 What kind of Founder is FoundersEdge backing in 2026? 💡 The pattern Greg keeps coming back to: founders with deep operating experience in a target market, often a "boring" one, who are now using AI to disrupt it. FoundersEdge has the data to show that founders who understand their market best consistently outperform. Domain expertise plus AI-native thinking is the wedge they're looking for right now. 🤔 What's it like building a venture fund as a former founder? 🤔 Starting a fund is essentially Founder mode all over again. Greg has been re-examining everything from first principles. Define your core values, your thesis, your ICP, and your unfair advantage for sourcing and winning deals. Just like a startup, the best venture funds find their differentiation early and lean into it from day one. 🤝 How can we help FoundersEdge? 🤝 It’s all about Founders helping Founders. Greg and Jess are building community across Boston & New England, NYC, and SF at dinners & their event series Ditch the Deck. If you're a founder, the ask is to lean in: try other founders' products, give honest feedback, share what you've learned. Go check them out, and give Greg a follow on TikTok while you're at it! The Lantern is brought to you by MGMT Boston, Rise73 & Invest Northern Ireland – Americas this month 49 3 Comments Show more posts Show fewer posts Explore top content on LinkedIn Find curated posts and insights for relevant topics all in one place. 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