VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Generative AI will really become magic when it moves from 'playful' to 'useful' – we will use multiple generative AI tools at work in the future, like we use grammarly and canned responses today… AI will become more vertical, and specific per role — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) November 5, 2022.

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

There’s an interesting thing happening in the generative AI world. More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

For example, our focus at Remagine Ventures on gaming, generative AI, and entertainment tech enabled us to create a relevant, focused network of founders, operators, co-investors and strategics who are active in our verticals. As a result, we started investing in generative AI in 2019, as a way to scale content creation.

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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2024

The generative AI market is exploding globally, with venture capitalists pouring $12.8 Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. million), consumer ($422.5

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2024

2023 was the year of generative AI, but more specifically, the year we witnessed the power and potential of LLMs, large language models. Both startups and large tech companies leaned in hard, incorporating automation tools and generative AI applications across verticals. Visual generative AI made strides as well.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

While incumbents like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have vast resources and existing integrations, startups have the advantage of speed, focus, and the ability to attract top AI talent interested in building from the ground up. When it comes to Generative AI, the incumbents are not resting on their laurels.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2023

Is generative AI headed in the same direction? Generative AI, on the other hand, seems to be going from strength to strength. Have we reached generative AI peak? Are we on the way up or down in generative AI use and adoption? The post Has Generative AI hype peaked?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Israeli Generative AI landscape. I published my first list of Israeli startups in Generative AI in Calcaslist back in October 2022. Since then, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of generative AI startups worldwide, as well as in Israel.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion on 78 generative AI deals —almost as much as was invested in all of the previous 5 years combined, according to PitchBook data. According to a new industry report by Skyquest , AI will contribute $15.7 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 In 2022, VCs poured $1.37

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deal architect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For all the noise around Generative AI, I have not seen many use cases which would. As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. So far in 2023, generative AI startups raised $16 billion, according to Dealroom. billion, a 2.5x

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The fields that generative AI addresses—knowledge work and creative work—comprise billions of workers. Generative AI can make these workers at least 10% more efficient and/or creative: they become not only faster and more efficient, but more capable than before. Sequoia, Generative AI: A Creative New World.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

The state of Generative AI startups in Israel According to The Global AI Index by Tortoise Media, the first index to benchmark nations on their level of investment, innovation and implementation of artificial intelligence, Israel is the 7th most attractive AI hub globally. Are they too late?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2024

He talked about where we are in the timeline of generative AI and it made me realise that we’re making an interesting shift now. The Modern AI Stack – Menlo Ventures ( source ) If not LLMs, where will the value accrue in Generative AI? So where should VC investors place their bets?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s a bit crazy to think that even a year ago, the term ‘generative AI’ was not exactly on everyone’s lips. To put things in context, let’s start with the basics: 2023 witnessed an impressive influx of $15 billion invested in generative AI startups, significantly surpassing last year’s $4 billion.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

And not a particular sector, but AI startups, in particular generative AI attracted close to $50 billion in funding last year, globally. Most of that funding went to foundational models like OpenAI, Anthropic and Inflection AI which collectively raised $18 billion in 2023. Generative AI is game changer.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

That what used to be more vertically integrated efforts by different companies are being picked apart by especially entrepreneurs coming in and taking various pieces of their value chain, again, leveraging digital. Well, obviously generative AI in particular with ChatGPT is on everybody's mind these days.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2024

Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The country ranks 3rd globally in private AI investment, demonstrating its strong position in the global AI market. The new AI landscape included in the report (below) is a great evolution of the Israeli Generative AI landscape we (Remagine Ventures) published in Calcalist in May 2024. Vertical AI is a stronghold.

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2024

An interesting new report by Dealroom and Flow Partners breaks down the massive investment that the “Magnificent Seven” (or M7 for short) are plowing into AI across verticals. It’s impossible to ignore the impact that Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, Apple and Tesla/xAI have on AI.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 2, 2024

Funding for AI startups has cooled in recent months. The case for continued AI momentum: ? It’s still early innings for LLMs – Microsoft and Google are still early in their rollouts of generative AI in search, productivity software, cloud and more. Meta is working on its open source LLaMa.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ten principles for building strong vertical AI businesses , by Bessemer Venture Partners MEDIA OF THE WEEK Cybersecurity and vertical AI deemed highest potential areas of investment by 25 early stage Israeli VCs in latest report ( source ) One of the big problems of venture capital these days is the lack of liquidity.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

In November 2022 I published a post titled “ generative AI will go mainstream when it goes from playful to useful “, and I think you will agree that this transition is in full swing. 2023 was the year generative AI went mainstream The pace of advancement in generative AI has been astounding.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As the underlying technology for the Metaverse continues to evolve, we will see more and more use cases brought to life across verticals.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development. The companies created in this stage will likely start from a vertical, like video or email, and evolve over time.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Here’s where the money is flowing in Agentic AI October 2024 broke a record in global venture capital deployed, $32 billion in a single month, with AI attracting $12.2B, or 38% of the total funding.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Depending on your goals, new products can deepen the wallet share of your existing customers by focusing on new users or new use cases, or they can expand your TAM by targeting new customers, new geographies, or new verticals.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year. 64% of the 2024 winter batch of YC had “AI” or “AI-related” tags in their Y Combinator company profile in the company’s directory. Interesting overview of vertical AI companies by IVP ( source ) Revenue per employee.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

which has become the most used open source LLM, Meta AI available across all their apps for free, a new affordable version of their Meta Quest VR headset, but perhaps most excitingly, Meta Orion, smart AR glasses with holographic display (still not officially launched). Daniel Roth now said that Israel will be added next week. (h/t

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2024

AI Agents and Vertical Opportunities AI agents represent a prime example of application-layer innovation. Instead of competing with established players like Microsoft in the B2B space or Meta and Google in advertising, startups can explore other verticals where AI can add significant value.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Adversarial attacks against AI fall into three types: Data misclassification – to generate false positive or negative results. Synthetic data generation-to feed false information. Data analysis – for AI-assisted classical attack generation. AI Attack Surfaces.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. Vertical AI Agents: YC wants to fund companies building AI agents that are tuned to automate specific types of work.

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View from Seed

JULY 22, 2024

Generative AI presents the opportunity to leapfrog the technical interface by providing the ability to interface with natural language. Generative AI can leverage qualitative, unstructured data sources to enhance schema understanding and potentially automate schema documentation.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

But in the coming age of generative AI, endless synthetic content and misinformation – there might be an opportunity for traditional media companies to regain their reputation as a 4th branch within a democracy. How can media companies transform generative AI from threat to opportunity ?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT is only 2 years old, considering the amount of capital that has been invested in generative AI startups since. Task completion: monitor the prices for the best holiday packages, products and deals Startup Opportunity: Platforms enabling secure AI-to-AI transactions.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2025

Until now, the majority of the value in generative AI has been captured by the infrastructure layer: foundational models (LLMs), the cloud providers and the hardware infrastructure/ data centres. However now, the AI landscape is undergoing a significant shift, prompting a crucial question: Where will the future value of AI accrue?

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Introduces Click-to-Game AI Technolog y That Creates Playable 3-D Games in Under a Minute (disclosure: it’s one of our portfolio companies at Remagine Ventures ) GLOBAL Ten principles for building strong vertical AI businesses – by Bessemer Venture Partners Interesting slide deck by Evan Shap?ro

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