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This pre-seed fund is backing the AI founders everyone else is missing | Equity Podcast

While everyone’s chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries — and they’re not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with…

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While everyone’s chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries — and they’re not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with AI.

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Dominic-Madori Davis sat down with Jennifer Neundorfer, Co-Founder and General Partner at January Ventures, for a live episode of Equity. The pair dug into how early-stage investing is changing in the age of AI and why building different networks matters.

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Eclipse Ventures Co-Founder Lior Susan’s Insights Into a $1.3B Bet on Physical AI | StrictlyVC

Fresh off raising a $1.3 billion fund, Eclipse Ventures is doubling down on what it calls physical AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, co-founder and managing partner Lior Susan discusses robotics, manufacturing, autonomous systems, and what it takes to build enduring companies where AI meets the physical world. Plus,…

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Fresh off raising a $1.3 billion fund, Eclipse Ventures is doubling down on what it calls physical AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, co-founder and managing partner Lior Susan discusses robotics, manufacturing, autonomous systems, and what it takes to build enduring companies where AI meets the physical world. Plus, you can get a peek into Susan’s perspective about the SpaceX IPO.

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The OpenAI vs. Elon Musk Trial Is Getting Messy Fast | Equity Podcast

Elon vs. Altman is just getting started, and Musk’s own tweets are already working against him in court. Shareholders, take note 👀 Catch the full breakdown on the latest Equity podcast episode:

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Campbell Brown on Going From Anchor to Facebook to Founding Forum AI | StrictlyVC

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Campbell Brown has seen the information ecosystem from every angle — as a journalist, as Meta’s former head of news, and now as founder and CEO of Forum AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, she discusses trustworthy AI, misinformation at scale, and what it takes to build reliable information systems in the age of AI.

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