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We’re excited to introduce Autopilot’s Industry Breakdown Series, a program where we collaborate with our Autopilot Research Fellows to provide analysis and insights on how AI is transforming different sectors of the economy. In our introductory report spearheaded by Etienne Segal, we cover the rapidly emerging humanoid robotics industry. Find the full report on our website: https://lnkd.in/e2M52DBe and on Substack: https://lnkd.in/eDcnUg33 We forecast the humanoid robotics market to reach $121 billion by 2035, and provide a detailed breakdown of the history, technology, target industries for humanoid robotic automation and showcase the ten most relevant companies in the space. Enjoy reading! #Autopilot #VentureCapital #HumanoidRobotics

On this week's episode of the Autopilot Podcast, Will Summerlin speaks with Surojit Chatterjee, founder of Ema Unlimited, former Chief Product Officer at Coinbase, and ex-Google VP. Ema builds AI agents that automate mundane work across various business functions, from HR to Sales and Marketing. It has raised $75 million from Accel, Microsoft, and prominent angels such as Sheryl Sandberg. We discuss: - The future of AI agents in enterprise settings - How Ema's AI employees can boost productivity for any role and any company by automating mundane tasks - Surojit's experience leading large product and engineering teams at Coinbase and Google Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week's episode of the Autopilot Podcast, Autopilot Managing Partner Will Summerlin interviews Russ d'Sa, founder of LiveKit. LiveKit builds critical infrastructure for real-time audio and video communication, is used by OpenAI, and has raised over $35 million from Altimeter, Redpoint, and other investors. We discuss: - Russ’ journey from growing up surrounded by technology in Silicon Valley to founding LiveKit - The complex challenges of delivering reliable, high-quality audio and video at scale - The future of multimodal interactions and ways technologies like LiveKit are enabling more natural human-AI interfaces Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot Podcast, Autopilot Managing Partner Will Summerlin interviews Dr. Thomas Fu, an emergency medicine physician and founder of Enabled Health. They discuss: - The impact of AI on the healthcare sector - How Enabled Health uses AI and computer vision technology to help combat patient deconditioning in hospitals, improving outcomes and efficiency - The aging population crisis, healthcare staffing shortages, the potential for AI to augment and assist medical professionals Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot podcast, we speak with Freda Duan, Investor at Altimeter. Freda has been investing across the private and public markets for the last 10 years, and currently covers AI at Altimeter. We discuss: - The future of AGI and ways in which we may have already achieved it today - The infrastructure required to power AI supercycle, from energy to cooling? - Capital expenditure trends among big tech companies and the nuanced competition between open-source and closed-source models Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot podcast, we speak with Paras Jain, co-founder and CEO of Genmo. With over 1 million users and a team of just six people, Genmo is at the forefront of AI-generated video and diffusion technology. We discuss: - Paras’ unconventional path from building AI for self-driving cars to rapidly scaling a lean AI startup to 1 million global users - Technical breakthroughs, counterintuitive challenges, and the future of personalized AI video content - The implications of deep fakes, and the role of open-sourcing in generative AI Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot podcast, we speak with Lin Qiao, co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI. Fireworks helps companies deploy the best AI models at the fastest speeds. It has raised $25 million from Sequoia, Benchmark, Databricks and others. We discuss: - Lin’s experience overseeing 50 trillion inference events per day at Meta? - The strategic shift from 'one model fits all' to a diverse set of specialized models - The advantages of open-source vs. closed-source and why Lin’s philosophy is opposite to OpenAI's Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot podcast, we speak with Lin Qiao, co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI. Fireworks helps companies deploy the best AI models at the fastest speeds. It has raised $25 million from Sequoia, Benchmark, Databricks and others. We discuss: - Lin’s experience overseeing 50 trillion inference events per day at Meta? - The strategic shift from 'one model fits all' to a diverse set of specialized models - The advantages of open-source vs. closed-source and why Lin’s philosophy is opposite to OpenAI's Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot podcast, we speak with John Dulin, founder and CEO of Modern Intelligence. Modern is an AI company building foundation models for defense and is backed by Bedrock, Contrary, and other investors. We discuss: - The challenges and opportunities for AI in defense? - John’s contrarian vision for building a horizontal AI platform across the DoD - How Modern uses AI to 10x the capability of human intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) analysts A must-watch for anyone interested in AI's impact on national security. Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

On this week’s episode of the Autopilot podcast, we sit down with Maggie Sin, co-founder of MyCompanions.AI. MyCompanions.AI uses AI to automate the interactions between fans and influencers across social media platforms. We discuss: - Maggie’s journey from being an influencer to leveraging AI to address the pain points in fan engagement and monetization - How current influencer engagements are being outsourced to the Philippines - Ethical considerations, mental health and the loneliness pandemic Link to the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple in the comments below. #VentureCapital #VC #ArtificialIntelligence #AI