Post by Avid Larizadeh Duggan OBE

In tech, nobody truly knows what the future holds—we're all speculating. Yet, as technology evolves, some things become clearer. With AI developing at lightning speed, I've spent months talking with some of the brightest minds and practitioners in the field to draw a vision of the future and how to navigate it. For someone who thrives on solving complex problems and has a passion for technology and entrepreneurship, diving deep into AI and LLM transformations over the past year and a half has been a delight. In the article below, I've distilled key principles that today guide me as an investor and advisor to companies of all sizes. Hopefully, they can be useful to you too. Big thanks to Seshu Ajjarapu, Nima Badiey, Arjun Bansal, Karim Beguir, Jim Gao, Mehdi Ghissassi, Jonathan Godwin, Charles Gorintin, Joel Hellermark, Christian Karam, Amir Khosrowshahi, Jaroslaw (Jarek) Kutylowski, George Liang, Alfred Lin, Arthur Mensch, Nasrin Mostafazadeh, Curtis Northcutt, Ali Partovi, Hadi Partovi, Naveen Rao, Aaron Rosenberg, Milos Rusic, Chris Re, Peter Sarlin, Thomas Scialom, PhD, Yoav Shoham, William Stasior, Tris Warkentin, and Timur Cuceloglu Yarnall for letting me pick their brains and indulging me in debate in order to keep up with the pace of change on the frontlines.