How VCs build conviction and incubate AI companies from scratch
“And now they're working with defense contractors, etcetera, to kind of predict new kind of metals and new types of glass with the foundation model they have trained.”
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to build a foundational model for material science. And now they're working with defense contractors, etcetera, to kind of predict new kind of metals and new types of glass with the foundation model they have trained. So we really like when we see these opportunities and we have conviction, we cut out the time to do our research and then build that conviction, and then we put capital in as we see needed. So this is, this is one example of of a company we incubated in in the past year. And right now, I'm I'm I'm basically incubating another one. It's very cool. It's very cool. And is it always a new team? Do you have a central team where you have, like,
a growth person and a product person who can jump on a new incubation idea until you hire someone full time, or is it always fresh team for each new incubation project? So we don't have
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Kenneth Auchenberg explains AlleyCorp's hands-on incubation approach, using a materials science AI startup as an example. He discusses how they identify opportunities, build conviction through research, and deploy capital strategically. The conversation touches on team structure for incubation projects.
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Provides concrete insight into how a top-tier VC firm actually incubates companies, with a real example of an AI materials science startup working with defense contractors.
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