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@vconvc.com Inspiring conversation @SydneyThomas Founding Partner & @ShrutiShah Partner @SymphonicVC discuss their PreSeed Capital model minimises risk supports founders & AI @Substack #AI #SiliconValley #ChatGPT
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Sydney Thomas, Founding Partner Symphonic Capital and Shruti Shah Partner Symphonic Capital: Pre Seed Capital and AI - VConVC

Sydney Thomas is Founding General Partner Symphonic Capital - a venture capital firm that invests in companies making life better for the 99%. The launch of

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June 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM

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@Vconvc Inspiring conversation @SydneyThomas Founding Partner & @ShrutiShah Partner @SymphonicVC discuss their PreSeed Capital model minimises risk supports founders & AI @Substack #AI #SiliconValley #ChatGPT open.substack.com/pub/vconvc/p...

Sydney Thomas, Founding Partner Symphonic Capital and Shruti Shah Partner Symphonic Capital

Pre Seed Capital and AI

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June 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM

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Fabulous interview Horizontal versus Vertical AI & Defensible AI Moats in B2B @vconvc.com @Jennifer Savage Partner @IlluminateVentures @shaoxuhui Partner @FoothillVentures @Substack #LLM #AI #SiliconValley #ChatGPT #DeepSeek #OpenAI #horizontal #vertical www.vconvc.com/posts/jennif...

Jennifer Savage, Partner Illuminate Ventures and Xuhui Shao, Managing Partner Foothill Ventures: Horizontal versus Vertical AI and Defensible AI Moats in B2B - VConVC

Jennifer Savage is a Partner at Illuminate Ventures, a B2B Seed-stage venture capital firm behind early successes like Xactly, Coupang, BrightEdge, and

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May 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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Learnt so much Horizontal versus Vertical AI & Defensible AI Moats in B2B @vconvc Jennifer Savage @illuminate @shaoxuhui Partner @foothill ventures @Substack #LLM #AI #Silicon Valley #ChatGPT #DeepSeek #OpenAI
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Jennifer Savage, Partner Illuminate Ventures and Xuhui Shao, Managing Partner Foothill Ventures

Horizontal versus Vertical AI and Defensible AI Moats in B2B

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May 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM

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Americans, including Republicans, losing faith in Trump, new polls reveal
Trump scores poorly on economy and immigration as some fear he is ‘exceeding powers’ and focused on wrong issues
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Americans, including Republicans, losing faith in Trump, new polls reveal

Trump scores poorly on economy and immigration as some fear he is ‘exceeding powers’ and focussed on wrong issues

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April 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM

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After Russia's deadly attack on Kyiv, Vance reposts denunciation of Zelensky

At the time of writing, U.S. Vice President JD Vance has not condemned or commented directly on the strike.

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April 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM

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The tomb is empty, the swamp is full, and Elon Musk thinks he's curing blindness while the Pope lectures JD Vance on human decency. #doge #elonmusk #easter #ukraine
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The Resurrection of Authoritarian Nonsense

From Harvard to Kyiv to Boeing, the Trump regime spent Easter weekend proving it can’t govern, but it can punish, retaliate, and lie with stunning consistency.

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April 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM

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Witkoff on March 21 told far-right American commentator Tucker Carlson that Ukrainians living under Russian occupation "want" to be ruled by Russia, echoing Kremlin talking points used to justify the illegal annexation of Ukrainian land kyivindependent.com/ukraine-very...

Witkoff comments 'very disturbing' to Ukraine, Zelensky says

Zelensky noted that U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff is not a military expert. "As far as I know, he is very good at selling and buying real estate."

kyivindependent.com

March 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM

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Enlightening @fintechsv.bsky.social audio podcast with @jeffboothbtc.bsky.social Bitcoin and Recession #Bitcoin #protocol #hedge #blockchain #centralizedsystem #inflation #recession #creditbasedsystem #cryptoscams #freemarket #technology #Canada youtu.be/iA77M7PRc0Y

Jeff Booth, Investor ego death Capital on Bitcoin & Canada

YouTube video by FinTech Silicon Valley

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March 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM

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Weekly Bitcoin Stats: Sign up for free weekly @svblockchaininv.bsky.social & get this delivered to your email every Monday! #bitcoin #blockchain #newsletter
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Blockchain Invest News March 17, 2025

..all the Blockchain & Crypto News you need to know

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March 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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Enlightening @fintechsv.bsky.social audio podcast with @jeffboothbtc.bsky.social Bitcoin and Recession #Bitcoin #protocol #hedge #blockchain #centralizedsystem #inflation #recession #creditbasedsystem #cryptoscams #freemarket #technology #Canada www.fintechsv.com/blog/blockch...

March 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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Enlightening conversation @vconvc.bsky.social AI and Education with @AmitPatel Managing Director @OwlVentures and @RishiTaparia PreSeed Investor @GarudaVentures www.vconvc.com/posts/amit-p...

Amit Patel Managing Director Owl Ventures and Rishi Taparia Pre-Seed Investor Garuda Ventures: AI B2B and Education - VConVC

Amit A. Patel is a Managing Director at Owl Ventures and deeply involved with a variety of firm building and investing activities since the firm’s founding.

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March 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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The U.S. has reportedly suspended support for the electronic warfare systems installed on the Ukrainian Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets www.zona-militar.com/en/2025/03/1...

The U.S. has reportedly suspended support for the electronic warfare systems installed on the Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jets

The recent change in the relationship between the United States government and Ukraine is having an impact on the capabilities that the Ukrainian Armed

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March 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM

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Fascinating conversation @vconvc.bsky.social AI B2B & Education @Amit Patel Managing Director @Owl Ventures & @Rishi Taparia PreSeed Investor @Garuda Ventures #analytics #data #EdTech #generativeAI #governments #HealthTech sign up Substack open.substack.com/pub/vconvc/p...

Amit Patel Managing Director Owl Ventures & Rishi Taparia Pre-Seed Investor Garuda Ventures

AI and Education

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March 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM

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Actor Liev Schreiber: ‘US aid cuts are exacerbating Ukraine’s suffering’
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Actor Liev Schreiber: ‘US aid cuts are exacerbating Ukraine’s suffering’

Speaking via video from NY at a special event hosted by The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) in Tel Aviv last week, Schreiber highlighted the devastating impact of reduced international assistance.

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March 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM

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Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says apnews.com/article/un-w...

Women's rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination is deepl...

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March 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM

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US halts intelligence sharing with Ukraine, CIA director confirms kyivindependent.com/us-halts-int...

US halts intelligence sharing with Ukraine, CIA director confirms

The U.S. has halted intelligence sharing with Kyiv, threatening Ukraine's ability to strike Russian targets amid the full-scale war, CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed to Fox Business on March 5.

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March 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM

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"The emotional negligence of this makes me want to scream. Over the years, we have been turned into research material. I am sickened by how my story has become an ideological tool to equalise experience of defender and the attacker. I am losing my subjectivity" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...