Miles Grimshaw: Benchmark, LangChain, and Investing in AI

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In episode 90 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Miles Grimshaw.

Miles is General Partner at Benchmark. He was previously a General Partner at Thrive Capital, where he helped the firm raise its fourth and fifth funds, and sourced deals in Lattice, Mapbox, Benchling, and Airtable, among others.

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Outline:

* (00:00) Intro

* (02:48) Miles’ background (note: Miles is now the second newest GP at Benchmark)

* (06:07) Miles’ investment philosophy and previous investments

* (12:25) Investing in the “decade of deep learning” and how Miles became interested in AI

* (18:53) Miles’ / Benchmark’s investment in Langchain

* (24:29) On AI advances and adoption

* (39:25) Hardware shortages, radically changing UX for LLMs

* (48:12) Opportunities for AI applications in new domains

* (50:15) Miles’ advice for potential founders in AI

* (1:00:00) Outro

Links:

* Miles’ Twitter

* Benchmark homepage

* LangChain homepage

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