Samir Kaji
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first heard Sep 2025
last heard 28 Jul
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Are there similar trends that you see in artificial intelligence that could really shape the future of consumer and what you're really looking for when you invest in companies?
Yeah, it's so interesting to think about how much is going to change.
And, you know, again, going back, not only have we seen this platform shift, but this platform shift is moving quicker than any other past platform shift in terms of adoption, in terms of changes.
And it's always fun to kind of future cast a little bit and say, okay, what does the world look like three years from now, five years from now, 10 years from now, which, you know, we all get paid to do in some respect.
And it's just, it's astounding how quickly things are happening.
Now that we've looked at the future, maybe we'll end with a question.
Since now you've been in the Ventracy for seven years, what's the one thing that you know now that you wish you knew back when you started in VC?
Yeah.
It's it's something I hear a lot from VCs in terms of, you know, trust your gut or trust your intuition, which, you know, there was a story I had Mike Maples on and he told a story about Justin TV.
So Justin Kahn, which became Twitch, which it was a weird thing.
It didn't like didn't really make sense.
And if you brought it to a committee, they would probably tell him not to do it because it didn't make sense in any business rationale.
And like, what is this thing where, you know, people are following around?
It obviously became a really big exit for them.
And it all came down to trusting his gut with the founder itself.
And going back to this comment of single trigger, meaning that
You or Vanessa can make a decision on a company based on your own feeling and conviction without having to get consensus.
And I think in the early days, getting consensus is a good way to learn and pressure test your ideas and get that pattern recognition.
But I do see increasingly, you know, people wanting to do things where you have to have a framework where you can trust your gut, make the deal.
And, you know, remembering what I've seen is like you can lose one time your money if you're wrong.
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