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The AI revolution of 2023 surges forward at breakneck speed, as tech titans unleash groundbreaking models and applications daily. The future is coming fast. Without knowing the exact extent of what AI will change, we can already see that this time around, AI’s impact is going to be highly disruptive. And we are not ready for the impending storm.

Fernandina is one of our Student Venture Partners, who connects us with the most promising entrepreneurs & ventures in their respective ecosystems at more than 60 leading universities globally. She is an MBA student at Stanford and joined our Student Venture Partner program after her internship with us to interact with founders and learn from investors.

The adoption of AI has been through several ups & downs. Our partner and Head of China Alexander reflects on a decade of AI mainstream-adoption, talks about his very own touchpoints with AI throughout his professional life and is now as an Invesor making sense of the current hype surrounding AI-generated content systems.

As one of Aspire’s earliest supporters, we’ve been investing in the Southeast Asian fintech’s growth since one of its first funding rounds — and we’re now thrilled to announce that we’re participating in their US$ 100m C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital.

Under normal circumstances, the higher the valuation of a startup, the better it is for all stakeholders involved. High valuations indicate success and the potential of a business. In order to navigate the impending challenges of a normalizing market, founders need to understand the impact of both levers.

When we first encountered Narmi’s founders Chris and Nikhil, they both had experience running a financial institution, and were working on a software solution to improve the industry’s antiquated digital offerings.

Technology is the key to helping the voluntary market actually move the needle on climate change, and we are eager to see more tech players step up to the challenge of saving our planet.

We’re excited to share that Avi Medical has raised EUR 50 million in a Series B funding round, and we’re extremely proud to have been a sparring partner to Vlad and his team since day one.

In a world where anyone can know everything, who actually does know something? Mixed reality initiatives by Microsoft and Roblox were the digital Columbus’ of this space, laying the infrastructure for those to come.