AI Fund

We had the privilege of hosting Andrew Ng, a renowned visionary in artificial intelligence, at an exclusive “AI Discussion” in Seoul, South Korea, on November 4th. This event brought together LOTTE Group leaders from a variety of subsidiaries, including Retail, F&B, Chemical, Infrastructure, Hotel, and other sectors. During a fireside chat, Andrew provided valuable insights on emerging trends and applications in AI, encouraging meaningful discussions on how these advancements could transform the future of various industries.    We are thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate with Andrew and LOTTE Group to drive AI innovation forward! Pictured: Andrew Ng & LOTTE Ventures Team: Youngmin Jeon (CEO), Leo Junyoung Ahn (Head of U.S.), Junsung Bae (Executive Director), Tae Hee Lim (Executive Director) #LOTTE_Group #LOTTE_Ventures #Venture_Capital #AI

What's next in agentic AI? That's the question Andrew Ng will answer at Taiwania Capital's AI agents forum. He'll dive into the foundational architecture, discuss real-world applications, and the transformative impact of AI agents in shaping the future. Join us on Nov. 5 in Taipei: https://lnkd.in/dwu25FBs

Welcome aboard Jill Shih! Jill will lead our Asia presence in Taiwan as General Manager. She will work closely with our corporate partners and founders to build successful startups. Andrew Ng said, "Jill is an outstanding product leader with experience across major companies in the US and Asia. She will lead our work to build companies in Taiwan and help our existing companies expand into this dynamic market.” She brings a ton of experience across software engineering, product management, and user experience design to her work with our startups. She’s previously led teams at Good Finance, ZA, and Cheetah Mobile. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the National Taiwan University as well as a master’s in information sciences from the University of Pittsburgh. Calling herself ever curious, Jill enjoys a variety of hobbies, including running half marathons, learning drums, singing, traveling, and trying new foods. More on Jill: https://lnkd.in/ds3vmh-n

 AI Fund expands to Taiwan! We are growing our company-building operations in Asia with a new hub in Taiwan. This will serve as a base for AI Fund and our portfolio companies. “We are investing in Taiwan because of its vibrant tech ecosystem and talented workforce. We hope to support Taiwan’s corporations, tech community and startup ecosystem by working together to build new AI startups,” says Andrew Ng. More: https://lnkd.in/djkZhurA

This morning, in partnership with AI Fund, we gathered corporate innovators for an intimate roundtable with Andrew Ng to discuss the future of AI in the enterprise. Andrew provided perspectives on the state of the market, how to scale AI in the enterprise, emerging trends, including the power of Agentic Workflows, and the role venture building and spinouts can play in driving GenAI-powered innovation and how to do it successfully. Thanks to the corporate leaders who joined us for this engaging conversation. #AI #Enterprise #CorporateInnovation Ellen Li, CPA, CA, CFA Eli Promisel Janina Lieser

Congratulations to Ankur Jain, Sanjay G V Reddy, and the Jivi AI team! Recently launched from our studio, Jivi AI is on a mission to transform healthcare globally using AI. Starting with the primary care sector in India, Jivi AI has already made waves this year by developing the leading healthcare AI models, including Jivi-MedX and Jivi-RadX. Jivi-MedX is a purpose-built medical LLM. It has consistently outscored OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Med-PaLM 2 models, according to the Open Medical LLM Leaderboard (hosted by Hugging Face, the University of Edinburgh, and Open Life Science AI). Jivi-RadX is a vision-based LLM built to assist radiologists in making faster, more accurate decisions. It is one of the highest-performing models out there.

Join us on October 14 for a conversation discussion between Andrés Gluski (CEO of The AES Corporation), Chris Shelton (Chief Product Officer of AES & President of AES Next AES Next), and Andrew Ng (Managing General Partner of AI Fund). Together, we’ll explore how AI is driving innovation at AES and tackling major challenges in the energy sector. Here’s what you can expect: ⚡ Insights into AI's potential to transform industries, with a focus on energy 🔄 Best practices for fostering innovation and navigating AI transformation 📈 How to prioritize AI projects for both short-term impact and long-term growth 🤝 The value of venture studio partnerships in accelerating AI adoption 💡 Practical tips for overcoming roadblocks and achieving AI success See you there!

Proud to see 4 leaders in the AI Fund ecosystem speaking at HumanX! Two venture advisors and two CEOs of portfolio companies: Dean Sysman CEO of Axonius and a Venture Advisor at AI Fund Anthony Soohoo, 2x founder and a Venture Advisor at AI Fund Deepak Shrivastava, CEO & Co-founder of Sunrise AI Navrina Singh, Founder & CEO of Credo AI

A fantastic morning of learning and networking with edtech entrepreneurs today in San Francisco. Special thanks to Ian Chiu and the Owl Ventures team inviting us to co-host this breakfast for #SFTechWeek. Ian Chiu moderated a very interesting discussion between Gene Wade (AI Fund Venture Advisor & serial entrepreneur) and Rajen Sheth.