LIVE Q&A: Meet tech's dealmakers backing the next big thing - Business Insider
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LIVE Q&A: Meet tech's dealmakers backing the next big thing - Business Insider
Venture capitalists are pouring billions into AI startups right now. That tells you something — but probably not what the hype machine wants you to think.
It doesn't mean you need the latest, most ex
Venture capitalists are pouring billions into AI startups right now. That tells you something — but probably not what the hype machine wants you to think.
It doesn't mean you need the latest, most expensive AI tool. It means the pressure you're feeling to "do something with AI" is real, not imagined. The market is moving fast. But fast and right are two different things.
Here's what those investors actually bet on: problems with clear before-and-after results. Not AI for its own sake. A specific pain, a measurable fix, a number that changes. That's it.
You don't have to chase the billion-dollar tools. You need to find the one task your team does manually every week that eats two or three hours — quoting, scheduling, first-draft responses, report pulls — and test one tool against that single task for 30 days.
One problem. One tool. One measurable result.
That's how you get your first real win without touching what already works or risking serious money on something your team will ignore.
What's the most repetitive task in your business right now that you'd love to hand off — and have you already tried an AI tool on it? What happened?
