AI Investor Networking & Courageous Conversations
Join Lisa Calhoun, Founder & Managing Partner of Valor.VC and Gary Peat, General Partner of Valor.VC, AI investing is not a trend. It is a high-volatility, asymmetric opportunity cycle — and it will reward discipline as much as conviction.
Valor has recently led and backed multiple AI companies across Tennessee — from VisaLaw in Memphis to Acuity in Nashville to UpDraft in Chattanooga — each operating in different verticals, each navigating the same question: how do you separate durable signal from speculative noise?
How do sophisticated investors improve decision velocity without sacrificing rigor?
How do you underwrite AI companies when the cost curves, talent dynamics, and distribution models are shifting quarterly?
And do investors like Valor use AI themselves — in diligence, portfolio construction, and network activation — to materially tilt the odds?
Join Valor founder Lisa Calhoun and General Partner Gary Peat for a candid investor discussion on how to navigate the boom-and-bust dynamics of AI with discipline, edge, and courage--and insights into our own AI-augmented venture capital firm.
Hosted by Baker Donelson.