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.

​Celebrating our 10th anniversary as a local, leading venture capital firm, Valor has backed multiple AI companies across Tennessee at the first round — from VisaLaw in Memphis to Acuity in Nashville to UpDraft in Chattanooga. Each operates in different verticals, yet navigates the same question: how to separate durable signal from speculative noise in AI?

​How do you underwrite AI companies when the cost curves, talent dynamics, and distribution models are shifting quarterly?

​How does Valor use AI— in diligence, portfolio construction, and network activation?

​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. You'll get real insights into our own AI-augmented venture capital firm and its growing Tennessee portfolio.

​Hosted by Baker Donelson.