The AI Collective Podcast with AJ & Catherine: Tuesday, Nov 3
The AI Collective Podcast is a live weekday show hosted by AJ Green and Catherine McMillan: the AI news that matters, what's happening inside The AI Collective, and lightning interviews with the people building the field.
📺 How to watch
Live at 9 AM PT on LinkedIn, YouTube, X and Instagram.
🗓 Run of show (PT)
9:00 Show opens: this week in AI + inside The AI Collective
9:15 Vinit Bhansali
9:45 Keshia Theobald-van Gent
10:10 Sarah Romanko
~10:30 Wrap
🎙 Today's guests
9:15 AM PT · Vinit Bhansali
General Partner, Atrium
3x founder (2 exits) turned seed investor: Head of Investments at a seed VC for six years, then Founder & GP of Takshil ($30M seed fund). Now a pre-seed VC in San Francisco, known for sharp takes on founder–market fit and what investors actually want on a GTM slide.
Topic: What investors want to see on your GTM slide, and what they don't
9:45 AM PT · Keshia Theobald-van Gent
Partner, BDev Ventures
Partner at BDev Ventures, backing B2B software founders across the Americas from late seed to Series B, with investments including Pinata Rent, MGT Insurance and Pipo Health. She pairs venture capital with operational execution to help founders build scalable go-to-market systems.
Topic: Earning a place on the cap table
10:10 AM PT · Sarah Romanko
Vice President, Geek Ventures
Vice President at Geek Ventures, which backs immigrant founders building in the U.S., focused on deal sourcing, screening and in-depth startup analysis. Previously at several early-stage VC firms and startups including Bulletpitch and WingDriver (Techstars '23), with 30+ talks on pitching, funding and investing.
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