​Ripple Hosts

​Lisbeth Kaufman

​AWS

​Sarah Sclarsic

​Voyager

​TL;DR

​From buzzword to boardroom conversations - GenAI is top of mind. But how should portfolio companies deploy it and how can VCs advise and invest with a savvy understanding of GenAI?

​Topic overview

​Generative AI as a tool to address the climate crisis

​How startups can and should build with Generative AI

​Investing in Generative AI companies

​Spotting defensible Generative AI strategies

​What’s up for discussion?

​There is a great deal of excitement (and trepidation) about how companies can use GenAI . Generative AI is starting to prove itself as a powerful tool for addressing the climate crisis. It has become a “boardroom” conversation. How should should startups adapt GenAI (if at all) and what exactly can they do with it? Often the “board room” conversation is centered around employing chatbots like ChatGPT, and doing so safely and securely. But chatbots are just the tip of the iceburg. Use-cases to deploy Generative AI range from optimizing operations, to creating sophisticated agents that can solve problems for customers, to building problem-specific expert foundation models. Join this Ripple to discuss how to coach your portfolio companies on getting more out of GenAI. We’ll also discuss developing a generative AI thesis and exploring how to spot companies deploying generative AI in unique and defensible ways.

​Dream outcome

​VCs hone their GenAI theses to help PortCos leverage GenAI to accelerate the fight against the climate crisis. Absolute dream outcome = we save years of R&D and get to deployment, scale up, and decarb faster.

​Who should attend?

​VC Investors and startup founders interested in Generative AI