Ann Bordetsky
@annbordetsky
Partner @NEA, early stage AI, category creators | @perplexity_AI @elevenlabsio @twelve_labs @contra @fizz_app @glaciertechinc | ex-UBER, TWTR 🛠️
AI’s next big leap isn’t just about raw intelligence—it’s about context. The most helpful personal agents will know your routines, preferences, quirks, and the “why" behind your actions to act on your behalf Context is the currency for AI agents Context capture is how…
At this point my entire timeline is filled with smart, ambitious people building unbelievably interesting things and shipping like their life depends on it Just how I like it 👌
Marketing to a semi-empty movie theater with an ad that tries to reclaim Millennial loyalty — not sure what to make of this but you know cultural relevance is slipping if you’re running movie ads 🫣
this might be our biggest partnership yet after seeing @jasonlk 's posts over the weekend, i think its clear how impactful this can be. jobs of the future will move towards the last mile of creativity, development, context, curation and skill. this is just the start. soon…
Last-mile development doesn’t need to last forever. Sometimes vibe coding needs a trusted partner. The @Replit x @contra partnership is official and coming soon. ⚡️ Discover top-tier Replit experts to build complex production-grade apps. Hire directly, 100% commission-free.…
Steve Jobs: “My model of business is The Beatles” “[The Beatles] were four very talented guys who kept each other’s negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. And that’s how I see business. Great things in…
@elevenlabsio continues to lead & dominate the Voice AI market. It's now been 2 years in a row thanks to our cutting-edge research, engineering and business teams 💯 Our Conversational AI product is both voice and chatbot, soon more. Companies are incorporating AI agents in…
If you need a little inspiration today to build something that matters — “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once…
Talk of the town... when the town is the neighborhood kids this weekend. IYKYK they just can't get enough
A few weeks in, I’m so used to @PerplexityComet as my co-pilot that I don’t think I could work without it It’s doing so many real time, chief-of-staff type tasks for me… - Multi-tasking and parallel processing: look up X while I’m working on Y - Read annoying PDFs for key…
“You’re not late, you’re just early to the second act” Love that line, perfectly describes where we are in the AI apps wave
wrappers who: - deeply understand human emotion - nail timing & distribution - build fast & iterate socially - treat narrative as a product will own real surface area. most wrappers suck because they’re either boring, derivative, or function first. but a wrapper with taste,…
First time a major media co is actively acknowledging using Generative AI in its content production Feels significant coming from Netflix, they’re the bellwether for what’s next and likely to start another mega trend 🎬
Netflix admits it used generative AI in a big sci-fi hit to cut costs theverge.com/news/709863/ne…
I've spent the afternoon testing ChatGPT's new consumer automation product - Agent. Where does it work, and where does it fall short? And how does it compare to Operator (and newer products like Perplexity's Comet)? My review 👇
The TAM for Comet is bigger than Perplexity because it appeals to people who don’t even want AI. Just the best core browser in the market at the end of the day.
I really love it btw. Not even sure why. Not using many AI features. It's just a blazing fast browser that works really well. Native ad block and all. Beautiful.
True! So come to our FDE event on July 24 ➡️ lu.ma/NEA_Recruit_En…
Play the long game
"The world needs little tech to win" Why Perplexity CEO @AravSrinivas says no to big tech buyouts
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🚨Travis Kalanick: Consumer software CEOs are freaking out about what to do when AI agents take over. @travisk: "As you guys know, I've been spending my time on real estate, and construction, and robotics." "And so I've been out of this kind of consumer software game for a…
The Oracle, spot on
Jensen Huang: “VCs don’t invest in business plans” When asked for advice on business plans and raising venture capital, Jensen tells the student audience at Stanford: “VCs don’t invest in business plans… They invest in great people. And so the question is: do they trust you?…
Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) on the race to build the AI browser of the future. At AI Startup School in San Francisco. 00:48 - Perplexity's Current Status and Challenges 01:16 - Future Plans: The Browser Bet 03:18 - Competition and Market…