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517. Fear and Greed in AI, The Rise of Kingmakers, and Is Seed the Sucker Round? (John Chen)
John Chen of Fika Ventures joins Nick to discuss Fear and Greed in AI, The Rise of Kingmakers, and Is Seed the Sucker Round?. In this episode we cover:
Differences Between Bay Area and LA Founders
Lessons from Emergence and Building Fika
Investing in AI Native Services and Copilots
Challenges and Opportunities in Seed Investing
Founder Profiles and Career Paths
Guest Links:
John's LinkedIn
John's X
Fika Ventures' LinkedIn
Fika Ventures' Website
The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area…
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