Jeremy Conrad

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Sep 20, 2017
Insight
Hardware startups must narrow scope because 90 percent functionality is completely useless
“I think it's about making sure that you really narrow your scope for your first product, because if 90% of your product works in its hardware, you have nothing.”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 13:24 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
Sep 20, 2017 bearish
Opinion
Commercial satellite imagery lacks high-frequency daily demand, making it a bad bet
“And so like, I'm pretty bearish on the kind of imaging side of it”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 18:20 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
Sep 20, 2017 positive
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Advances in sensors and compute drastically reduced robotics startup costs
“All of those things conspire to make the cost of starting a robotics company a fraction of what it used to be.”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 5:48 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
Sep 20, 2017 negative
Opinion
People misjudge exponential S-curves when worrying about killer AI
“I'm not at all worried about killer AI. I think that people love to talk about, you know, when you're on the early part of the exponential, you can't tell. And I would argue that when you're on the exponential part of the S curve, it's hard to tell as well.”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 21:24 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
Sep 20, 2017
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Series B hardware investors now demand proven revenue rather than hype
“I think that two years ago, the ecosystem was in a place where you could go raise a big A or small B on like kind of hype and, you know, good team and like that, the idea that there was going to be a market there. But right now, you know, we're seeing a very m…”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 12:31 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
Sep 20, 2017 positive
Insight
The best new robotics startups focus on a single obvious ROI
“I think the best robotics companies started today will have like a singular use case where the ROI is obvious and apparent.”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 8:28 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
Sep 20, 2017 bearish
Opinion
Core AI and machine learning in 2017 is mostly just nifty tricks
“So I really don't think it does, and I would also argue that what people consider a core AI ML today is a bunch of nifty tricks, and so you see lots of nifty demos, but in terms of actual production AI or ML actually out there, a lot of it's a little bit mecha…”
Jeremy Conrad Sep 20, 2017 ▶ 6:07 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
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