Techstars
10 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 11, 2023 by Maëlle Gavet · across every show →
Everything said about Techstars, oldest first
Oct 11, 2023 neutral
Gavet: Delay AI adoption by a quarter if customer needs remain unclear
“And if you don't know yet, in my world, I think it's okay to wait another month, another quarter, not saying 10 years, but just a little bit, and then revisit on a regular basis whether or not there's new application of AI, new development that would make sens…”
Jan 31, 2024 bullish
Jan 31, 2024 positive
Gavet: AI pitches must demonstrate capabilities impossible before the technology
“Tell me something that AI is going to help you to do that was not possible to do before. Even if you don't fully understand the technology, Tell me in one sentence, thanks to AI, we're going to do X. And if I immediately see that without AI, X will never have …”
Jan 31, 2024 bearish
Gavet: Startups attempting to compete with ChatGPT will probably fail
“And frankly, if you're an entrepreneur and your dream is to compete with ChatGPT, you're probably not going to succeed because of the compute power and the data sets required to even remotely have a shot at competing. So the only businesses that might compete …”
Jan 31, 2024 neutral
Maëlle Gavet: Startup solutions matter far more than their use of AI
“What I care about is, Is there a big, gigantic problem in front of us? And do you have a really different way of solving it versus everyone else? And if that means using AI, awesome. If it means not using AI because you have a better option, that's fantastic t…”
Apr 23, 2024 positive
Gavet: Founders join Techstars for the program, not the check
“Like, the reason why they come to us, it's not for the check. Like, they can raise money somewhere else. They came for everything that comes with it, which is the Axe Rater program, like the boot camp, which is 13 weeks, and at Techstars, it's extremely hands-…”
Apr 23, 2024 positive
Apr 23, 2024 neutral
Gavet: None of 280 Techstars employees called it an investment business
“The, I remember starting first day and my first hundred day I had what I called a listening tour. So we had at the time, 280 employees. And I talked to every single employee one-on-one with the same set of questions, including one, which was, what is Techstars…”
Apr 23, 2024 neutral