Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures) addresses the debate over 'GPT wrapper' startups and where value accrues in generative AI applications.
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Kirsten Green claims the biggest recent companies started with a consumer-first approach
“But if you step back and you look at the last two decades, the biggest companies started with a consumer first approach.”
Opinion
Kirsten Green calls consumer health spending her biggest investment trend in 30 years
“So on the health front, this is, you know, perhaps the biggest trend in my, you know, nearly 30 years now of investing. I think the biggest trend that we've seen People are, there is a growing willingness to spend on health and themselves and outside of the sy…”
Opinion
Kirsten Green argues true digital personalization failed for 20 years until GenAI
“We've been talking about, for instance, you know, 20 years now, we've been talking about personalization. It really hasn't happened. If you kind of look across, imagine you go to a website, you know, how personalized does it feel? Like it's pretty much a simil…”
Insight
Kirsten Green likens ChatGPT to Google, opening doors for vertical AI apps
“Jack GPT is to this generation what Google was to the last. If you think about Google is like the place where, you know, the front door, you go there, that's your big search. But if you want to, like, look for real estate, you go to Zillow. If you want to unde…”
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Kirsten Green notes the wellness economy grows six times faster than GDP
“The wellness economy, which includes that is a 1.8 trillion dollar economy, and it's actually growing six times faster than the economy in general.”
Disclosure
Kirsten Green reveals Forerunner Ventures avoids investing in standalone product companies
“We haven't actually made an investment in a product company per se. We've always been looking at like a business model shift and a behavior shift.”