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AgenticWhere Top VCs Are Placing Their AI Bets In 2025 | Agentic EP 04With $90B poured into AI over the past year, where is the focus going to be in 2025? I spoke to four top investors to find out.
1. Yipeng Zhao (Embark Ventures) believes AI offers a one-year head start. Fast GTM wins. Slow movers risk irrelevance.
2. Hari Arul (Khosla Ventures) has stopped backing co-pilots altogether. His take? Human-in-loop models won’t survive past 2026.
3. James Shecter (Fika Ventures) says enterprises need the illusion of control over their AI workflows.
4. Nicole Toussaint (TenOneTen Ve...2025-01-0354 min
VC UnfilteredAI, Startup Investing, Due Diligence, & Angel Investing | TCA Venture Group PanelIn this episode of VC Unfiltered, Pat Hwang, president of TCA OC, leads a panel discussion with Sanjeev Rao of River Guide Labs and Yipeng Zhao of Embark Ventures!Listen to find out more about venture capital and early-stage startup investing! Our website: pegasusangelaccelerator.comFollow Us:pegasusunfiltered.substack.comlinkedin.com/company/pegasus-angel-acceleratorx.com/paa_vcwww.instagram.com/pegasusacceleratorwww.tiktok.com/@pegasusaccelerator2024-08-0140 min
Friday Coffee Meet Up PodcastEpisode 114: Embark Ventures: Raising Seed Capital and Building MVP for Scientific FoundersYipeng Zhao is a Managing Partner at Embark Ventures, a Los-Angeles based venture capital firm focused on early-stage companies. Embark Ventures particularly interested in Frontier/Deep Tech companies such as cyber-security, AI/ML, Robotics and Data Analytics. Yipeng co-founded Embark Ventures in 2017 where he manages Embark Ventures’ new investments and portfolio companies. Since founded Embark Ventures, Yipeng lead 8 investments and is on the board of directors of multiple venture-backed companies.
Prior joining Embark Ventures, Yipeng serviced as Executive Vice President of ZMXY Global Investment, Inc., a China-based private equity investor where he has been actively involved in equity investment in bo...2020-02-1400 min
Demo Day PodcastEP: 012- Yipeng Zhao - Co-Founder & Managing Partner - Embark VenturesYipeng Zhao talks about his fund's investment thesis around deep tech, and why the biggest asset that a VC can have is his track record. Watch the videohttp://bit.ly/demoday_12_pcCheck out our website!http://bit.ly/coefficientlabs_12_pcGuest - Yipeng ZhaoWebsite: https://www.embark.vc/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yipengzhao/Email: yp@embark.vcFollow Us!LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/coefficient-labsInstagram: www.instagram.com/demodaypodcast/Facebook: www.facebook.com/coefficientlabs/Twitter: https...2019-09-1451 min
1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast211th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Yipeng Zhao, Embark Ventures - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship PodcastYipeng Zhao, Managing Partner at Embark Ventures, talks about the firm’s investment thesis, as well as broader industry trends and what should and should not be funded.
2018-03-1226 min