NYC #TechWeek x CMU T&E: The AI Investment Landscape- Insights from the Builders, Dreamers, and Decision-Makers
Join us for a captivating discussion on the ever-evolving landscape of AI investment! In this event, CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship (CMU T&E) is bringing together a distinguished panel featuring:
Jeremy Toeman (Builder): Jeremy, the CEO of Aug X Labs, is passionate about the intersection of media and technology. His startup makes Augie, an AI Assistant that seamlessly blends user-owned content, stock media, and AI effects to automatically craft captivating marketing videos. Jeremy's career spans 25+ years in the field, with recent VP experiences at WarnerMedia, Joyn, and CBS Interactive, as well as startups such as Sling Media and Dijit. Learn more about Augie at www.augxlabs.com
Arman Hezarkhani (Builder): Arman is the founder of Parthean, personal finance education for young professionals. In his current role, he's using transformers to make money easier for people, he's raised $2.8M, hired a small team, etc. Before this, he studied ece at cmu, started two other startups, taught at CMU, worked with Google. Learn more about Parthean at https://www.parthean.com
Zhou Yu (Dreamer): Zhou is an Associate Professor at the CS Department, Columbia University. She is also a co-founder of Articulate.ai which centers its efforts on harnessing the power of Conversational and Generative AI to empower and shape the future landscape of the workspace. She was featured on Forbes 30 under 30 in Science in 2018. Her team also won the 2018 Amazon Alexa Socialbot Competition. Her team’s work on Persuasive Dialog Systems also won the ACL 2019 best paper nomination.
Investor (Decision-Maker)[TBC] Perspective: We are in the middle of confirming an investor who can share their perspective on what they're seeing in the AI investment market as someone who has made direct investments in AI startups. We will also look to tease out what challenges they see and how to look beyond the hype when making decisions on investments.
This event will explore the opportunities and challenges within the current AI investment landscape from the lens of those on the frontlines of building an AI-powered tech startup, driving new innovations from academia, and a snapshot on where the investment landscape is trending. Don't miss this chance to hear from active operators in the field and gain valuable knowledge whether you're an investor, entrepreneur, or simply curious about the future of AI.
Brought to you by CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship (CMU T&E), a community of over 7,000+ Carnegie Mellon alumni and students across the tech and entrepreneurship continuum seeking to build the infrastructure that enables connection, programming, and opportunities for Tartans to shape the innovations of tomorrow and move further, faster, together.
This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.”