Our guest today is Ryan Shannon, AI Investor at Radical Ventures, a world-known venture capital firm investing exclusively in AI. Radical's portfolio includes hot startups like Cohere, Covariant, V7 and many more. 

In our conversation, we talk about how to start an AI company & what makes a good founding team. Ryan also explains what he and Radical look for when investing and how they help their portfolio after the investment. We finally chat about some cool AI Startups like Twelve Labs and get Ryan’s predictions on hot startups in 2024.

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(0:00) - Intro

(2:42) - Ryan's background and journey into AI investing

(11:15) -  Radical Ventures

(14:34) - How to keep up with AI breakthroughs? 

(22:42) - How Ryan finds and evaluates founders to invest in

(32:54) - What makes a good founding team? 

(38:57) - Ryan's role at Radical 

(45:53) - How to start an AI company 

(50:22) - Twelve Labs

(59:19) - Future of AI and hot startups in 2024

(1:09:48) - Career advice