Jeremiah Owyang is a Silicon Valley–based General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, where he leads early-stage AI investing focused on startups that can rapidly scale by leveraging network effects and defensible distribution. A longtime tech analyst and operator since the dot-com era, he has anticipated and helped shape multiple innovation waves from Web 2.0 to today’s AI agent ecosystem, drawing on prior roles as an industry analyst, founder of technology research firms, and advisor to global brands. Beyond investing, he is an ecosystem builder who founded Llama Lounge, one of the largest GenAI startup event series, and is a sought-after global speaker on how AI, scale, and networks are transforming business models and competitive advantage.Topics

• From Analyst to Investor: How pattern-spotting across tech cycles informs early-stage AI bets
• The Rise of AI Agents: Why distribution and network effects matter more than raw model performance
• Ecosystem as Moat: Building founder communities and platforms that accelerate scale

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