Qevlar AI says it can deploy AI to turn alerts about cybersecurity attacks into data that was previously invisible. Pathfounder’s Mike Butcher speaks to Ahmed Achchak, Qevlar AI Co-Founder and CEO, and Damien Henault, partner with Forgepoint Capital, about how AI is changing cybersecurity.

Speaking at the inaugural Pathfounders London Mixer — the first in a series — a panel of VCs and experts tackled the thorny subjects of the white-hot era of AI, what’s next for deeptech, and the future of so-called ‘sovereign’ technologies — all amid the background of, at times, quite chaotic geopolitical tensions. The panel also identified a new generation of AI-native entrepreneurs, operating in palpably different ways from the generation that came before them.

Featuring:

•⁠ ⁠Sitar Teli, Managing Partner, Connect Ventures

•⁠ ⁠Alex van Someren, recently exited as the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security and former VC

•⁠ ⁠⁠Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Amadeus Capital Partners, Partner in the Early Stage Fund focusing on AI, Robotics and Quantum

•⁠ ⁠⁠ Ana Barjasic, Connectology, European Innovation Council

Can Italy surf the new AI wave with the new “Wave” conference? Vento CEO and partner Diyala D'Aveni unpacks this and more with Pathfounders Founder & Editor, Mike Butcher.

Pathfounders Interview: Yaroslav Azhnyuk, founder/CEO, The Fourth Law

Spain-based Mundi Ventures recently launched the Kembara Venture Fund to address this with a €750 million first close, and the ultimate target of a billion euros. Partner Pierre Festal joined Pathfounders to unpack what this means for European deeptech.

Venture capital in the MENA region is moving decisively toward AI-native platforms, which captured 69% of AI funding. The UAE and Saudi Arabia jointly attracted 87% of all AI capital deployed. Pathfounders caught up with  Philip Bahoshy, CEO of Magnitt, a key research house in MENA, to discuss how investment AI is shaping the region's tech industry.

‘Edtech’ is morphing into ‘Learning & Work’ according to a new report from Brighteye Ventures. Pathfounders caught up with report author Rhys Spence to unpack where VC investors are putting their money in Europe.

Last week, Multiverse acquired Berlin-based data and AI training provider StackFuel, a small startup that had raised only €1.5m in total, from a handful of seed investors.

Multiverse now plans to use that acquisition as a wedge into the German market, and subsequently other European markets.

In a wide-ranging conversation, I asked Founder and CEO Euan Blair what his next strategic moves would be, and why the US didn’t work out as a potential market for Multiverse's expansion a couple of years ago.

Pathfounders, Episode 1: Interview with Christian Hernandez of Climate tech VC 2150. In this interview with Pathfounders' Mike Butcher, we hear how 2150 has executed on its thesis that cities are where the battle for the climate will be won or lost.

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