The AI-Native Platform Behind Orange Collective, Investing in Y Combinator Companies

We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. I’m fortunate to interview  my Partner Dave Yen, co-founder, Orange Collective. OrangeCollective.vc is a VC fund exclusively investing in AI companies from Y Combinator. YC is the world’s leading tech accelerator; the median...

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Search Funds and AI: Aone Partners Tech Stack Profile

We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Gelila Bekele, Founder of Aone Partners. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm.  Aone Partners is a search fund partnership backed by 14 enterprise software CEOs,...

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How VCs Are Eating Our Own Dogfood: AI & Technology to Generate Alpha in Private Markets

Here are the slides and video of my keynote talk from Eagle Alpha’s alternative data conference, Feb. 12, 2025, in NYC. I spoke on “How VCs Are Eating Our Own Dogfood: AI & Technology to Generate Alpha in Private Markets.”     For more research on how investors in private companies can use AI and...

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Simplectica Long/Short Hedge Fund Tech Stack

We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Jordan Thaeler, Cofounder, Simplectica. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm.  Simplectica is a long/short systematic fund based on proprietary mathematics in the area of Brownian...

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Announcing launch of MiniVC: my AI avatar (free)

After some experimentation, I built and launched MiniVC, an AI avatar of myself. Check it out! It requires a subscription to ChatGPT Plus. You might ask: how is this different from off-the-shelf ChatGPT? It’s designed to draw primarily from my research, 2 published books, and over 100 public presentations at leading universities and finance/tech conferences.  This...

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Video: Best Practices for Using AI in Family Offices

I was honored to present to Digital Evolution Institute at the Global Family Office Governance and Technology Summit at Fordham University, on how the most tech-savvy family offices are using AI, Tech and Analytics.  ...

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