Today’s guests are Alex Rubalcava and Paul Bricault of Amplify.LA, a pre-seed venture capital firm.

In today’s episode, Alex and Paul break down the opportunities and challenges AI is creating for both startups and investors. They discuss the changing economics of software, what makes an AI company defensible, where investors are finding opportunity in frontier sectors, and why speed matters more than ever in early-stage investing.

To close, they explore startup pivots and the tax advantages of QSBS.

(0:00) Starts

(1:27) Introducing Alex and Paul

(2:02) Public software companies & AI

(5:13) Amplify LA background and partnership formation

(7:34) AI use cases in portfolio companies

(15:08) AI's impact on the job market

(30:31) AI's impact on investment opportunities at the pre-seed stage

(41:02) Aerospace sector opportunities

(44:32) Successful startup pivots

(50:18) Liquidity in VC

(55:28) QSBS impact

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