The Two Ways to Sell AI: Lighthouse or Landgrab?

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Aug 13, 202600:44:37Technology

Elena Burger is joined by a16z's Andy McCall and Joe Schmidt to break down two very different ways AI startups can go to market: the lighthouse and the landgrab. Should founders win a handful of marquee customers whose c...

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