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Building Customer Loyalty into Your Product Design

A discussion with product leaders from Plangrid, Zenefits, Copper, and Coupa

7 min readDec 4, 2018

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Building Customer Loyalty into Your Product Design

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AI is bringing superpowers to the specialist

Enter AI that “augments” the power of the specialist — not replacing them but rather helping them make better decisions and identify…

5 min readOct 31, 2018

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AI is bringing superpowers to the specialist

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How Airware uses partners to engage multi-national corporates

Pink Couch | 5 Minute Interviews

4 min readDec 5, 2017

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How Airware uses partners to engage multi-national corporates

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Three ways AI is already at work, and what comes next

AI has moved from potential promise to real impact. It’s already being used in powerful ways in the enterprise. As I’ll outline below…

5 min readNov 16, 2017

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Three ways AI is already at work, and what comes next

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AI hype has peaked so what’s next?

2017 has been the year of AI, reaching a fever pitch of VC and corporate investment. But, as with any hot technology, AI is outgrowing this

6 min readOct 24, 2017

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AI hype has peaked so what’s next?

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Tom Rikert

Why we invested in HeadSpin

Have you ever been frustrated when GPS couldn’t find your phone for your Uber pickup? Or been unable to Facetime with family due to blocky…

4 min readOct 19, 2017

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Why we invested in HeadSpin

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Using AI and Machine Learning to beat the competition

Artificial intelligence and machine learning promise to permanently change the enterprise. Several Fortune 500 companies are already…

5 min readSep 25, 2017

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Using AI and Machine Learning to beat the competition

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3 CMOs reveal secrets to building a massive enterprise brand from Day 1

From day 1 to market leadership, what are the make-or-break moments that marketers need to tackle as they move from 1M to 100M in revenue?

5 min readMay 19, 2017

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My visit to the Obama White House: AI, the future of jobs, and a VC’s Letter to the next…

In the final months of the Obama White House, I was honored to be invited by the President’s National Economic Council to discuss the…

7 min readJan 19, 2017

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My visit to the Obama White House: AI, the future of jobs, and a VC’s Letter to the next…

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NextWorld Capital Leads Airware’s Series C

As a kid in upstate NY, I was obsessed with radio-controlled airplanes. I dreamed of the future when I’d strap a video camera to the side…

5 min readMar 31, 2016

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NextWorld Capital Leads Airware’s Series C

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Tom Rikert

Tom Rikert

General Partner at @NextWorldCap. Love helping entrepreneurs make it big, globally. Formerly @a16z @Google @Autodesk. SaaS, AI, and IoT junky.

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