New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Jan 9, 2024 | nea.com | Kate Barrett

On this episode, Mandela Patrick, Co-Founder and CEO of Optimatik, an AI company that harnesses data-driven insights to optimize high-quality creatives for brands, speaks with host Kate Barrett about building something new in an already noisy field, the value of tapping into your own trusted network, and the powerful ways new tools can democratize access to technology.

Jan 2, 2024 | nea.com | Jonathan Golden

Content originally published by Tech Crunch as a guest contribution on 12/9/23. Generative AI is a paradigm shift in technology, and it will spur a massive shift in enterprise spend over the next decade and beyond. Transformations of this magnitude can feel rapid on the surface, especially when they make a huge splash like Generative AI has in recent months, but it’s a steep and steady climb to permeate the layers of the enterprise technology stack.

Oct 26, 2023 | nea.com | Jonathan Golden

It's been less than a year since ChatGPT erupted onto the scene, revealing a powerful new era in AI and promising to disrupt everything in its path. It has not disappointed--generative AI enables more creative, efficient and accurate use of AI, even as it demonstrates increasing agency and autonomy. This novel technology will transform our daily work and everyday lives in the coming years, and it's already catalyzing the next wave of consumer internet. Consumer internet typically goes in waves.

Sep 13, 2023 | nea.com | Jonathan Golden

If you read our inaugural marketplace series post, the Marketplace Building Playbook, then you know how much we admire Whatnot and its livestream shopping platform. Described by co-founder and CEO Grant LaFontaine as “eBay meets Twitch,” Whatnot’s approach perfectly exemplifies one of the core themes shaping the next wave of marketplaces—bringing individual curators and devoted consumers together without relying on broad-based search.