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We explore synergies between our AI companions thesis and Forerunner's cognitive effects thesis. A fun dive with takes for startups build in this space and a word on what we think is next.

CMS × Brighteye   From your very first conversation about splitting equity to the day an investor asks for your cap table, how you structure ownership and funding will shape your company’s future. The earliest legal and financial decisions - often made casually on the back of a napkin or in your phone notes - can become the hardest to fix later.   Clean founder arrangements, smart fundraising tools, and tax-efficient incentives all help you grow faster, raise cleaner rounds,

Recent stumbles in AI company shares led to some suggestions that AI hype is over-egged and that the consequences for the workforce may be lower than initially expected. We disagree. Learning holds the key to its effective use and wider proliferation across our economies.

We enjoyed reading Michael Stothard's article outlining firstminute capital's blue collar thesis. We wanted to add our spin, given the work we did earlier in the year on AI hiring tools.

In a Sidekick exclusive, Ed Metz and Eric Tucker dive into the effectiveness and success of a US Government program designed to catalyse education and learning breakthroughs.

Winning in the US, the latest guide from Index Ventures, offers a clear, strategic framework to navigate this leap. Based on deep research, founder interviews, and hard-won lessons from 500+ venture-backed companies, the guide presents five proven archetypes for US expansion and shows how to choose the right one for your startup. We summarise the key takeaways!

An anonymous exit with a US-based founder, with the themes of balancing vision with finding product market fit, balancing impact and financial objectives and how the pandemic altered their trajectory pre-exit.

Exploring PISCES, a brand new initiative by the UK government to enable trading of private company shares, giving employees and early investors improved access to liquidity.

A quick article on how Sana's new partnership with the Swedish government is a great example of how Edtech is central to realising societal gains from AI.

When we met Héctor , Nico , Jaime and Adri in July 2023, it was clear they were building more than just a product, they were creating a...

Libby Hills builds on her first article which focused on impact as a value-driver, focusing here on how startups should approach gathering evidence, including how AI can help.

A quick run through how oncoming waves of AI may lead to a rise in fractional and part-time work for highly-skilled strategists.