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James da Costa
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James da Costa
@jamdac
Investing in B2B & Enterprise AI companies @a16z
Partner to @Lio_Technology @StitchHQ @PetualAI @hilbertsai @StiltaIP and more
I'm thrilled to share that I have joined the incredible team at @a16z as a Partner investing in B2B software and financial services.- 🚨How does an AI-native startup unseat an incumbent?🚨 👇Enter the Greenfield Strategy: AI-native startup bingo. The battle between every startup and incumbent comes down to whether the startup gets distribution before the incumbent gets innovation. One of the most powerful, and
- 'How your old brick phone is changing millions of lives worldwide' My first TEDx Talk!
- Software ate the world. Now AI is eating labor. The natural extension of later is that Every White-Collar Role Will Have An AI Copilot. Then An AI Agent. But which roles might change most? @astrange & I took at look at the Bureau of Labor statistics to inspire some ideas 👇
- We turned weeks of code into hours with @cursor_ai and @fal_ai_data @ivory_tang and I built a functional fashion show + shopping app in ONE afternoon using multimodal ai models and web agents. With AI, ANYONE can build a working MVP in a day. Even for complex ideas… 🧵👇
00:00 - Real estate is one of the worlds largest and most lucrative investment asset classes but it is unaffordable for most of us. @lofty_ai is changing all that...
- We’re on the verge of a global youth mental health crisis! @Y7France @OECD #environment #gender #tech #inequalities #oecd oecd-forum.org/users/263214-j…
- Replying to @jamdacFinally and most importantly. It takes a village. I am very fortunate to have amazing mentors, sponsors, and friends across the different chapters of my life that have supported me into this next one.. @OneYoungWorld @wef @StanfordGSB @pearvc @DormRoomFund @sasmith4
- .@AgrawalArian went from MIT to building @RiyaCollective (YC W20), to becoming super interested in web3 and joining the @OrangeDAOxyz governance committee. 👉
- Great evening with the @girls20 and @y20_summit last night. Excited to see the policies coming out of the Girls 20 later this week, tangibly promoting gender equality #y20 #g20
- Replying to @jamdacTo my friends and connections: get in touch! Whether you’re transitioning jobs, have a startup idea, want to riff on AI Agents or share a life update - I’d love to talk more about what you are up to!
- Exciting to announce I will be leading the UK's Youth Delegation to the G7 this June in Paris. Over the next 3 months, we will be consulting youth across the UK to ensure their voices are head at the Summit.We are pleased to announce social entrepreneur @jamdac will be representing the United Kingdom at the @G7 Youth Summit in France, as Head Delegate. James is a @ForbesUnder30 and a Regional Director at @hultprize. James is passionate about equalising youth opportunities.
