iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

For years, real customer research meant a steep bill and a long wait, or a guess dressed up as a strategy. Gather's Emma runs real interviews, then simulates what similar customers would say, with answers in minutes and a model that gets sharper with every real conversation she has.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 29/09/2026

True Partner Puneet Agarwal: "AI infrastructure is outpacing enterprise demand." His Connected Stack 2026 recap covers the context and controls agents need to work in a real business, starting with @ Anthropic's Kate Jensen keynote on deployments. www.trueventures.com/opinions/con...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 24/09/2026

The hardest part of enterprise AI is no longer access to the technology. It’s changing how the organization works around it. At Connected Stack 2026, we heard the same pattern repeatedly: clear ownership, clear outcomes, better context, and workflows designed for what AI can now do.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 17/09/2026

What happens to "product" once integrations cost zero? True Ventures Partner Rohit Sharma gets into it on the Cadre AI podcast with Chad Lohrli, including why he calls AI a new form of labor, not just a technology. Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 17/09/2026

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen highlighted ICEYE in her State of the Union address. Rafał Modrzewski and Pekka Laurila built the world's largest SAR satellite constellation. We've backed them since day one and are incredibly proud to be first to believe in them.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 16/09/2026

True led the seed round for Aristotle, a voice-first AI tutor from co-founders Shan Reddy, Jaiden Reddy, and Vivek Vajipey that talks a student through problems instead of answering for them. We're proud to be first to believe in what Shan, Jaiden, and Vivek are building. Congratulations team!

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 15/09/2026

We're thrilled to lead TokenCompass' pre-seed and partner with IanChan on this chapter of building what comes next. More on why we invested: www.trueventures.com/blog/why-we-...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 14/09/2026

Thank you to the founders building what comes next, the co-hosts who curated the room, the partners who made yesterday possible, and everyone who showed up to Connected Stack! Most days we compete for the same deals. Yesterday we set that down to learn from one another. That's a wrap on 2026.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 10/09/2026

The doors to Connected Stack are opening soon. In a few hours, this room holds the people building what's next in enterprise AI, and the ones who believed in them before it was obvious. Connected Stack starts today.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 09/09/2026

Connected Stack returns tomorrow. Breakthroughs only look inevitable in hindsight. Before a company, category or technology becomes obvious, someone has to see what others don’t—and build before the proof arrives. We're at capacity. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 03/09/2026

Speaking at Connected Stack in SF — Yogi Goel of Maxima, nominated by Redpoint. Maxima brings agentic accounting to the enterprise without ripping out the ERP, cutting errors and audit risk out of the month-end close. Learn more at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 03/09/2026

Speaking at Connected Stack — Kahlil Lalji, CEO & co-founder of Natural, nominated by Forerunner. Natural gives AI agents the ability to pay, get paid, and transact on their own. Catch him September 10 in San Francisco. Learn more at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 01/09/2026

Enterprise AI is moving past the model question. The real challenge is context—scattered across systems, locked behind permissions. That's what Arvind Jain (Glean) and Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins) will dig into at Connected Stack, September 10 in SF. Learn more at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 31/08/2026

Taking the stage at Connected Stack — Aneesh Dhawan, CEO & Founder of Knit, nominated by Sound Ventures. Knit combines quant, video, and AI into one platform for running and analyzing consumer research. Catch him September 10 in San Francisco. Details on the full slate at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 31/08/2026

Next up at Connected Stack — Nora Hajjar, CEO & founder of Latent Defense, nominated by Modern Technical Fund. Latent Defense's world model understands an organization's entire infrastructure, powering autonomous red teaming and defense. September 10 in San Francisco. Details at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 28/08/2026

Say hello to our next Connected Stack speaker — Sam Ramji, CEO and co-founder of Sailplane, nominated by True Ventures. September 10 in San Francisco. Learn more at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 27/08/2026

Speaking at Connected Stack — Elad Tessler, CEO & Co-founder of Vero Security, nominated by GTM Capital. Vero is rethinking what 'secure' means once AI agents can read your company's secrets. See him share more on September 10 in San Francisco. Request an invite at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 25/08/2026

Speaking at Connected Stack on Sept 10 — Spiros Xanthos, CEO & Co-Founder of Resolve AI, nominated by Lightspeed. See Spiros Xanthos on September 10 in San Francisco. Request an invite at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 24/08/2026

Coming to Connected Stack in SF — Jerry Liu, CEO & Co-founder of LlamaIndex, nominated by Greylock. See Jerry Liu on September 10 in San Francisco. Request an invite at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 21/08/2026

Enterprise trust isn't inherited, it's built one QA'd conversation at a time. Decagon Co-founder and President Ashwin Sreenivas on Watchtower, compliance QA at scale, and giving teams the power to fix issues themselves, fast. See you at Connected Stack. Sept 10 in SF. connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 20/08/2026

Connected Stack spotlight: Naveen Rao, CEO and Co-founder of Unconventional AI, and Konstantine Buhler, Partner at Sequoia. At Unconventional AI, Naveen Rao is rethinking computing from first principles to make AI dramatically more energy efficient. Request an invite at connectedstack.ai.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 07/08/2026

How do you use "promptfluencer" in a sentence? Keerthi Nalaboutu breaks it down.

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Sandbar @bysandbar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Introducing Universal Dictation on Stream Push-to-talk across iOS and Mac: Instantly. No app switching, no reconnection. We built Notes so nothing gets lost, and Chat so you can think out loud. With Dictation, your voice goes anywhere. Notes, Chat, Dictation—in one voice ring

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 28/07/2026

Connected Stack brings together the people shaping what's next: from founders building at the frontier to the buyers, builders, and investors helping to define the future of enterprise AI. Join us at Connected Stack on September 10 in SF: connectedstack.ai

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 24/07/2026

One month ago, we lost our friend Om. Om was the first founder we ever funded and an incredible friend over the decades that followed. We miss you every day, Om.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 21/07/2026

@businessinsider.com's latest look at the startups shaping this shift features perspectives from True Ventures' Ann Crady Weiss and @helenmin.com, and recognizes Atticus among the top legal startups to watch. Read the full article - www.businessinsider.com/legal-tech-a...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 15/07/2026

Meet Colleen Cutcliffe, PhD — Co-Founder & CEO of Pendulum Therapeutics. Listen to Colleen's founder story, and her perspective on turning decades of science into a company, on The Skinny Confidential podcast - podcasts.apple.com/kz/podcast/d...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 14/07/2026

The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted how venture firms are using AI, including True's AI Office Hours, where founders have now logged more than 1,000 conversations to pressure-test ideas, practice their pitches, and get real-time feedback from our team's AI personas whenever they need it.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 13/07/2026

Connected Stack is back. At last year's event, True's Puneet Agarwal sat down with Aaron Levie of Box to unpack why systems of record win in the agent era. 100x more agents means 100x more value when they act right and 100x more risk when they don't. More on this year's event at connectedstack.ai

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 10/07/2026

@thewallstreet.bsky.social recently explored how VCs are embracing AI. As @mikemontano.bsky.social shared in the story, the nuanced art of knowing when to support a founder, when to challenge them, and how to show up in the hardest moments isn't something AI can replicate.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 08/07/2026

In this week's episode of the Goop Podcast, Bumo Founder Joan Nguyen and luxury fashion leader at Boston Consulting Group Sarah Willersdorf share their journeys from non-technical backgrounds to AI builders reshaping brand marketing motions. Listen to the episode: goop.com/the-goop-pod...

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Joan Nguyen and Sarah Willersdorf on Building With AI | goop

Joan Nguyen and Sarah Willersdorf on what AI can do now—democratized execution, why women are well-positioned, and why the window is closing fast.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 08/07/2026

This week, the @wsj.com Pro took note in its piece on VCs embracing AI. Big thanks to Matthew Strozier for talking with our team and featuring @mikemontano.bsky.social, who led the creation of True's AI Office Hours using Polsia. Read the full article: www.wsj.com/pro/venture-....

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Venture Capitalists Embrace AI—and Have Some Fun

Some VCs feel like magicians creating digital personas that can field questions for them.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 06/07/2026

We're glad to see @Adam D'Augelli leading the next Venture Forward VC Power Hour on July 23. The conversation is designed for mid-career investors navigating that transition, with plenty of room for candid discussion and practical questions. Apply here: luma.com/vcph7

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 01/07/2026

This summer, 11 fellows are joining AI-native companies in the True Portfolio. Read more about the program and sign up to be notified about the 2027 fellowship: www.trueventures.com/blog/true-ve...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 01/07/2026

Basecamp Research's biological foundation model is now available through Claude Science, giving scientists access to one of the deepest maps of natural biology directly within their research workflows. Read more from Rohit Sharma: lnkd.in/ejvERAp6

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 26/06/2026

It is with profound sadness that we share that Om Malik has passed. Our first Founder at True, he became our partner, friend, and conscience - brilliant, kind, brave, endlessly curious. He'd want us to slow down, think deeper, love each other more. We love you, Om. om.co/2026/06/24/1...

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Om Malik, 1966-2026

Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. We invite you to share your remembrances of Om in th…

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 24/06/2026

Knowledge got cheap. Judgment didn't. What's needed now is everything the models can't copy — the decisions, the constraints, the failure logs. That's the thread running through. Read the latest True North for that and more from our team → us20.campaign-archive.com?u=31056a33a9...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 22/06/2026

The most influential enterprise AI founders and firms rarely share a room. On September 10 in San Francisco, they will. Connected Stack 2026 — the room for the builders, buyers, and backers defining the future of enterprise AI. RSVP and join us this fall: connectedstack.ai

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 18/06/2026

Today, Channel Robotics announced $4.6M in total funding, including a $2.5M Seed round led by True. Read Rohit Sharma's thoughts on why we invested in Channel www.trueventures.com/blog/channel...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 16/06/2026

Many teams are embedding AI into workflows. Where to and how to. Another great question is how to work like an AI-native team from the start. Joan Nguyen is building that in real time with @Bumo: a team of 12 operating with the output (and ambition) of 100. #TrueFounderSeries

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 15/06/2026

Mayank Mehta of Gather shares a piece of advice that's become even more relevant in the AI era: test the go-to-market before you build the product. This and more from Mayank and Puneet Agarwal on the Fund/Build/Scale podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5WEm...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 12/06/2026

Today, ChatSee announced a $6.5M seed round led by True Ventures, alongside First Rays Venture Partners and Seven Hills Ventures. ChatSee.ai is building the failure intelligence layer for autonomous AI systems, helping enterprises detect, classify, and learn from agent behavior in production.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 10/06/2026

True was fortunate to be the first investor in Rafal Modrzewski, Pekka Laurila, and the ICEYE team more than a decade ago. We've had a front-row seat to what can happen when builders keep asking "what if?" long after others stop.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 09/06/2026

This year's Top 100 Women in AI list recognized leaders shaping how AI is researched, built, and applied in the world. We're glad to see two members of the True community among them: Hannah Gordon, Chief Scientific Officer at Enveda, and Kakul Srivastava, CEO of Splice.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 02/06/2026

The playbook changed faster than the company. For Gather, the product was working. The challenge was getting it in front of the right people. So instead of following a traditional SaaS go-to-market motion, Mayank Mehta and his team built their own AI-powered growth engine in a weekend.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 28/05/2026

Most AI conversations right now are about speed. This one is about judgment. Worth the listen for anyone building right now. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13Hl...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 27/05/2026

“There are two emotions a venture capitalist can project onto a founder: fear or safety,” shares Puneet Agarwal, partner at True Ventures. Startups are built in uncertainty. Founders are constantly making decisions with imperfect information, taking risks, and pushing forward without guarantees.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 26/05/2026

The most important technology shifts don’t feel incremental. They open up entirely new ways to experience the world. Darshan Shankar, founder and CEO of Bigscreen, shares what drew him into VR in its earliest days: not improving what already existed, but exploring something fundamentally new.

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Schwentker @schwentker.sandboxlabs.ai · 21/05/2026

first bay area @atproto.com @ @trueventures.com last night. clearest signal wasnt hype, it was working software. bluesky may be the visible surface but AT proto is becoming the substrate. discovery, identity, structured data & agents. 1/7 linkedin.com/posts/schwen...

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AT Protocol as Infrastructure: Field Notes from True Ventures | Robert Schwentker

Went to the first bay area AT protocol meetup @ true ventures this week & walked out convinced of one thing. Bluesky is the visible surface, but AT proto is quietly becoming the substrate. Three buil...

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 18/05/2026

True’s hands-on AI Accelerator returns June 17 in San Francisco as the AI Workflow Summit: one day, demo-driven, practical, and open beyond the True community for the first time. Request an invite → trueaccelerator.ai

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