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▶ 16:12 · $VI · GA backs Israeli data company VI turbocharged by AI
episode briefing
Invest Like The Best

Inside General Atlantic: How a $100B Growth Equity Firm Invests

2025-11-25 · 7 company · 6 thematic
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martin escobari

Martin Escobari has spent ~25 years at General Atlantic, previously running the Latin America program and serving as Chairman of the Investment Committee. He co-founded Submarino.com (Brazil's Amazon/Alibaba merger), worked at 3G Capital, and was born in Bolivia. He keeps 95% of his net worth in GA funds and treasuries.

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“data companies turbocharged with AI. We're investors in a Israeli company called VI”
—martin escobari
now playing · $VI
$COGNITIONbullish· medium· posmartin escobari
GA sees code generation as first AI app with real ROI
Code generation is the first AI application demonstrating clear ROI and revenue traction, with Cognition and Cursor showing hypergrowth in developer productivity.
$CURSORbullish· medium· posmartin escobari
Cursor cited alongside Cognition as code generation leader
Cursor is a leading AI code generation tool showing real-world adoption and revenue traction alongside Cognition.
$ANTHROPICbullish· highmartin escobari
Anthropic B2B revenue surged 20x to $4B in 12 months
Anthropic's B2B revenue grew from $200M to over $4B in 12 months, an unprecedented growth rate signaling massive enterprise demand for frontier AI models.
$LIFTOFFbullish· medium· posmartin escobari
GA backs Liftoff for AI-driven marketing optimization
Liftoff applies machine learning and AI to mobile marketing optimization, a key application layer benefiting from AI advancement.
$INSIDERbullish· medium· posmartin escobari
GA invests in Insider for enterprise marketing AI
Insider provides enterprise marketing optimization software turbocharged by AI, representing a scalable B2B application.
$VIbullish· medium· posmartin escobari
GA backs Israeli data company VI turbocharged by AI
Israeli data platform VI is leveraging AI to enhance its data capabilities, exemplifying the data + AI convergence theme.
$XP···bullish· high· posmartin escobari
Escobari: XP transformed Brazil investing from 80k to 10M accounts
Invested early in Brazil's leading investment platform when only 80,000 Brazilians owned stocks; financial inclusion tailwind drove 10M+ accounts and massive value creation.