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▶ 19:28 · $OPENAI · Theory Ventures GP calls AI advertising critical to OpenAI success, predicts market larger than search and social
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How AI Will Change Businesses by 2030

2026-07-15 · 5 company · 6 thematic
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jean grocer

COO at Vercel, formerly spent nearly a decade at Stripe building go-to-market teams; recently joined Shopify board.

tomasz tunguz

General Partner at Theory Ventures, formerly at Redpoint Ventures for nearly 15 years. Focuses on AI, data, and ML investments. Uses AI agents to analyze 3-4x more companies.

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“Yes. I mean, I think it's in critical to the success of that business just given the fraction of consumers or you know, the visitation patterns. And then also, it's important to offset the cost of inference just the way that Net- Netflix h…”
—tomasz tunguz
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