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VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
$18B+
IN COMMITTED
CAPITAL
$29B+
ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT
40+
INVESTMENT
PROFESSIONALS
85+
COMPANIES
VALUED OVER $1B
EST. 2000
20+ YEARS OF INVESTING
In category-leading companies
across sectors
MULTI-STAGE INVESTOR
Early stage DNA with growth stage
capital
A GLOBAL PLATFORM
with 15 offices / affiliates in
9 countries across the globe
(PREV. TRIPACTIONS)
HEALTHCARE
ENTERPRISE CONSUMER/FINTECH
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
4
LIGHTSPEED CHINA PARTNERS AND LIGHTSPEED INDIA PARTNERS ARE
SEPARATELY OWNED AND OPERATED
INDIA
CHINA
U.S.A.
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
Founded In 2011
Manages $2.2B
7 Dedicated Funds
Founded In 2015
Manages $1.1B
4 Dedicated Funds
SINGAPORE
BANGALORE LONDON
BEIJING
TEL AVIV NEW
DELHI
MENLO
PARK
SHANGHAI
U.S.A
CHINA
INDIA
EUR
SEA
LATAM
2000
LSVP FOUNDED
2006
INDIA, CHINA &
ISRAEL OFFICES
OPENED
2012
FIRST CHINA
FUND
2015
FIRST INDIA FUND
2019
EUROPE OFFICE
OPENED
2020
SEA OFFICE OPENED
/ LATAM
INVESTMENTS
5
6
14.7%
-3.9%
1.6%
12.1%
9.6%
DATA CENTER
SYSTEMS
DEVICES
TELECOM
SERVICES
SOFTWARE
IT SERVICES
402B
807B
1,298B
ENTERPRISE IT SPEND FORECASTED TO
GROW
6.9% IN 2023 AND 7.5% CAGR
2022-2027
CAGR
2022 GROWTH
FORECAST ABOVE
AVERAGE GROWTH
Mobile
Network
Services
Infrastructure
Implementation
& Managed
Services
Enterprise
Network
Equipment
Application
Implementation
& Managed
Services
Business
Process
Services
Analytics &
Business
Intelligence
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 32.3%
(2002), 30.5% (2023)
ERP / SCM / CRM
Infrastructure
Vertical-Specific
Software
Consulting
FORECAST
BELOW
AVERAGE
GROWTH
Servers
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL 7
AREAS WE’RE EXCITED
ABOUT
Vertical SaaS
Supply chain
Office of the CFO
Digitization of
legacy software
Automation
of workflows
4x
SaaS
MARKET GROWTH
2022-2023
PUBLIC CLOUD AS % OF
IT SPEND
2022
18%
2023
46%
3x
8
ENTERPRISE
ENABLEMENT
Zeno AI
MODEL
Mistral AI
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
9
VERTICAL APPS ACROSS ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES
▹Legal
Research /
identifying
precedence
▹Financial
Fraud
Detection
▹Logistics
Contract
automation
▹Healthcare
Treatments and
Infrastructure
▹and more
TRANSFORMATION ACROSS FUNCTIONS
▹Security ▹Customer
Success
▹Human
Resources
▹Advertising /
Media
▹Sales
NEXT GEN INFRASTRUCTURE STACK FOR
ML
▹ Prompt
engineering
▹ Databases
▹ Middleware
▹ LLM ops
FOUNDATION
MODEL FOR X
Language, image, video, actions,
robotics, country specific, industry
specific etc.
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
11
SaaS Era 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
Paradigm System of
Record
System of
Engagement
System of
(early)
intelligence
System of
cognition
Tagline Move from on-
prem to cloud
Apps talk to
each other,
Data Activation
Automation
starts to form
key part of
value prop
Gen AI native
capabilities
fundamentally
augment
workflows
Generational
Companies
AREA OF
OPPORTUNITY
VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
13
MUSIC
ART
FILM
DESIGN
14
SENSING
DATA-
DRIVEN
Which is the best TikTok reel to load next
for engagement?
Which is the best picture to
conjure this emotion?
15
15
NEW ERA OF
PERSONALIZATION
CONTENT & UX 100x better ability to generate
and test content
EDUCATION Superior learning outcomes
based on tailored approach
HEALTHCARE Step change in drug
development and testing
16
SENSING
DATA-
DRIVEN
Which is the best TikTok reel to load next
for engagement?
Which is the best picture to
conjure this emotion?
17
CONTENT & UX 100x better ability to generate
and test content
EDUCATION Superior learning outcomes
based on tailored approach
HEALTHCARE Step change in drug
development and testing
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
18
DATA
PRIVACY
▹ Consent for data usage
▹ Anonymization
▹ Potential leakage of sensitive data
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
▹ Ownership of proprietary datasets
▹ Licensing and usage rights
ETHICS
▹ Bias and fairness
▹ Transparency and accountability
▹ Autonomy and consent
SAFETY
▹ Model accuracy and reliability
▹ Robustness
▹ Security risk in case of data breaches
▹ Unintended consequences
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
19
INCUMBENTS Head start in creating differentiation based on
access to greater financial resources,
proprietary datasets, domain expertise and
training capabilities + deep GTM access
STARTUPS Agility, top AI talent and niche focus to rapidly
create disruptive solutions that target
underserved markets
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
21
Proprietary
Data
Frequency of
Interaction
10x Value
Proposition
High Level
Intelligence
Depth of
UI
22
PRIVATE DATA
PUBLIC
DATA
▹ Economic Data
▹ Environmental and
Geospatial data
▹ Public surveys
▹ Research papers
▹ Social media
▹ Customer purchase history
▹ Financial
transactions
▹ Healthcare records
▹ Platform user
behavior
23
INFREQUENT /
EPISOCIAL
WORKFLOWS
FREQUENTLY
RECURRING
WORKFLOWS
▹ Data backups
▹ Sales order processing
▹ Payroll processing
▹ Routine maintenance
▹ Daily reporting
▹ Content updates,
▹ Customer support
tickets
▹ Health checkups
▹ Handling unexpected
incidents
▹ Legal proceedings
▹ Annual strategic
planning
▹ Major system
upgrades
▹ Rebranding
24
“HEAVY”
APPLICATION
WRAPPER
▹ A thin wrapper around an existing application
▹ Like customer front ends to ChatGPT
▹ Defensible software applications with
real “heft”
UI
25
IMPROVEMENT
MARGINAL
IMPROVEMENT
▹ Interchangeable solutions with enhanced features
based on small-scale changes to existing
application
▹ 10x product, customer experience, efficiency
▹ Reimagined solutions, resulting in a
significantly better innovations with less
alternatives from competitors
26
HIGH-LEVEL
INTELLIGENCE
LOW-LEVEL
INTELLIGENCE
▹ Automating simpler tasks that don’t have
immediate or proven ROI
▹ Existing workstream sees incremental productivity
enhancement
▹ Automating repeatable work that drives
significant value
▹ Significant portion of work gets automated
VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
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4.0
System of
Cognition
3.0
(Early)
Intelligence
2.0
Engagement
28
WE ARE IN AN ERA OF COGNITION
1.0
System of
Record
OPPORTUNITIES
New levels of personalization &
user experience, boosting overall
efficiency & productivity
CHALLENGES
Shifting moat / competitive edge
Keeping up with the pace / agility in
product and company building
Data privacy, IP, ethical and safety
concerns
FRAMEWORK FOR SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURS
▹ Proprietary data
▹ Frequency of interaction
▹ Depth of UI
▹ 10x value proposition
▹ Low-level versus high-level
intelligence
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners
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VC AI Deep Dive: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the challenges, and Pinpointing Proper Evaluation Criteria with Lightspeed Venture Partners

  • 3. $18B+ IN COMMITTED CAPITAL $29B+ ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT 40+ INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS 85+ COMPANIES VALUED OVER $1B EST. 2000 20+ YEARS OF INVESTING In category-leading companies across sectors MULTI-STAGE INVESTOR Early stage DNA with growth stage capital A GLOBAL PLATFORM with 15 offices / affiliates in 9 countries across the globe (PREV. TRIPACTIONS) HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE CONSUMER/FINTECH PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
  • 4. 4 LIGHTSPEED CHINA PARTNERS AND LIGHTSPEED INDIA PARTNERS ARE SEPARATELY OWNED AND OPERATED INDIA CHINA U.S.A. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Founded In 2011 Manages $2.2B 7 Dedicated Funds Founded In 2015 Manages $1.1B 4 Dedicated Funds SINGAPORE BANGALORE LONDON BEIJING TEL AVIV NEW DELHI MENLO PARK SHANGHAI U.S.A CHINA INDIA EUR SEA LATAM 2000 LSVP FOUNDED 2006 INDIA, CHINA & ISRAEL OFFICES OPENED 2012 FIRST CHINA FUND 2015 FIRST INDIA FUND 2019 EUROPE OFFICE OPENED 2020 SEA OFFICE OPENED / LATAM INVESTMENTS
  • 5. 5
  • 6. 6 14.7% -3.9% 1.6% 12.1% 9.6% DATA CENTER SYSTEMS DEVICES TELECOM SERVICES SOFTWARE IT SERVICES 402B 807B 1,298B ENTERPRISE IT SPEND FORECASTED TO GROW 6.9% IN 2023 AND 7.5% CAGR 2022-2027 CAGR 2022 GROWTH FORECAST ABOVE AVERAGE GROWTH Mobile Network Services Infrastructure Implementation & Managed Services Enterprise Network Equipment Application Implementation & Managed Services Business Process Services Analytics & Business Intelligence Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 32.3% (2002), 30.5% (2023) ERP / SCM / CRM Infrastructure Vertical-Specific Software Consulting FORECAST BELOW AVERAGE GROWTH Servers
  • 7. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL 7 AREAS WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT Vertical SaaS Supply chain Office of the CFO Digitization of legacy software Automation of workflows 4x SaaS MARKET GROWTH 2022-2023 PUBLIC CLOUD AS % OF IT SPEND 2022 18% 2023 46% 3x
  • 9. 9 VERTICAL APPS ACROSS ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES ▹Legal Research / identifying precedence ▹Financial Fraud Detection ▹Logistics Contract automation ▹Healthcare Treatments and Infrastructure ▹and more TRANSFORMATION ACROSS FUNCTIONS ▹Security ▹Customer Success ▹Human Resources ▹Advertising / Media ▹Sales NEXT GEN INFRASTRUCTURE STACK FOR ML ▹ Prompt engineering ▹ Databases ▹ Middleware ▹ LLM ops FOUNDATION MODEL FOR X Language, image, video, actions, robotics, country specific, industry specific etc. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
  • 11. 11 SaaS Era 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 Paradigm System of Record System of Engagement System of (early) intelligence System of cognition Tagline Move from on- prem to cloud Apps talk to each other, Data Activation Automation starts to form key part of value prop Gen AI native capabilities fundamentally augment workflows Generational Companies AREA OF OPPORTUNITY
  • 14. 14 SENSING DATA- DRIVEN Which is the best TikTok reel to load next for engagement? Which is the best picture to conjure this emotion?
  • 15. 15 15 NEW ERA OF PERSONALIZATION CONTENT & UX 100x better ability to generate and test content EDUCATION Superior learning outcomes based on tailored approach HEALTHCARE Step change in drug development and testing
  • 16. 16 SENSING DATA- DRIVEN Which is the best TikTok reel to load next for engagement? Which is the best picture to conjure this emotion?
  • 17. 17 CONTENT & UX 100x better ability to generate and test content EDUCATION Superior learning outcomes based on tailored approach HEALTHCARE Step change in drug development and testing PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
  • 18. 18 DATA PRIVACY ▹ Consent for data usage ▹ Anonymization ▹ Potential leakage of sensitive data INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ▹ Ownership of proprietary datasets ▹ Licensing and usage rights ETHICS ▹ Bias and fairness ▹ Transparency and accountability ▹ Autonomy and consent SAFETY ▹ Model accuracy and reliability ▹ Robustness ▹ Security risk in case of data breaches ▹ Unintended consequences PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
  • 19. 19 INCUMBENTS Head start in creating differentiation based on access to greater financial resources, proprietary datasets, domain expertise and training capabilities + deep GTM access STARTUPS Agility, top AI talent and niche focus to rapidly create disruptive solutions that target underserved markets PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
  • 22. 22 PRIVATE DATA PUBLIC DATA ▹ Economic Data ▹ Environmental and Geospatial data ▹ Public surveys ▹ Research papers ▹ Social media ▹ Customer purchase history ▹ Financial transactions ▹ Healthcare records ▹ Platform user behavior
  • 23. 23 INFREQUENT / EPISOCIAL WORKFLOWS FREQUENTLY RECURRING WORKFLOWS ▹ Data backups ▹ Sales order processing ▹ Payroll processing ▹ Routine maintenance ▹ Daily reporting ▹ Content updates, ▹ Customer support tickets ▹ Health checkups ▹ Handling unexpected incidents ▹ Legal proceedings ▹ Annual strategic planning ▹ Major system upgrades ▹ Rebranding
  • 24. 24 “HEAVY” APPLICATION WRAPPER ▹ A thin wrapper around an existing application ▹ Like customer front ends to ChatGPT ▹ Defensible software applications with real “heft” UI
  • 25. 25 IMPROVEMENT MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT ▹ Interchangeable solutions with enhanced features based on small-scale changes to existing application ▹ 10x product, customer experience, efficiency ▹ Reimagined solutions, resulting in a significantly better innovations with less alternatives from competitors
  • 26. 26 HIGH-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE LOW-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE ▹ Automating simpler tasks that don’t have immediate or proven ROI ▹ Existing workstream sees incremental productivity enhancement ▹ Automating repeatable work that drives significant value ▹ Significant portion of work gets automated
  • 28. 28 4.0 System of Cognition 3.0 (Early) Intelligence 2.0 Engagement 28 WE ARE IN AN ERA OF COGNITION 1.0 System of Record OPPORTUNITIES New levels of personalization & user experience, boosting overall efficiency & productivity CHALLENGES Shifting moat / competitive edge Keeping up with the pace / agility in product and company building Data privacy, IP, ethical and safety concerns FRAMEWORK FOR SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURS ▹ Proprietary data ▹ Frequency of interaction ▹ Depth of UI ▹ 10x value proposition ▹ Low-level versus high-level intelligence PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL

Notas del editor

  1. 1Password AppDynamics Candis Carta ClickUp Darwinbox Datorama Gainsight Matillion Moveworks MuleSoft Navan People.ai Personnio Rippling Seismic Spiff Stripe Xentral Yellow.ai
  2. Size and scope – 1T mark – it represents a massive opp, has only been it, but this hs been permeating to other areas Budgets are still growing
  3. Shift from data-driven AI to sensing AI
  4. Shift from data-driven AI to sensing AI
  5. Shift from data-driven AI to sensing AI
  6. Proprietary Data: Startups that are able to tap into proprietary datasets will have an opportunity to create differentiation Public Data Economic, environmental and geospatial data, public surveys, research papers, social media Private Data Customer purchase history, financial transactions, healthcare records, platform user behavior Value shift Data exchanges / marketplaces will make data even more valuable Startups that are able to tap into proprietary datasets will have an opportunity to create differentiation Helping companies leverage their own first-party data will also become increasingly valuable Is the data source proprietary? Who owns the data and is it hard to come by in the public domain?
  7. Frequently recurring workflows Data backups, sales order and payroll processing, routine maintenance, daily reporting, content updates, customer support tickets, health checkups Infrequent / episocial workflows Handling unexpected incidents, legal proceedings, annual strategic planning, major system upgrades, rebranding
  8. Application Wrapper Solutions that are a thin wrapper around an existing application, like customer front ends to ChatGPT “Heavy” UI Defensible software applications with real “heft”
  9. Marginal improvement Interchangeable solutions with enhanced features based on small-scale changes to existing application 10x product, customer experience, efficiency Reimagined solutions, resulting in a significantly better innovations with less alternatives from competitors
  10. Marginal improvement Interchangeable solutions with enhanced features based on small-scale changes to existing application 10x product, customer experience, efficiency Reimagined solutions, resulting in a significantly better innovations with less alternatives from competitors