Episode 127: John Spindler of Twin Path Ventures - Investing in AI: A Venture Capital Perspective
Gaule's Question TimeShow Notes
Andrew Gaule (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava) discusses with John Spindler, AI and Tech Investor, founder of Twin Path fund. See below for the key topics. Book a meeting to discuss how we can help. https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/15min
To join an AI and other programmes see Aimava Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/aimava-global-advisory-firm-11938296163
For a book on corporate innovation and venturing see "Purpose to Performance - Innovative New Value Chains" by Andrew Gaule. ( shorturl.at/dfDTW ) You can listen to this interview as a podcast on Gaule's Question Time on Apple, Spotify, Google and many other podcast channels. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/gaulesqt Subscribe for future interviews. See this and other video content at Aimava Purpose to Performance Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9o-htFNIk9Yt7jp2XcdWw
Key Topics: Evolution of AI landscape - Scepticism around deep learning in 2015 - Current "gold rush" around large language models Investment approach - Applied AI solving business problems - Frontier AI pushing limits - AI "copilots" augmenting human capabilities AI adoption challenges - Interest vs reality of corporate spending - Moving from heuristics to model-based thinking Professional services disruption - AI unlikely to fully displace consultants/lawyers etc - Will rather superpower them to work faster/cheaper The future of AI - Exciting but unpredictable times ahead - Winners will be those who adapt quickly
More from Gaule's Question Time
AI is rapidly moving from a tool used by individuals towards becoming part of the workforce.
What turns an AI experiment into useful organisational change?
In this episode of Gaule’s Question Time, Andrew Gaule speaks with AI engineer Matt Cortland about the Guinness Index, a project that used an AI voice agent to call pubs and collect the cost of a pint of Guinness.
In this episode of Gaule’s Question Time, Andrew Gaule speaks with Devendra Sharma, Chief Data and AI Officer at Exadel, about the practical realities of implementing AI in organisations. They discuss why AI is not magic, why data and inputs matter, how leaders should identify use cases, and why organisations need to redesign processes before applying AI. The conversation also covers governance, compliance, agentic AI risks, human in the loop review, knowledge management and software development.
What does AI change for leaders, teams and service models? In this conversation, Andrew Gaule speaks with Cilla McKay about AI as a leadership and change challenge, not just a technology decision. They explore North Star thinking, human centred design, AI literacy, psychological safety and how to redesign work around human and AI collaboration.