Week 102 of Venture with Grace

🎉 Week 102 Recap — Venture with Grace

Week 102 explored cutting-edge AI infrastructure, VC investment strategies, GTM mastery for SaaS, causal AI innovations, and usage-based billing revolutions — unpacking commercialization, diligence, scaling, and growth in tech.

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Week 102 lineup:

Deepak Prasad, Qualcomm Ventures Director: Qualcomm’s US tech deals, long-term technical advantage, cloud-to-edge diligence

Priya Ramachandran, Foster Ventures Founder: GTM for international SaaS, proving PMF for cross-border founders, operator investor eval

Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures Managing Partner: Global AI & SaaS investing, corporate venture lessons from HP & Cisco, building startups across markets

Abby Kearns on Causal-Native AI & Cloud Scaleups: Modernizing Puppet to cloud-native, causal AI for marketing ROI, scaling global eng teams

Scott Woody, Metronome CEO: Usage-based billing as core infra, scientific modeling in SaaS, Dropbox-scale lessons for startups

Week 102 delivered battle-tested insights on turning research into VC-backed reality, diligencing edge tech, and fueling SaaS growth amid 2026 shifts. The big theme: Builders and investors are redefining infrastructure for an AI-driven world.

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