Itamar Novick: Where AI Replaces People, and Where It Does Not - E727

"How are you going to stay ahead of the competition in a world where two kids can vibe code a clone of your product over a weekend?"

Itamar Novick is a solo capitalist and the founder of Recursive Ventures, a pre-seed fund focused on AI and emerging tech startups. He has supported over 50 successful startups, including Deel, Honeybook, Placer, Credible (IPO), MileIQ (acquired by Microsoft), Automatic Labs (acquired by SiriusXM), Tile (acquired by Life360), SafeGraph, and Armory. He's been recognized by Business Insider as a Top 100 global seed investor (#17 in 2021, #29 in 2022). As an operator, he helped take Life360 from Seed to IPO, scaling the business to over $250m in revenue.

Itamar joined Jeremy Au to talk about what still counts as a moat in AI, why proprietary data is only the starting point, and where AI actually replaces people instead of augmenting them. He also looks back on twelve years at Life360, joining as VP of Product and leaving as the CFO who took the company public, and why he now writes the first check at pre-seed.

Itamar’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamarnovick/

Recursive Ventures: https://www.recursiveventures.com/

Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/itamar-novick-recursive-ventures

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