@agisummitai: Speaker Spotlight: Mercedes Bent @mercebent The next generation of AI won't just be built by researchers—it will be fun…
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A speaker spotlight for AGI Summit 2026 featuring Mercedes Bent, Partner & Co-Founder of Premise VC, who will discuss the investor perspective on AI's future.
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Speaker Spotlight: Mercedes Bent @mercebent
The next generation of AI won’t just be built by researchers—it will be funded by investors who know where the technology is headed.
Mercedes Bent is Partner & Co-Founder of Premise VC, where she backs ambitious founders building the future of AI, fintech, and consumer technology. With years of experience investing in category-defining startups, she brings a unique perspective on what separates great ideas from enduring companies.
Partner & Co-Founder, Premise VC
Co-founded Premise VC alongside Vanessa Larco (ex-NEA) Former Partner at Lightspeed, investing across consumer and fintech Builder of the Surreal engineering & research community
The future of AI isn’t just about breakthroughs in the lab—it’s about the founders, investors, and ecosystems turning those breakthroughs into world-changing companies.
Hear Mercedes on stage at AGI Summit 2026.
July 18–19, 2026 Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Tickets: http://agisummit.ai
15% off with code: CAROLINE
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