Amanda Robson is a partner at Cowboy Ventures. She works with enterprise companies focusing on software infrastructure companies. She has a passion for open source companies and co-hosts the Open Source Startup Podcast. Before joining Cowboy, she was an early-stage investor at Norwest where she worked with a number of enterprise software companies including 6 River Systems, Fossa, and Dremio. She is the proud founder of Modern Angels - a community and database of 200+ female and non-binary angel investors. She also co-leads the VC Champions program for All Raise, and co-chairs NextGen Partners, an organization that helps up-and-coming investors get the support and access they need to be successful.

In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
- How she got into VC
- Open source projects
- How she invests in open source companies
- Software infrastructure market landscape
- Investment framework
- Trends in AI/ML
- The role of AI in software infrastructure

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