Join us as we discuss the AI-native marketing organization of the future. Lena led marketing at Notion, Grammarly, & DocuSign. At Notion, she was CMO during the company’s AI product transition. She guided the shift from product-led growth to enterprise expansion while the company deepened its position in AI-powered work. At Grammarly, she oversaw marketing as the writing assistant added AI features. At DocuSign, she managed enterprise go-to-market strategy. Today, Lena advises startups & later-stage companies rethinking growth in an AI-driven world. She has some of the most forward-thinking ideas about the future of marketing in the AI era. The pattern she’s seen across dozens of marketing leaders: most companies adopted AI tactically without redesigning their marketing operations around it.

Join us in discussion with Baris Gultekin, Head of AI at Snowflake, about the rapidly evolving AI stack.

Tom Tunguz & Lauren DeMeuse from Theory Ventures join Benn Stancil, former Field CTO at Thoughtspot and co-founder of Mode. In this discussion, we cover the future of BI, ETL pipelines, and data analysts, and the potential for LLMs to transform the way to do business analysis.

Tom Tunguz & Lauren DeMeuse from Theory Ventures join Jordan Tigani, CEO and Co-Founder of MotherDuck. In this discussion, we cover the evolution of enterprise data needs and database architectures, the importance of ease of use, and the value of levity and personality in your brand.

Please join us for a conversation between Tom Tunguz, GP of Theory Ventures, and Evan Cheng, Co-Founder & CEO of Mysten Labs. We cover his advances in Web3 (like a new language, ZK proof of logins, and kiosks) to the Mysten ecosystem and future of the blockchain developer experience.

Colin Zima, Co-Founder and CEO of Omni Analytics and previously Chief Analytics Officer at Looker during its $2.6b acquisition by Google joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss the evolving landscape of business intelligence including impacts of AI, self-service trends, and enhanced focus on data governance & security.

Steven Goldfeder, Co-Founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss Arbitrum - the $21b web3 project. Three primary takeaways from this discussion: 1) In building a vibrant developer community, equal treatment across developers is essential from the start. 2) The ability for developers to customize and optimize chains is at an all-time high, and while there will continue to be complexity, we'll also likely see consolidation in the near term. 3) Community-Source licenses is the future of open software, as it creates alignment with the developer community & project needs.

Data teams are becoming software engineering teams(1). On December 14th we welcomed Philip Zelitchenko(2), VP of Data from ZoomInfo, to talk about how he has built this discipline within his team. (1) https://tomtunguz.com/data-engineering/ (2) https://linkedin.com/in/philipzelichenko

Raj Sarkar, former CMO at 1Password, joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss the dynamic strategies of "Outbound Fury" in marketing-led growth and why it's crucial to couple with PLG to stay competitive.

Oliver Jay, former CRO at Asana and executive at Dropbox, joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss the PLG trap and how to avoid it. Three primary takeaways from this discussion: 1) If you're a startup leader, revenue is fuel, particularly in this environment. 2) As you think about going from product-led to sales-led motion, it's not just about security features, it's about building the enterprise value story. And, the value that an enterprise can get from software can be meaningfully larger than for the individual. 3) If you're past the PLG trap, the most important thing that a founder can do is to focus: become a solution-oriented product to reestablish product market fit and recharge velocity.