Ali Afridi
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Winning in Vertical AI: The 2 Pathways for Success

Originally published on the Equal Ventures newsletter As we highlighted in our recent Insurance x AI and Logistics x AI
07 Oct
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2025 Construction Tech Request for Startups

Where insiders would like to see more startups and innovation This post is a collaboration with Last Week in ConTech,
25 Sep
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Logistics x AI | The First Wave of Gen AI

The AI innovators transforming the U.S. logistics sector Co-authored with Chelsea Zhang & Christo Ritter. Initially posted on the
21 Aug
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Insurance x AI | The First Wave of Gen AI in P&C

Co-Authored with Christo Ritter & Adam Chadroff. Initially appeared on the Equal Ventures Blog. The $800 Billion U.S. property
17 Jul
2025 Posts

Share Donors in Retail & eCommerce

Over the last few weeks, I shared a series of posts signaling opportunities and industry shifts across the retail &
13 Mar
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The Major Forces Transforming Commerce

A couple of weeks back, we highlighted the major problems and opportunities in the retail & eCommerce industry that investors
05 Mar
2025 Posts

The Grand Problems & Opportunities | Retail & eCommerce Edition

One of the primary goals of this newsletter is to spotlight some of the big opportunity areas emerging across markets.
20 Feb
2025 Posts

What to Expect from VCs if the Downturn Persists

This post originally appeared on the SandHill Newsletter here. Around this time last year, I was getting ready to re-enter
08 Jan
2022 Posts

Studying the Fastest Growing Companies

Whether you’re a founder, an operator, or an investor, studying the markets around us can be an extremely valuable
02 Feb
2021 Posts

Mapping the Insights that Drive Startup Ideas & Theses

Over the past 6 years, I’ve been fortunate to work across multiple VC firms that have active incubation and
14 Oct
2021 Posts

Mental Models for Startup & Thesis Ideation — Visual Reference Guide

A few months back, I published a compilation of 20 mental models that entrepreneurs and investors leverage to develop new
14 Jan
2020 Posts

Systematic Ideation for Startups & Venture Theses – Part 2

10 Sep
2020 Posts

Systematic Ideation for Startups & Venture Theses

This post originally appeared on Medium here As thesis-driven early-stage VCs, one of the activities that we’re frequently engaged
10 Sep
2014 Posts

How much does it really cost to build a web startup?

$1,000? $10,000? $100,000? This post originally appeared on Medium here. Earlier this year, I decided I was
17 Sep
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