"AI Investments"

Funded Podcast (airCFO)

Why Market Size Trumps Everything in VC Deals

· Podcast

Jesse Robbins breaks down what investors look for, why market potential is a critical filter, how co-founder dynamics predict failure, and what separates founders with real grit from those optimizing for pitch theater.

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Shift Conference

What Investors Look For in AI Startups: Builders with Taste

· Video · 13:27

Jesse Robbins explains what he looks for in developer tool startups, why AI is still in the toil-automation phase, and why agentic experiences are just good developer experience by another name.

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Shift Magazine

The Future of Dev Tools Is Autonomous: Engineers Will Become Fleet Generals

Shift Magazine surveys the rise of autonomous AI agents in developer workflows, quoting Jesse Robbins on designing software for agents, the open-source community reigniting joy in coding, and why collaboration with tools matters more than raw productivity.