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The Rise of AI Agents
The AI space continues to evolve rapidly, with one of the most transformative developments being the rise of AI agents. Unlike traditional generative AI tools, which focus on producing content such as text or images in response to user input, AI agents have the capability to act autonomously, learn from their environment, and make decisions...
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The Evolution of Labor Markets and AI
Exploring How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Labor Landscape The seismic shifts brought about by technological innovations in the economy are undeniable, particularly in the delicate balancing act between human labor and the new systems that define industries. While we celebrate past achievements, we also stand on the brink of a future where the very...
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Join Our Finance Team
Conversion Capital is a leading early stage Venture Capital firm based in New York City with over $250m in assets under management. We partner with founders across the US to lead investments in early-stage technology companies, leveraging our experience in operating, building, and investing. The Role: VP of Finance As part of the financial operations...
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War in Space
The space age began in the mid-20th century amid the intense geopolitical rivalry of the Cold War. The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, marking the dawn of extraterrestrial exploration and significantly amplifying the space race with the United States. This event triggered a wave of political, military, and public pressures in...
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Where Will Ai Run?
Rising energy costs and infrastructure issues associated with processing large compute models add a critical layer to the debate on running AI locally versus in the cloud. The energy consumption of large-scale AI models, both in training and deployment, has surged, creating significant operational costs and environmental concerns. Data centers, integral to cloud computing, require...
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Political Gambles and Macro Volatility
In week 1 of this year, we wrote a piece titled “Elections and Technology Implications,” where we laid out the timeline and consequences for this years record breaking election season. “In today’s world, every headline you come across echoes a year characterized by volatility, and this is not without reason. A staggering $44 trillion in...
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Join our Research Team
Conversion Capital is at the forefront of identifying and nurturing the next generation of disruptive startups that enable the global economy. As an early-stage venture capital firm, our investment philosophy is centered around supporting visionary entrepreneurs across multiple sectors and helping them shape the future of technology and business. Our team is composed of experienced...
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The Interchange Model is Evolving
The economic relationship between the major US card networks, merchants, and consumers has fundamentally changed. Visa and Mastercard settled with US merchants, and will now allow them to charge consumers additional fees at the checkout for using their cards, and push their customers to lower cost cards with different pricing strategies: Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. agreed to...
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Join our Investment Team
We are looking to hire an Associate specializing in AI/ML to join our growing investment team at Conversion Capital. Since our inception, our thesis has centered around partnering with exceptional founders leveraging technology to drive the US and global economy. Historically, adoption has been twice as fast with each new platform shift (Analog, PCs, Internet...
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The United States of AI Dominance
Two things became abundantly clear this week: 1) The United States economy is finding another gear. 2) Generative AI and domestic technology companies are the strongest growth engine in the world, and stand to further supercharge economic decoupling. Several economic indicators came in that further bolstered the case for a stronger US economy than many...
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A New Naval Warfare Paradigm
“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” – President Theodore Roosevelt’s State of the Union address, 1902 Just as has happened many times in centuries past, new technologies are upending naval warfare strategies and tactics. The history of naval warfare strategy stretches through centuries of technological innovation,...
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Welcoming our New Venture Partner
I’d like to welcome Andrés Sucre, co-founder and CEO of logistics company Reservamos, as our new Venture Partner based in Mexico City, focused on supply chain and logistics technology. There is no denying the unprecedented growth in export manufacturing and trade that Mexico and the United States have achieved in recent years. For the first...