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Redefining Endpoint Security in the AI Era: Why We Invested…
The new endpoint reality Enterprise endpoints today run much more than traditional executables. Developers and…
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The Best Way to Keep a Secret in the Cloud…
In an era of cloud-native applications, multi-cloud deployments, and AI-driven automation, digital identities have exploded…
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Judicial Intelligence for High-Stakes Litigation: Why We’re Backing Bench IQ
In 2024, we wrote a blog post detailing a few major AI trends we were…
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From LLM Wrappers to RL Sculptors: The Dawn of Reasoning…
In July 2025, OpenAI competed in the International Math Olympiad — and won gold. They…
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The Opportunity in Industrial Tech & Life Science Tools in…
Battery has been expanding its industrial technology & life science tools (ITLST) practice over the…
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Kingdoms and Courts: The “Windsurf Effect” and How We Get…
The tech world has been buzzing this summer over the new wave of giant, AI…
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Outbound is Broken — and Why We’re Excited About Unifying…
Over the last decade, outbound sales followed a predictable formula. Companies hired more sales reps,…
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What It Means to Be AI-Native: Our Investment in Levelpath
Our colleague Brandon Gleklen recently posted about how “AI Is Growing Our Appetite for SaaS,…
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Investing in strength: The case for modern defense tech
We believe that the growing Department of Defense budget ($863B in FY24) can support multiple venture-scale outcomes; that key modernization…
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Designing an AI-Native Marketing Team: A Guide for Founders
As we enter the AI era, early-stage companies enjoy a significant advantage when building their…
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Using AI to Make Healthcare More Efficient: Our Investment in…
The U.S. healthcare system is at a critical breaking point: By 2030, every Baby Boomer…
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From IT Outsourcing to AI Innovation: Why We’re Excited About…
It’s no secret that the geopolitical and economic relationship between the U.S. and China has…