In a recent PEI Keynote interview, Adams Street Partners’ Brijesh Jeevarathnam and Stephen Bluestein explain how accelerating AI innovation is impacting the global venture landscape—from the renewed gravitational pull of the Bay Area to emerging hubs across Europe, Asia, and Israel. They discuss how private markets investors with preferential access to high-quality AI opportunities can try to tap into this evolving pipeline while also seeking to manage concentration and valuation risks.
“AI is pervasive across all companies, and so suggesting that one has too much AI in a portfolio is like saying you have too much innovation. It is just ubiquitous.” — Brijesh Jeevarathnam, Partner & Global Head of Fund Investments
Learn more about Adams Street’s perspective in the full article titled, “Keynote Interview: Tapping the VC pipeline”
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