Mayfield bets $3B+ on AI's earliest founders
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Mayfield has invested more than $3 billion in AI companies, often before founders have built a product or even formed a company. Managing Partner Navin Chaddha calls AI a "100x opportunity" in a Bloomberg interview.
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