Profiles the investors whose early bets on AI, defense, space and frontier tech are reshaping the 2026 Midas List.
Meet the seed investors who backed AI, cybersecurity and frontier tech before the market caught on—and whose early conviction earned spots on the Midas Seed List.
Before everyone was sold on AI, the Conviction founder went all-in on it, backing buzzy names like Harvey, Cognition and OpenEvidence long before they had multi-billion-dollar valuations.
The Spark Capital partner bet early on Anthropic when most other VCs wouldn’t touch it. Now the hottest AI company on the planet has landed her on the Midas List of best investors for the first time.
A former Benchmark partner and Coatue investor launched solo funds within the past year. Now they’re telling backers they want to team up on a new vehicle they’ll co-manage.
The age of the “Protein Industrial Complex” is upon is. But another conversation has begun gaining momentum — centered on fiber and the gut microbiome.
CEOs are falling for AI demos while employees inherit the broken workflows. Box CEO Aaron Levie explains why executive distance from last-mile work is the real reason enterprise AI agents fail, and what investors should watch instead.
AI doesn’t replace expert knowledge workers – it multiplies demand for them. The self-reinforcing cycle behind the paradox: AI trains on recorded human competence, making rare skills cheap and widely available. That floods the market with same-looking …
Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup withou…
Benedict Evans says AI’s biggest investors can’t explain where the money goes – and the data backs him up. Breaking down the 2025 “AI Eats the World” presentation: $400B in annual capex, no product moats, and a consumer engagement gap that should worry…