Igor Taber brings an unusual VC-to-operator-to-VC perspective to AI investing, having spent years at Intel Capital before becoming SVP of Corporate Development at DataRobot where he helped raise over $500M and run acquisitions, then founding Cortical Ventures. Rather than just backing existing startups, he focuses on inventing and incubating AI companies from scratch while running his fund on a proprietary AI platform designed to reinvent how VC firms operate internally. Igor Taber brings an unusual VC-to-operator-to-VC perspective to AI investing, having spent years at Intel Capital before becoming SVP of Corporate Development at DataRobot where he helped raise over $500M and run acquisitions, then founding Cortical Ventures. Rather than just backing existing startups, he focuses on inventing and incubating AI companies from scratch while running his fund on a proprietary AI platform designed to reinvent how VC firms operate internally.