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John Mannes

Partner, Basis Set Ventures

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John is a former AI-focused journalist who led TechCrunch's AI coverage, writing technical pieces on how companies commercialized machine learning for enterprise problems, giving him pattern-recognition across hundreds of AI teams and go-to-market approaches. His team includes machine-learning engineers and data scientists who actively brainstorm and prototype AI strategies with portfolio companies, providing a more technically embedded support model than traditional venture capital approaches. John is a former AI-focused journalist who led TechCrunch's AI coverage, writing technical pieces on how companies commercialized machine learning for enterprise problems, giving him pattern-recognition across hundreds of AI teams and go-to-market approaches. His team includes machine-learning engineers and data scientists who actively brainstorm and prototype AI strategies with portfolio companies, providing a more technically embedded support model than traditional venture capital approaches.

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$2M - 3M