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The Toronto firm called the ChatGPT moment within 15 days. Now it’s betting $3bn on what comes next for AI.

The expanded attack surface caused by increasing integration of autonomous AI agents into enterprise operations has venture funds hunting for cutting-edge technologies that can meet the challenge.

Emerging managers can have eye-popping performance in debut funds and still lose investor support if networks decay, say LPs at the RAISE Global Summit.

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Access to the network of nearly 600 operations experts that lead investor PeakSpan Capital has built is helping the Israeli company add new features designed to enhance staff performance.

The new price of admission for firms overseeing institutional portfolios is a proven track record, strategy flexibility and DPI, according to Cerity Partners’ Kyle Adams.

Investors in the hard-tech firm’s $450m sophomore vehicle include chip and materials companies spanning Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Europe.

Anchored by a €20m contribution by the EIF, the fund’s LPs also include high net-worth investors such as H&M chairman Karl-Johan Persson and angel investor Conni Jonsson.