Ideas

Read some of our most recent investments, thoughts, and companies updates

ChatGPT’S Mind-Boggling, Possibly Dystopian Impact on the Media World

Acadian Ventures
January 26, 2023

How Mark Newman founded Nomi Health

Acadian Ventures
January 26, 2023

Acadian Ventures 2022 Year in Review

Acadian Ventures
January 4, 2023

4 pillars for using AI responsibly in a skill-based organization

Acadian Ventures
January 3, 2023

Startups End a Bruising 2022, Stare Down Another Challenging Year

Acadian Ventures
January 1, 2023

See the pitch deck that startup Assembly used to convince investors to bet $10 million on its approach to business software

Acadian Ventures
December 12, 2022

Remote workplace tech is raking in investment, but bosses have other ideas

Acadian Ventures
November 30, 2022

Paris-based Figures scores €6.67 million for its salary compensation benchmarking app

Acadian Ventures
September 7, 2022

Work in Progress

by Thomas Otter

Thomas Otter’s reflections on the past, present, and future of work technologies.

Wisdom and Imagination in Children's Books.

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Thomas Otter
July 25, 2025

And a bit of AI thesis of course. Headcount and AI, Karpathy, McKinsey, Jones, imagination and truth. And the Gruffalo.

AI deployment in enterprises: Mind the gap.

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Thomas Otter
July 8, 2025

Augmentation, replacement, hype and praxis. And more about AI thesis.

Employment and AI

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Thomas Otter
June 10, 2025

Part 3 of my talk on the Acadian Ventures AI thesis.

On productivity and AI. It's complicated.

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Thomas Otter
June 4, 2025

Part 2 of my talk on the Acadian Ventures AI thesis.

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