This is a YouTube video titled "What I Learned Investing $79M in 31 AI Startups" featuring George Bandarian discussing his background, passion for AI inspired by Ray Kurzweil's book, and his work with Untapped Ventures investing in early-stage AI startups. The content includes a conversation between George Bandarian and another speaker about their investment activities and fund details, recorded in March 2025.
My name is George Bandarian with Untapped Ventures. I was born and raised here in LA. My passion with AI began in my 20s after I read this book the Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil. And I was fascinated by this idea that we're going to build computers that would feel like they have sentience. And here we are 25 years later and we've done that. I launched Untapped Ventures Fund1 to invest in early stage AI startups that uplift humanity. We're off to a great start. We have, you know.
We raised a bunch of money.
We have 31 investments, a handful of markups and a couple exits. We write 500k.
Checks into precedent seed.
Stage native AI startups. And so that's a little bit about me and the fundamentals.
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