Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

what was the importance of the location of bgv's annual summit?

17 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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In this YouTube presentation, the host explains why the Behind Genius Ventures (BGV) annual summit was held at the Athenaeum, a music and arts library in La Jolla, emphasizing the venue’s alignment with BGV’s creative roots and personal artistic influences. The host then delivers a state‑of‑the‑funds overview, outlining current performance, future direction, and the unique "magic sauce" that differentiates BGV. The session concludes with three founder showcases, highlighted by Dr. Deepak Sakar’s live demo of ProfGym—a generative‑AI platform that converts textbook text into interactive video lessons featuring historical or philosophical figures as instructors.

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I hosted our annual summit at the Athenaeum, which is a music and arts library in La Jolla. I thought it spoke a lot to the roots of Behind Genius Ventures being grounded in creativity and my love for art. If you're watching this on YouTube, my mom's art is behind me. Uh, she's been a really big influence in my life. So I gave a presentation on the state of both funds, where things are at, where I see taking them, and kind of like what the magic sauce of Behind Genius Ventures is. And then I had 3 founders present. So Dr. Deepak Sakar from ProfGym, which is a generative AI tool that turns textbook text into interactive videos, which is really cool. They're basically like using textbook text. He did a live demo. You put it in and you can get out a class generated by like Aristotle's teaching you, you know, like whatever class that you want, or like Sacagawea is teaching you history, but really cool technology.