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Matt Weigand

Partner, Accel

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  • Accel Sees AI Opportunity Shifting to Applications

    The AI spending boom is showing no signs of slowing down, but as billions pour into models, chips and data centers, investors are asking where the biggest returns will actually be. Accel Partner Matt Weigand, who focuses on late-stage technology investments including AI infrastructure, says the AI boom is the biggest technology cycle Silicon Valley has seen. He also discusses why open-source AI can grow alongside frontier labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI and why trust and safety are becoming key considerations when Accel decides which AI founders to back. He joins Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg T…

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  • Anthropic Goes Big on Compute, Microsoft Rethinks AI

    Bloomberg’s Tim Stenovec breaks down Anthropic's $11.6 billion contract with Akamai for AI computing power, the largest deal in Akamai's history. Plus, President Donald Trump calls his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping "very productive" with little to show for it. And, Microsoft steps back from the race to build a personal chatbot by instead merging the consumer and workplace versions of its Copilot AI assistant into one. 00:00:00 - Bloomberg Tech Begins 00:02:15 - Seth Fiegerman, Bloomberg News 00:05:19 - Anna Rathbun, Grenadilla Advisory 00:12:46 - Michael Shepard, Bloomberg N…

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  • Accel: The Quiet Firm Behind Facebook, Cursor, Nebius, Lovable, Vercel

    Accel Partners Arun Mathew, Miles Clements, & Matt Weigand join Sourcery to go deep into the lore of the quiet, yet legendary, Silicon Valley firm. We go back through Accel's 40 years of history, starting with the 10% Facebook stake and the secondary they modeled at 5X, which under-shot the outcome by an order of magnitude, and how the firm now runs a global AI portfolio spanning chips, neoclouds, labs, and applications, with exposure across Cursor, Anthropic, and Nebius. The three have invested together for 15 years, and they break down how a generalist team wins competitive deals against f…

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  • Laying Down the AI Infrastructure

    Accel partner Matt Weigand discusses infrastructure investments into AI and the eventual maturity of AI agents. He joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Technology." -------- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube:    / @bloombergtech     Watch the latest full episodes of "Bloomberg Technology" with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow here:    • 'Bloomberg Tech' With Ed Ludlow Full Episodes     Get the latest in tech from Silicon Valley and around the world here: https://www.bloomberg.com/technology Connect with us on... X:   / technology   Facebook:   / bloombergtechnol…

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  • Panel | The State Of VC Industry In Europe, US And ROW + ... [4YFN 2018]

    Luciana Lixandru, a partner with Accel Partners based in London, and Chris Rogers, a partner with Lumia Capital based in San Francisco, will talk about the state of the VC industry and will give recommendations on how to plan for your next funding round. Specifically they will provide recommendations to entrepreneurs or future entrepreneurs on: -The hottest tech sectors for VCs -The least interesting tech sectors for VCs -What are the best emerging regions / countries for VC investing -Fund raising in Europe vs. the US: valuations and investment tickets -Typical errors of entrepreneurs when…

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