Weekly newsletter on technology, startups, and venture capital.

We had a huge turnout for our AI Pitch Night event last week for SF Tech Week with over 600 people applying to attend, and 100 startups applying to pitch. A big thank you to our judges from Kleiner Perkins & Greylock and The Information for covering the event. 

A huge congrats to our newest portfolio company, Vectara, who announced their $28.5M seed round led by Race Capital last week. We’re very excited about what this team is building and looking forward to backing other exciting teams in the space.

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital. More about me.

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• Report on the state of observability (within apps / IT systems). 
• Tips for getting help from your investors. One of the best things is being clear about your ideal customer profile (ICP).
• How generative AI is being used and applied within the software development workflow.
• Tips on how to build an investment deck for developer tool startups.
• A deep dive into Databricks and the future of data & AI.
• Thoughts on the new security attack surfaces of AI applications.

• By Company: Databricks, GoodNotes, Zeet, Polysign, Opaque, Lightning Labs, OtterTune, and more
• By Role: Engineering, Data Science, Product, Design, Operations, Finance, Legal, and more
• By Location: SF Bay Area, New York, London, and Remote
• Browse more open roles across our portfolio at Race Capital's Portfolio Job Board.

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