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February 23, 2022

Gardin Enables Producers to Grow More Nutritional Food While Lowering Production Costs

February 23, 2022/ Kat Lopez
Gardin Enables Producers to Grow More Nutritional Food While Lowering Production Costs

“If the purpose of food is to provide us with nutrition, then shouldn't that be what we're measuring?”.

Sumanta Talukdar, founder and CEO of Gardin, gave a keynote speech at our 7th LDV Vision Summit. Tune in to watch the video or read the transcript and learn how the company leverages a combination of multispectral sensing, data fusion, computer vision, and machine learning to improve food production.

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February 23, 2022/ Kat Lopez/
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February 03, 2022

3 Business Sectors Where Visual Tech Helps Us Move Toward The Net-Zero Economy

February 03, 2022/ Kat Lopez
3 Business Sectors Where Visual Tech Helps Us Move Toward The Net-Zero Economy

In his keynote at our 7th LDV Vision Summit, Azeem Azhar, the creator of Exponential View and Venture Partner at Kindred Capital, demonstrated the power of visual technologies and how they can help us transition towards net-zero and decarbonization of our economy.

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February 03, 2022/ Kat Lopez/
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January 25, 2022

Rick Heitzmann's Futurist Perspectives on Businesses Powered by Computer Vision

January 25, 2022/ Kat Lopez
Rick Heitzmann's Futurist Perspectives on Businesses Powered by Computer Vision

At our 7th annual LDV Vision Summit, we had the pleasure to host a fireside chat between Rick Heitzmann, Founder & Partner at FirstMark Capital, and Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital’s Founder and General Partner. They discussed early-stage investing, megatrends, proactive healthcare, actionable data, and the future of AI-powered decision-making.

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January 25, 2022/ Kat Lopez/
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November 11, 2021

Biggest Trends in Visual Tech Investing or Why it’s an Amazing Time to Build

November 11, 2021/ Kat Lopez
Biggest Trends in Visual Tech Investing or Why it’s an Amazing Time to Build

Hayley Barna, Partner at First Round Capital, and Abigail Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, discussed Hayley’s experience as an entrepreneur – she co-founded Birchbox, a company known as an indisputable OG of the beauty subscription box phenomenon, and her insights on trends and investment opportunities in visual technologies.

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November 11, 2021/ Kat Lopez/
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May 14, 2021

The Cutting Edge Technologies Impacting Hollywood & the Media

May 14, 2021/ Kat Lopez
The Cutting Edge Technologies Impacting Hollywood & the Media

At our 7th annual LDV Vision Summit, we had the pleasure to host a fireside chat between Abhijay Prakash, President of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, and Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital’s Founder and General Partner. They discussed entertainment, Hollywood, and new technologies.

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May 14, 2021/ Kat Lopez/
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February 17, 2021

You Made Our 7th Annual LDV Vision Summit a Success!

February 17, 2021/ Kat Lopez
You Made Our 7th Annual LDV Vision Summit a Success!

Our 7th annual LDV Vision Summit was a great success! We are so grateful, in these times, to be able to connect with all of you investors, entrepreneurs, technologists, executives, writers, and more who are as passionate about visual tech as we are. Thank you for coming together with us to examine the incredible opportunities for computer vision, machine learning, and AI to improve business and society.

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February 17, 2021/ Kat Lopez/
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