Spotlight Six - Venture Everywhere - Jenny Fielding on AI Start Ups, Ethical Innovation and the Future of Founders

After winning the prestigious New York Digital Award in 2024, Redefining AI returns with an electrifying Season Four!

Join your host Lauren Hawker Zafer, on behalf of Squirro, the Enterprise Gen AI Platform, as we embark on another season of groundbreaking conversations.

In the upcoming episode of Redefining AI, host Lauren Hawker Zafer sits down with Jenny Fielding: investor, founder, operator, professor, and author of Venture Everywhere.

With a career that spans over 300 startup investments, including fintech, healthtech, and edtech disruptors like Alloy, Particle Health, and Pair Eyewear, Jenny offers rare insights into the future of AI startups, founder-first investing, and the changing landscape of early-stage tech innovation.

Together, we explore:

• What separates AI hype from real-world investable opportunities

• How to build ethical, responsible AI startups

• The rise of founder-market fit in the age of GenAI tools

• Navigating trust, regulation, and scale in sectors like fintech, healthcare, and education

• How Gen Z entrepreneurs are rethinking AI and purpose

• What it truly takes to build a scalable and meaningful AI company

Jenny also shares lessons from Columbia and Cornell Tech, her thoughts on democratizing entrepreneurship globally, and why her book Venture Everywhere is a call to action for responsible innovation.

Whether you're a tech founder, investor, or simply curious about the future of AI entrepreneurship, this conversation offers clarity, candor, and bold ideas for building what matters.

🎧 Tune in now and explore how AI, venture capital, and human-centric design are redefining the next wave of innovation.

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