Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USFixing Kubernetes App Deployment Solves ‘Day 2' ProblemsIn a thoughtful post about “Kubernetes Day 2 Operations,” Justin Yue of Geodesic Capital highlights the tooling needed to streamline the…3 min read·6 days ago----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USData Council 2024: The future data stack is composable, and other hot takesI wrote this synopsis for the Vertex Ventures investment team as a debrief to last week’s Data Council conference. Here it is, unedited.5 min read·Apr 2, 2024--3--3
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USThree types of marketing content every founder needsFor technical startup founders, developing a content strategy can be a daunting task. The right content can help sales and marketing.4 min read·Feb 8, 2024----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USAn interview with a researcher behind MemGPT, the system enabling AI companions to have infinite…Chase Roberts of Vertex Ventures US interviews Charles Packer of UC Berkeley, coauthor of the MemGPT paper.6 min read·Jan 17, 2024----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USFundraising for Founders, from a CEO who raised $155MEvisort CEO Jerry Ting sits down with us to give his best tips for startup venture fundraising, after successfully raising $155 million.5 min read·Jan 9, 2024----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USA looming electricity shortage and other AI dinner-table gossipVertex Venture US recently hosted a dinner with top-flight AI researchers and practitioners. Here’s how the dinner-table conversation went.4 min read·Dec 8, 2023----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USLoRA: The Efficient Fine-Tuning for LLMs You Should KnowChase and Sandeep spoke with Edward Hu, Ph.D, the co-creator of LoRA — a popular large language model (LLM) fine-tuning technique.3 min read·Dec 6, 2023----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USRaising a Series A: Nailing the Fundraising NarrativeIt’s a new fundraising environment for early-stage founders. Well, newish. Here’s how to tell your story in a way that excites investors.2 min read·Nov 22, 2023----
Chase RobertsinVertex Ventures USA sales blueprint for early-stage foundersRunning a marathon requires two feet: you can hop on one foot temporarily, but both feet must move to finish the race. Winning a category…5 min read·Nov 14, 2023----
Chase RobertsNeural Notes Episode #5: Solving API Code Generation with GorillaCode generators struggle with APIs. Enter Gorilla, an LLM that addresses this gap by serving correct API calls without additional coding.5 min read·Sep 28, 2023----