This Early Groq Investor Expects Half Her Bets To Fail
In an interview with Crunchbase News, Sandhya Venkatachalam, founder and managing partner of Axiom Partners, discusses why she looks beyond familiar founder profiles, what makes an AI company durable, and how an early investment in Groq shaped her approach.
Sandhya Venkatachalam, a successful investor and founder, talks about her investment strategy and her early experience with Groq. Venkatachalam invested at Khosla Ventures before starting Axiom Partners, a fund that supports startups using AI in various industries. She takes inspiration from Vinod Khosla's open view of founder backgrounds and focuses on accepting that many bets won't work out while aiming for the outliers.
Axiom Partners evaluates startups based on their potential to benefit broader populations and deliver tangible results, rather than conventional enterprise software tools.
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