Oliver
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- RAISE Summit22 min
Inception Fund & AI: From Inception to Exit Building AI Giants from Europe and the Nordics
Former professor Peter Sarlin founded the private AI lab Silo AI in 2017 and led the bootstrapped company to a $700 million exit when acquired by AMD in 2022, establishing the largest pure-play AI acquisition in Europe. Sarlin attributes this success to a contrarian philosophy that prioritized functional machine learning over hype while hiring primarily from academia, resulting in a workforce of over 220 AI scientists before the strategic sale. Beyond this specific case study, Sarlin highlights that the fragmentation of the European single market remains the primary barrier preventing regional startups from scaling into trillion-dollar enterprises, forcing founders to adopt a global-first strategy despite Europe's strengths in industrial AI applications.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
US Overview: Can Growth Continue?
Philippa Thomas, Pippa, Ross, Bill, Adrian, Oliver, Tina Fordham, Tina Raja, Anastasios Economo
Panelists characterize the U.S. economy as a structural divergence where a robust coastal sector driven by domestic consumption and housing contrasts sharply with a stagnating interior plagued by unemployment. While the Federal Reserve signals a gradual rate normalization to combat below-target inflation, external geopolitical tensions with China and domestic political gridlock are cited as primary headwinds delaying market stability. Looking ahead, experts forecast a potential recession around 2019 but advise investors to prioritize hard assets, non-investment-grade corporate loans, and entrepreneurial ventures as hedges against monetary expansion and geopolitical volatility.