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Peak XV , the venture capital firm thatsplit from Sequoia Capital last class , is taking its portfolio companies from India , Southeast Asia and Australia on an “ immersion ” trip to Silicon Valley this hebdomad to meet several industry titan , the latest in the venture firm ’s broadening offerings and connection flex .
About 60 founders , many backed by Peak XV’spowerfully influential program Surge , will link up partners from the house on the head trip to see diligence leadership and visit AI inquiry heart and soul , according to a player briefed on the matter .
The workweek includes strategy sessions with executives from OpenAI and Nvidia as well as Sequoia partner Doug Leone , and dialogue from seasoned operators like Uniphore chief Umesh Sachdev and DoorDash advisor Gokul Rajaram , harmonize to an email the business firm sent to portfolio startup seen by TechCrunch .
The computer programme , internally dubbed “ Immersion Week , ” is the latest peek at Peak XV ’s broadening roll beyond writing checks as competition intensifies among speculation investors essay access to the most bright AI startups globally .
India , one of the largest startup ecosystems , currently lacks the deepness in deep tech and AI inauguration . Very few players in India are attempting to build up foundational bombastic language models . Sarvam AI , one such inauguration , announce a $ 41 million funding late last yearled by Peak XV and Lightspeed India and scored a partnership with Microsoft last week .
investor say that many existing inauguration in India are strategizing on what new capabilities to build and in finding client abroad — and that ’s where a trip like “ Immersion ” can prove good .
Peak XV , which has $ 2.5 billion to deploy in the region , has carry an aggressive approaching since its split last yr , rapidly building out its bench strength and networking capabilities across geographics .
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Peak XV did n’t straight off respond to a request for input Monday dawn . But in the email to portfolio companies over the weekend , Peak XV told father the trip would “ centre on building world - stratum products ” and gaining “ a glimpse into the AI humanity . ”
top out XV managing directors Shailendra Singh , Rajan Anandan , Harshjit Sethi and Ashish Agrawal , and Surge better half Pieter Kemps are among those hosting the week , according to the mortal brief on the thing .
