Chris Farmer is the Founder and CEO of SignalFire, one of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms built around proprietary data and AI.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Since founding the firm in 2013, he has pioneered a data-driven approach to venture investing, backing category-defining companies across enterprise software, AI, infrastructure, and consumer technology. SignalFire combines machine learning, proprietary talent data, and operational support to help founders build and scale high-growth companies. Before launching SignalFire, Chris was a Venture Partner at General Catalyst, where he established the firm's California office and led early investments in companies including Stripe, Coinbase, Discord, Fivetran, Zapier, Venmo, ClassDojo, and Alation. Earlier, he was a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners, a consultant at Bain & Company, and a successful entrepreneur who led the turnaround of SkyBitz into a profitable SaaS business that was later acquired. Chris has also published research on venture capital in Harvard Business Review and other leading journals, bringing decades of experience at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and investing.Topics

How AI is transforming venture capital: building a data-driven investment firm for the next generation of startups
Lessons from backing Stripe, Coinbase, Discord, and other category-defining companies at the earliest stages
What founders need to build AI-native companies that scale from seed stage to market leadership

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