It’s Tuesday and your tech stack is obsolete (again). Now what? | Theory Venture’s Bryan Bischof

About this episode

Andrew discusses the challenges of maintaining a relevant tech stack with Bryan Bischof, focusing on AI tools and data agents.

Does it feel like your favorite AI tool is declared dead one week, only to be resurrected the next? This week, Andrew sits down with Bryan Bischof, Head of AI at Theory Ventures, to explore the hidden levers of inference systems and the industry's obsession with prematurely writing off useful tools. Bryan shares his experiences with why prompt optimization is mostly a dead end, the secret to building high-performing data agents, and how his team builds operational software for VCs. The two al...

People in this episode

Host: Andrew

Guest: Bryan Bischof

Topics covered

• AI tools
• inference systems
• prompt optimization
• data agents
• operational software
• venture capital

Keywords

• AI
• tech stack
• inference systems
• prompt optimization
• data agents
• operational software

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Organizations: Theory Ventures

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