Ash Fontana

2021

Became one of the most recognized startup investors in the world after launching online investing at AngelList. He then became Managing Director of Zetta, the first investment fund that focused on AI and was the lead investor in category-defining AI companies such as Kaggle, Domino, Tractable, Lilt and Invenia. He has appeared in Fast Company, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNBC and at the UN.

A definitive, first-of-its-kind playbook to building and executing the right AI, winning with artificial intelligence.

●Artificial Intelligence is transforming every industry. If you want to win with AI, you have to put it first on your priority list—just like the world’s only trillion collar companies did. But how?

●Internationally renowned AI and startup investor Ash Fontana shows how any business can become AI-first, from a family-owned start-up to a Fortune 500 company. Success hinges on how extensively you collect the most valuable data and how adeptly you use it to train predictive models that automate core functions. Once mastered, you can exponentially improve your company’s ability to learn fast and outpace the competition.

●If the last fifty years were about getting AI to work in the lab, the next fifty will be about getting AI to work for people, businesses, and society. THE AI-FIRST COMPANY is the definitive playbook to winning in today’s most important competitive arena: artificial intelligence.

●Ash Fontana became one of the most recognized startup investors in the world after launching online investing at AngelList. He then became a Managing Director of Zetta, the first investment fund that focused on AI. The firm was the lead investor in category-defining AI companies such as Kaggle, Domino, Tractable, Lilt and Invenia. He has appeared in Fast Company, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNBC and at the UN. This is his first book.