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October 15th 2026
How to Invest in Congress Avenue Ventures
Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Congress Avenue Ventures, provided a practical introduction to Alumni Ventures’ University of Texas–affiliated venture fund — and explained how accredited investors could build a diversified venture portfolio alongside the Longhorn community.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 15th 2026
Your Guide to Venture Investing with Waterman Ventures
Join Rob Adams, Executive Partner of Waterman Ventures, for a practical guide to investing in Alumni Ventures’ Brown alumni-affiliated venture fund — from its strategy and portfolio to the mechanics of participating.
by Alumni Ventures
August 28, 2026
The Agent Did Exactly What We Asked. That’s the Problem.
The Good Part, First AI agents have gotten surprisingly useful, surprisingly fast. A task that used to eat up half a day such as working through a long report, cleaning up a spreadsheet, catching up on an inbox, can now take 20 minutes.
by Aki Jiang
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October 13th 2026
AI First Fund Last Call
Ray Wu, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ AI First Fund, alongside Partners Sophia Zhao and Jack Statza and Principal Bryan Liu, provided a final look at the fund’s portfolio, investment thesis, and closing timeline — as the October 31 deadline approached.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 8th 2026
Masterclass: The Smart Investor’s Guide to Building a Venture Portfolio
Mike Collins, CEO and Founder of Alumni Ventures, shared AV’s framework for building a venture portfolio — broad exposure across 100–150 companies, assembled over four to five years, alongside established lead investors.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 6th 2026
The Buyer Changed: What actually happened in defense tech — five trends, and where the money is really going
Drew Wandzilak of Alumni Ventures’ U.S. Strategic Tech Fund and Mike Collins, CEO and Founder of Alumni Ventures, offered a clear-eyed look at the forces reshaping defense tech — from fundamental changes in government buying behavior to the technologies, business models, and companies attracting serious capital.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 6th 2026
Ring Ventures' Final Close Webinar
Rob Adams, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Ring Ventures, provided a final look at the Texas A&M-connected venture fund — including its strategy, portfolio construction, and how accredited investors could participate before the fund closed.
by Alumni Ventures
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October 1st 2026
Introduction to the Seed Fund
Ron Levin, Managing Partner of the Seed Fund, alongside Principal Glenn Borok, Associate Jason Bird, and Senior Associate Bozhena Kulchyckyj, led an introduction to Alumni Ventures’ Seed Fund — giving investors a clear look at how the team identified promising startups at the earliest stages of growth.
by Alumni Ventures
August 19, 2026
13 min read
AI Inference: The Compute Layer Powering Everything
In our first two posts, we mapped the architecture of an AI agent and the tools it reaches for once it decides to act. Both posts shared an assumption we never fully unpacked: that a model is sitting somewhere, ready to think, the instant it’s called. That assumption is a business in itself, and it’s worth being precise about a few terms before we go further.
by Meera Oak
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September 29th 2026
An Introduction to Chestnut Street Ventures: Fund 10
Brian Keil, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures’ Chestnut Street Ventures, and Mason Hale, Senior Principal, provided a final opportunity to learn about the fund before it closed — and explained how accredited investors could gain diversified venture exposure through the Penn community and beyond.
by Alumni Ventures
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September 29th 2026
From Vision to Venture: A Founder’s Perspective on the Next Era of Productivity
Sophia Zhao, Partner of Alumni Ventures’ AI First Fund, and David Shim, CEO and Co-founder of Read AI, led a founder-focused conversation about how artificial intelligence was reshaping productivity — and what it took to transform a bold vision into a growing venture.
by Alumni Ventures
August 16, 2026
AI Wearables: Your Body Has a Dashboard Now
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond our screens and onto our bodies, with a new generation of wearable devices that can track everything from sleep and hormones to focus, memory, and daily conversations. These technologies promise highly personalized insights that can improve health, productivity, and decision-making, while also raising important questions about privacy, trust, and data ownership. In this article, I share my firsthand experience living with six AI wearables — and what they reveal about the future of human-computer interaction.
by Sophia Zhao
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