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Founders’ takes: How AI is rewriting the playbook for investing

Founders’ takes: How AI is rewriting the playbook for investing

Update: 2025-09-09
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Founders’ takes is a new series featuring expert insights from tech leaders transforming industries with artificial intelligence. In this edition, Cem Ötkün, CEO and co-founder of startup scouting platform Bounce Watch, shares his views on how AI is reshaping investing. Venture capital, once built on networks and narratives, is now undergoing a structural shift. AI is no longer a futuristic add-on to the investment process — it’s becoming an operating system. And for those investing in the opaque world of private markets, it’s not optional. It’s existential. The broken machinery behind the pitch Despite all the capital flowing through venture, much…

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Founders’ takes: How AI is rewriting the playbook for investing

Founders’ takes: How AI is rewriting the playbook for investing

Cem Ötkün