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Traditional AI startups sell software to existing businesses, but full-stack AI companies are becoming the businesses themselves.
Marjolaine Catil
Marjolaine Catil is an Investment Director at Newfund, a VC firm based in Paris and Silicon Valley. She runs Newfund’s “Road to the USA” initiative for French entrepreneurs considering U.S. expansion.
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