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Venture Capitalists Are Starting to Trust AI’s Startup Judgment

SoftBank's Pepper humanoid robot interacts with an attendee during the Slush startup event in Helsinki.

Photographer: Tomi Setala/Bloomberg
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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Shona Ghosh talks to a venture capitalist about the impact of AI on startup research and investment.

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