AI in Venture Capital with Hina Dixit, Partner at M12 - Microsoft’s Venture Fund

MosaicML

The investment in MosaicML stands out as a significant milestone in the AI landscape. Hina Dixit recalls her first encounter with the company at MIT, where she was captivated by the lottery ticket hypothesis presented by Michael Carbon. This breakthrough in AI model training, which promised reduced compute costs and time, resonated with her experiences at Apple and Stanford. She was impressed by MosaicML's seamless technology, which addressed the inefficiencies she had faced in model training.

I think there is definitely a technology breakthrough here.

--- Hina Dixit

This intuition and thorough diligence led to a successful investment, culminating in MosaicML's acquisition by Databricks for billions 1.

   

Privacy Tech

Investments in privacy-focused technologies have become increasingly crucial in today's AI-driven world. Hina Dixit highlights her first investment at Samsung Next, Dynamo FL, which focused on federated learning. Her background at Apple, where privacy was paramount, influenced her decision to support technologies that embed privacy into computation platforms.

We need to encourage more of these computation platforms which have privacy embedded into it.

--- Hina Dixit

This investment reflects a broader industry trend towards trustworthy AI, ensuring data is collected and utilized securely 2.