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Equity · 5 Aug 2026 · 32 min
Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital
MentionsLightspeed Venture PartnersClaire ZauErik TorenbergJosh Machiz
Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It's a trend that's been building with a16z's acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI's acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own…
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Sourcery · 15 Jun 2026 · 49 min
TBPN, Jack Altman, a16z, Now It’s Lightspeed's Media Move
MentionsJack AltmanClaire ZauErik TorenbergJosh Machiz
Claire Zau is a pre-seed and seed investor at Lightspeed and co-host of Lightwork, Lightspeed's new weekly AI podcast with CMO Josh Machiz. She also runs Zauey Talks, where she reaches 350K+ people and 10M+ monthly impressions explaining AI and startups to an audience that mostly does not work in… More on the show's page
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Term Sheet · 13 May 2026 · 36 min
This Creator Investor On The Truth About The AI Gold Rush | Term Sheet
MentionsLightspeed Venture PartnersClaire Zau
Claire Zau spent six years in venture capital and became the youngest investor to make partner at GSV. Then she did something very few other VCs were doing: she started posting social media videos about AI to inform the general public. A year, 337,000 followers and 1.6 million likes later,…
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