Jeremiah Owyang
Jeremiah Owyang is a General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, a VC that invests in rapidly-scaling startups poised to dominate valuable markets, where he has invested in innovative AI agents, educational AI startups, and global commerce AI ventures. He also leads the Llama Lounge, a premier gathering of hundreds of AI startups and top investors in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Jeremiah is a venture capitalist, tech evangelist, and corporate innovation expert who has consistently been at the forefront of technological developments. He is a prominent figure in the AI startup community, spearheading some of the largest and most influential events in the industry. He is frequently quoted in top-tier publication and cited in books and press and media.
Jeremiah Owyang Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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General Partner, AI Investments
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Founding Partner and Industry Analyst
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Writer, WSJ Accelerators Blog
Academic History
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B.S., Business
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Angel Investor, JO Angel Investments
Professional Speaker, Catalyst Companies
TECH EXPERTISE
Jeremiah is renowned for his visionary insights into the future of AI, business, the internet, and humanity.
Over the course of his career, he has identified big trends before they happen, and helped major companies through the transition. He has been an angel investor since 2017 and has a positive track record from exits.
He was featured in the “Who’s Who” in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, and his Twitter feed was named one of the top feeds by Time.
He has 250,000+ followers on TwitterX and 25,000+ followers on LinkedIn, reaching both the tech and business communities.
EARLY CAREER
Jeremiah was the Founder of Crowd Companies, an innovation council which connects big brands to leaders, startups, and communities in the collaborative economy.
He worked with leading organizations such as Altimeter Group and Forrester Research, where he focused on the impact of social networks on interactive marketing.
He also spearheaded global social media strategies for Hitachi Data Systems.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Jeremiah is the author of the influential “Web Strategy” blog, a premier publication on how corporations connect with their customers using Web technologies.
He publishes numerous research reports, playbooks, and frameworks to help businesses navigate change, improve customer experiences and identify trends before they happen.
He has presented at major conferences such as TED AI, Web Summit, the Frankfurt Auto Show, TechCrunch Disrupt, the Swiss Economic Forum, and numerous global conferences across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America.
He has appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Fast Company, and Reuters.