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At the 8th annual East Meets West (EMW) conference, we gathered technology leaders and up-and-coming startup founders from around the world for three days of thought-provoking conversations and connection building. We kicked off the event with our annual “Coatue View on the State of the Markets” to provide an overview of the macroeconomic landscape that helps guide our view on both the public and private markets. Thank you to everyone who joined us this year. We’re always sad when EMW is over, but we can’t wait for what 2025 will bring!

Hello July 2024 interns!

Welcome to the Coatue portfolio Skild AI! Sri Viswanath, General Partner, shares: “Skild is working toward a scalable approach to foundational models for robot manipulation and locomotion. We are thrilled to back their effort to revolutionize robotics, seeking to shift from pre-programmed to dynamic, adaptable robots. With SKILD’s technology, we see an opportunity to disrupt the physical economy: bringing robots to hazardous jobs (e.g. machine rooms, containments) or sectors suffering huge labor shortages (e.g., security, hospitals). I look forward to partnering with the team on their mission.”

We’ve invested in Fantasy Chess, a new interactive platform founded by 17 time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen that aims to engage Chess fans in a completely new way. Ben Schwerin, General Partner at Coatue said, “Even though Chess is one of the world’s oldest games, there is a huge opportunity to make it more accessible and more engaging. We’re excited by the opportunity to support such a strong team, in such a big market, with such a grand ambition.”

Coatue is excited to lead Norm Ai’s Series A and add Sri Viswanath to Norm’s Board. Sri said, “We continue to be impressed by Norm’s vision to deliver a comprehensive, regulatory AI platform and we are excited by the array of compliance workflows the team is already able to support. We are thrilled to double down on Norm as they seek to grow into a transformational AI company, and I look forward to supporting John Nay and his team on their next steps.”

We’re thrilled to welcome DeepJudge to the Coatue portfolio. Deepjudge is building an AI-driven legal search platform to help law firms and legal departments make the most of their internal knowledge base.   Caryn Marooney, General Partner, Coatue led the round and shares: “DeepJudge is one of the first products on a mission to empower legal teams to harness their internal data to make strategic decisions. From a technology standpoint, we are impressed by DeepJudge’s approach to solving data retrieval, which we believe is crucial to achieve high-quality generative results. We are excited to support DeepJudge as they seek to gain traction in the legal industry and grow their client base.”   Many congratulations to Paulina Grnarova and her team!

Butterflies AI is creating one of the first social networks where humans and AIs can interact. Ben Schwerin, General Partner, Coatue, explains: “Vu Tran and team are seamlessly bringing humans and AI friends together. We love how they are leveraging AI in a novel way to provide compelling, unique experiences for consumers. We are thrilled to be supporting Butterflies as it launches.” Build a Butterfly for yourself here: https://lnkd.in/ekGWJ7yK

I’ve joined Coatue as a General Partner. I’m humbled and grateful for the opportunity to continue the firm’s multi-decade track record: partnering with market-defining technology companies, from early-stage venture through post-IPO.    When I joined Bedrock five years ago, it was an upstart venture firm. What the team has accomplished since is remarkable. Working with and learning from my partner Geoff, who is equally an investor and entrepreneur, has been an absolute privilege. Thank you also Eric, Thomas, Tyler, Sid, Ben, David, Rachel, Claire.   Grateful and excited!

Hello June 2024 Coatue interns! Christian Davidson, Derek Yang, Susan Salgado, Arav Bhagwati Mofe U. Continued thanks to SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) for partnering with us again this summer and making some great introductions.

Our second-annual pickleball outing was a ton of fun for the Coatue New York team. There is nothing better than spending a perfect summer evening in Central Park with our colleagues. Thanks to the entire office for coming out to play. Winners were Haley O'Hanlon, MBA and Zachary Keller!