
AJ Asver, a product talent at Coinbase and later Brex, spent most of the A.I. Forward conference at the end of May putting the finishing touches on a demo. He was sitting next to venture capitalist Steve Jang during a talk by Bill Gates when Asver pulled out his laptop.
“He's whispering, and he goes: Let me show you this prototype,” says Jang, founder of early-stage venture capital firm Kindred Ventures.