November 25, 2025

Physical AI Can’t Exist Without Eyes: Why Visual Tech Is the Real Engine Behind the Machines

November 25, 2025/ Evan nisselson

Every robot, drone, self-driving car, delivery bot, and surgical assistant that claims “intelligence” is fundamentally a product of visual and/or electromagnetic perception systems. The success of Physical AI doesn’t start with neural networks or GPUs – it starts with cameras, sensors, and spectral scanners that give machines their first sense of reality.

Physical AI will not succeed until machines can truly see.

November 04, 2025

“The Future of Seeing” by Dr. Daniel Sodickson: How Imaging Is Transforming Medicine, Science and Society

November 04, 2025/ Kat Lopez

Meet Dr. Daniel Sodickson – Chief of Innovation in Radiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and an Expert at LDV Capital. In his book, “The Future of Seeing: How Imaging Is Changing Our World”, he traces humanity’s long quest to illuminate the invisible – from the first biological eyes that evolved in Earth’s ancient oceans to the telescopes, microscopes and MRI machines that map worlds beyond the reach of natural vision. Blending history, science and imagination, he reveals how imaging has reshaped medicine, altered economies and reframed our understanding of privacy and identity. Now, on the brink of an AI-driven revolution, Dr. Sodickson invites us to consider a future in which technology emulates not just our sight, but our very minds – changing how we see the world, each other and ourselves. Dan’s vision aligns with our fund’s thesis dating back to 2012.

July 17, 2025

Beyond Human Vision: Unlocking the Invisible with Visual Technology & AI

July 17, 2025/ Ash Cleary

Earlier in May, we shared photographs and stories from this year’s invite-only LDV Capital Annual General Meeting (AGM) – a special event where our LPs connect in person with our team, portfolio companies and experts. Our Associate, Ash Cleary, presented a keynote to our LPs on visual technologies that will unlock beyond what we can see as humans. We’re now excited to share a few of the trends Ash showcased in his presentation with our wider LDV community.

April 18, 2023

Lessons from Commercializing AI Research, Starting Deep Tech Businesses & Building AI Products At Fortune 100 Companies

April 18, 2023/ Kat Lopez

In this fireside chat with LDV Capital General Partner Evan Nisselson, Clement Farabet, VP of Research at DeepMind, shared his views on the positives, negatives, and lessons learned from building artificial intelligence projects while at university, to founding a startup that successfully exited and at large Fortune 100 corporations.

November 10, 2022

LDV Capital - 10 Years Investing In People Building Businesses Powered by Visual Tech & AI

November 10, 2022/ Evan nisselson

We could not have accomplished this exciting milestone without our inspiring portfolio founders, experts, community members, co-investors and LDV LPs. Thank you!

March 10, 2022

Visual Data is Propelling a New Wave of Climate Tech

March 10, 2022/ Kat Lopez

For far too long, sustainability has been viewed by big companies as more of a marketing campaign or non-profit exercise than a direct financial impact on their bottom line. But the tides are, literally, changing and advances in visual data collection, computer vision and AI are at a point where climate tech companies can leverage it to build businesses that provide financial benefit to mitigating climate impact. See more details in Evan Nisselson’s article.

May 15, 2019

Sea Machines Analyzes Diverse Visual Data To Deliver Safe Autonomous Boats

May 15, 2019/ Guest User

Fiona Hua talks about leading the perception team at Boston-based Sea Machines, one of our portfolio companies. Read on to learn about her journey from biometrics to autonomous vessels, how Sea Machines differentiates itself in the market, and more.

LDV Blog