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The Fund That Bets on AI Built In, Not Bolted On | Anca Burke & Andrey Mikhalchuk, ARTA VC
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- Top Decile Podcast
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- Jun 8, 2026
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Summary
Anca Burke and Andrey Mikhalchuk co-founded ARTA VC around a shared frustration: 70% of enterprise AI integrations fail because companies try to attach AI to systems that were never designed for it. Their fund backs early-stage founders in the DMV who have already done the opposite. We get into how AI-powered autofocus eyeglasses gave a retired military pilot better vision than he'd ever had, why the DMV's second-largest tech talent pool in the country is still chronically underfunded, and what two decades of combined operating experience teaches you about which AI bets are actually worth making.