Ash Fontana is a Managing Partner at Zetta, the first venture capital fund focused on intelligent systems. Zetta invests in early-stage companies building software that learns from data to analyze, predict and prescribe outcomes. Ash previously led fundraising products at AngelList – the most successful startup investing platform in the world. There, he launched online investing, created the first startup ‘index fund’, and curated investment opportunities across 500,000 companies. He also ran special projects like AngelList’s expansion into Europe and the UK.

He started his professional career at Macquarie Capital, where he was a top-ranked analyst in private equity, investment banking, and equity research. Academically, he graduated with First Class honors in law and finance on five scholarships from the University of Sydney.​

Ash is the author of the "The AI-First Company", the definitive playbook to putting AI first in every business conversation. The playbook is an executable guide for applying AI to business problems, made for real companies, with real budgets, that need strategies and tactics to effectively implement AI.

Artificial Intelligence, Investing, Affluent investors, Startup, Start-up Advisor, Technology, Technology Futurism, Venture Capital, Business Founders, Authors, Consulting, Machine Learning