NYC

When I first moved to NY, I expected SF to remain the hub for most of our investments at Kearny Jackson. So count me surprised when I looked at our last 10 investments and found that NYC has come out on top.

From the 10 companies, we backed 5 in NYC: AI for insurance, AI for SMB marketing, AI for in-house legal, AI for fintech and AI for data engineering, 4 in SF: AI production agents, AI investigation layer for engineering and support, Robotics, AI Front Office and 1 in Vancouver: Vulnerability scanner for AI.

I still visit SF quite often to have my finger on the pulse. My cofounder Sunil is still based there. But in a way, I’m happy to be in NYC. Founders here seem to be highly pragmatic and more comfortable making decisions without over-relying on consensus.