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The People Closest to Your Customers, Furthest From Your Investment
A Go2 Newsroom story on the 'frontline investment gap': the support and operations workers who have the most contact with customers routinely receive the least development, visibility, and decision support. Drawing on Go2's public purpose and product messaging, the piece lays out Go2's stated operating thesis — that giving frontline teams better tools and more agency produces better outcomes for both workers and the companies that employ them.
Pegbo
Pegbo is a Menlo Park construction-technology startup that gives preconstruction teams AI coworkers to source, engage, and vet trade partners. Its platform searches a database of more than one million verified subcontractors and suppliers - filterable by scope, location, NAICS code, union status, and certifications like MBE, DBE, and WBE - then automates outreach, bid-coverage tracking, document collection, and compliance so general contractors and project owners can hit supplier-diversity goals faster and with less busywork.
Ethan Barhydt
Ethan Barhydt is the founder and CEO of VoiceOps, a New York based AI company that listens to call center conversations and turns them into coaching. He built his first AI model in college, started two companies before he graduated from Harvard, and launched VoiceOps in 2016 to do for sales calls what self-driving car teams do for road footage: learn from millions of real examples. The company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch, raised a $9M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures, and has helped clients lift conversion rates and slash agent attrition. Barhydt made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2018.
Yan-David Erlich
Yan-David 'Yanda' Erlich is a General Partner and Head of Tech Investment Practice at B Capital Group, a multistage global venture firm. A four-time venture-backed founder and CEO, he brings an unusual combination of operator depth and investor acuity: he scaled Weights & Biases from $3M to $50M ARR as COO/CRO before joining B Capital in January 2025, and previously built the enterprise venture practice at Coatue Management. His personal angel investment in Weights & Biases achieved 55x DPI. He focuses on AI co-workers, ML infrastructure, and B2B AI applications, with checks ranging from $5M to $50M.