Lightrock partner on AI’s risks for founders and investors: ‘Two sides to a coin’

Ash Puri, partner at Lightrock. Press photo/Impact Loop
10 nov. 2025
13:28
AI is fuelling a startup boom – but it’s also arming bad actors, rewriting the rules of competition, and testing how much control humans are willing to give up.

Impact Loop met Lightrock partner Ash Puri in London to explore what’s really at stake as AI transforms entrepreneurship.

AI is making it faster and cheaper to build a company – but it’s also blurring lines of ownership, creativity, and control.

“The [AI] revolution is going to be among the biggest changes humanity has ever seen. How we manage it is up to us,” Ash Puri, a partner at Lightrock, tells Impact Loop in a sit-down interview at the firm’s London offices.

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