How AI Is Disrupting Industrial Tech | Visionaries Club VC Insights
AI is disrupting traditional SaaS — and Europe's industrial tech giants are finally listening. In this episode of Startuprad.io, we explore how applied AI in B2B is transforming procurement, logistics, and manufacturing, and why industrial tech innovation may crown the next wave of unicorns in the DACH region.
🎙️ Guest: Marton Sarkadi Nagy, Partner at Visionaries Club, a Berlin-based VC with €600M+ AUM and a unique LP base of unicorn founders and legacy industrialists.
💡 What You’ll Learn:
Why traditional SaaS is dying and how agentic AI is redefining B2B software
How Visionaries Club blends legacy and innovation to spot top founders
What makes a “genre-defining founder” (hint: urgency, obsession, execution)
Europe's edge in the application layer of AI
Radical accountability and how top founders handle crisis
Learn more here: https://www.startuprad.io/post/how-europe-s-visionaries-are-using-ai-to-disrupt-industrial-tech
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Chapters: 00:00:00 The Future of Venture Capital and Applied AI in Europe 00:00:26 Introduction to Martin 00:02:12 Journey from Operator to Investor 00:07:00 Understanding Radical Accountability 00:08:57 Market Insights and Investment Thesis 00:12:22 The Unique Base of Visionaries Club 00:15:52 Identifying Bullish Sectors 00:19:18 Europe's Position in AI Application 00:22:00 Rethinking Company Structures for AI 00:28:19 Evaluating Founders: Traits of Success 00:33:24 Painkillers vs. Vitamins in Startups 00:37:46 The Influence of Competitive Sports 00:40:21 AI's Impact on SaaS Adoption 00:44:33 Connecting Startups with Industrial Partners 00:47:45 Challenges for European Founders 00:50:57 Adapting European VCs for Global Competition
