Tom Henriksson

Tom Henriksson is a General Partner at OpenOcean and passionate about data-intensive software that is quick to love and built on strong technology. He is a big believer in accurate consumer profiling, marketing technologies, and intelligent automation of the enterprise. Tom’s previous experience includes investing in MySQL Ab, running Nokia’s Corporate BD, and launching and scaling Nokia Interactive Advertising – the leading first-generation premium mobile ad-network – from scratch to $50 million in revenue in less than three years.

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Why thoroughbreds (not unicorns) are winning the AI race

The AI boom has reshaped the startup landscape. By some estimates, just over half of all the new billion-dollar companies in 2025 so far are AI companies. Many founders still operate with the same mindset they had during the booming valuations of the late 2010s and early 2020s. The default, time and again, is focusing on raising big rounds and chasing billion-dollar status as quickly as possible.