Ties Bukima

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Ties Bukima on Rolodex & AI Inside Dawn Capital

Ties Bukima, head of data, tech, and AI at Dawn Capital and ex-Google, explains the firm's in-house relationship intelligence tool Rolodex, covering its three pillars: who to know, meeting intel, and access paths. He details how Rolodex contributed to nearly every deal in Dawn 5, why building in-house took 12-15 months, his frustration with VCs' conservatism on internal AI adoption, and his 2026 goal of making every firm member a builder with Claude Code. He also describes being physically close to users across a 12-person firm.