Natasha Allen: Navigating AI Regulation, Exits, and Boardroom Challenges

(0:00) Intro (1:20) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (2:06) Start of interview. (2:37) Natasha's "origin story."  (6:25) On the risks and opportunities for AI. (8:39) On the regulatory landscape of AI in the US. Reference to President Biden's Executive Order. (11:40) On California's regulation of AI (SB 1047). (15:24) On the international AI regulatory landscape, including the EU AI legislation. (20:35) On the state of startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley. (25:34) On the 'stay private or go public' debate. (28:50) On the increased antitrust scrutiny by the FTC and DOJ, particularly in tech industry. (30:08) On the increased national security scrutiny via CFIUS reviews. The new geopolitics of dealmaking. (35:46) On the increased politicization of the boardroom, including ESG and DEI. (38:32) On boardroom diversity and challenges to SB-826 and AB-979 (California), and Nasdaq's Diversity Rule. (42:20) Books that have greatly influenced her life: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1960)The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Altwood (1985)Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945) (42:57)  Her mentors. (43:49)  Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by: "Don't Self-Select." (51:17) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves. (44:17) The living person that she most admires. One of them is Michelle Obama. Natasha Allen is a partner at Foley & Lardner in Silicon Valley, serving as Co-Chair for Artificial Intelligence, Co-Chair of the Venture Capital Committee, and a member of the Venture Capital, M&A, and Transactions Practices. You can follow Evan on social media at: Twitter: @evanepstein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/  Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at: Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod __ Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License