# Ali Partovi

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/ali-partovi/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Ali Partovi (Founder & CEO, Neo) talking, from an interview on TBPN published Oct 5, 2026.

- Role: Founder & CEO, Neo
- About: Founded Neo, a VC fund that backed Cursor early; co-founded Code.org and LinkExchange, which Microsoft bought.
- On X: https://x.com/apartovi

## What Ali Partovi said

- [Neo is concentrating its bets on fewer companies and people](https://realalpha.app/s/neo-is-concentrating-its-bets-on-fewer-companies-and-people/)
  TBPN · Oct 5, 2026 · 4 min
  > “if this was a new investment, what would I decide” — Ali Partovi · [1:43:25](https://realalpha.app/v/SiyFdWvIx1s/?t=6205)
- [AI labs could face liability when their models choose illegal acts](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-labs-could-face-liability-when-their-models-choose/)
  TBPN · Oct 5, 2026 · 4 min
  > “But if I just said I need $5,000, the interesting question is when an AI autonomously chooses an illegal action” — Ali Partovi · [1:52:06](https://realalpha.app/v/SiyFdWvIx1s/?t=6726)

## The episode

- [Minecraft AI Mods, Should You Sell Your Data, Construction Paper Really Fell Off](https://realalpha.app/v/SiyFdWvIx1s/) · TBPN · Oct 5, 2026