Software to Digital Workers: Sandhya Venkatachalam on the AI Economy

March 13, 2026

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Sandhya Venkatachalam

Co-Founder & General Partner | Axiom Partners

Sandhya Venkatachalam is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Axiom Partners, an AI-focused venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups building practical AI products for the real world. Prior to launching Axiom in 2024, Sandhya was a partner at Khosla Ventures and Social Capital, where she focused on early-stage AI companies. Earlier in her career, she helped build early machine learning products at Skype and worked in corporate development at Cisco. At Axiom, she is pioneering a new venture capital model designed for the AI era, leveraging AI agents and operating partners actively building in the field to support founders creating next-generation AI-native companies.

Episode Overview

Is AI evolving beyond software into a new form of digital labor?

In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with Sandhya Venkatachalam, Co-Founder and General Partner at Axiom Partners, about the next phase of artificial intelligence.

Sandhya argues that AI is moving from a tool that assists humans to systems capable of performing entire jobs, from data science to network engineering. This shift could expand AI’s economic impact far beyond traditional software markets.

Key topics include:

Why AI is transitioning from software tools to digital workers
How Axiom Partners is building an AI-native venture capital firm
Opportunities for AI in industries like construction, legal, and infrastructure
The importance of creating insanely useful and usable products
How founders can build companies serving billions of people globally