Sointu Karjalainen is Operating Partner at FOV Ventures, an early-stage European fund and among the first backers of companies like Distance and Makiina, investing at the frontier of Physical AI, Robotics, and the next generation of computing platforms. She leads FOV's operations and has built an AI-native operating system that now runs much of the firm's daily work — from fundraising to reporting — making her a practitioner's voice on how AI is reshaping venture operations. A former founder herself, Sointu treats running a fund like running a startup: AI-native is now table stakes, but as everyone clears that bar, the edge shifts back to people — the humans and networks actually doing the work. She is based in Finland and works across FOV's Helsinki, London, and Paris footprint.