General Catalyst’s Princess President Wants Europe to Embrace AI

Venture capitalist Jeannette zu Fürstenberg says she felt like an outsider when she moved into academia from her family business in Germany. It was the same after she met her husband, Christian, a prince from the House of Fürstenberg, an 800-year-old royal clan. And now, she says, she gets a similar vibe when visiting Silicon Valley for her job with investment firm General Catalyst. “I never fully belonged to one circle,” she says, picking her way through the frigid streets of Davos, Switzerland, during the World Economic Forum in January.

This is difficult to believe. Tall, regal and fluent ...