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Our Vertical AI presentation is now available to view + we've launched our first product.
To celebrate 12 months of Meliora, we've packaged up some of our latest thinking and made it available for you to view and download.
Mel Lee & Meliora Company
June 05, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes
Subscribe | 5th June, 2026
12 months in, we’ve clocked up more than 70 C-Suite briefings in more than 40 cities and had the privilege of keynoting some of the most respected trade and industry events internationally, including Radiodays Europe, MusExpo and RedTech 2025.
From expanding into New Zealand, to earning a nomination for our Podcast The Relentless Optimist at the Australian Audio Awards, it’s been an exciting year - and we’re just getting started.
Our ‘Emergence of Vertical AI presentation is now available for download.
 | In our first year, Meliora Advisory has delivered our ‘Emergence of Vertical AI’ presentation to more than 70 international C-suite briefings across 40 cities and 12 countries, supporting senior leaders across telco, media and technology as they respond to AI-led disruption, product transformation and changing commercial models. Those conversations have sharpened our view of what leaders are now trying to solve. The questions have moved quickly from broad curiosity about AI to much more commercial and specific decisions. To celebrate our first 12 months in business, we’ve made our ‘The Emergence of Vertical AI’ presentation available to view and download on our website. |
Here’s why this matters: These conversations continue to reinforce Meliora’s core AI predictions for 2026: that Vertical AI products will outperform generic AI features, responsibly trained and governed AI will become a baseline enterprise expectation, and generative AI will increasingly compete for attention alongside established media and content categories.
We’ve launched MvSE, our proprietary investment signals engine.
| MvSE has been designed to support Meliora Ventures sourcing, market intelligence, investor engagement and access to the Meliora investment thesis. It is not a consulting output and it is not a static investor update. It is a product built around the way we source, assess and communicate opportunities in the AI market. |
For us, MvSE is also a signal of the kind of company Meliora is becoming: one that does not only advise, but also invests, builds and creates. It is also the first in a stable of products we intend to launch over the next 12 months as Meliora continues to build its own technology, intelligence and IP layer across Advisory, Ventures and Creative.
You can sign up for access to MvSE here.
Here’s why this matters: We built MvSE in-house, from UX design through to the algorithm, database and product architecture.
That matters because Meliora is not a traditional advisory firm looking at AI from the outside. We are real-world operators, building products, testing use cases and applying the same commercial discipline to our own business that we bring to our clients, investors and partners.
Meliora Ventures Fund One Approaches First Close
| This month Meliora Ventures Fund One, our specialist AI-focused investment fund, will hold its first close. We’re focused on building a business with impact - and we have spent the last 12 months talking to leaders across Telco, Media and Technology businesses in more than 40 cities around the world.
For more on the fund, or to understand how you can be involved - whether you’re looking to invest or you have a startup that you’d like to pitch for capital, get in touch here. |
Here’s why this matters: Our first close means we can start to deploy investors funds into these businesses and build traction in this space, whilst helping our clients solve real-world business problems with unique, innovative solutions built by extraordinary people.