Best Elaine Zelby Podcasts (2024)

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Deep Dive: Find the right co-founder and idea with Mo El Mahallawy, CTO and co-founder of Shepherd 53:38

5M ago53:38

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Today we’re chatting with Mo El Mahallawy, CTO and co-founder of Shepherd. Shepherd is all in one commercial insurance platform focused on high hazard industries. The company is on an absolute tear and this month they announced a $13.5M series A. Mo and I decided to sit down and record a conversation because the journey of Shepherd will resonate wi…

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Deep Dive: Shutting down a startup, doing right by your team, and founder identity with Stevie Cline (VC at Vol. 1 Ventures) 55:16

5M ago55:16

55:16

Today’s conversation is rare but vital — we spend much of our time talking about the challenges around shutting down companies. While I spend most of my time writing about how to build towards success, the stark reality is that most companies fail. Shutting down your company is incredibly painful but it’s particularly lonely — you often feel like y…

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Control Your Financial Destiny: Runway, Metrics, and more with Puzzle's CEO Sasha Orloff 50:02

6M ago50:02

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ODF is thrilled to announce its partnership with Puzzle — all ODF participants and alumni now save hundreds of dollars, To learn more go here. -- Are you exploring starting a company? We’ve got a program for that! ODF has helped 1k companies—like Puzzle which was ODF8—get started and go on to raise over $2B. Applications for our IRL cohorts in San …

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Augmenting people with AI and building the future featuring Matt Rastovac of Respell 1:04:39

7M ago1:04:39

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Are you exploring starting a company? We’ve got a program for that! ODF has helped 1k companies—like Respell which was ODF17—get started and go on to raise over $2B. Applications for our 20th cohort in San Francisco are now . Learn more and apply at beondeck.com respell.ai Matt on X/Twitter beondeck.com On Deck on X/Twitter Podcast episode archive …

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"The most important milestone in the history of longevity biotech" — Archival Interview with Celine Halioua (Founder/CEO of Loyal) 1:08:00

7M ago1:08:00

1:08:00

Earlier this week Celine Halioua (ODF2), founder and CEO of Loyal — a dog longevity biotech startup — announced something truly groundbreaking. Loyal (ODF2) has earned what they believe to be the FDA’s first-ever formal acceptance that a drug can be developed and approved for lifespan extension. As Celine says in her announcement; “I started Loyal …

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Defense Tech: Opportunities to support America and our allies with veteran Mike Slagh (founder/CEO of Shift) 55:03

8M ago55:03

55:03

Joining me in the deep end is US Navy veteran Mike Slagh — founder of Shift — an organization that has built the most significant bridge between the Department of Defense and the startup ecosystem. Defense Tech is a big deal. We’re just now starting to see it be thought of as a more feasible sector to build startups. Mike might be one of the best p…

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Lessons from the Journey to Building a Product Customers Want with Max Greenwald of Warmly 21:46

8M ago21:46

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Are you exploring starting a company? We’ve got a program for that. ODF has helped 1k companies get started and go on to raise over $2B. Applications for our 19th cohort in San Francisco are due this week. Learn more and apply at beondeck.com -- Joining me in the deep end is Max Greenwald — co-founder of Warmly a startup that helps businesses turn …

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Generative AI and deciding what to build first with Elaine Zelby of Tofu 39:28

8M ago39:28

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Joining me in the deep end is Elaine Zelby — co-founder of Tofu (https://www.tofuhq.com/) — a powerful generative AI platform that enables marketing teams to repurpose their content and run more successful campaigns. Tofu recently announced their $5M seed round led by Index Ventures. We’ve known Elaine for years — first as a friend, then as a parti…

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Explore Starting a Company in San Francisco 22:09

9M ago22:09

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On this episode of The Deep End, Julian Weisser – co-founder of On Deck – sits down with Marshall to discuss the latest from a program that has helped launch over 1,000 startups. Applications for the next cohort of On Deck Founders close on Tuesday, October 24th at 23:59 PST. If you’re exploring starting a company and want to figure out what to bui…

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Raising $40M to Build Health Insurance for India with Amrit Singh 30:11

11M ago30:11

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Joining us in The Deep End today is Amrit Singh. Amrit Singh is the co-founder of Loop Health, the fastest-growing health insurance startup in India. Loop Health has raised over $40M, led by General Catalyst and Elevation Capital. As we delve deeper into the meta-series of longevity, we engage in a captivating conversation with Amrit, exploring how…

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Combating the Autoimmune Epidemic with Wallace Torres 45:57

11M ago45:57

45:57

Joining us today in The Deep End is Wallace Torres. Wallace is the Co-Founder of WellTheory. WellTheory is an early-stage startup with a pretty powerful mission: combating the autoimmune epidemic through the use of food as medicine, community care, and personalized insights based on health data.During our conversation, we delve into the story behin…

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Raising $175M to Translate Nature Into Medicine with Viswa Colluru 44:29

11M ago44:29

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Joining us today in The Deep End is Viswa Colluru, the CEO & Founder of Enveda Biosciences. Enveda has raised $175M in their quest to translate nature into medicine. Before founding Enveda, Viswa obtained a PhD in cellular and molecular biology, and started his career as a product manager at Recursion Pharmaceuticals.As our first guest in this seri…

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Intro: How to Help People Live Longer and Healthier Lives 9:12

11M ago9:12

9:12

Welcome to a new mini-series of The Deep End!In these mini-series we explore some of the most complex, societal problems facing us at the moment - helping listeners gain a nuanced understanding of a complex topic - and then be inspired and equipped to build, invest or support startups and founders that are aiming to solve these challenges. In the l…

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AI Companionship with Replika's Eugenia Kuyda 45:01

12M ago45:01

45:01

Hey everyone, as we gear up for the launch of a new series on longevity next week, we wanted to re-publish this really timeley episode with Eugenia Kuyda, the founder and CEO of Replika, an AI companion company.Our conversation centers around the different use-cases of AI, from task-oriented chatbots to emotionally-supportive AI companionship. We d…

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Fundraising and Venture Capital in 2023 with Julian Weisser 24:08

12M ago24:08

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Joining us today in the Deep End is Julian Weisser. Julian is the co-founder of On Deck, and a prolific angel investor with over a hundred angel investments including Loyal, Level, Atmos, and more.Every few months, we invite Julian to the podcast to get a sense of what's going on in the world of venture, and this conversation is not different. We l…

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From Personal Health Transformation to Magic AI with Varun Bhanot 35:54

1y ago35:54

35:54

Joining us today in the Deep End is Varun Bhanot. Varun is the co-founder and CEO of Magic AI, a home fitness system that uses AI to give you personalised training on a beautifully designed mirror. Prior to building Magic AI, Varun was the co-founder and CEO of Unhoused, a non-profit that leveraged technology to reduce homelessness. He also partici…

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Raising from Sam Altman to Build Land Valuation Models with Will Jarvis 41:24

1y ago41:24

41:24

Joining us in The Deep End today is Will Jarvis, co-founder and CEO of Valuebase. Valuebase is building land-centric models to improve property valuations and mass appraisal modeling.Valuebase recently secured $1.6 million in funding, with Sam Altman's Hydrazine leading the round and On Deck participating. Prior to Valuebase, Will served as a Resea…

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Navigating the Idea Maze to Reinvent Children Education with Ryan Delk 38:57

1y ago38:57

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Joining us on The Deep End today is Ryan Delk. Ryan is the CEO & Co-Founder of Primer, a startup creating a new education system for children, centered around microschools. Last year, Primer announced that they’ve raised $15M in new capital. Ryan previously worked in Growth + Partnerships at Gumroad, and then joined another marketplace company, Omn…

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Raising $2.2M to Make Home Ownership Flexible with Lauren Self 35:56

1y ago35:56

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Joining us today in the Deep End is Lauren Self. Lauren is the founder of Roots Homes, a fractional home ownership company, that allows you to build equity in your home while paying rent, which recently raised a $2.2M seed round. In this conversation we explore how Roots is finding the missing middle between renting and buying, helping ensure home-…

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Housing and Regulation with Kim-Mai Cutler from Initialized 40:50

1y ago40:50

40:50

Joining us in The Deep End today for our housing series is Kim-Mai Cutler, a partner at Initialized who invests in proptech, real estate, and climate.Kim's background as a financial markets reporter and early-stage venture startup enthusiast, allowed her to broaden her reporting to include the intersection of the industry and public policy. In 2014…

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Intro: How to Increase Access to Housing 10:19

1y ago10:19

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Over the past two years, we've interviewed 100+ people for our podcast, The Deep End. Now we're relaunching The Deep End as a multi-media publication, focused on problems worth solving. In the first series, we are tackling an issue that affects us all: access to housing. Our house provides us with a sense of belonging and serves as a sanctuary wher…

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From Pivoting to Raising $180M to Build Stripe for Transportation with Vignan Velivela 50:04

1y ago50:04

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Joining us in The Deep End today is Vignan Velivela. Vignan is the co-founder and CEO of AtoB, a fintech payments platform modernizing the trucking industry’s financial system, which raised a $155M Series B last year. He was also a part of the On Deck Founders’ third cohort.We are taking a short break from our series on access to housing, to talk t…

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Curiosity as an Ideation Mechanism with Tory Reiss 48:13

1y ago48:13

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Joining us in The Deep End today is Tory Reiss. Tory is the CEO and co-Founder of Equi, an alternative investment hedge fund. Tory previously co-founded Archblock, a decentralized alternatives marketplace, and Harvest Money, an AI-driven debt management platform.We’re taking a quick break from our series on starting companies, to take a quick dive …

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How Finch Navigated the Idea Maze to a $40 Million Raise with Ansel Parikh 44:27

1y ago44:27

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Navigating the Idea Maze to The Unlikely Birth of Finch Finch, a platform providing a unified API for employment data, was born out of failure and uncertainty. Ansel Parikh and Jeremy Zhang, the co-founders, first met during On Deck's second cohort. Both were passionate about solving the plumbing behind big problems and gravitated towards challengi…

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Starting Companies Outside the US with Gina Gotthilf 44:34

1y ago44:34

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Gina Gotthilf is the co-founder and COO at Latitud, a platform helping build the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America through products, a dedicated fellowship and fund. Gina met her co-founder, Brian Requart, through On Deck. Before Latitud, Gina was the VP of Marketing and Growth at Duoloingo, helping scale the company from 3 t…

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Immigration as a Bottleneck to Starting Companies with Sophie Alcorn 40:31

1+ y ago40:31

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Joining us in The Deep End today is Sophie Alcorn. Sophie is the founder of Alcorn, a Silicon Valley immigration law firm that helps tech talent immigrate to the US. She is also the host of the podcast Immigration Law for Tech Startups and author the TechCrunch weekly immigration advice column “Dear Sophie.”Continuing with our series on the meta-pr…

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Navigating Fundraising and Financial Diligence with Sasha Orloff 40:14

1+ y ago40:14

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On The Deep End today, we welcome Sasha Orloff, the Founder and CEO of Puzzle, a modern accounting software package for startups that recently raised $15 million in series A. Sasha joins us to discuss the use of accounting as a powerful decision-making tool and the creation of infrastructure to start and scale businesses, as part of our series on m…

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Minn Kim on Small Group Theory and the Gift of Global Talent 39:35

1+ y ago39:35

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Joining us on the Deep End today is Minn Kim. Minn spent a few years as an investor at Ridge, Bloomberg Beta and On Deck, backing founders as early as possible and is now building Plymouth to help extraordinary talent immigrate to the US. In this conversation we go deep into Minn’s core belief – that technology enables step changes in human agency.…

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Village Global’s Solarpunk: Erik Torenberg on How Startups Can Help Save The World 47:06

1+ y ago47:06

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Last week in The Deep End we spoke with David Booth, CEO of On Deck. Today we're continuing our mini-series on the meta problem of how to help more people start more companies by re-publishing an episode of the Solarpunk podcadst with Erik Torenberg, co-founder and Chairman of On Deck. Erik joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon discuss why startups ar…

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Why is Now the Time to Start a Company with David Booth 53:27

1+ y ago53:27

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On the latest episode of The Deep End podcast by On Deck, we interview our very own David Booth, CEO of On Deck. Recently, David has announced one of the biggest updates to On Deck since the program went virtual in 2020, with the return of in-person programming and community space in San Francisco. In this conversation, we discuss why On Deck is do…

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Telling Your Professional Story with Heyo’s Vivian Chen 24:23

1+ y ago24:23

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Vivian Chen is the CEO & Founder of Heyo, a bite-sized pitch platform for professional success. Before starting Heyo,Vivian was an operator who built products across categories from high-growth startups to global enterprises. Vivian is on a mission to build the future of work. Heyo enables users to build profiles online short-form content and video…

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Building Web3 Projects on the Frontiers of Emerging Markets with Ani Pai 36:54

1+ y ago36:54

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Ani Pai is an investment partner at Dragonfly, where he focuses on highly technical Web3 projects in emerging markets. Ani believes that progress happens on the frontier. Whether it be outer space, the mind/body, and the oceans. He’s focused on using crypto to explore these frontiers and eventually merging crypto networks with analog industries in …

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Building the Dream of Homeownership with Roots Homes’s Lauren Self 24:42

1+ y ago24:42

24:42

Lauren Self is the founder of Roots Homes, a platform that helps put the dream of homeownership within reach by allowing prospective buyers to effectively pay rent while building equity in their home with fractional ownership. In this conversation, we discuss her founder journey and life experiences that motivate her to build in this space, why the…

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Building Survivor-Centric Tools with Leda Health’s Madison Campbell 33:50

1+ y ago33:50

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Madison Campbell is Co-Founder and CEO of Leda Health, which provides aftercare for sexual assault survivors. Leda Health approaches its space through a survivor-focused lens, developing self-administered DNA collection and testing, while also connecting survivors with professionals and resources. In this conversation, we discuss her founder journe…

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Democratizing Access to Public Education Dollars with Odyssey’s Joseph Connor 38:42

1+ y ago38:42

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Joseph Connor is the CEO & founder of Odyssey, a platform that helps families access state microgrants for K-12 education. Prior to starting Odyssey, Joseph was a former teacher, school founder, and attorney. Joseph and his team at Odyssey are on a mission to empower everyday parents by enabling access to public education dollars. Odyssey’s technol…

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Starting New York Tech Week with Capital’s Andrew Rea 32:26

1+ y ago32:26

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Andrew Rea is an angel investor and operator, who recently started and organized New York Tech Week. He leads go-to-market at Capital (formerly Party Round) and has invested in over 20 startups, including Motion and Cococart. Before he was at Capital, Andrew was vital in building the community at the On Deck Angels fellowship. Andrew also has found…

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Village Global’s Solarpunk: Erik Torenberg on How Startups Can Help Save The World 46:53

1+ y ago46:53

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Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg), co-founder and Executive Chairman of On Deck join Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Village Global’s Solarpunk is a podcast series about technology, space, and defense. Takeaways: Startups are the most effective organizations for solving our biggest problems. Startups disproportionately cont…

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Rewarding Social Curation with Rara’s Lawson Baker 51:23

1+ y ago51:23

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Lawson Baker is the Founder of RARA, a social curation protocol for NFTs that revolutionizes how creators benefit from sharing their art, and how curators interact with and gain value from interacting with artists’ work. Our discussion centers around how web3 will forever change the dynamic between creators and curators. “Likes” and “heart” buttons…

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Deathtech: Loss Memorialization with Chptr’s Rehan Choudhry 39:45

2y ago39:45

39:45

Rehan is the Founder and CEO of Chptr, a startup fixing the way the world remembers people who have passed away. Prior to creating Chptr, he had a long career in music, founding the “Life is Beautiful” festival, and led marketing teams at high-profile Las Vegas hotels. Rehan and his team at Chptr are vying for the memorialization space, which up un…

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Alek Vernitsky - Co-Founder and CEO, Portside 31:36

2y ago31:36

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By Elaine Zelby

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Dan Josebachvili - Founder & CEO, Silvertree 34:44

2y ago34:44

34:44

By Elaine Zelby

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Momentum Capital: Founders and Angels with Julian Weisser 47:26

2y ago47:26

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Julian Weisser is the co-founder of On Deck, partner at our Founders and Angels programs, and investor at Other Ventures. He is a prolific startup investor and has backed over 100 companies ranging from asteroid mining to dog longevity and decentralized museums. He’s often one of the first angels that founders seek out for guidance on how to constr…

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The No-Code Revolution With Bubble’s Emmanuel Straschnov 38:43

2y ago38:43

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Emmanuel Straschnov is the Co-CEO and Founder of Bubble, an online tool to build web applications without code. Our discussion is about the state of No Code: what it is, where it came from, and where it's going. The pandemic saw a huge growth of interest in No Code in mid-to-late 2020 as people everywhere began looking for cheap and fast ways they …

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Melissa Kwan - Founder & CEO, eWebinar 29:12

2y ago29:12

29:12

By Elaine Zelby

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Sheridan Clayborne - Co-founder, Lendtable 34:52

2y ago34:52

34:52

By Elaine Zelby

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Garrett McCurrach, Co-founder and CEO, Pipedream Labs 43:46

2y ago43:46

43:46

By Elaine Zelby

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Jeremy Hermanns - Co-founder & CEO, Dockworks 41:10

2y ago41:10

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By Elaine Zelby

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Rob Forsythe - Co-Founder and CEO, Milk Moovement 32:44

2y ago32:44

32:44

By Elaine Zelby

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Venture Stories: How Royal is Transforming the Artist-Fan Relationship 48:05

2y ago48:05

48:05

JD Ross (@justindross) and Justin Blau (@3LAU), co-founders of Royal, join Erik Torenberg and co-host Ian Cinnamon for this episode of Venture Stories web3 series. Takeaways: - Royal stems from their vision to invest in talent early on. - Streaming increased by 60-70x in about 5 years from 2015 on. - The barrier to entry for artists is much lower —…

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AI Companionship with Replika's Eugenia Kuyda 45:27

2y ago45:27

45:27

Eugenia Kuyda is the founder and CEO of Replika, an AI companion company. Our conversation today centers around the different use-cases of AI, from task-oriented chatbots to emotionally-supportive AI companionship. We delve into the current state of conversational tech, including how chatbots can become good listeners, and why Replika used a mixtur…

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