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Meet the young Aussie behind an app that's backed by Peter Thiel's investment firm
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Former technology reporter Ben Grubb, founder of Sydney University's Incubate startup program James Alexander, and tech entrepreneur and founder of Schedugram Hugh Stephens have tea and beer and talk to Zac Altman, co-founder of LoungeBuddy, which has raised $4 million to date, with Founders Fund the lead of its Series A, which is billionaire Peter Thiel's investment firm. Founders Fund is behind early investments in Airbnb, Spotify, Facebook and SpaceX, among others. The panel also discuss text bots v voice bots and which will win out + the proposed changes to the Australian R&D tax incentive + the federal government's Incubator Support Program . Skip to 27:11 if you want to hear Zac's story only.
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