When Itai Ben-Zaken’s first startup failed in 2018, the former BCG consultant and Wharton MBA spent months trying to understand what he could have done differently during the five years he ran the company.
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Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build rockets for space data centers; plus what will the whisper-filled office of the future sound like
Cowboy Space Corporation wants to put data centers in orbit. First, it has to build the rockets to get them there. Also, how will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
7m 29s
May 8
A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom; plus, Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack
The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size. Also, Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a de ... Show More
10m 20s
May 7
Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding; plus, Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that’s slowing down physical sciences
Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week Also, Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9m 27s
Nov 2023
Prof G Markets: OpenAI’s Dev Day, Disney vs. Warner Bros. Discovery, and Uber’s Branding Turnaround
Scott shares his thoughts on Uber’s second consecutive quarter of profitability. He then breaks down why Disney had a better quarter than Warner Bros. Discovery, despite facing the same headwinds. Finally, we hear the latest from OpenAI’s developer event and Sam Altman’s keynote ... Show More
39m 29s
Nov 2020
#99 The Friends & Family Gap
In VC, before you pitch investors, you’re expected to get some initial cash from friends and family. Getting this money is a critical first step for a new startup. But what if your friends and family aren’t wealthy? Two founders tell us what that experience is like, and how it’s ... Show More
29m 18s