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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 Beautifu…

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 f…

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 …

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…

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 …

A year ago, we launched The Deep End with Balaji Srinivasan as one of our first three guests. In the episode, he discussed the impending arrival of The Network State. Flash forward to this Monday on …

Mark Switaj is co-founder & CEO of Roundtrip Health. Roundtrip is driving better health by providing a full suite of non emergent transportation options to patients in different care settings across …

Amrit Singh is a co-founder of Loop Health, the fastest-growing health insurance startup in India. 

Our discussion today is about what it’s like to be a founder in India, and what the startup ecosyste…

Joel Alexander is the founder and CEO of Crowdpad, a tokenized community-building platform for creators whose goal is to help creators monetize on day one. 

Our conversation today centers around web3 …

Ben Kuhn is the CTO at Wave, a mobile payment company whose mission is to make Africa the first cashless continent by building ways for unbanked people to send and save money.

Our discussion today cov…

Alex Kantrowitz is a reporter who contributes to CNBC, hosts the "Big Technology" Podcast and writes the "Big Technology" newsletter, which includes reports & analysis of big tech firms like Amazon, …

Our discussion today centers on the “market for solutions”, a mental model that guest Charles Cushing explored in a 2020 essay he wrote where he wondered if there was a way to improve the market for …

Anand Chandrasekaran is a partner at General Catalyst with extensive executive experience at some of the biggest names in tech, including Five9, Facebook, and Yahoo. He has also started several of hi…

This week's guests are Ian Cinnamon and Lucas Bagno. Ian and Lucas are the co-hosts of Village Global’s new Solarpunk podcast, which focuses on space, technology, and defense. 

The theme of the conver…

This week's guest is Eli Dourado, an economist who says that all he wants is for GDP per capita to reach $200k in 2050. 

Marshall's conversation with Eli today centers around how to get economic growt…

Today's guest is "Default Friend," an internet personality who writes about internet culture and digital communities. 

Our discussion starts by using the recent Taylor Lorenz controversy regarding he…

Fred Stutzman is founder and CEO of Freedom - a company developing a toolset for the future of focused work in a distraction-first world. 

Our discussion is about what the future of work will look lik…

 Rachel Sanders is co-founder and CEO at Rootine, a company focused on optimizing health and performance through precision nutrition.

Rootine is focused on what they call precision health and nutritio…

Julien Smith is co-founder and CEO at Practice. He's also a bestselling author  and executive coach. 

Today’s discussion focuses on Julien’s journey from starting as an online author and creator and t…