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🎙️ The Human Unicorn Podcast | Episode: Mike Mignano — Building the Future of Creativity with AI

This week, Nihal Mehta welcomes Mike Mignano — co-founder of Anchor, former Head of Talk Audio at Spotify, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and now co-founder of Oboe, a groundbreaking new company reimagining how we create using AI.

Mike shares his unique perspective as both a repeat founder and investor on the frontlines of the creator economy and artificial intelligence. In this episode, we dive into:

• Why Mike launched Oboe to reinvent creative tools for the AI-native generation
• The evolution from audio platforms to multimodal AI
• What AI will actually mean for artists, storytellers, and everyday creators
• The “missing layer” in consumer creative software
• What kind of founders and ideas he's backing at Lightspeed

If you're thinking about building in AI, creator tech, or the next wave of human expression — this episode is your playbook.

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Hosted by Nihal Mehta