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BigStory PodcastE60: Ի՞նչ են Product Market Fit-ը, Channel Market Fit-ը, և ինչո՞ւ են կարևոր ստարտափների համարBigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։
(00:00) Intro. 60-րդ էպիզոդ
(01:30) Ի՞նչ է Product Market Fit-ը, և ինչպե՞ս զգալ այն
(09:33) Կայացնել որոշումներ քիչ ինֆորմացիայով
(29:20) Ի՞նչ է Channel Market Fit-ը
(36:20) Virality և Network Effect
(40:31) Ինչքան դժվար է հասկանալ անծանոթ շուկաները
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.2025-05-0352 min
BigStory PodcastE59: Iron Man vs ստարտափ անելը, LLM-ների անվտանգությունը, Հայաստանի ցածր նշաձողը. Վահագն ԹուխիկյանBigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։
(00:00) Intro
(01:34) Ինչպես 9 անգամ Iron Man անել, ու Դավիթին ոգեշնչել վերադառնալ Հայաստան
(07:18) Ի՞նչ է Iron Man-ը և ի՞նչ կապ ունի բիզնեսի հետ
(17:50) LLM Security․ Ինչո՞ւ է պետք AI մոդելներին պաշտպանել նույն կերպ, ինչ մարդկանց
(29:22) Վերջին AI մոդելներն ու թարմացումները
(41:22) Հայաստանում նշաձողը ցածր է
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.2025-04-1954 min
The Future of Voice AIVoice AI in Travel Booking | Travis Markel (Chief Operating Officer, arrivia)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Travis Markel, Chief Operating Officer at arrivia.Travis joined arrivia with more than two decades of experience in travel, loyalty, and contact center leadership. His passion for great service, knowledge of business operations, and deep understanding of the customer experience have been established through his ha...2025-04-1725 min
BigStory PodcastE58: AI-ը 2027-ին, այն դուրս կգա՞ մարդկանց դեմ, Մասկի խաղերը X-ի հետ, ինչպե՞ս ընտրել բիզնես գաղափարBigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian.
(00:00) Intro
(01:44) Արտոն տպավորված է Ճապոնիայով
(05:37) Ինչո՞ւ է X․AI-ը գնել X-ը․ Մասկի տարօրինակ խաղերը
(10:14) Հնարամտությո՞ւն, թե՞ խաբեություն․ մի տղայի պատմություն
(20:51) Ինչպիսի՞ն կլինի AI-ը 2027-ին
(27:44) AI-ի բարոյական կողմը
(36:24) Հնարավո՞ր է 1 հոգանոց ընկերություն, որը կունենա 1 մլրդ դոլար եկամուտ
(43:03) Starlink-ը Հայաստանում է
(44։44) Ինչպե՞ս ընտրել գաղափար ստարտափի համար2025-04-1253 min
The Future of Voice AIEmotionally smart Voice AI | Alan Cowen (CEO & Chief Scientist at Hume AI)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Alan Cowen, CEO and Chief Scientist at Hume AI.Alan Cowen is founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist of Hume AI, a research lab and technology company that launched EVI, the first emotionally intelligent voice-language AI model and API. Before Hume, he started the Affective Computing te...2025-04-1028 min
The Future of Voice AIAI reshapes roles in CX | Nicole Kyle (Co-Founder & Managing Partner of CMP Research)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Nicole Kyle, Managing Director and Co-Founder of CMP Research.Nicole Kyle is the Managing Partner and Co-founder of CMP Research, where she leads the development of their first research product for strategic CX and customer contact leaders, focusing on the future of customer service and ex...2025-04-0327 min
BigStory PodcastE57: Indians Sounding American — Krisp’s New Technology, AI News, and the Latest Trump Scandal(00:00) Intro – How to sleep better
(07:55) AI News – DeepSeek 3, OpenAI updates, Gemini Flash 2.5
(15:03) Krisp’s new accent-shifting technology
(22:07) How AI is disrupting the search engine market
(27:02) The latest Trump scandal2025-03-2941 min
BigStory PodcastE56: Bardeen’s Latest Pivot, Vertical vs Horizontal Product Strategy, AI Task Length LimitsBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro: The Challenge of Working Across Yerevan and SF Time
(07:10) The Bardeen Pivot
(14:34) The Vertical vs. Horizontal Debate, Again
(27:03) Urgent B2B Customers Are Key to Rapid Growth
(34:04) One-on-One: Arto & Davit on Krisp’s Meeting Assistant
(51:19) How Long Can AI Actually Handle Complex Tasks?2025-03-2258 min
The Future of Voice AIAI Agents running on WebRTC | Russ d'Sa (Co-Founder & CEO of LiveKit)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Russ d’Sa, CEO and Co-Founder of LiveKit.Russ d'Sa is the co-founder and CEO of LiveKit, the network backbone for multimodal AI applications like ChatGPT and Character.ai. He started his first company in the 2007 batch of YC and was the 30th engineer at Twit...2025-03-2035 min
BigStory PodcastE55: How Trump Shakes Markets, AI Transforms Industries, B2B vs. B2C Explained, & Podcast FeedbackTrump's impact on markets and tech, how AI is reshaping industries, the differences between B2B and B2C, and listener feedback – all in one episode!
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro. Arto-Only Episode
(02:30) We Want Your Feedback
(04:57) How Trump Affects the Stock Market
(11:31) Trump’s Impact on Tech
(18:20) How AI is Changing Industries
(32:43) B2B vs. B2C: Key Differences, Pros, and Cons2025-03-1553 min
The Future of Voice AITrust, AI and Phone Numbers 2.0 | Dave Erickson (Founder at CarrierX)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is David Erickson, Founder of CarrierX. Dave Erickson is a telecom pioneer and the visionary behind CarrierX and now Phound, a platform redefining trust in digital communication. As the founder of FreeConferenceCall.com, he disrupted the industry by making high-quality conferencing free and accessible, forever changing ho...2025-03-1325 min
BigStory PodcastE54: SF’s Impact on Startups, Podcastle’s New Text-to-Speech, and How Cool Grok 3 IsHow does being in San Francisco impact startups? Plus, a deep dive into Podcastle’s new Text-to-Speech model and why Grok 3 is so impressive.
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intor
(01:45) Arto visiting MWC
(04:35) Davit testing a hypothesis: How being in SF helps business
(15:00) The dilemma: Focusing on one product vs. going horizontal
(20:14) Podcastle's challenges in the AI era
(35:27) Podcastle's latest Text-to-Speech Model
(47:25) Grok 3 is crazy2025-03-0952 min
The Future of Voice AIImmersive Experiences with Voice AI | Alex Bordanova (Chief Product & Technology Officer at Voicemod AI)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Alex Bordanova, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Voicemod. Alex Bordanova is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Voicemod, enabling millions of gamers, streamers, and creators to enhance their online interactions.Before joining Voicemod, Alex served as CTO at the intersection of interactive technology, de...2025-02-2728 min
BigStory PodcastE53: UATE Meeting & Plans, HTI Law Woes in Armenia, DOGE & Gov Efficiency, Europe's AI EffortIn episode 53 of BigStory Podcast, we dive into the UATE Annual Meeting and future plans, discuss the challenges of the new HTI Law in Armenia, examine how DOGE is influencing government efficiency, and explore Europe's efforts to compete in the AI race.
(00:00) – Intro
(01:45) – UATE Annual Meeting 2025: Arto & Yeritsyan as Board Members
(11:13) – New HTI Law in Armenia: What's Wrong With It?
(23:43) – DOGE & Gov Efficiency
(45:04) – Mistral Memo with Armenia: What’s It About?
(49:17) – Europe's AI Effort2025-02-2255 min
The Future of Voice AIIVRs are dying | Jordan Dearsley (CEO and Co-Founder at Vapi)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Jordan Dearsley, CEO and Founder at Vapi. Jordan Dearsley is the cofounder of Vapi (YC W21), a developer platform for building Voice AIs that talk like people. Previously founded Superpowered, an A.I. notetaker for meetings.Vapi.ai is a leading platform for de...2025-02-2023 min
BigStory PodcastE52: Activeloop’s New AI Multimodal Chat, Industry Insights & What’s Next for AI | Davit BuniatyanActiveloop's Founder & CEO, Davit Buniatyan, discusses their newly launched Multimodal Enterprise AI chat, the innovative technologies driving it, and the competitive landscape. The episode also covers the latest news and insights from the AI industry.
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(02:44) Activeloop’s newly launched multimodal AI enterprise chat
(25:25) How they decided to enter such a competitive niche
(32:57) Latest AI news from Krisp & Podcastle
(42:42) Horizontal AI products versus Vertical AI agents for solving specific problems
(48:40) Latest AI Insights from SF2025-02-1555 min
The Future of Voice AITesting AI Voice Agents | Sumanyu Sharma (CEO and Co-Founder at Hamming AI)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Sumanyu Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder at Hamming.ai. Sumanyu Sharma is the CEO and cofounder of Hamming.ai. A founder with extensive experience as an AI engineer and data scientist, he's consistently built data-driven growth programs that meaningfully impact revenue including as Head of Data at...2025-02-1321 min
BigStory PodcastE51: ServiceTitan’s 18-Year Journey – From Vanadzor to NASDAQ IPO | Vahe KuzoyanServiceTitan Co-Founder Vahe Kuzoyan shares his journey from Vanadzor to building a billion-dollar company, revealing the struggles, key decisions, and lessons behind ServiceTitan’s success, including its IPO on NASDAQ.
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian.
(00:00) Intro
(03:13) Vahe's journey: From Vanadzor to the U.S.
(10:00) The early days of ServiceTitan: Mistakes, struggles, and lessons learned
(19:33) Finding product-market fit: The turning point for ServiceTitan
(27:12) The call that changed ServiceTitan’s future
(31:29) Why every startup needs to define its Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)
(37:25) Understanding cust...2025-02-0757 min
The Future of Voice AIAI Agents for Contact Centers | Malte (CEO and Co-Founder at Parloa)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Malte Kosub, CEO and Co-Founder at Parloa. Malte Kosub is co-founder and CEO of Parloa. The software company developed a SaaS enterprise-solution for the automation of customer communication based on artificial intelligence. He is also co-founder of Future of Voice, one of the leading agencies fo...2025-02-0628 min
BigStory PodcastE50: Deepseek’s AI Challenge to the U.S. & The Bootstrapping Debate(00:00) Intro
(01:32) Deepseek's AI challenge
(26:21) Chinese EVs vs Tesla
(28:04) Bootstrapping or VC Funding Reflections2025-01-3149 min
The Future of Voice AIBuilding Video-First AI Agents | Jose Kuttan (Founder and CEO at Fluidworks)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Jose Kuttan, Founder and CEO at Fluidworks.ai. Jos is a 3x founder with successful exits and over a decade of experience building and scaling businesses to $100M ARR. As the CEO of Fluidworks, he’s redefining inbound sales with a real-time AI video agent that...2025-01-3022 min
The Future of Voice AIConversational AI at Twilio | Brandon Hawkins (Product Lead at Twilio)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Brandon Hawkins, Conversational AI Product Lead at Twilio. Brandon Hawkins is the Product Lead for Conversational AI at Twilio, focusing on advancing voice AI to handle complex and natural conversations. He works on solutions that help businesses orchestrate media, enhance automation, and improve customer experiences. Br...2025-01-2327 min
BigStory PodcastE49: US-Armenia Partnership, Team Hackathons, Paid Acquisition Channel, NVIDIA’s Project DigitsBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(02:17) US-Armenia Strategic Partnership
(07:48) Krisp's Internal Hackathon
(13:05) Setting Priorities Effectively
(20:21) Acquisition Channels for Tech Companies
(38:41) NVIDIA's Project DIGITS2025-01-1847 min
The Future of Voice AIVoice AI in a 500K employee BPO | Himadri Sarkar (Chief Solution Officer at Teleperformance)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Himadri Sarkar, Chief Solutions Officer for US Markets at Teleperformance. Himadri Sarkar is the Chief Solutions Officer for US Markets at Teleperformance (TP). He is a Lean Six Sigma – Master Black Belt, PMP and an MBA in Finance. He has worked across multiple industry sectors such...2025-01-1628 min
BigStory PodcastE47: New Year, AI News, Challenges and Opportunities, Big Tech's AI Race, Investment StrategiesBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(01:32) Happy New Year! Celebrations, eating habits, and diets.
(11:37) AI updates: ChatGPT voice mode, Google DeepMind, and China's progress.
(32:18) AI challenges: No new data and future developments.
(36:58) The AI race: Competition among tech giants.
(47:29) Stock investment strategies2025-01-1158 min
The Future of Voice AISpeech-to-speech AI models | Zach Koch (CEO and Co-Founder of Fixie.ai)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Zach Koch, CEO and Co-Founder of Fixie.ai. Zach Koch is the CEO and Co-Founder at Fixie.ai. He’s led product teams for some of the most used pieces of software in the world (Chrome browser, Android, Shopify). Before that, he spent years designing and...2025-01-0929 min
BigStory PodcastE47: Armenia's New High-Tech Industry Law – Benefits, R&D Incentives, and Practical InsightsBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(04:24) HTI Minister's Promises: Plug & Play Accelerator, Starlink, and the New HTI Law
(06:55) Overview of the New HTI Law
(25:52) R&D Fiscal Incentives in the New HTI Law
(49:09) Practical Benefits of the HTI Law for Companies2024-12-211h 00
BigStory PodcastE46: Founders must be in SF, SF is Back, Latest AI News(00:00) Intro
(01:41) The Air Pollution Problem in Yerevan
(06:18) Why SF Is Crucial for Startup Founders
(35:59) o1, Canvas, Sora, and the Latest AI News
(47:39) Sora: A Potential Competitor to Podcastle2024-12-1453 min
The Future of Voice AIAI that Sees the World Through Sound | Dani Cherkassky (CEO & Co-Founder of Kardome)In the Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Dani Cherkassky, CEO and Co-Founder of Kardome. Dani Cherkassky has spearheaded the development of groundbreaking voice technology designed to excel in complex, real-world environments. Before founding Kardome, Dani led Silentium’s technology strategy as CTO and VP of R&D, introducing the Silentium Quiet Bubble Tech...2024-12-1230 min
BigStory PodcastE45: Why SEO Matters for Startups, Building Effective Strategies, and the Role of AI in Optimization(00:00) Intro
(01:46) Why SEO Matters for Startups
(07:03) How Startups Can Begin Their SEO Journey
(09:57) How to Gain General Knowledge of SEO
(12:23) Structuring SEO Teams: Editorial, Programmatic, PR, Backlinks, and Technical
(32:22) Understanding Backlinks and the Role of PR in SEO
(41:44) Ads vs. Organic Traffic: What Works Better?
(43:50) The Future of SEO with AI2024-12-0759 min
The Future of Voice AIHow will AI impact the workforce | Doc Ligot (Founder, CEO & CTO of Cirrolytix)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Dominic Ligot, Founder, CEO & CTO of CirroLytix. Dominic Ligot is a data analyst, researcher, software developer, entrepreneur and technologist, as well as an advocate for data literacy, AI ethics, data ethics and social impact from data. His current work focuses on human rights, public health, fo...2024-12-0527 min
BigStory PodcastE44: SuperAnnotate's $36B Series B. In discussion with Vahan Petrosyan, CEO & Co-FounderBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(05:45) SuperAnnotate's $36M Series B Funding Backed by NVIDIA and Others
(11:56) What’s Different About Corporate VC Funding?
(26:43) What SuperAnnotate Does (and Why It Matters)
(35:49) Moving to the US: A Game-Changer for SuperAnnotate
(47:06) Where They Plan to Invest the New Funding2024-11-3057 min
The Future of Voice AICan AI Replace BPOs? | Bing Wu (CEO & Co-Founder at Retell AI)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Bing Wu, CEO & Co-Founder at Retell AI. Bing Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Retell AI, a platform for building production-ready voice AI. He spent three years at ByteDance (TikTok’s parent company), leading B2B and consumer products that reached billions of users. Bing...2024-11-2128 min
BigStory PodcastE43: Armenians at Big Tech: Artur Ghandilyan’s Journey to Microsoft, Meta and the Amazon Crash Story(01:33) How Davit Won the Investors’ Poker Tournament
(07:51) Introducing Artur Ghandilyan: Engineer at Meta
(11:20) Artur’s Journey from Armenia to Microsoft
(20:15) Armenians at Microsoft and Other Big Tech Companies
(35:41) How Artur Took Down Amazon Servers for 40 Minutes
(01:02:46) The Dilemma: Why Many Armenians Don't Consider Starting Their Own Startups2024-11-171h 07
The Future of Voice AIAI Voice Moderation at scale | Mike Pappas (CEO & Co-Founder at Modulate)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Mike Pappas, CEO & Co-Founder at Modulate. Mike Pappas is the CEO/Co-founder of Modulate, which develops technology to analyze voice chat for key behaviors including toxicity, pro-sociality, or other relevant insights. Modulate builds prosocial voice technology that combats online toxicity and elevates the he...2024-11-1425 min
BigStory PodcastE42: U.S. Elections Recap, Trump’s Stance on Armenia, Startup Hiring in Armenia & Final YC Advices(00:00) Intro
(01:55) U.S. Elections Recap
(20:21) Is Trump Good for Armenia
(24:23) Hiring tips for Armenian Startups
(44:20) YC Advice: Be Nice, or at Least Don’t Be a Jerk
(50:05) YC Advice: The Importance of Sleep and Exercise2024-11-0958 min
The Future of Voice AIAI Voice Translation is a game changer🔥 | Peter Ryan (President at Ryan Strategic Advisory)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Peter Ryan, President and Principal Analyst at Ryan Strategic Advisory.Peter Ryan is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in CX and BPO. Throughout his career, Peter has advised CX outsourcers, contact center clients, national governments, and industry associations on strategic matters like...2024-11-0729 min
BigStory PodcastE41: Arto’s Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, AI Scaling, Notebook LM, Elon Musk’s Productivity Secrets(00:00) Intro
(01:40) Arto's Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
(7:18) AI Scaling and Cost Reduction
(12:20) Notebook LM Use Cases
(24:19) How Elon Musk is so Productive
(30:54) Acting as a Deeply Involved Engineer
(45:55) First Principles Thinking2024-11-0258 min
BigStory PodcastE40: Tesla’s New Self-Driving Model, Claude's Computer Control, YC's Key Startup Survival Advices(02:15) Tesla’s Latest Full Self-Driving Model
(08:23) Claude’s New “Computer Control” Feature
(17:55) Google’s Notebook LM AI Tool
(19:00) Big Companies Becoming More Efficient with AI
(27:01) Debating the Founder’s Role in Decisions
(34:25) YC Advice #19: Ignore Your Competitors – You’re More Likely to Die from Suicide than Murder
(41:42) YC Advice #20: Most Companies Don’t Die Because They Run Out of Money2024-10-2651 min
BigStory PodcastE39: In Conversation with Yeva Hyusyan, Sololearn’s Co-Founder and CEO: Growth, Challenges, and AI(00:00) Intro
(03:24) Starting Sololearn: The Early Days
(12:09) Why Mobile & When Monetization Started
(18:04) Solving Retention Challenges
(29:02) Motivation & Psychology of Learning
(36:29) Challenges as Sololearn Grew Bigger
(45:11) Founders' Biases & Beliefs
(55:31) The Role of AI in Sololearn's Future2024-10-191h 02
BigStory PodcastEp38: DigiTec2024 & WCIT Recap, BigStory VC Investments, YC Advice on Conferences & Firing Customers(00:00) Intro
(01:23) Reflections on the Last In-Person Episode
(03:54) DigiTec 2024 Recap
(16:42) Do We Really Need Conferences Like WCIT?
(24:15) The Latest Investments by BigStory VC
(30:09) YC Advice 14: Avoid Conferences Unless They Are the Best Way to Get Customers
(39:51 )YC Advice 18: Sometimes You Need to Fire Your Customers2024-10-1246 min
BigStory PodcastEp37: Founder mode, Hiring or Firing, PMs' background | Special #DigiTalk Edition(00:00) Intro
(02:22) Paul Graham's Essay: Founder mode
(09:39) Hiring or Firing
(29:30) Product Managers: More or Less Technical?
(37:00) Q&A Session2024-10-0649 min
The Future of Voice AIWrapping up Fullband 2024Last week we hosted Fullband 2024, our third annual voice innovation conference.During my keynote, I shared insights from the last 10 months of interviews with CX and tech leaders, and dozens of articles from the Voice AI Newsletter.And Steve Morrell, Managing Director and Chief Analyst at ContactBabel, joined us to discuss the industry’s biggest trends, challenges, and opportunities.We dove deep into the voice AI technology powering Krisp’s offerings and more.The event was jam-packed with insights, innovative demos which you can view below, real-world applications, and implications. At...2024-10-0358 min
BigStory PodcastE36: AI Conf, YC Defense Startups, Cursor AI, LLMs, Neuralink & Elon Musk(00:00) Intro
(01:31) Preview of Armenian TechnoMonth: Digitec & AI Conference
(08:27) Why Defense Startups Are Attracting VC Funding
(18:13) The Rise of New AI Coding Tools: Cursor
(24:10) Key AI Figures & Industry Trends
(36:05) Neuralink & Elon Musk’s Vision
(48:47) Why Selling to Startups Is Better Than Enterprises2024-09-2853 min
BigStory PodcastE35: EasyDMARC Co-founder & CEO Gerasim Hovhannisyan on $20M Raise, Startup Journey, Lessons Learned(00:00) Intro
(01:39) Introduction to EasyDMARC: How They Launched and Tackled Email Security
(08:27) The Decision to Fundraise: Why EasyDMARC Chose to Seek Investment
(21:11) Navigating the VC World: Insights on Building Relationships and Choosing the Right Partners
(43:36) Key Lessons Learned
(57:23) Final Reflections and Takeaways2024-09-211h 04
The Future of Voice AIThe fastest growing Voice Bot startup | Hakob Astabatsyan (CEO & Co-Founder, Synthflow AI)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Hakob Astabatsyan, CEO & Co-Founder of Synthflow AI.Hakob Astabatsyan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Synthflow, a Berlin-based startup that focuses on no-code, AI-driven voice assistant solutions. Founded in 2023, Synthflow AI was born to democratize access to cutting-edge AI voice technology enabling seamless an...2024-09-1926 min
BigStory PodcastE34: UATE, Armath Labs and DigiTec 2024(00։00) Intro
(03:48) What is UATE? Overview & Members
(07:23) Armath Laboratories: A Successful Educational Project
(28:28) Digitec: Armenia's Top Tech Event Preview
(50:18) Behind Sargis' Decision to Lead UATE2024-09-1459 min
BigStory PodcastE33: DeepSat startup, Earth Observation from Space, building Space Startup in Armenia(00:00) Intro
(02:02) DeepSat Startup: How It Began
(12:05)Technical Aspects of Earth Observation from Space: The Unexplored Challenges
(18:30) DeepSat's Business Model Explained
(29:54) Hiring Space Tech Talent in Armenia
(36:05) DeepSat's Roadmap: Key Stages and Plans
(44:08) Competition in DeepSat's Niche
(59:21) BigStory VC's Investment in DeepSat2024-09-071h 04
BigStory PodcastE32: In Conversation with Ari Baranian, Co-Founder of Pirros: YC Lessons, Growth Strategies, GTM & More(00:00) Episode Intro
(01:30) Introducing Guest Ari Baranian, Co-Founder of Pirros
(09:03) Working Hard: A Startup Necessity
(16:17) How Pirros Generates Revenue and Grows with Short Milestones
(23:45) Bootstrapping vs. Raising Funds: Handling Dilution
(32:15) Pirros' Go-to-Market Strategy
(40:39) Why Armenians in LA Aren't Founding Many Startups2024-08-2446 min
The Future of Voice AIAI Agents lead to customer turnover, but... | John Robb (Head of Customer Success, Tenyx)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is John Robb, Head of GTM and CX at Tenyx.John (JR) leads Go-to-Market and Customer Success at Tenyx. John has GTM experience building AI, B2B, and open source companies all built with product-led growth (PLG). Previously, JR was the General Manager of R&D fo...2024-08-2227 min
BigStory PodcastE31: Latest AI fundings, US Defense Startups, Anduril, B2B Pricing, Founder relationships(00:00) Intro
(01:59) Feedback from Our Episode with the High Tech Ministry
(05:21) The Latest AI Startup Raises Last Week
(09:47) Spotlight on Anduril, a Revolutionary Defense Tech Startup
(18:35) Groq and Grok
(23:59) Wall Street's Growing Skepticism Toward AI Investments
(26:07) YC Video Insights: How to Price Your B2B Products
(47:08) YC Advice: Founder Relationships Matter More Than You Think2024-08-1758 min
BigStory PodcastE30: Mkhitar Hayrapetyan on Armenia’s Tech Industry, and Its New Law(00:00) Intro
(05:56) New in Tech: How Mkhitar Hayrapetyan Is Diving into the Industry
(25:58) Metrics for Measuring the Effectiveness of the HTI Ministry
(34:24) Insights into the New Legislation for Armenia's High-Tech Industry
(45:33) Why Not Only Engineers, But Also Entrepreneurs, Are Key to Boosting the Industry
(51:35) The Minister's Work Habits and Strategies for Speeding Up Ministry Operations2024-08-101h 07
The Future of Voice AIIn Voice AI, latency is #1 priority | Trevor Back (Chief Product Officer at Speechmatics, ex-DeepMind)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Trevor Back, Chief Product Officer at Speechmatics.Trevor Back joined Speechmatics in 2023 bringing over a decade’s experience in machine learning and AI (ex-DeepMind). During his tenure, he worked across numerous industries including consumer, wearable, automotive, healthcare, deep tech and science. Launching applications and services whic...2024-08-0839 min
BigStory PodcastE29: Karen Movsisyan on Startup Work Culture, Team Management(00:00) Intro
(01:33) Introducing the Guest: Karen Movsisyan
(06:46) From a Big Company to a Startup
(10:48) Growing the Team: Do You Need a Manager?
(20:19) How to Identify a Good Manager
(37:47) Research Management
(45:52) The Future of Engineering Culture
(59:46) Do People with an Engineering Background Have a Better Career Outlook?2024-08-031h 05
The Future of Voice AIVoice AI at Zoom | Tommy Gaessler (Lead Developer Advocate/Engineer at Zoom)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Tommy Gaessler, Lead Developer Advocate/Engineer, SDK at Zoom.Tommy has been at Zoom for over 5 years and is leading the developer tooling and the Twilio Programmable Video to Zoom Video SDK migration. Tommy has worn many hats at Zoom including writing production code, building sa...2024-08-0127 min
BigStory PodcastE28: Podcastle's New Office, SaaS in the AI Age, Startup Dilution(00:00) Intro
(01:26) Podcastle's New Office in Yerevan
(14:05) Financial Management in Startups: Is It Worth It?
(18:55) SaaS Business in the Age of AI
(28:51) Automation vs. Hiring: Which Is More Efficient for Startups?
(37:38) Startup Dilution: Understanding Investment Stages and Equity Splits2024-07-2756 min
The Future of Voice AIAI can already reduce CX costs by 30% | Praveer Chadha, DatamaticsIn The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests: What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI? How does your company solve these problems? And what solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Shep Hyken, CX Expert & NYT bestselling author.Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert and the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books and has been inducted into the National Speakers As...2024-07-2511 min
BigStory PodcastE27: Jiu-Jitsu, OpenAI Revenue, AI Race, Capitalism’s Impact, Robotaxi(01:54) Davit Prepares for His Jiu-Jitsu Tournament Fight
(09:27) OpenAI Revenue Allocation
(13:49) The AI Race Between Big Tech and Niche Companies: Who Will Survive?
(28:41) How Capitalism and Technology Have Driven World’s Growth
(33:58) How Robotaxis Could Disrupt the Car Industry
(40:52) YC Advice: Valuation is Not Equal to Success2024-07-2052 min
The Future of Voice AIReducing agents training time 2x with AI | Phil Bennett (Call Center Technology Director at Empire Today)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests: What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI? How does your company solve these problems? And what solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Shep Hyken, CX Expert & NYT bestselling author.Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert and the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books and has been inducted into the National Speakers As...2024-07-1912 min
BigStory PodcastE26: In conversation w/ Vach Hovsepyan, ServiceTitan, Customer Success(01:35) Guest Intro: Vach Hovsepyan
(06:52) Getting Out of Bubbles
(11:30) PwC Experience: Insights from Management and Consultancy
(19:42) Vach's Journey to ServiceTitan
(39:24) The Importance of Customer Success Teams
(52:02) ServiceTitan in Armenia: A Unique Approach and Story2024-07-131h 10
The Future of Voice AIIs it AI or a Person? | Shep Hyken (CX Expert and NYT bestselling author)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests: What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI? How does your company solve these problems? And what solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Shep Hyken, CX Expert & NYT bestselling author.Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert and the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books and has been inducted into the National Speakers As...2024-07-1111 min
BigStory PodcastE25: Deep Dive into Quantum Computing with Hrant Gharibyan, BlueQubit(01:35) Guest Intro: Hrant Gharibyan, Co-Founder & CEO of BlueQubit
(07:48) What's Quantum Computing?
(20:09) What's BlueQubit role in Quantum Tech?
(25:02) Why are Companies Investing in Quantum?
(28:57) Quantum: The Next Big Thing
(35:39) DARPA and US Gov Support for Deep Tech
(43:00) The Funding Stages of Deep Tech Startups
(50:07) Reflection: Why We Invested in BlueQubit2024-07-0655 min
The Future of Voice AIAI Voice Translation is a game changer | Natalie Beckerman (Global Head of Customer Support Operations, IHG)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, I ask three questions to my guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Natalie Beckerman, Global Head of Customer Support Operations at IHG Hotels and Resorts.Natalie is currently the Global Head of Customer Support Operations at IHG Hotels & Resorts. Prior to her role with IHG, Natalie was the Senior Vice President of Global Contact Center Operations at Lea...2024-07-0514 min
BigStory PodcastE24: Levon Brutyan on Building Collectly, YC Journey, and Startup GrowBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(01:34) Meet Levon Brutyan, Co-Founder of Collectly
(09:24) The Journey of Collectly: How It All Started
(23:04) The First Raise and Path to Y Combinator
(34:57) Before and After Y Combinator: Collectly's Transformation
(48:06) The Current Stage of Collectly2024-06-2951 min
BigStory PodcastE23: Allocating Startup Shares, 1 Use Case vs. Broader Vision Dilemma(02:31) Allocating Startup Shares Among the First 10 Cofounders
(24:59) Focusing on One Use Case vs. Embracing a Broader Vision
(45:53) Counterpositioning: Entering Markets Dominated by Giants
(49:41) YC Advice: Don’t Scale Your Team/Product Until You've Built Something People Want2024-06-221h 05
BigStory PodcastE22: US Trip Insights, Self-Driving Taxis, Apple AI Demo, Tech Giants(00:00) We're Back
(02:19) BigStory VC Portfolio Startups' New Raises
(03:49) US Trip Impressions: SF's Empty Streets, Bay Area Advantages for Startups
(11:26) Self-Driving Taxis: Politics vs. Innovation Dilemma
(16:38) Apple AI Demo
(22:18) Why AI Startups Must Follow What Tech Giants Do
(40:35) YC Advice #9: Growth is the Result of a Great Product, Not the Precursor
(48:00) Estimations about Krisp's Future2024-06-1552 min
BigStory PodcastE21: UK's Startup Ecosystem, Sales during Events, OpenAI's GPT-4o, AI(02:22) Yeritsyan's 1st Visit to London, the UK's Startup Ecosystem
(10:16) Krisp's Preparation for Las Vegas CCW 2024
(16:23) OpenAI's GPT-4o Demo
(24:57) $1B Raised by AI Startups in One Week
(41:23) YC advice: Write Code, Talk to People
(52:17) YC advice: It's Not Your Money2024-05-251h 02
BigStory PodcastE20: Devin $175M, xAI, Robotaxis, Audigo, ValueSense, YC #6 adviseBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
The podcast is in Armenian.
(01:40) 20th episode - A Milestone Episode
(03:31) Finding Work-Life Balance
(11:45) Devin's Raise and Their Demo Issues
(21:33) X.AI and Musk's Intention to Create a Truth-Seeking AI News
(27:09) Tesla's Prospects in the Self-Driving Robotaxi Market
(40:52) Two New Investments by BigStory: Audigo and ValueSense
(48:25) YC Advice: All Startups Are Badly Broken at Some Point2024-05-111h 02
BigStory PodcastVC & Startup Insights from Alex, Partner at RTP ($3B Fund)BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
01:44 Introducing Alex
05:44 Why Did RTP Invest in Two Armenian Startups?
19:48 Different Decision-Making Approaches in VCs
24:44 Datadog Investment Story
31:01 Finding the Right Stage Investors for Startups
39:48 What RTP Looks for in Founders
43:58 How Many Companies Do They Review?
54:32 Understanding the Business Side of VCs
01:01:44 Is It Real to Become a Billionaire as a VC Partner?
01:04:09 Alex's Experience Visiting Yerevan2024-05-041h 06
BigStory PodcastE18: Electric Vehicles, AI Doctors, Consumer Robots, YC Advice, ICPBigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(the podcast is in Armenian)
01:39 Electric Vehicles
11:47 Khosla predictions: AI tutors and AI doctors
25:06 Khosla predictions: Robots as a workforce
31:32 The Moxy robot
33:40 YC Advice: Find 10-100 customers who love your product
46:00 ICP Explained: Examples from Podcastle, Krisp, and 10Web2024-04-2754 min
BigStory PodcastE17: Groq, Llama 3, Investors Yerevan visit, YC advice #4 and more02:29 RAISE summit in Paris
05:10 Groq Founder and his vision about AI
11:35 Groq Demo
14:37 Llama 3 model
18:33 On-device AI models
25:42 Meta's strategy of open-sourcing
31:09 How Pavel Durov runs Telegram
32:07 VC Investors in Yerevan
37:08 Investing in Armenian Startups
45:22 YC advice: Find the 90 / 10 solution2024-04-2054 min
BigStory PodcastProgrammer vs System Engineer, Intel's strategy, Intel vs Nvidia, more(03:59) Education versus Skills
(11:05) Areg's background
(16:22) Working at Intel
(19:29) Why did Intel have challenges in the AI battle and how they are responding
(27:37) What is an AI Compiler
(35:40) Fundamental knowledge
(45:50) Education on fundamental knowledge in Armenia
(59:56) Reasons why Intel doesn't have an office in Armenia2024-04-061h 05
BigStory PodcastE15: Activeloop $11M raise, VC vs Bootstrapped, Krisp's story and more(02:22) Activeloop Series A raise
(11:45) About Activeloop
(17:35) Activeloop's competitors
(29:19) Krisp ad break))
(32:06) How to cope with stress
(42:31 )VC vs Bootstraped
(45:30) Krisp's story
(48:40) Hiring problem after raise
(55:59) Final Q&A with Davit2024-03-311h 02
BigStory PodcastE14: Karen MS AI, $40B Saudi AI fund, Armenian and AI, YC advice #3(02:30) Karen Simonyan Microsoft AI
(07:30) Saudi Arabia $40B AI Fund
(13:05) Armenian Language and AI
(22:20) Claude Demo
(39:38) Happy Birthday, Davit
(42:22) YC Do things that don't scale
(57:00) Wrap Up2024-03-2358 min
BigStory PodcastE13: Raffi Lago’s $22M, AI engineers, Deep dive into SEO and more(00:00) Intro
(01:38) Raffi’s Lago’s $22M raise
(11:12) AI engineers
(29:00) Spotify vs Apple update
(33:00) Arto dives deep into SEO
(54:34) Content Marketing2024-03-161h 06
BigStory PodcastE12: Nvidia growth, Spotify vs Apple, SpaceX launches, YC advise #2...(01:30) Why is Nvidia growing
(12:00) Nvidia CUDA is their superpower
(14:25) Buying GPUs is hard now
(18:36) Training compute vs Inference compute
(20:02) Spotify vs Apple legal case
(25:34) Is Apple a monopoly?
(32:45) SpaceX launches 3 rockets withing 20 hours
(36:04) What SpaceTech problem can Armenian engineers excel at?
(38:15) Deep dive into YC advice #2: Build something people want2024-03-0959 min
The Future of Voice AI"Can you repeat that?" is a $2B problem | Steve Morrell (Managing Director, ContactBabel)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, Davit asks three questions to his guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Steve Morrell, Managing Director at ContactBabel.Steve Morrell is the Managing Director of ContactBabel. He has written hundreds of research reports and his opinion on the contact centre industry has been featured on the BBC, ITV, Sky, the Guardian, Forbes.com and the Financial Times. He...2024-03-0723 min
BigStory PodcastE11: Mistral AI, Tech in Europe vs US, Tech Salaries in Armenia and US(1:23) Intro, Skiing and MyLer
(3:25) Mistral AI raised $415M round
(9:58) Why Tech is slow in Europe, EU Tech vs US Tech
(30:55) Armenia Tech Insights report
(32:52) Tech Salaries in Armenia
(47:50) Compensation in US Tech2024-03-0255 min
The Future of Voice AIScaling Voice AI to 150M calls a day | Andy O'Dower (VP Product of Voice, Twilio)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, Davit asks three questions to his guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Andy O’Dower, VP Product of Voice, Twilio.Andy is the VP of Product at Twilio, where he oversees the Voice product lines. He focuses on leveraging AI/ML and cutting-edge APIs to build the next generation of communications. Twilio is a customer enga...2024-02-2924 min
BigStory PodcastE10: Google vs Open AI, Gemini, Sora, CodeSignal, Arm AI Startups(1:20) Intro and welcome back Artem (CoFounder of Bardeen AI)
(4:20) Discussing Google Gemini 1.5
(07:10) Why context length matters
(19:10) Will OpenAI business model survive the race?
(28:46) Discussing OpenAI Sora and its impact on Video Industry
(41:09) CodeSignal Cosmo, How AI disrupts education
(49:44 )Armenian AI startups
(56:50) Vertical AI companies2024-02-241h 02
BigStory PodcastE9: Vision Pro, Using English words, UATE, Why Launch Now and more(00:00) Intro, Skiing and business opportunities in Georgia
(07:41) Should you build for Apple Vision Pro?
(27:16) Why we are using English words in the podcast?
(36:19) UATE deep dive by Arto
(56:13) Deep dive into YC principle #1: Launch Now2024-02-171h 12
The Future of Voice AIA trillion dollar gap in Enterprise | Tom Lewis (SVP, TTEC Digital)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, Davit asks three questions to his guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How does your company solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Tom Lewis, SVP Head of Consulting at TTEC Digital.Tom has spent the last 30 years focused on Customer Experience and helping clients improve their relationship with their end customers through People, Process, Technology, and Strategy improvements. He has served as an executive leader at firms such...2024-02-1525 min
BigStory PodcastE8: How to get into tech, choose the right job, jobs during layoffs(1:14) Intro of Vardan from Picsart Academy, Davit is skiing
(10:00) How newbies can get into tech
(16:53) Levels of companies in tech
(20:50) Why your potential matters when choosing your career
(23:65) Can you get to tech without formal education
(35:55) How to get a job during layoff times
(40:48) Why layoffs are happening for the last 2 years
(47:15) Why we don’t have strong founders and managers
(51:40) Value-driven leadership in companies
(54:05) Emotional maturity and feedback2024-02-111h 01
Chaos To ClarityTAKING THE RISK - Choosing Entrepreneurship Over Millions With Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO of Krisp, Part 1In this episode, Eric is joined by Davit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp - a software tool that maximizes the productivity and impact of every conversation by eliminating noise distractions,increasing the fidelity of voice communication, and transcribing and synthesizing the most relevant details and analytics from every voice interaction. Davit’s background is in engineering. If you asked Davit if he plans to become an entrepreneur a year prior to founding Krisp, he would have said - no way. But when he took the plunge, it didn’t take long for him to fall in love with...2024-02-0822 min
BigStory PodcastE7: Deep dive into Podcastle’s $13.5M Series A raise(1:00) Intro and congrats to Podcastle!
(4:20) How and when startup founders (and shareholders) get reach?
(09:45) Deep dive
(11:00) Small bridge round 1.5 year ago, ARR, Burn Multiple, Payback Period, NRR metrics
(20:40) Building CRM of investors
(25:35) 5 months of deck and dataroom building
(29:58) Revenue and 8x growth rate
(34:10) How do you plan to spend the funding?
(36:50) It took 94 VCs to get first termsheet
(44:10) Why FOMO is important for investors?
(50:20) Why were so many VCs rejecting?2024-02-031h 00
The Future of Voice AIChallenges and Use Cases of Voice Bots | Jordan Dearsley (Co-Founder Vapi)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, Davit asks three questions to his guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How do you (your company) solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Jordan Dearsley, Co-Founder of Vapi AI.Jordan Dearsley is the cofounder of Vapi (YC W21), a developer platform for building Voice AIs that talk like people. Previously founded Superpowered, an A.I. notetaker for meetings.Vapi is a developer platform for voice AI...2024-02-0114 min
BigStory PodcastE6: All-In-One vs Vertical, Time in US, ElevenLabs, Pitch Decks, more(1:26) Why it's important to spend time in US
(10:52) MS CoPilot, All-in-One Software vs Vertical Software
(27:32) ElevenLabs's $80M Series B round
(41:35) Could Armenia become a leader in Voice & Video AI if it focused on it?
(53:05) Going over and analyzing ElevenLabs's pitch deck2024-01-271h 15
BigStory PodcastE5: Meta and AGI, High taxes in Armenia & Russians, ActiveLoop & YC(00:00) Welcoming our guest, Davit, co-founder of ActiveLoop
(05:22) Meta pivots to AGI and buys 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
(25:44) Government is failing to keep Russian Tech Talent in Armenia
(40:36) How Davit started ActiveLoop and what does it do
(43:51) Davit’s journey with YC Combinator and how it helps founders
Linkes:
https://www.activeloop.ai/
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24042354/mark-zuckerberg-meta-agi-reorg-interview
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24043547/inside-meta-ai-reorg-mark-zuckerberg2024-01-201h 10
The Future of Voice AIBringing speed and democratization to Voice AI | Marc Bernstein (CEO at Balto)In The Future of Voice AI series of interviews, Davit Baghdasaryan asks three questions to his guests:
- What problems do you currently see in Enterprise Voice AI?
- How do you (your company) solve these problems?
- What solutions do you envision in the next 5 years?This episode’s guest is Marc Bernstein, Co-Founder & CEO at Balto AI.Balto is an AI-Powered Contact Center that has analyzed over 200 million calls and helped thousands of professionals.Balto unites agents with AI to enable better conversations that deliver results. Contact centers trust Balto’s real...2024-01-1817 min
BigStory PodcastE4: MS vs Apple, Tech Layoffs, Bitcoin ETF, Bardeen and more(00:00) Welcoming our guest, Artem, co-founder of Bardeen AI
(02:18) Last week MS overtook Apple for a day
(12:19) Tech layoffs continue in US
(20:39) Bitcoin is finally available as ETF
(28:12) Discussing Artem's startup - Bardeen
(34:19) Rabbit r1 device launch, LAMs and Bardeen
(59:57) Sharing our advice on how to become an entrepreneur2024-01-131h 13
BigStory PodcastE3 : VCs Explained, How They Make Money, State of Fundraising and more(00:00) Happy new year and intro to VCs
(04:00) Why VCs have only 10% ROI even with unicorns
(08:12) Ownership % taken by VCs
(12:42) How VCs make money?
(19:48) Can restaurants raise money from VCs ?
(29:16) Current state of fundraising markets
(37:45) Startups can raise $1M from Armenian VCs2024-01-0643 min
BigStory PodcastE2: 2023 Learnings, Investments, Why Startup Ecosystem is Slow & more(00:00) Podcast publishing experience
(02:55) Krisp 2023 learnings
(13:20) Podcastle 2023 learnings
(24:40) 10Web 2023 learnings
(30:25) 2023 BigStory investments - Waveye, SynthFlow, Corpora, Cloudchipr, Starshunt
(45:05) Deep dive into the slow growth of Armenia's Startup Ecosystem2023-12-291h 11
BigStory PodcastE1: Why we started, Future of SEO, Future of Programming & more(00:00) Why did we start the podcast?
(04:45) Challenges of entrepreneurship in Armenia
(13:20) Future of SEO and Google Search
(31:17) Future of programming after LLMs
(40:09) How will software products be built in the future
Referenced in the show:
https://www.bigstory.vc/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhCl-GeT4jw2023-12-2351 min
Category VisionariesDavit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder and CEO of Krisp: $19 Million Raised to Build the Voice Productivity CategoryIn today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO and Co-Founder of Krisp, a voice productivity platform that's raised $19 Million in funding.
Topics Discussed:
Davit’s background as a software and security engineer and as an Armenian immigrant pursuing the American Dream in Silicon Valley
Why entrepreneurs Jeff Lawson and Aaron Levy are inspirations for Davit, and why his all-time favorite book is an Australian novel
How Krisp started as a noise-reduction tech company and expanded to other voice-related products
Reaching product-market fit, and why Covid was a timely factor for Krisp
The on...2023-12-2029 minCategory VisionariesDavit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder and CEO of Krisp: $19 Million Raised to Build the Voice Productivity CategoryIn today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO and Co-Founder of Krisp, a voice productivity platform that's raised $19 Million in funding.
Topics Discussed:
Davit’s background as a software and security engineer and as an Armenian immigrant pursuing the American Dream in Silicon Valley
Why entrepreneurs Jeff Lawson and Aaron Levy are inspirations for Davit, and why his all-time favorite book is an Australian novel
How Krisp started as a noise-reduction tech company and expanded to other voice-related products
Reaching product-market fit, and why Covid was a timely factor for Krisp
The on...2023-12-2029 min
EVN DisruptDavit Baghdasaryan: Voice Productivity AIIn this episode, Davit Baghdasaryan, the co-founder and CEO of Krisp, discusses how his start-up has grown to be a leader in the voice productivity AI space. He shares his thoughts on AI product development in the age of large AI models, and what the newest developments are in the field of voice AI. Davit also talked about his journey of founding BigStory VC, an early-stage venture capital fund in Yerevan and Bazoomq, a non-profit space research lab where Davit is an advisor.
The post Davit Baghdasaryan: Voice Productivity AI appeared first on EVN Report.2023-08-0148 min
Tech AM ReportTech AM Report Hosts Davit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of KrispThis episode's guest is Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO & Co-founder of Krisp. Krisp, an AI driven noise removal app for online audio calls, has gone from strength to strength, on all matters.
Davit talks about team, business model strategies, in/outbound marketing, ecosystem matters, importance of scientific development and much more.
Amazing input - tons of great insights.2021-02-1747 min
Distributed, with Matt MullenwegEpisode 25: Davit Baghdasaryan on the Science of Sound in a Distributed Work World
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Trying to sound your best as you work away from an office more than ever before?
As audio and video conferencing surge worldwide, Matt talks about the science of sound with Davit Baghdasaryan, the CEO of Krisp, a fast-growing company offering an AI-powered noise cancellation app for removing background noise on any conferencing platform. Krisp’s technology, including its proprietary deep neural network krispNet DNN, processes audio securely on the user’s computer.
Find out how Krisp started, why Davit foresee...2020-10-1542 min
The Collaboration Superpowers Podcast253 - Overcommunication, Transparency and Fairness on Remote Teams With Davit BaghdasaryanDAVIT BAGHDASARYAN is the Co-founder and CEO at Krisp.ai, an app that mutes background noise during calls. In this interview, we discuss the three key values of remote working: over-communication, transparency, and fairness. As well as how to work with time zones, tips for leading remote teams, and how to build trust by example. For more stories, visit https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com. 2020-04-2035 min
Level Up! Your Business, Life & Mind03 - INTERVIEW WITH DAVIT BAGHDASARYAN - CEO & Co-Founder of KrispDavit Baghdasaryan is the CEO and Co-Founder of an artificial intelligence app called Krisp.Ai. It's the first Armenian Startup to be featured in the Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator and is consideredone of the 12 most disruptive startups for 2019. It raised $3.5 Million USD from investors that include Sierra Ventures. Krisp eliminates all the background noise from calls, being able to use in apps such as Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts or any calling technology you might use by using Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks to be able to separate the noise from the voice.
Davit Baghdasaryan worked...2019-09-1757 min