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Innovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - EP24 Inside StartX: The Power of Community-Driven Founders with Pengpeng Wang, Stanford GSB, Head of Community & Campus at StartXWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode, Innovator Coffee podcast features an interview with Pengpeng Wang, the Head of Community and Campus at StartX. StartX is described as a nonprofit, zero-equity accelerator and community specifically dedicated to supporting Stanford-affiliated founders. The discussion focuses heavily on what makes StartX unique, emphasizing its community-driven model, the importance of founders having a "p...
2025-11-1350 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE23 Decoding the Future with Sandy Carter, Unicorn Chief Business Officer: AI, Web3, and Human-Centered InnovationWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode, Sandy Carter, Chief Business Officer at Unstoppable Domains and best-selling author of AI First, Human Always, shares her journey across waves of innovation—from cloud and AI to blockchain and Web3. She highlights how emerging technologies democratize access, intelligence, and ownership, emphasizing the importance of empowerment and ethical use. Guest Bio: Sandy Car...
2025-10-3040 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE22 Power, Capital, and GPUs: The Strategic Ecosystem Behind OpenAIWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode of “Innovator Coffee" podcast, we wrote scripts but let AI speak to explores the complex and capital-intensive ecosystem behind OpenAI, highlighting how the company has shifted from mere product development to strategic financial and supply chain control. CEO Sam Altman is building an AI financial closed-loop by investing in and partnering with key technology suppliers like Nvidia, AM...
2025-10-1714 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE21 Lessons from 3X Exit AI Founder – Joe Hsy on Startups, Exits, and the Future of AIWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode of “Innovator Coffee" podcast, we featured an interview with a seasoned technology leader, Joe Hsy, CTO of Raydiant, Investor, 3X exit founders, the first generation Stanford AI graduate and a MJAA mentor. The conversation primarily tracks Joe’s long and varied career path, including his subsequent journey through multiple startups, enterprise roles at co...
2025-10-0349 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE20 Credit Reimagined: AI Agents and the Future of Consumer Finance from Samder, co-founder of BONIn this episode, Innovator podcast interviewed with Samder, the co-founder of BON, a company aiming to automate consumer credit management using AI. The conversation covers the evolution of consumer credit interactions, highlighting a shift from traditional financial advisors to internet apps, and now to AI-powered agents like BON's CreditGPT. Sandra details how BON addresses major pain points in the credit industry. The discussion also explores BON's technical pillars, including its proprietary LLM trained on credit data, its commitment to data privacy and personalization, and its aspirations for future growth and global expansion in the fintech space. Enjoying!
2025-09-1843 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE19 AI & Web3: Synergies, Bottlenecks, and Investment FocusWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This podcast episode features a panel discussion with venture capitalists and founders in the AI and Web3 space. The core of the discussion revolves around the synergies between Web3 and AI, with panelists exploring how these technologies can complement each other to solve existing problems and create new opportunities. They also address infrastructure bottlenecks and challenges hindering mainstream adoption of...
2025-08-2833 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE18 MCP and Nanda: The Infrastructure Behind Networked AIWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode of “Innovator Coffee" podcast, we featured an interview with Dr. Dimitry Chary from the MIT Media Lab. The discussion primarily focuses on MCP (Model Communication Protocol), explaining its role as a standardized JSON RPC schema that enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to interact seamlessly with various tools and services. The conversation also introduces Nanda, an MIT initiative ai...
2025-08-141h 14Innovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE17 From Zero to AI Stardom in 90 Days – Two YC Founder’s JourneyWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This episode of Innovator Coffee features guests Daniel Alberson and Wenbo Zhang, two Y-Combinator Founders.Daniel's company, Agentive, helps auditors request and test evidence with AI to be 10x more effective. Wenbo's company, LineWise, is building a virtual engineer to troubleshoot production line issues faster in manufacturing.The "...
2025-07-3147 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE16 AI platform wars: Salesforce vs ServiceNowWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode of Innovative Coffee, host Wickey Wang and Tom, are joined by Pramod Gosavi, Investor @ Blumberg Capital in in Infrastructure, SaaS, AI, Cybersecurity.In this podcast, we dive into the high stakes battle for enterprise dominance between Salesforce and ServiceNow. Titled "Platform Wars: Salesforce vs. ServiceNow", this conversation explores how these giants are positioning themselves as the foundational layer for agentic...
2025-07-1728 minInnovator CoffeeInnovative Coffee - PE15: Inside the Agent Era: Building the Future of Work with AIWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode of Innovative Coffee, host Wickey Wang and Tom are joined by three cutting-edge founders and AI leaders:Yu Zhou, Professor at Columbia and founder of Arklex.aiQuanlai Li, founder of ChatSlide.ai and former ML engineer at Uber and RobinhoodNeethan, founder of Hallidai, and previously with Alexa and TikTok monetizationT...
2025-06-1957 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE14 From Craft to Code: The UX Shift in the Age of AIWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This episode of Innovator Coffee features guests Jie and Laura.Jie Li is the chief scientific officer at the Human-AI Symbiosis Alliance. She holds a PhD in human computer interaction with focus on designing and evaluating human experiences for emerging technologies. She is also a pastry chef. So I'm like a founder of a brand...
2025-06-051h 03Innovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE13 The AI Wave Hits 2025 RSA: Security Will Never Be the SameWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This episode of Innovator Coffee features guest Brett Liu. Brett is an investor at Sixty Degree Capital, a leading VC firm that invests in North American early to growth stage companies in the software innovation and digital infrastructure sectors. He is an exited founder and has over a decade of investment experience in the technology innovation and investment space, and...
2025-05-1630 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE12 Inside the Engine Room of Web3 AI Innovation with 0G & OnePiece LabWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.In this episode of Innovator Coffee, We did a deep dive into how AI + Web3 are not just compatible, but necessary partners in building transparent, scalable, and secure digital ecosystems with three pioneering guests:Michael, CEO & Co-founder of 0G,Ada, Managing Director at 0G, andDaFuguo, Founder of OnePiece Labs Together, they unpack how decentralized infrastr...
2025-05-0156 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE11 Inside a top VC's Playbook for Disruptive AI Investing with Ray Wu - Managing Partner of Alumni Venture AI fundWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.Today, we are honored to have Ray Wu, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures with over 20 years of investing experience focusing on AI, Web3, FinTech and SaaS investment. Wu shares his extensive background in venture capital, highlighting his focus on disruptive technologies like AI, Web3, fintech, and SaaS. He contrasts corporate venture capital with traditional VC...
2025-04-171h 07Innovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE10 The AI Troubleshooting Revolution: A Conversation with Kyle Forster - CEO of RunWhenThis podcast episode of Innovator Coffee features a conversation with Kyle, a serial entrepreneur with an engineering background, who shares insights on his journey in AI and innovation. He discusses his experiences transitioning from engineering to entrepreneurship, highlighting the crucial role of sales and effective questioning. Kyle also explains the motivation behind his latest startup, RunWhen, which utilizes AI to improve engineering operations and reduce downtime, detailing their unique revenue model based on time saved. Furthermore, the discussion covers lessons learned from previous ventures, navigating product-market fit, building a founding team, and differentiating in a competitive AI landscape, while...
2025-04-0259 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE09 2025 NVIDIA GTC: AI, Compute, and Next-Gen Innovation InsightsWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. We're Tom and Wickey. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.Today, we are honored to have the following guests to share the first hand insights and interpretation of the 2025 NVIDIA GTC:- Tian Lan, Future/BuilderZ, Founder & Early Stage Investor- Bill Sun, CEO of Alpha.ai & Ex-Google, the team that discovered the Transformer Architecture - Liangcheng Zhou, USD Fund...
2025-03-201h 12Innovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE08 The Blitzscaling Mindset: AI, Career, and Startup Exponential Growth with Chris Yeh Co-Author of NewYork Times Best Seller and managing partner at Blitzscaling VenturesWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This podcast episode features Chris Yeh, a managing partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, Lecture at Stanford with Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn Founder) and co-author of the NewYork Times bestselling book, who shares insights on his career journey, from startup founder to venture capitalist. He discusses pivotal moments like starting Ustream, becoming an author, and launching his venture fund during the pandemic. Yeh...
2025-03-0546 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee - PE07 Building Avo: A Physician's Journey into AI Entrepreneurship - Yatir Saperstein, CEO of AvoWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. We're Tom and Wickey. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This podcast episode features Yatir Saperstein, CEO of Avo, discussing his company's AI-powered clinical tools designed to support clinicians at the point of care. Yatir, a physician from a family of doctors, explains his motivation stemmed from a desire to improve both clinical decision-making and clinician well-being. The discussion also covers Saperstein's entrepreneurial journey, including his...
2025-02-2044 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee PE06 AI Startup Talks 01: AI Engineering : Heyboss.xyzWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. We're Tom and Wickey. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.This podcast episode features a conversation with Xiaoyin Qu, founder of HeyBoss.xyz, AI engineer for people who don't code, backed by OpenAI. Previously she founded heeyo.ai(AI companion for kids) and Run The World, a leading virtual events platform(exited), which was funded by a16z and Founders Fund. Heyboss:https://www.heyboss.xyz/She dropped out of Stanford’s...
2025-02-1024 minInnovator CoffeeInnovator Coffee -PE05 AI in Healthcare: Venture Capital Insights from Spencer Greene, Managing Partner at TSVCWelcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. We're Tom and Wickey. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.
This podcast episode features a conversation with Spencer, a venture capitalist specializing in health tech, who discusses the AI healthcare landscape. He describes the challenges and opportunities in the field, including lengthy sales cycles and data privacy concerns. Spencer shares his investment criteria, emphasizing strong teams and viable business models. He also highlights successful and unsuccessful...
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