Infinite Curiosity with Prateek Joshi

Mar 04 2025 165 ep. 37 mins 35

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The best place to find out how AI builders build. The host Prateek Joshi interviews world-class AI founders and VCs on this podcast. You can visit prateekj.com to learn more about the host.

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Building AI Agents That Actually Work | Malte Kosub, CEO of Parloa

Mar 04 2025 33 mins

Malte Kosub is the cofounder and CEO of Parloa, an AI agent platform for customer service. They raised their $66M Series B led by Altimeter. Malte's favorite book: The Qualified Sales Leader (Author: John McMahon) (00:01) Introduction (00:26) Overview of AI in Customer Support (01:33) The Current Landscape of AI Agents (02:46) Enterprise Adoption of AI Agents (04:16) The Founding S

3000 Customers, One Bold Pivot: Building the First Generative AI Copilot for Lawyers | Scott Stevenson, CEO of Spellbook

Feb 25 2025 44 mins

Scott Stevenson is the cofounder and CEO of Spellbook. They launched the first generative AI copilot for lawyers. It's used by more than 3,000 law firms and are growing really fast. They most recently raised $20M Series A from investors such as Inovia, Bling, and Moxxie. Scott's favorite book: Zero to One (Author: Peter Thiel) (00:01) Introduction (00:06) The basics of legal AI and

The Outer Loop of AI-Powered Coding | Merrill Lutsky, CEO of Graphite

Feb 18 2025 41 mins

Merrill Lutsky is the cofounder and CEO of Graphite, an AI-powered code reviewer that's used by tens of thousands of users. They are backed by amazing investors including Andreessen Horowitz. Merrill's favorite book: Never Split the Difference (Author: Chris Voss) (00:01) Introduction (00:06) Teaching AI to Understand Code (02:40) AI-Assisted Code Generation and Code Review (06:20)

Behind the Scenes of AI Video | Amit Jain, founder of Luma AI

Feb 04 2025 48 mins

Amit Jain is the cofounder and CEO of Luma AI, an AI platform to create realistic looking videos. They're backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Amazon, and AMD. He was previously at Apple where he worked on VisionPro. Amit's favorite book: Skunk Works (Authors: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos) (00:01) Introduction (00:26) How Can AI Models Generate Realistic Videos (02:38) The Current Landscape of

Building an AI-Powered Terminal | Zach Lloyd

Jan 28 2025 38 mins

Zach Lloyd is the cofounder and CEO of Warp, the intelligent terminal powered by AI. They recently raised their $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital. He was previously the cofounder of SelfMade and the interim CTO of TIME. Zach's favorite book: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Author: Leo Tolstoy) (00:01) Introduction (00:07) Basics of the Terminal: What It Does and Why Developers Use It

When Robots Go Haywire, Who Picks Up The Tab? | Amias Gerety

Jan 21 2025 48 mins

Amias Gerety is a partner at QED Investors, a fintech-focused VC firm with $3.8 Billion under management. He was previously the Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Treasury. And he graduated from Harvard. Amias's favorite finance book: Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (Author: Walter Bagehot) (00:01) Introduction (00:46) Why Do Robots Need Insurance? (03:04

Building MotherDuck to a $400M Company

Jan 16 2025 49 mins

Jordan Tigani is the cofounder and CEO of MotherDuck, a data warehouse platform based on open source database DuckDB. They've raised $100M in funding from amazing investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis, Madrona, and Altimeter. He was previously the CPO at SingleStore and spent 11 years at Google before that. He has a degree in electrical engineering from Harvard. Jordan's favo

AI Agents Have Brains, But Where Are Their Wallets?

Dec 10 2024 47 mins

Amias Gerety is a partner at QED Investors, a fintech-focused VC firm with $3.8 Billion under management. He was previously the Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Treasury. And he graduated from Harvard. Amias's favorite book: The Origin of Species (Author: Charles Darwin) (00:01) Introduction and Setting the Stage (00:29) The Status Quo: AI Agents and Online Purchases (02

Decoding Metadata in AI

Dec 03 2024 32 mins

Cody Coleman is the cofounder and CEO of Coactive AI, a multimodal AI platform to accelerate metadata generation. They recently raised their $30M Series B co-led by Cherryrock Capital and Emerson Collective along with participation from Greycroft, Andreessen Horowitz, and Bessemer Venture Partners. He has a masters degree from MIT and a PhD from Stanford. Cody's favorite books: - T

Building Autonomous Greenhouses with AI and Robotics

Nov 12 2024 37 mins

Gilwoo Lee is the founder and CEO of Zordi, a company that builds and operates autonomous greenhouses with mobile robots and AI. They raised $20M in their most recent funding round led by Khosla Ventures. She has degrees from MIT, CMU, and University of Washington. Gilwoo's favorite book: Masayoshi Son's 300-Year Plan (Author: Takashi Sugimoto) (00:01) Introduction (00:08) What is