The Tech Trek

The Tech Trek

By ElevanoTechnology
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The Tech Trek episodes

  • Entrepreneurship, the startup race, and AI scheduling assistants with Dennis Mortensen, CEO of X.ai

    I had an insightful conversation with Dennis Mortensen, CEO and founder of x.ai, about the software’s uses and the people it serves.

    Founded in 2014, x.ai is a productivity tool powered by AI that allows users to schedule meetings effortlessly. It should be easier and less time-consuming to schedule meetings, and x.ai is built to help achieve that.

    Dennis is an entrepreneur at heart and we discuss his thought process in how he launches his ideas as well as making sure he stress tests them before diving in.

    Key listening points:

    • Who is Dennis Mortensen? [:05]
    • What is x.ai? [1:40]
    • The romanticism of startups [2:32]
    • What was Dennis’ frame of mind when x.ai first started? [3:34]
    • The thought process in trade-offs [6:01]
    • The internal structure of checks and balances [8:10]
    • Processes for Dennis’ previous startups [10:53]
    • The startup race [14:04]
    • The love/hate of risk [16:07]
    • How Dennis poses the idea of x.ai to investors and potential employees [20:45]
    • x.ai in the blink of an eye [23:25]
    • The future of x.ai [25:26]
    • x.ai for the personal space [29:24]
    • Unique abilities of x.ai [33:19]
    • The target audience for Amy and Andrew [35:50]
    • VIPs feature [39:33]

      • Connect with Dennis Mortensen:

      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennismortensen/

      Twitter: https://twitter.com/DennisMortensen

      Connect with Elevano

      Website: www.elevano.com

      Connect with Amir Bormand

      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand/

      Twitter: https://twitter.com/amirbormand?lang=en


      43 min

    About The Tech Trek

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    The Tech Trek is a podcast about how founders, operators, and technology leaders build and scale technology companies.