Mark Zagorski is the CEO of DoubleVerify (NYSE: DV), a $3.4B market cap company that provides digital media measurement and verification software to major advertisers and platforms.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Mark and Auren discuss:

• The $100B digital ad fraud economy
• Why marketing data is wrong but works
• The death of cookies and what's next
• Building sustainable independent adtech companies

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Farley Mesko is the CEO and co-founder of Sayari, a financial intelligence and supply chain risk platform that serves major financial institutions, government agencies, and corporations.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Farley and Auren discuss:

• How geopolitics are reshaping global supply chains
• The evolution of financial crime networks
• Building data products for government agencies
• Why entity resolution is the future of intelligence

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Michael Barrett is the CEO of Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the largest independent sell-side advertising platform with a market cap of over $2.2 billion.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Michael and Auren discuss: 

• The $200B shift from linear TV to streaming
• How retail media networks are reshaping advertising
• Big Tech's dominance in digital advertising
• How AI will change programmatic advertising

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Samo Burja is an entrepreneur and political researcher. He’s the founder of Bismarck Analysis and the editor of Palladium Magazine, a publication focused on governance and societal challenges.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Samo and Auren discuss: 

• Why great founders shape civilization
• Global fertility decline and its implications
• The magic of founders at age 23
• Why trust in institutions is collapsing

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Nate Baker is the cofounder and CEO of Qualia, the leading real estate closing platform which powers millions of real estate transactions a year.  He’s also the cofounder of Fractal, a business incubator that has launched over 150 vertical SaaS companies. 

In this episode of World of DaaS, Nate and Auren discuss: 

• AI impacts on real estate
• Housing supply politics
• The “super app” real estate trend 
• Vertical SaaS myths and playbooks

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Chris Hulls is the co-founder and CEO of Life360 (NASDAQ: LIF), the family safety platform used by over 70 million people worldwide. Life360 has a market cap of $3.3 billion.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Chris and Auren discuss:

• Building a safety super-app
• The rise of tech-enabled helicopter parenting
• Psychedelics and CEO mental health
• Why vision beats data in startups

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George Fraser is the co-founder and CEO of Fivetran, the category-leading data integration platform that does over $300M in revenues.

In this episode of World of DaaS, George and Auren discuss: 

• The Databricks/Snowflake “war”
• Building a data stack for AI workloads
• Evidence based decision making for tech companies
• Parallels between neuroscience and artificial intelligence

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DJ Patil served as the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist under President Obama. He's currently a GP at GreatPoint Ventures, on the Board of Devoted Health, and co-chairs the taskforce on GenAi for the Pentagon.

In this episode of World of DaaS, DJ and Auren discuss: 

• AI's impact on data science
• Healthcare data transformation
• Innovation, bureaucracy and efficiency in National Security
• The best higher education choices in terms of ROI

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Alex Lieberman is the co-founder of Morning Brew, a business newsletter with over 4 million subscribers. Alex founded Morning Brew in his dorm room and sold a majority stake to Business Insider for $75 million in 2020.

In this episode, Alex and Auren discuss: 

• Why B2B marketing is broken
• The future of influencer marketing
• Finding purpose after the exit
• Generation media consumption

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Evan Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Altana, a global supply chain management platform. Altana is one of the newest freight tech unicorns out there– they recently raised $200mm in a Series C round that valued the company at over a billion dollars. 

In this episode, Evan and Auren discuss: 

• Why "Globalization 2.0" is replacing free trade
• How Russia's economy defied sanctions expectations
• The hidden power of supply chain middlemen
• China's transformation from cheap labor to tech leader

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