Howie Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Airtable, the AI-native app platform which has raised over $1.3 billion in funding and is valued at more than $11 billion. Howie sold his first startup, Etacts, to Salesforce when he was just 21 years old.

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

• The evolution of the no-code/low-code movement
• How AI is transforming software development
• Pricing strategies for SaaS products
• The importance of founder mode and hands-on leadership
• The future of work in an AI-driven world

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Dwarkesh Patel is the host of the Dwarkesh Podcast, where he interviews leading scientists, founders, and economists about AI, science, and progress.

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

• Why experts overestimate AI capabilities  
• The continual learning bottleneck in current models 
• Japan's economic crash and global productivity stagnation 
• Spaced repetition and effective learning strategies

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Michael Ramlet is the co-founder and CEO of Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company with more than $100 million in annual revenue. Morning Consult conducts 30,000 daily interviews across 40+ countries and serves more than half of the Fortune 500.

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

• The evolution from telephone to online polling 
• Building representative polling samples in the modern era 
• Real-time data collection and economic indicators 
• AI and the democratization of survey research

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Prukalpa Sankar is the co-founder and CEO of Atlan, a data platform used by organizations like Plaid, NASDAQ and the UN to manage data collaboration at scale. Atlan has raised over $200 million and grown revenue 7x in the last two years.

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

• AI native company transformations
• Context as the foundation for enterprise AI
• Building remote-first cultures globally
• The future of metadata for enterprise 

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Amit Gupta is the CEO of Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX), a global commerce media platform that powers rewards programs with card-linked offers and enables brands to strengthen customer loyalty.

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

• How card-linked offers strengthen customer loyalty 
• Identity resolution and retail media
• Cardlytics' view into $5.8 trillion of annual consumer spending
• The limitations of traditional loyalty programs

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Fabrice Grinda is the co-founder and managing partner of FJ Labs, a venture capital firm that has invested in over 1,200 startups with more than 350 exits, including early investments in Alibaba, Flexport, and Delivery Hero. He previously built and sold three companies as CEO: Aucland (one of Europe's largest auction sites), Zingy (mobile media startup sold for $80M), and OLX (global classifieds platform operating in 90+ countries with 150M+ monthly users, acquired by Naspers).

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

• Curiosity-driven investing and founder assessment
• Diversified portfolios vs concentrated strategies
• Secondary sales and exit strategies
• AI tools transforming investment research

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Rabbi David Wolpe is the emeritus rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, one of the largest synagogues in the United States. He is a bestselling author of eight books on faith and spirituality and has been named one of the most influential rabbis in America.

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

• AI rabbis and digital therapy
• Lab grown meat and kosher laws
• Consciousness uploading and digital souls
• Fertility rates and collective meaning

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Max Marchione is the founder and President of Superpower, a digital healthcare platform that recently raised a $30 million Series A to make preventative and personalized medicine accessible to consumers.

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

• Billionaire-level health protocols and testing
• Why AI will replace expensive doctors
• Peptides, toxins, and human enhancement
• The future of personalized medicine

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Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, a leading business intelligence platform for startup and investment data, serving over 80 million users.

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

• The polarized venture funding landscape
• Why 'religion' beats 'truth' in data companies
• Finding defensible moats in the AI era
• Predicting acquisition targets at scale

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Russ d'Sa is the founder and CEO of LiveKit, the infrastructure company powering real-time voice for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Character.ai, and numerous AI applications.

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

• The evolution of voice AI
• Turn detection and conversational dynamics
• Real-time infrastructure for AI
• Copilots vs autopilots for the future

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