Rethinking the social network with Andy Dunn from Pie

12/10/24 • 47 min

In this episode, Dom and Becca are joined by Former Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn to talk about his mission to reverse America's loneliness epidemic through Pie, an app built to facilitate connections in the real world. They discuss the lessons Dunn brought from fundraising for Bonobos to Pie, founder mental health, and building a consumer movement in the midwest.

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The playbook for empathy-driven investing with Erin and Sara Foster from Oversubscribed Ventures

On this episode of Found, Dom is joined by Sara and Erin Foster along with their advisor at Oversubscribed Ventures, Phil Schwarz. Across their careers, the Foster sisters have co-founded the clothing line Favorite Daughter, co-led creative for Bumble Bizz and Bumble BFF, and currently co-host a podcast together. Erin Foster even created the top Netflix show “Nobody Wants This,” starring Kristen Bell. But in this conversation we get into how they made the pivot to VC, the type of investments that excite them the most, and how they balance all of the different facets of their careers.

00:00 - Introduction

02:27 - Empathy in VC

04:41 - The Influence of Whitney Wolfe Herd and Kim Kardashian

09:45 - Working with Family

12:27 - Prioritizing Mental Health and Work-Life Balance

15:24 - Media Perception of Female Founders

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Getting realistic about AI’s potential with Nick Frosst from Cohere

Enterprise AI is booming so it’s no wonder that, as companies figure out how to implement it, the industry of AI infrastructure is emerging. This week Becca and Dom talk to Nick Frosst from Cohere, the AI company building natural language models for enterprise customers. They discuss why Frosst thinks the AI boom isn’t built on a bubble, whether or not AI companies are building toward a “digital god”, and how AI regulation could be a good thing.

(0:00) Introduction

(6:15) Enterprise applications for AI language models

(12:12) Building multilingual models

(14:58) Fundraising and the AI bubble

(19:46) AI and sustainability

(25:14) Building the Cohere team

(29:44) Host discussion

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