Venture with Grace

Jordan Tigani is the Co-Founder and CEO of MotherDuck, a company building around DuckDB to make analytics simpler and more accessible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Met...

Ajay Kulkarni is the co-founder and CEO of TigerData, the company behind TimescaleDB and a high-performance PostgreSQL platform for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unma...

Bryant Chou is the founder of Ploy, an AI-powered growth platform that turns company websites into active growth engines. Prior to that he was the Co-Founder and CTO of Webflow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unm...

Rissa Cao is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fish Audio, an AI voice generation and text-to-speech company building audio infrastructure for the next generation of AI-native applications. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support...

Boris Sofman is the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Robotics, an SF-based company building fully self-operating heavy machinery to improve the cost, schedule, safety, and predictability of construction projects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibi...

Paul Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of Patlytics, an AI-powered patent workflow platform built to help IP professionals drive innovation and strategic value through intellectual property. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering su...

Ankit Jain is the Co-Founder and CEO of Infinitus, the AI company building voice agents and copilots that automate administrative workflows across healthcare. Infinitus leverages safe large language models to help healthcare organizations address workforce shortages by automating phone-based tasks, improving operational efficiency, and enabling providers to spend more time on patient care.~~~~~~~~...

George Bonaci is the VP of Growth & Demand Generation at Ramp, where he leads growth, demand generation, and marketing strategies for one of the fastest-scaling financial technology companies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engi...

Guy Marion is the Chief Marketing Officer at Chargebee, where he leads global marketing and growth across product marketing, digital, account-based marketing, field marketing, communications, brand, BDR, and operations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed wi...

Ashish Kakran and Umesh Padval are Managing Partners at Seligman Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing from Seed to pre-IPO across AI infrastructure, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and modern data center technologies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and...

At AI4 in Las Vegas, Grace Gong moderates a conversation with Michael Montano, Partner at True Ventures, and Shan Reddy, Founder of Aristotle, exploring the forces shaping the next generation of AI companies. The discussion covers the state of AI funding, how AI is changing venture investing and startup building, the resurgence of consumer AI, building defensible moats as model companies move into...

Marshall Choy is the Chief Business Officer at Rebellions, an AI semiconductor company building energy-efficient AI chips and infrastructure for large-scale inference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by...

Rocky Yu is the Founder and CEO of AGI House, a community and builder ecosystem focused on accelerating the development of artificial general intelligence by bringing together AI founders and researchers.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility a...

Eric Nguyen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Radical Numerics, an AI research lab building general biological intelligence—next-generation foundation models that can reason across DNA, RNA, proteins, and other biological data to accelerate breakthroughs in healthcare, biotechnology, and biosecurity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius pr...

Ariel Shulman is the Chief Product Officer at Bright Data, the world's leading web data infrastructure company for AI and business intelligence. He leads the company's AI-integrated product strategy, driving innovation in web data infrastructure, AI agents, and enterprise solutions that enable organizations to access high-quality public web data at scale for training, inference, and decisi...

Ali Dasdan is the Chief Technology Officer at Dropbox, where he leads the company's technology strategy, AI initiatives, and engineering organization serving more than 700 million users on an exabyte-scale platform.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed wit...

Rong Yan is the Chief Technology Officer at HeyGen, the AI video platform making visual storytelling accessible to everyone. He leads the company's engineering and AI strategy as HeyGen builds generative AI tools that enable businesses and creators to produce studio-quality videos, AI avatars, and multilingual content at scale. Before joining HeyGen, Rong served as Vice President of Engineerin...

Chris Farmer is the Founder and CEO of SignalFire, one of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms built around proprietary data and AI.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leade...

William Sun is the Co-Founder and CEO of Auctor AI, the AI-native system of action for the entire software implementation lifecycle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta,...

Jerry Shu is the Co-Founder and CTO of Daylit (formerly Lendica), an AI platform building autonomous finance agents that help enterprises automate accounts receivable, improve cash flow visibility, and streamline working capital management. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining rel...

Frank Petterson is the Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO) at Uniphore, where he leads the company’s global product, engineering and AI groups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI...

Jason Goodison is the Co-Founder and CTO of General Compute, an AI infrastructure company building one of the fastest inference clouds by leveraging alternatives to traditional GPUs to dramatically reduce latency and cost for AI workloads. The company is developing next-generation infrastructure that enables developers and enterprises to run large language models more efficiently at scale. Before...

Sue Xu, Ph. D. is Managing Partner at Amino Capital, an early-stage venture firm in Palo Alto investing across AI, SaaS, consumer, Web3, and frontier technologies with a core focus on data moats and network effects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with f...

Andrew Dai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Elorian AI, a startup building next-generation multimodal foundation models designed to reason across text, images, video, and audio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatch...

Alisa Cohn is an executive coach, bestselling author, and one of the world's leading leadership coaches. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield...