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Okay, when that started it was like the Hindenburg. I saw the flames and I saw it going down.

Today a founder fights through some stage fright to lay out her vision of the future.

But nerves aren't all that she's fighting against.

Sophia Dominguez is raising 1.5 million for her AR VR startup.

Virtual and augmented reality has long been the realm of early adopters and

hardcore gamers, not the general public.

But Sophia is here to convince our investors that virtual reality is finally, finally ready for prime time.

I'm Josh Muccio and from Gimlet Media this is the pitch. Today's investors are

Jillian Manus. Gillian is a partner at Structure Capital where they've invested

98 million so far in high-profile startups like Uber.

Phil Nadeau.

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