E1118: Emergency Pod! Two former Apple executives are building the iPhone killer – breaking down the leaks, patents & scoops regarding Humane’s product
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Referenced in this episode:
Fast Company Article:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90555755/humane-imran-chaudhri-bethany-bongiorno-funding
Imran Chaudhri's website:
http://imranchaudhri.com
9to5Mac Article:
https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/12/humane-apple-poaching
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| 0:00.0 | Attention everybody this is an emergency podcast two apple engineers with |
| 0:04.5 | thousands of patents have left apple to create an iPhone killer and we know what |
| 0:09.7 | it is humane today on the emergency podcast. Stick with us. This week in |
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| 0:35.8 | platform. |
| 0:36.8 | Hey everybody, yes, it's an emergency podcast. It is an emergency podcast. We saw some |
| 0:42.4 | incredible news in the last couple of days. On September |
| 0:46.1 | 25th, Fast Company published an article 2 X Apple Rockstars have raised 30 million to build the next iPhone. |
| 0:54.8 | And so we got digging into what is this stealth startup. |
| 0:58.2 | It's named humane. |
| 1:00.3 | And the website is HU. M.A.N.E and we know what it is. |
| 1:05.0 | At least we think we do. We got leaks, we got patents, we're going to get into it today. |
| 1:09.0 | You can follow their Twitter handle H-U-M-A-N-E and they raised 30 million by our friend Sam Altman, former |
| 1:16.5 | found former CEO of Y-C-O-O-O-N-E-N-E-N-E, |
| 1:22.4 | and I think now he's doing open AI and investing in startups. |
| 1:26.4 | And Locky Groom, with participation from Mark Benioff, a plexo capy capital, I think I saw O'Malley, a bunch of people have backed the startup |
| 1:36.5 | raising $30 million before launching a product is a huge series A and something to take note of. |
| 1:43.0 | The two founders are husband and wife team, Imrim Chaudhry and Bethany Bonjorno. |
| 1:48.3 | They're two former Apple executives. |
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