The Power of WEKA with Antonio Gracias and Liran Zvibel + Jam with JCal: Uptrends AI | E1986
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Todays show:
Antonio Gracias of Valor and Liran Zvibel of WEKA join Jason to discuss WEKA’s product market fit and real-world applications (13:49), energy solutions for future data centers and capital allocation strategy (30:07), and a Jam with JCal session with Uptrend AI’s Ramsey Shaffer (37:00).
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Antonio Gracias of Valor and Liran Zvibel of WEKA join Jason.
(2:52) Investment thesis for WEKA and discussion on investment strategies
(5:30) Investing in winners and the future of compute and AI technology
(10:14) CommandBar - Visit https://www.commandbar.com/twist to get a custom live demo.
(13:49) WEKA’s product market fit and real-world applications
(21:49) .Tech Domains - Apply for the Jam Session with JCal contest today at https://www.jamwithjcal.tech
(23:08) Innovative customers and technology behind the Las Vegas Sphere
(23:08) Innovative customers and technology behind the Las Vegas Sphere
(25:12) Impact of Weka’s technology on rendering and data management
(30:07) Energy solutions for future data centers and capital allocation strategy
(34:22) Weka's hiring and job opportunities
(35:34) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist
(37:00) Jam with JCal winner Ramsey Schaffer, CEO of Uptrends AI.
(38:09) Ramsey’s pitch and Jason's feedback
(45:22) Importance of founder-led sales, pricing strategy, and UX improvements
(51:02) Engaging with customers and final thoughts on Uptrends ai *
Links from show:
Check out Valor Equity Partners: https://www.valorep.com
Check out WEKA: https://www.weka.io
Check out Stability AI: https://stability.ai
Check out the Sphere: https://www.thesphere.com
Enter the Jam with JCal contest: https://www.jamwithjcal.tech
Check out Uptrends AI:https://www.uptrends-ai.tech
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| 0:00.0 | they go between five and 12% of the fund. |
| 0:02.3 | You know, this is just at five. |
| 0:03.7 | We would have bought more if it could have. |
| 0:04.9 | The round wouldn't give us anymore. |
| 0:06.0 | So, you know, I'm hoping if this podcast, he decides to sell us some more shares |
| 0:09.3 | that this round was super subscribed. |
| 0:11.2 | And so we were scratching and clony everything we get. |
| 0:13.7 | We've offered do some operations help for which I think why we were able to get the allocation we got. |
| 0:17.6 | But we were super impressed with these guys and with what they've done and you'll, you know, you hear |
| 0:21.0 | about the customers, the logos, the growth, I mean I think you'll feel the same way. |
| 0:24.6 | And this is a strategy that some savvy managers are pursuing now just if you have that winner trying to get as much |
| 0:31.1 | into it as possible because of the power law. |
| 0:33.4 | I see Brian Singerman doing it. |
| 0:34.9 | I saw one time Sequoyo do with WhatsApp. |
| 0:37.1 | But I will say we invented it. |
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| 0:39.4 | And we have even taken a page out of that book with you know our fund instruction so yeah great |
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