Y Combinator's New Deal, Turo S-1 + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger: Human-in-the-loop security cameras | E1358

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

First Jason and Molly discuss YC's new $500K deal for startups and what that means for founders and early stage investors (1:53). They also dig into car-sharing app Turo's S-1 (25:32). Then Redfin Co-founder and current Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger joins to discuss how his company blends human monitors and AI-enabled cameras to deliver an unmatched security camera experience (38:25).

(00:00) Jason & Molly intro the show
(01:53) Y Combinator's new $500K deal
(09:41) Eight Sleep - Go to https://eightsleep.com/twist to check out the Pod Pro Cover and get $150 off at checkout!
(11:14) Early-stage startup investing strategy
(19:46) How does YC's move impact the startup landscape
(22:57) Is an IPO an Exit?
(24:15) Vanta - Get get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(25:32) Turo S-1 breakdown
(36:56) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist
(38:25) Interview - Deep Sentinel Founder & CEO Dave Selinger
(44:52) Deep Sentinel in action
(54:24) The power of finding your ideal customer
(1:01:33) Potential new features and Deep Sentinel product roadmap
(1:07:53) Jason's Deep Sentinel experience
(1:15:33) Deep Sentinel semi-supervised learning inspired by Tesla

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, we got a great show for you today.
0:02.3	First up, the news, YC is now going to invest $125,
0:06.5	and $375 for a total of $500,000 in startups.
0:09.8	And Molly and I break down why they're doing it.
0:13.0	And by break down, we mean I ask a lot of really basic
0:15.6	questions on your behalf.
0:17.4	And then we understand much more about this move
0:20.1	and what it means for the industry at large.
0:21.5	We also break down Turo's S1, remember Turo?
0:24.8	It does still exist.
0:26.4	And it's Airbnb for cars, and it's going public.
0:29.9	We try to figure out a fair price for them to go public at
0:32.6	and what they look like in 10 years.
0:35.4	What are the headwinds?
0:36.8	They seem to be many.
0:38.0	And finally, I interview Dave Salinger, who is the CEO
0:41.4	of Deep Sentinel, which is 24 hour live security camera
0:45.4	plus live security guards who interact with people coming
0:49.2	to your home or your business.
0:51.8	And it has had tremendous results in terms of safety
0:55.0	and joy provided to the people by the product.
0:57.9	And I've placed a bet on it.
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