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The Aarthi and Sriram Show · Jan 30, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

Ep 95 - AI Tools, Trends & Future – a16z’s Justine & Olivia Moore Break It Down

0:00 Intro 3:15 - State of AI at the beginning of 2024 12:30 - Valuations and fundraising landscape today 16:20 - Founder backgrounds for AI startups 19:15 - Are AI companies defensible? What moats do they have? 26:40 - Impact for large enterprise businesses 30 35 - Exit options and M&A 35:45 - What problems do they wish founders focused on? And not so much on? 42:35 - AI therapy - is it cringe? 48:55 - Stanford dropouts and starting AI companies 58:35 - Olivia and Justine's favorite AI Tools 1:04:00 - Outro Follow Sriram: https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/ https://twitter.com/sriramk Follow Aarthi: https://www.instagram.com/aarthir/ https://twitter.com/aarthir Follow the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/ https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod

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0:00 Intro
3:15 - State of AI at the beginning of 2024
12:30 - Valuations and fundraising landscape today
16:20 - Founder backgrounds for AI startups
19:15 - Are AI companies defensible? What moats do they have?
26:40 - Impact for large enterprise businesses
30 35 - Exit options and M&A
35:45 - What problems do they wish founders focused on? And not so much on?
42:35 - AI therapy - is it cringe?
48:55 - Stanford dropouts and starting AI companies
58:35 - Olivia and Justine's favorite AI Tools
1:04:00 - Outro

Follow Sriram:

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Follow Aarthi:

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Follow the podcast:

https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/

https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod

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