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Non-obvious ideas that move the world. Auren Hoffman hosts leaders across tech, business, markets, and government. Summation is the permanent home for the relentlessly curious. Auren is CEO of NQB8, GP at Flex Capital, Chairman of Dialog; former CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP).
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- 2 days ago1h 0m
Hiring in the AI era: Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait
Daniel Chait is the co-founder and CEO of Greenhouse, the hiring platform behind thousands of companies. Before Greenhouse, he co-founded Lab49, a technology consultancy for Wall Street. He's also the author of Talent Makers. In this episode of Summation, Daniel and Auren discuss: The AI doom loopWhy "tell me about a time when" beats "what are your weaknesses," Why HR quality depends on the CEO, and what Netflix got rightWhy "never quit" is bad founder adviceYou can find Auren Hoffman on...
- 1 weeks ago57 min
Olo CEO Noah Glass: the right to be known
Noah Glass is the founder and CEO of Olo, the digital commerce platform behind ordering, payments, and loyalty for many of America's biggest restaurant brands. He started Olo in 2005 with ordering by text message, before the iPhone existed, took it public in 2021, and took it private with Thoma Bravo last year in a roughly $2 billion deal. In this episode of Summation, Noah and Auren discuss: The $65 million sale that collapsed the night before he told his teamHow Five Guys strong-armed point...
- 2 weeks ago1h 7m
Protege CEO Bobby Samuels on the data nobody has unlocked yet
Bobby Samuels is the co-founder and CEO of Protege, a platform that licenses real-world data from industries like healthcare and media to companies building AI. Protege has raised $65 million from Andreessen Horowitz, CRV, and Flex Capital. Before Protege, Bobby led partnerships at LiveRamp and ran Privacy Hub at Datavant. In this episode of Summation, Bobby and Auren discuss: The auction for Spirit Airlines' emails, and what a model learns from a failed airlineWhy synthetic data has been "18...
- 3 weeks ago43 min
Axios Co-founder Roy Schwartz: why average is worthless now
Roy Schwartz co-founded Axios, the news company known for smart brevity, and helped grow it to a $525 million sale to Cox Enterprises. He's now co-founder and CEO of Axios HQ, an AI-powered internal communications platform spun out of Axios. He co-wrote Smart Brevity, and his new book is Simplify. Before Axios, he was chief revenue officer of Politico. In this episode of Summation, Roy and Auren discuss: Meeting bankruptcy: wiping every recurring meeting off the calendar twice a yearAI as a c...
- Sep 29, 202641 min
Helion CEO David Kirtley on why fusion finally works
David Kirtley is the co-founder and CEO of Helion Energy, the fusion company. Helion has raised more than $1.5 billion at a $15.5 billion valuation, and Sam Altman is its biggest investor and former chairman. Before fusion, David worked on rocket and space propulsion. In this episode of Summation, David and Auren discuss: Skipping the steam turbine and pulling electricity straight out of a starHow a Best Buy network card helped make fusion possibleRegulating a 150 million degree machine like ...
- Sep 22, 20261h 2m
Alex Rampell on why the best companies have hostages, not customers
Alex Rampell is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads the firm’s $2.7 billion Apps practice and has driven much of the firm's fintech investing, including Plaid, Mercury, and Opendoor. Before a16z, Alex co-founded multiple companies including Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM), FraudEliminator (acquired by McAfee in 2006), Point, TrialPay (acquired by Visa in 2015), TXN (acquired by Envestnet in 2019), and Yub (acquired by Coupons.com in 2013). In this episode of Summation, Alex and Aure...
- Sep 15, 20261h 1m
Life360 founder Chris Hulls on existential amusement and why public markets kill bold bets
Chris Hulls is the co-founder and executive chairman of Life360, the family safety and location-sharing app now worth over $5 billion. He was CEO for 17 years before stepping back last year. Before Life360, he served in the Air Force in Afghanistan. In this episode of Summation, Chris and Auren discuss: Why he took Life360 public in Australia and why he'd never run a public company againWhy "you want to sound smart, but not interesting" is the secret rule of corporate speakWhy nobody actually...
- Sep 8, 20261h 0m
Felicis Founder Aydin Senkut: why moats are dead and alive
Aydin Senkut is the founder and managing partner of Felicis, the venture firm he started in 2006, with over $4B under management and early bets on Shopify, Notion, Canva, and Adyen. He was Google's first product manager and has been on the Forbes Midas list of top investors for 13 years running. In this episode of Summation, Aydin and Auren discuss: Why the best platform companies came from Ottawa, Sydney, and Amsterdam and not Silicon ValleyHow capital became a commodity and people are the o...
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Non-obvious ideas that move the world. Auren Hoffman hosts leaders across tech, business, markets, and government. Summation is the permanent home for the relentlessly curious. Auren is CEO of NQB8, GP at Flex Capital, Chairman of Dialog; former CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP).
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