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Bolt ft. Markus Villig - From Bootstrapping in Estonia to a Global Leader in Mobility

Bolt ft. Markus Villig - From Bootstrapping in Estonia to a Global Leader in Mobility

Markus Villig recounts the story of Bolt, from a €5,000 loan from his parents to a global mobility leader. The journey is defined by counterintuitive pivots: first, competing against the very taxi companies they initially served, and second, using a first-principles data model to ignore conventional wisdom and expand into overlooked African markets, which proved to be a massive success. This data-driven, pragmatic approach allowed Bolt to triple its market share during the COVID-19 crisis by choosing not to lay off staff and instead focusing on growth while competitors were paralyzed.

Commure: The AI Operating System for Healthcare

Commure: The AI Operating System for Healthcare

Tanay Tandon, co-founder and CEO of Commure, discusses his journey from building a medical device in college to creating an AI operating system for healthcare. He covers the pivot from hardware to software, the power of LLMs in automating revenue cycle and clinical documentation, and his vision for a future where AI liberates physicians from administrative burdens and fundamentally reshapes patient care.

Aleph: The AI Platform for Modern Finance

Aleph: The AI Platform for Modern Finance

Co-founders Albert Gozzi and Santiago Perez De Rosso of Aleph discuss their journey building an AI-native FP&A platform. They share insights on their first-principles approach of meeting finance teams in spreadsheets, achieving rapid time-to-value, and the early challenges of building a horizontal product. The conversation covers their YC experience, scaling to a $29M Series B, and their vision for the future of finance powered by pragmatic, accuracy-focused AI.

Emergent: The AI App Builder for Everyone

Emergent: The AI App Builder for Everyone

Mukhund and Madhav Jha, co-founders of Emergent, detail their journey of building an AI-powered app builder that reached $15M ARR in three months. They discuss their pivot from enterprise agents, the multi-agent architecture that enables production-ready apps, and their vision for a future with a 'billion builders'.

Numeral: Building the Global Tax Platform

Numeral: Building the Global Tax Platform

Co-founder Sam Ross discusses Numeral's journey from a personal e-commerce pain point to a venture-backed global tax platform. He covers the market opportunity created by outdated incumbents, the 'do things that don't scale' approach to finding product-market fit, lessons from fundraising, and how Numeral leverages AI to automate complex compliance workflows, shifting from a tool to a full-service solution.

How This 25-Year-Old Built A $675M Legal AI Startup (With No Legal Experience)

How This 25-Year-Old Built A $675M Legal AI Startup (With No Legal Experience)

Max Junestrand, co-founder and CEO of Legora, shares insights on building a successful vertical AI company for the legal industry. He discusses their product strategy, the technical stack designed for a multi-model future, the go-to-market motion for conservative industries, and the challenges of scaling from 10 to 100 people in 13 months.