"World of DaaS"
deep dive into Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) businesses. World of DaaS is a podcast for data enthusiasts, by data enthusiasts, where Auren Hoffman talks to business and technology leaders about all things data - building it, acquiring it, analyzing it, and everything in between.
Episodes
219 episodes
The LM Brief: Navigating GDPR Compliance Outside the EU and UK
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief looks at GDPR compliance for non-EU and non-UK companies. Firms handling resident data in these regions are required to appoint local representatives who serve as points of contact for regulators and individua...
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Episode 7
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Gokul Rajaram of Marathon - How AI Will Reinvent Ad Platforms
Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and former product leader who helped build Google AdSense and Facebook's advertising platform. He serves on the boards of Pinterest, Coinbase, and The Trade Desk, and previousl...
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The LM Brief: Synthetic Data in AI
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief explores the evolving role of synthetic data in AI. Synthetic datasets are increasingly used to safeguard privacy, cut costs, and speed up model training, particularly in testing rare scenarios. But challenges...
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Episode 6
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10:41
Patrick Lencioni - the six types of working genius
Patrick Lencioni is one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 13 books, which have sold over 9 million copies and been translat...
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The LM Brief: AI Meets Copyright Law
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief covers Anthropic’s settlement with a group of authors over copyright claims. The case centered on the use of copyrighted works in training AI systems and reflects the mounting legal and IP challenges shaping g...
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Episode 5
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10:53
CMO Confidential: Auren Hoffman l Why Vendor Management Is A Skill You Need to Master Now
This episode is a rebroadcast of host Auren Hoffman's appearance on the CMO Confidential Podcast.Auren shares why he believes vendor management is the #1 skill for ...
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The LM Brief: Integration gaps and budget missteps stall enterprise AI
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief looks at
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Episode 4
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10:56
Zip CEO Rujul Zaparde - procurement, AI agents and YC insights
Rujul Zaparde is the co-founder and CEO of Zip, the $2.2 billion AI platform for procurement trusted by OpenAI, Anthropic, Snowflake, and hundreds of leading enterprises. He previously co-founded FlightCar, whic...
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The LM Brief: Conditional Voting Rights in VC Term Sheets
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief looks at a recent piece by Auren Hoffman, co-authored with Sushant Bhardwaj and Lily Petherick from Flex Capital, on a little-known but impactful clause in VC term sheets that can strip founders of their votin...
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Episode 3
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10:53
Construction Physics' Brian Potter - why America excels at fracking but struggles with construction
Brian Potter is a structural engineer and author of Construction Physics, a weekly Substack about the economics, technology, and productivity of building and infrastructure. He's also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Progress. I...
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Airtable CEO Howie Liu - Excel vs Access, Founder Mode, and the Future of SaaS
Howie Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Airtable, the AI-native app platform which has raised over $1.3 billion in funding and is valued at more than $11 billion. Howie sold his first startup, Etacts, to S...
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Dwarkesh Patel - AI Timelines, Productivity & Global Stagnation
Dwarkesh Patel is the host of the Dwarkesh Podcast, where he interviews leading scientists, founders, and economists about AI, science, and progress.In this episode of World of DaaS, Dwarkesh and Auren discuss: Why exper...
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Morning Consult CEO Michael Ramlet - AI, consumer sentiment and reinventing survey research
Michael Ramlet is the co-founder and CEO of Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company with more than $100 million in annual revenue. Morning Consult conducts 30,000 daily interviews across 40+ countries and serves more than half o...
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Atlan CEO Prukalpa Sankar - AI agent workflows and hiring AI native talent
Prukalpa Sankar is the co-founder and CEO of Atlan, a data platform used by organizations like Plaid, NASDAQ and the UN to manage data collaboration at scale. Atlan has raised over $200 million and grown revenue...
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Cardlytics CEO Amit Gupta - transaction data and commerce media
Amit Gupta is the CEO of Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX), a global commerce media platform that powers rewards programs with card-linked offers and enables brands to strengthen customer loyalty.In this episode of World of DaaS, Amit and Auren ...
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Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs - diversified portfolios, secondary sales and dinner parties
Fabrice Grinda is the co-founder and managing partner of FJ Labs, a venture capital firm that has invested in over 1,200 startups with more than 350 exits, including early investments in Alibaba, Flexport, and Delivery Hero. He previously built...
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Rabbi David Wolpe - AI, faith, and the future of human connection
Rabbi David Wolpe is the emeritus rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, one of the largest synagogues in the United States. He is a bestselling author of eight books on faith and spirituality and has been named one of the most influential rabbi...
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Superpower Founder Max Marchione - billionaire health protocols and the future of medicine
Max Marchione is the founder and President of Superpower, a digital healthcare platform that recently raised a $30 million Series A to make preventative and personalized medicine accessible to consumers.
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53:47
Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell - predicting acquisitions, value of data, AI
Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, a leading business intelligence platform for startup and investment data, serving over 80 million users.In this episode of World of DaaS, Jager and Auren discuss:The polarized venture...
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Episode 198
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LiveKit CEO Russ d'Sa - voice AI and the future of human-machine interaction
Russ d'Sa is the founder and CEO of LiveKit, the infrastructure company powering real-time voice for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Character.ai, and numerous AI applications.In this episode of World of DaaS, Russ an...
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Episode 197
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50:10
US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll - modernizing military tech & fixing procurement
Dan Driscoll is the current Secretary of the U.S. Army, overseeing a military branch with approximately one million soldiers, 250,000 civilians, and an annual budget of $185 billion.In this episode of World of DaaS, Dan and Auren discuss...
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Episode 196
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46:49
Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels - tariffs, tech, and trade
Brandon Daniels is the CEO of Exiger, which provides AI-powered supply chain and third-party risk management solutions to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Exiger has annual revenues of over $1...
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Episode 195
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53:49
Galvanick CEO Josh Steinman - spies, stuxnet, cyber, and securing critical infrastructure
Joshua Steinman is the co-founder and CEO of Galvanick, a cybersecurity company building tools to secure industrial infrastructure and AI systems.In this episode of World of DaaS, Joshua and Auren...
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Episode 194
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AppNexus Founder Brian O'Kelley - adtech, AI, advertising and more AI
Brian O'Kelley is the co-founder and former CEO of AppNexus, which built core infrastructure for programmatic advertising and was acquired by AT&T for $1.6 billion in 2018. He's now the co-founder and CEO of Scope3, a company working to red...
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Episode 193
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48:30
Anduril Co-Founder Trae Stephens - Hard Tech & Modern Defense Strategy
Trae Stephens is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder and current executive chairman at Anduril, a defense technology company that produces software-defined, hardware-enabled major weapons programs.In this episode of World of DaaS, ...
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Episode 192
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