James Wong - "A Garage Full of Mac Minis" — Angel Investing, and the Next Wave of L&A Innovation

James Wong built a massive IMO from scratch, sold it to a Fortune 500, and then launched The Founder's Chair — an insurance-focused angel investing platform that has funded 17 companies and deployed $11M+ in two and a half years. In this episode, James breaks down what AI is actually doing to startup teams right now: one founder quietly let go of two engineers, another is doubling down on senior talent, and a third expanded her team's scope instead of cutting. He shares his unfiltered read on the LPL-Anthropic deal, why it overnight made the biggest firms every startup's competitor, and why the next wave of insurance founders will need to build quietly before they raise. Plus: what James is watching for at the Founder's Chair August event.