The Secret Superpower of Great Founders | Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO)

What does it take to build something that lasts? Snowflake CEO and former Google SVP of Ads Sridhar Ramaswamy joins South Park Commons General Partner Aditya Agarwal to share his answer.Ramaswamy traces his journey from Google to founding Neeva, an ad-free search startup that shut down before the generative AI boom, to leading Snowflake through the AI era. He shares what defines great founders, what doomed Neeva, and why most software will lose its moat.Ramaswamy and Agarwal also explore the future of AI, what remains valuable in an age of AI-generated software, and the search belief Ramaswamy got wrong.Sridhar Ramaswamy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhar-ramaswamy/ Aditya Agarwal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/ South Park Commons: https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/Apply to SPC: https://www.southparkcommons.com/apply(00:00:52) - Choosing When to Take a Career Risk(00:05:01) - Lessons From Google’s Founders (00:09:52) - What Went Wrong at Neeva (00:13:39) - The Future of AI Models (00:22:59) - Snowflake’s Enduring Value in the AI Era (00:29:24) - How to Keep Up With AI (00:32:24) - Rapid Fire: Books, Search & Google