Wonderful raised $150M: Life Inside a Fast Growing AI Unicorn with Vedran Bajer

Today’s guest is Vedran Bajer - General Manager Adriatic at Wonderful, an AI startup that recently raised $150M and reached unicorn status, building deeply localized AI agents for enterprises across chat, voice, and email.But Vedran’s story didn’t start in AI.He spent over a decade at Google, leading partnerships and business development across EMEA and APAC, before becoming Country Manager of Microsoft Croatia — driving digital transformation across enterprises, government, and entire industries.Along the way, he’s stayed close to startups — advising companies like Treblle and Chipolo, and helping founders navigate growth, enterprise sales, and global expansion.In this episode, we go deep into:• What it really takes to build a $1B AI company• How Wonderful deploys AI inside enterprises in under 48 hours• Generative AI explained — without the hype• Whether open-source AI (like NVIDIA) is a threat or an opportunity• What actually happens inside a startup after raising $150M• Why Balkan operators don’t become angel investors — and how that should change• The biggest mistakes startups from this region make when scaling globally• What separates companies that raise capital from those that don’tIf you’re building in Southeast Europe and thinking about AI, fundraising, or becoming an investor yourself — this one is for you.—This episode is brought to you by Neubase.coNeubase helps Balkan founders open a US LLC or C-Corp, set up Stripe, and prepare for raising US venture capital — without paying crazy US legal fees.If you’re serious about selling into the US market, you’ll eventually need a US entity.Head over to neubase.co and use code ScaleSEE for 10% off your company setup.