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Inside CMU's Startup Scene with Bryan Bravo, Founder of 996 Ventures

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Building a Combat Sports App Empire with AI W/ George Lampropoulos

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Why Dating Doesn't Need Another App, It Needs a Wingman (With Carly Malatskey, Founder of Joey)

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975 - Building The Whoop For Your Poop, with Scott Hickle (Throne)

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974 - Creating A Marketplace For Student Athlete Babysitters w/ Meaghan Franks (Sport Sitters)

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973 - Building The Camera The Captures Verifiably Real Photos w/ Kosuke July Hata (Roc Camera)

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972 - Enabling Better Basketball Analytics Using Computer Vision w/ Bo Shaffer (Playswise)

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971 - Enabling Worldwide 7G Connectivity Via Space Lasers w/ Gulmohar Ahluwalia (Nyxara)

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970 - Using your Voice To Complete Complex Workflows On Your Computer w/ Connor Waslo (Caddy)

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969 - The Marketplace Bringing Naps to Hotels w/ Jared Lerner (Nappr)

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968 - Building Cursor for Mobile Apps W/ Mahdi Nouri (CatDoes)

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967 - Controlling Your Phone With AI w/ Adam Cohen Hillel (Dafdef / AI Key)

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966 - Building AI Copilots To Slow Down Human Aging W/ Nikhil Yadala (Healome)

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Building Infra for Private, Sovereign, and User-aligned AI Systems w/ Will Preble (Covenant)

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964 - Cat Turner On Building Cursor for Complicated Billing Workflows (Autaly)

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Building a Dating App Powered by AI W/ Jonathan Liu (Cupidly)

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962 - Building An Autonomous Golf Cart Network W/ Danny Minutillo (Nav Robotics)

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961 - Gamifying Social Status by Combining Game Design and AI w/ Harvey Pratt (Simcluster)

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960 - The Power Of One Visit To Silicon Valley w/ Audrey Chen (Nosu)

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959 - One Man's Journey Of Breaking Into Silicon Valley From Ohio w/ Andrew Rea (Taxwire)

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958 - Creating A Masterful UX In A Crowded Field w/ Aleksandar Besarovic (Aimfox)

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957 - How AI Can Revolutionize Book Recommendations W/ John Busch (Iliad)

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956 - How To Become The World's Most Active Angel Investor w/ Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings)

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955 - Building The Personal Agentic Computing Stack w/ Simp4Satoshi (Truffle)

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954 - Building In The Age Of AI w/ Vidy Thatte

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953 - Disrupting Docusign By Creating a Free E-Signature Platform w/ Marty Ringlein (Agree.com)

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952 - Helping Founders Raise VC The Right Way w/ Stéphane Nasser

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951 - PK & Evan Einhorn (Loanscape) On Building Software To Work With Third Party Originators

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950 - Aidan Gold, Partner at HyperGuap

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949 - Ryan Pace (Involio) On Enabling Verified Social Investing

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948 - Christian Oswald (Rainf4ll) On Enabling The Digital Verification Of Physical Items

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947 - Danilo Dominici (LaundryBud) On Building Uber For Laundry

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946 - Brian Machado (Globe) On Running Applied AI Experiments

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945 - Peter Costa (Baltu) On Helping Companies Develop Their Technical Workforce

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944 - Hunter Bjork (ISA) On Solving The World's Energy Problem

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943 - Alex Shapiro (CanMonkey) On Enabling Smart Waste Management For Vacation Rentals

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942 - Collin Tayor (Revolute Robotics) On Building Robots Designed For Inspection And Surveillance

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941 - Zach Roseman (Draftboard) On Open Sourcing Job Referrals

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940 - Devo Harris (Adventr) On Enabling Interactive, Gamified AI-powered Video For Brands

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939 - Billy Jones (SaveNaturally) On Facilitating Instant Cost Savings on Natural Products

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938 - Chris Kolb (HUM) On Building The Rideshare Platform That's Better To Drivers AND Riders

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937 - Rae Lambert (River) On Turning Creator Audiences Into Connected Communities

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936 - Devan Sood (Orca) On Providing A New Way to Rent Flexibly Anywhere In The World

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935 - Royce Branning (ClearSpace) On Eliminating Digital Distractions

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934 - Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph) On Building The Source Of Truth For Physical Places

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933 - Cody James (Open X) On Enabling Anyone To Develop Skills In Aerospace, Manufacturing, & Engineering

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932 - Ali Debow (swsh) On Deepening The Connections That Matter To You

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931 - Davey Morse (Plexus) On Connecting People Through Thoughts

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930 - Parker Olson (Forij) On Creating a Superfood Granola Packed With Mushroom

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929 - Jason Kim (Ketl) On Building An Anonymous App For Founders And VCs

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928 - Jakob Greenfeld (Sales.co) On Getting Meetings Through Cold Emailing

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927 - Augustus Doricko (Rainmaker) On Ending The Global Water Scarcity

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926 - Olivia Chu (CytoBay) On Building AI Facilitated Cancer Diagnosis

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925 - Lisa Wehden (Plymouth Street) On Enabling More Transparent Immigration Services

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924 - Julian Alvarez (Wisdolia) On Pioneering AI Generated Flashcards To Learn Faster

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923 - Diana Muturia (Clyn) On Building The Ultimate App For Home Cleaning Services

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922 - Sven Radavics (Intribe) On Lowering Your CAC w/ Partnerships

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921- Slava Heretz (Camlann) On Democratizing Video Game Discovery

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919 - Brooke LeBlanc (Edge) On Building For The Next Generation of Sobriety

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918 - Louis Pereira (AudioPen) On Going From Fuzzy Thought To Clear Text

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917 - Arjun Mahadevan (Doola) On Launching Your US Company From Anywhere In The World

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916 - Tim Qin (Roame) On Simplifying Credit Card Rewards For The Average Person

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915 - Dmitry Obukhov (Paste) On Building The Clipboard As It Should Be

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914 - John Kirtley (PostureFix) On Helping You Fix Your Posture

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913 - Tyler Denk (Beehiiv) On Building The Best Newsletter Platform

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912 - Marin Smiljanic (Omnisearch) On Making Your Whole Site Searchable

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911 - Ben Wunderman (Packsmith) On Creating Better Fulfillment Systems For Brands

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910 - Sun Sachs (Rewire Fitness) On Helping Athletes Realize Their Potential

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909 - Dan McCormick (Create) On Unlocking The Power of Creatine For The Masses

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908 - Chelsea Lamego (FundMiner) On Streamlining and Automating Fund Management

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907 - Roya Pakzad (Feminade) On Leveraging Your Hormone Data to Optimize Your Health

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906 - Ardy Naghshineh (Browse AI) On Extracting and Monitoring Data From Any Website

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905 - Son Ca Vu (Alta) On Building Beautiful Mobile Apps Without Code

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904 - Phillip Rather (Musical) On Building A Web3 Platform For Music Collaboration And Distribution

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903 - Alex Edquist (Good Agriculture) On Scaling The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution

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902 - Dhaval Patel (Lotus) On Building A Wearable Ring To Control Objects At Home By Pointing

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901 - Andrew Therriault (Civin) On Building The Analytics Platform For Local Government

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899 - Doug Brien (Mynd) On Buying, Financing, and Managing Single-Family Rental Investments

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898 - Jonathan Fudem (OneText) On Building Text to Buy For Everyone

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897 - Ravi Mizell (Atmos Financial) On Banking For A Better Planet

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896 - Zibo Gao (Sincerely) On Getting Things Off Your Chest Via Anonymous Letters

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895 - Jai Agrawal (Modrinth) On Building The Place For Minecraft Content & Mods

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894 - Joey Flores & Jonathan Neil (InversionArt) On Investing In The World's Best Artists

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893 - Claire Shorall (Topknot) On Enabling Powerful 1:1 Peer Coaching For Women+

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892 - Zee Schwab (Column) On Building a New Social Network

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891 - Danielle Eisenberg & Noy Leyb (Bachplace) On Building The Platform For Bachelorette Parties

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890 - Mark Otero (Azra Games) On Creating Amazing Games, Consistently

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889 - Sean Powers & Brett Nilsen (Copyt) On Building Tools For Sneakerheads

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888 - Apolline Deroche (Cappella) On Always Knowing Why Your Baby Is Crying

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887 - Daniel Godbout (Foliolens) On Enabling Data-Driven Real Estate Investing

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886 - Nitesh Mistry & Nigel Metcalf (Secur3D) On Streamlining 3D Asset Moderation

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885 - Brian Douglas (OpenSauced) On Discovering The Best Engineers in Open-Source

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884 - Tim Malik (Combat IQ) On Building The World's First AI-powered Combat Sports Analytics Tool

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883 - Sher Khan (ezWiFi) On Building, Monetizing & Scaling your WiFi network

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882 - Domingo Valadez (Homebase) On Building Wealth With Rental Properties

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881 - Danish Sayed & Mahmood Saboungi (BlackHedge) On Helping Traders Trade Successfully

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880 - Ali Khokhar (Bean) On Shopping at Your Favorite Brands, Sustainably

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879 - Jen Hong (Passero) On Making Travel Planning Fun

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878 - Dan Caspi (Hypernative) On Stopping Zero Day Web3 Cyber Attacks

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877 - Brandon Pearson & Matthew Jurenka (Core Protect) On Pre-Screening Your Ethereum Transactions