BigStory Podcast

BigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։ (00:00) Intro. 60-րդ էպիզոդ (01:30) Ի՞նչ է Product Market Fit-ը, և ինչպե՞ս զգալ այն (09:33) Կայացնել որոշումներ քիչ ինֆորմացիայով (29:20) Ի՞նչ է Channel Market Fit-ը (36:20) Virality և Network Effect (40:31) Ինչքան դժվար է հասկանալ անծանոթ շուկաները BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.

BigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։ (00:00) Intro (01:34) Ինչպես 9 անգամ Iron Man անել, ու Դավիթին ոգեշնչել վերադառնալ Հայաստան (07:18) Ի՞նչ է Iron Man-ը և ի՞նչ կապ ունի բիզնեսի հետ (17:50) LLM Security․ Ինչո՞ւ է պետք AI մոդելներին պաշտպանել նույն կերպ, ինչ մարդկանց (29:22) Վերջին AI մոդելներն ու թարմացումները (41:22) Հայաստանում նշաձողը ցածր է BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.

BigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։ BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian. (00:00) Intro (01:44) Արտոն տպավորված է Ճապոնիայով (05:37) Ինչո՞ւ է X․AI-ը գնել X-ը․ Մասկի տարօրինակ խաղերը (10:14) Հնարամտությո՞ւն, թե՞ խաբեություն․ մի տղայի պատմություն (20:51) Ինչպիսի՞ն կլինի AI-ը 2027-ին (27:44) AI-ի բարոյական կողմը (36:24) Հնարավո՞ր է 1 հոգանոց ընկերություն, որը կունենա 1 մլրդ դոլար եկամուտ (43:03) Starlink-ը Հայաստանում է (44։44) Ինչպե՞ս ընտրել գաղափար ստարտափի համար

(00:00) Intro – How to sleep better (07:55) AI News – DeepSeek 3, OpenAI updates, Gemini Flash 2.5 (15:03) Krisp’s new accent-shifting technology (22:07) How AI is disrupting the search engine market (27:02) The latest Trump scandal

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro: The Challenge of Working Across Yerevan and SF Time (07:10) The Bardeen Pivot (14:34) The Vertical vs. Horizontal Debate, Again (27:03) Urgent B2B Customers Are Key to Rapid Growth (34:04) One-on-One: Arto & Davit on Krisp’s Meeting Assistant (51:19) How Long Can AI Actually Handle Complex Tasks?

Trump's impact on markets and tech, how AI is reshaping industries, the differences between B2B and B2C, and listener feedback – all in one episode! BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro. Arto-Only Episode (02:30) We Want Your Feedback (04:57) How Trump Affects the Stock Market (11:31) Trump’s Impact on Tech (18:20) How AI is Changing Industries (32:43) B2B vs. B2C: Key Differences, Pros, and Cons

How does being in San Francisco impact startups? Plus, a deep dive into Podcastle’s new Text-to-Speech model and why Grok 3 is so impressive. BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intor (01:45) Arto visiting MWC (04:35) Davit testing a hypothesis: How being in SF helps business (15:00) The dilemma: Focusing on one product vs. going horizontal (20:14) Podcastle's challenges in the AI era (35:27) Podcastle's latest Text-to-Speech Model (47:25) Grok 3 is crazy

In episode 53 of BigStory Podcast, we dive into the UATE Annual Meeting and future plans, discuss the challenges of the new HTI Law in Armenia, examine how DOGE is influencing government efficiency, and explore Europe's efforts to compete in the AI race. (00:00) – Intro (01:45) – UATE Annual Meeting 2025: Arto & Yeritsyan as Board Members (11:13) – New HTI Law in Armenia: What's Wrong With It? (23:43) – DOGE & Gov Efficiency (45:04) – Mistral Memo with Armenia: What’s It About? (49:17) – Europe's AI Effort

Activeloop's Founder & CEO, Davit Buniatyan, discusses their newly launched Multimodal Enterprise AI chat, the innovative technologies driving it, and the competitive landscape. The episode also covers the latest news and insights from the AI industry. BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro (02:44) Activeloop’s newly launched multimodal AI enterprise chat (25:25) How they decided to enter such a competitive niche (32:57) Latest AI news from Krisp & Podcastle (42:42) Horizontal AI products versus Vertical AI agents for solving specific problems (48:40) Latest AI Insights from SF

ServiceTitan Co-Founder Vahe Kuzoyan shares his journey from Vanadzor to building a billion-dollar company, revealing the struggles, key decisions, and lessons behind ServiceTitan’s success, including its IPO on NASDAQ. BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian. (00:00) Intro (03:13) Vahe's journey: From Vanadzor to the U.S. (10:00) The early days of ServiceTitan: Mistakes, struggles, and lessons learned (19:33) Finding product-market fit: The turning point for ServiceTitan (27:12) The call that changed ServiceTitan’s future (31:29) Why every startup needs to define its Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) (37:25) Understanding customer pain points: The key to building a great product (45:38) How ServiceTitan makes strategic decisions (50:45) ServiceTitan’s IPO on NASDAQ: What really mattered #BigStoryPodcast #ServiceTitan #VaheKuzoyan

(00:00) Intro (01:32) Deepseek's AI challenge (26:21) Chinese EVs vs Tesla (28:04) Bootstrapping or VC Funding Reflections

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro (02:17) US-Armenia Strategic Partnership (07:48) Krisp's Internal Hackathon (13:05) Setting Priorities Effectively (20:21) Acquisition Channels for Tech Companies (38:41) NVIDIA's Project DIGITS

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro (01:32) Happy New Year! Celebrations, eating habits, and diets. (11:37) AI updates: ChatGPT voice mode, Google DeepMind, and China's progress. (32:18) AI challenges: No new data and future developments. (36:58) The AI race: Competition among tech giants. (47:29) Stock investment strategies

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro (04:24) HTI Minister's Promises: Plug & Play Accelerator, Starlink, and the New HTI Law (06:55) Overview of the New HTI Law (25:52) R&D Fiscal Incentives in the New HTI Law (49:09) Practical Benefits of the HTI Law for Companies

(00:00) Intro (01:41) The Air Pollution Problem in Yerevan (06:18) Why SF Is Crucial for Startup Founders (35:59) o1, Canvas, Sora, and the Latest AI News (47:39) Sora: A Potential Competitor to Podcastle

(00:00) Intro (01:46) Why SEO Matters for Startups (07:03) How Startups Can Begin Their SEO Journey (09:57) How to Gain General Knowledge of SEO (12:23) Structuring SEO Teams: Editorial, Programmatic, PR, Backlinks, and Technical (32:22) Understanding Backlinks and the Role of PR in SEO (41:44) Ads vs. Organic Traffic: What Works Better? (43:50) The Future of SEO with AI

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (00:00) Intro (05:45) SuperAnnotate's $36M Series B Funding Backed by NVIDIA and Others (11:56) What’s Different About Corporate VC Funding? (26:43) What SuperAnnotate Does (and Why It Matters) (35:49) Moving to the US: A Game-Changer for SuperAnnotate (47:06) Where They Plan to Invest the New Funding

(01:33) How Davit Won the Investors’ Poker Tournament (07:51) Introducing Artur Ghandilyan: Engineer at Meta (11:20) Artur’s Journey from Armenia to Microsoft (20:15) Armenians at Microsoft and Other Big Tech Companies (35:41) How Artur Took Down Amazon Servers for 40 Minutes (01:02:46) The Dilemma: Why Many Armenians Don't Consider Starting Their Own Startups

(00:00) Intro (01:55) U.S. Elections Recap (20:21) Is Trump Good for Armenia (24:23) Hiring tips for Armenian Startups (44:20) YC Advice: Be Nice, or at Least Don’t Be a Jerk (50:05) YC Advice: The Importance of Sleep and Exercise

(00:00) Intro (01:40) Arto's Ray-Ban Meta Glasses (7:18) AI Scaling and Cost Reduction (12:20) Notebook LM Use Cases (24:19) How Elon Musk is so Productive (30:54) Acting as a Deeply Involved Engineer (45:55) First Principles Thinking

(02:15) Tesla’s Latest Full Self-Driving Model (08:23) Claude’s New “Computer Control” Feature (17:55) Google’s Notebook LM AI Tool (19:00) Big Companies Becoming More Efficient with AI (27:01) Debating the Founder’s Role in Decisions (34:25) YC Advice #19: Ignore Your Competitors – You’re More Likely to Die from Suicide than Murder (41:42) YC Advice #20: Most Companies Don’t Die Because They Run Out of Money

(00:00) Intro (03:24) Starting Sololearn: The Early Days (12:09) Why Mobile & When Monetization Started (18:04) Solving Retention Challenges (29:02) Motivation & Psychology of Learning (36:29) Challenges as Sololearn Grew Bigger (45:11) Founders' Biases & Beliefs (55:31) The Role of AI in Sololearn's Future

(00:00) Intro (01:23) Reflections on the Last In-Person Episode (03:54) DigiTec 2024 Recap (16:42) Do We Really Need Conferences Like WCIT? (24:15) The Latest Investments by BigStory VC (30:09) YC Advice 14: Avoid Conferences Unless They Are the Best Way to Get Customers (39:51 )YC Advice 18: Sometimes You Need to Fire Your Customers

(00:00) Intro (02:22) Paul Graham's Essay: Founder mode (09:39) Hiring or Firing (29:30) Product Managers: More or Less Technical? (37:00) Q&A Session

(00:00) Intro (01:31) Preview of Armenian TechnoMonth: Digitec & AI Conference (08:27) Why Defense Startups Are Attracting VC Funding (18:13) The Rise of New AI Coding Tools: Cursor (24:10) Key AI Figures & Industry Trends (36:05) Neuralink & Elon Musk’s Vision (48:47) Why Selling to Startups Is Better Than Enterprises

(00:00) Intro (01:39) Introduction to EasyDMARC: How They Launched and Tackled Email Security (08:27) The Decision to Fundraise: Why EasyDMARC Chose to Seek Investment (21:11) Navigating the VC World: Insights on Building Relationships and Choosing the Right Partners (43:36) Key Lessons Learned (57:23) Final Reflections and Takeaways

(00։00) Intro (03:48) What is UATE? Overview & Members (07:23) Armath Laboratories: A Successful Educational Project (28:28) Digitec: Armenia's Top Tech Event Preview (50:18) Behind Sargis' Decision to Lead UATE

(00:00) Intro (02:02) DeepSat Startup: How It Began (12:05)Technical Aspects of Earth Observation from Space: The Unexplored Challenges (18:30) DeepSat's Business Model Explained (29:54) Hiring Space Tech Talent in Armenia (36:05) DeepSat's Roadmap: Key Stages and Plans (44:08) Competition in DeepSat's Niche (59:21) BigStory VC's Investment in DeepSat

(00:00) Episode Intro (01:30) Introducing Guest Ari Baranian, Co-Founder of Pirros (09:03) Working Hard: A Startup Necessity (16:17) How Pirros Generates Revenue and Grows with Short Milestones (23:45) Bootstrapping vs. Raising Funds: Handling Dilution (32:15) Pirros' Go-to-Market Strategy (40:39) Why Armenians in LA Aren't Founding Many Startups

(00:00) Intro (01:59) Feedback from Our Episode with the High Tech Ministry (05:21) The Latest AI Startup Raises Last Week (09:47) Spotlight on Anduril, a Revolutionary Defense Tech Startup (18:35) Groq and Grok (23:59) Wall Street's Growing Skepticism Toward AI Investments (26:07) YC Video Insights: How to Price Your B2B Products (47:08) YC Advice: Founder Relationships Matter More Than You Think

(00:00) Intro (05:56) New in Tech: How Mkhitar Hayrapetyan Is Diving into the Industry (25:58) Metrics for Measuring the Effectiveness of the HTI Ministry (34:24) Insights into the New Legislation for Armenia's High-Tech Industry (45:33) Why Not Only Engineers, But Also Entrepreneurs, Are Key to Boosting the Industry (51:35) The Minister's Work Habits and Strategies for Speeding Up Ministry Operations

(00:00) Intro (01:33) Introducing the Guest: Karen Movsisyan (06:46) From a Big Company to a Startup (10:48) Growing the Team: Do You Need a Manager? (20:19) How to Identify a Good Manager (37:47) Research Management (45:52) The Future of Engineering Culture (59:46) Do People with an Engineering Background Have a Better Career Outlook?

(00:00) Intro (01:26) Podcastle's New Office in Yerevan (14:05) Financial Management in Startups: Is It Worth It? (18:55) SaaS Business in the Age of AI (28:51) Automation vs. Hiring: Which Is More Efficient for Startups? (37:38) Startup Dilution: Understanding Investment Stages and Equity Splits

(01:54) Davit Prepares for His Jiu-Jitsu Tournament Fight (09:27) OpenAI Revenue Allocation (13:49) The AI Race Between Big Tech and Niche Companies: Who Will Survive? (28:41) How Capitalism and Technology Have Driven World’s Growth (33:58) How Robotaxis Could Disrupt the Car Industry (40:52) YC Advice: Valuation is Not Equal to Success

(01:35) Guest Intro: Vach Hovsepyan (06:52) Getting Out of Bubbles (11:30) PwC Experience: Insights from Management and Consultancy (19:42) Vach's Journey to ServiceTitan (39:24) The Importance of Customer Success Teams (52:02) ServiceTitan in Armenia: A Unique Approach and Story

(01:35) Guest Intro: Hrant Gharibyan, Co-Founder & CEO of BlueQubit (07:48) What's Quantum Computing? (20:09) What's BlueQubit role in Quantum Tech? (25:02) Why are Companies Investing in Quantum? (28:57) Quantum: The Next Big Thing (35:39) DARPA and US Gov Support for Deep Tech (43:00) The Funding Stages of Deep Tech Startups (50:07) Reflection: Why We Invested in BlueQubit

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (01:34) Meet Levon Brutyan, Co-Founder of Collectly (09:24) The Journey of Collectly: How It All Started (23:04) The First Raise and Path to Y Combinator (34:57) Before and After Y Combinator: Collectly's Transformation (48:06) The Current Stage of Collectly

(02:31) Allocating Startup Shares Among the First 10 Cofounders (24:59) Focusing on One Use Case vs. Embracing a Broader Vision (45:53) Counterpositioning: Entering Markets Dominated by Giants (49:41) YC Advice: Don’t Scale Your Team/Product Until You've Built Something People Want

(00:00) We're Back (02:19) BigStory VC Portfolio Startups' New Raises (03:49) US Trip Impressions: SF's Empty Streets, Bay Area Advantages for Startups (11:26) Self-Driving Taxis: Politics vs. Innovation Dilemma (16:38) Apple AI Demo (22:18) Why AI Startups Must Follow What Tech Giants Do (40:35) YC Advice #9: Growth is the Result of a Great Product, Not the Precursor (48:00) Estimations about Krisp's Future

(02:22) Yeritsyan's 1st Visit to London, the UK's Startup Ecosystem (10:16) Krisp's Preparation for Las Vegas CCW 2024 (16:23) OpenAI's GPT-4o Demo (24:57) $1B Raised by AI Startups in One Week (41:23) YC advice: Write Code, Talk to People (52:17) YC advice: It's Not Your Money

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian. (01:40) 20th episode - A Milestone Episode (03:31) Finding Work-Life Balance (11:45) Devin's Raise and Their Demo Issues (21:33) X.AI and Musk's Intention to Create a Truth-Seeking AI News (27:09) Tesla's Prospects in the Self-Driving Robotaxi Market (40:52) Two New Investments by BigStory: Audigo and ValueSense (48:25) YC Advice: All Startups Are Badly Broken at Some Point

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. 01:44 Introducing Alex 05:44 Why Did RTP Invest in Two Armenian Startups? 19:48 Different Decision-Making Approaches in VCs 24:44 Datadog Investment Story 31:01 Finding the Right Stage Investors for Startups 39:48 What RTP Looks for in Founders 43:58 How Many Companies Do They Review? 54:32 Understanding the Business Side of VCs 01:01:44 Is It Real to Become a Billionaire as a VC Partner? 01:04:09 Alex's Experience Visiting Yerevan

BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. (the podcast is in Armenian) 01:39 Electric Vehicles 11:47 Khosla predictions: AI tutors and AI doctors 25:06 Khosla predictions: Robots as a workforce 31:32 The Moxy robot 33:40 YC Advice: Find 10-100 customers who love your product 46:00 ICP Explained: Examples from Podcastle, Krisp, and 10Web

02:29 RAISE summit in Paris 05:10 Groq Founder and his vision about AI 11:35 Groq Demo 14:37 Llama 3 model 18:33 On-device AI models 25:42 Meta's strategy of open-sourcing 31:09 How Pavel Durov runs Telegram 32:07 VC Investors in Yerevan 37:08 Investing in Armenian Startups 45:22 YC advice: Find the 90 / 10 solution

(03:59) Education versus Skills (11:05) Areg's background (16:22) Working at Intel (19:29) Why did Intel have challenges in the AI battle and how they are responding (27:37) What is an AI Compiler (35:40) Fundamental knowledge (45:50) Education on fundamental knowledge in Armenia (59:56) Reasons why Intel doesn't have an office in Armenia

(02:22) Activeloop Series A raise (11:45) About Activeloop (17:35) Activeloop's competitors (29:19) Krisp ad break)) (32:06) How to cope with stress (42:31 )VC vs Bootstraped (45:30) Krisp's story (48:40) Hiring problem after raise (55:59) Final Q&A with Davit

(02:30) Karen Simonyan Microsoft AI (07:30) Saudi Arabia $40B AI Fund (13:05) Armenian Language and AI (22:20) Claude Demo (39:38) Happy Birthday, Davit (42:22) YC Do things that don't scale (57:00) Wrap Up

(00:00) Intro (01:38) Raffi’s Lago’s $22M raise (11:12) AI engineers (29:00) Spotify vs Apple update (33:00) Arto dives deep into SEO (54:34) Content Marketing

(01:30) Why is Nvidia growing (12:00) Nvidia CUDA is their superpower (14:25) Buying GPUs is hard now (18:36) Training compute vs Inference compute (20:02) Spotify vs Apple legal case (25:34) Is Apple a monopoly? (32:45) SpaceX launches 3 rockets withing 20 hours (36:04) What SpaceTech problem can Armenian engineers excel at? (38:15) Deep dive into YC advice #2: Build something people want

(1:23) Intro, Skiing and MyLer (3:25) Mistral AI raised $415M round (9:58) Why Tech is slow in Europe, EU Tech vs US Tech (30:55) Armenia Tech Insights report (32:52) Tech Salaries in Armenia (47:50) Compensation in US Tech