The Aarthi and Sriram Show

Sriram and Aarthi talk about Google's Gemini disaster after viral 'woke' photos surface.

Show notes:

(0:00) Welcome to the new studio!

(4:13) Our best AI episodes

(10:23) Google Gemini’s launch controversy

(17:15) How can Google fix Gemini?

(20:55) What Gemini gets right

(26:11) The rise of Groq

(35:37) NVIDIA and Jenson Huang are on top of the world

(42:14) Is Sora going to replace Hollywood?

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EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, an AI conversational engine that answers users' questions with sources and citations.

Show notes:

(0:00) Introduction

(4:44) Aravind’s background

(10:05) Getting hired at OpenAI

(13:30) DeepMind vs. OpenAI

(22:57) Cultivating Perplexity AI’s culture

(28:24) Why Aravind avoids meetings

(32:30) Why Larry Page is Aravind’s favorite entrepreneur

(36:30) Career advice for students

(42:23) Why Perplexity AI won’t become commoditized

(47:00) How Perplexity AI views distribution

(49:47) Competing with tech giants for top talent

(53:22) Seeking truth

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Sriram and Aarthi are joined by longevity advocate and Project Blueprint founder Bryan Johnson.
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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(6:20) Bryan’s origin story

(14:43) The idea that changed Bryan’s life

(20:34) Bryan’s power laws to live longer

(31:07) Improving willpower naturally

(33:59) Responding to online criticism

(37:31) Creating the Don’t Die movement

(46:50) Bryan’s blueprint explained

(50:20) The future of gene therapy

(53:28) Bryan’s physical appearance

(56:00) Call to action to the human race

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals (Basecamp & HEY) David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) joins Sriram and Aarthi.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(5:07) Why Sriram used to hate DHH

(13:09) Why DHH avoided VC money

(17:54) Demystify wealth online

(23:08) DHH’s issues with woke culture

(38:15) Craft and beauty

(45:51) Learnings from racing cars

(54:37) DHH’s work setup

(55:51) Le Mans and racing

(1:02:45) Apple’s mistake could mirror Google and Microsoft

(1:09:00) The Denmark fairytale

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Aarthi Ramamurthy breaks down her secret to be confident at work and overcome hurdles.

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Show notes:

(0:00) How to build confidence

(3:20) Do the work!

(7:00) Build relationships

(11:56) Ignore the haters

(13:20) Imposter syndrome

(18:00) Summary

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Sriram Krishnan's lessons after 20 years in the biggest tech companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:45) My performance reviews

(4:10) Execute on your strengths

(5:33) Be the only YOU

(8:24) Planning your career

(12:15) Recognize great work

(16:12 Learn from the best

(19:38) Mentors matter

(22:45) Writing is a superpower

(24:20) Networking

(25:28) Always be shipping

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Sriram and Aarthi review their 2023 hits, podcasting for a year, and moving across the pond.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:27) Podcast growth

(6:51) Are we creators now?

(14:41) Favorite episodes of 2023

(35:19) Moving to London

(49:11) Best movies of 2023

(1:01:46) Best books of 2023

(1:09:23) Year in tech

(1:15:38) Looking ahead to 2024

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

A year-end compilation of some of the best nuggets on all things AI from the Aarthi and Sriram Show.
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Show notes:

(00:00) The state of AI's progress ft. Alex Wang

(02:00) Advice for AI founders ft. Marc Andreessen

(03:00) Ethics of AI ft. Emad Mostaque

(06:10) Society's model of computing ft. Steven Sinofsky

(07:50) How smart Can AI Get? ft. Marc Andreessen

(08:55) What if AI takes 'control'? ft. Stephen Wolfram

(11:08) AI in the Metaverse ft. Emad Mostaque

(13:26) What if AI goes rogue? ft. Marc Andreessen

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

A compilation of some of the best advice from Marc Andreessen on Sriram And Aarthi.

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Show notes:

(00:00) Intro

(00:37) What's a good idea for a start-up

(02:12) - Big 5 personality traits

(02:57) - What is openness?

(04:37) - How to think creatively

(07:02) - How Marc can tell if a founder is lying

(09:04) - Conscientiousness

(10:28) - Improvise, Adapt and Overcome

(10:58) - Data versus Judgement

(12:12) - What's a great book

(13:00) - Bonus: Star Wars

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

Sriram and Aarthi break down the gameplay for new and young leaders

Show notes

(0:00) Intro

(4:40) How to be a new leader

(9:50) The first thing you should do

(17:24) Document everything

(18:33) Pitfalls to avoid

(21:21) Make obvious changes quickly

(26:57) Setting the tone and culture

(32:59) Don’t forget to use the product

(35:21) Talk to customers early on

(38:31) Presenting your plan

(39:54) Find your first win

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 65 - How To Pitch (The Investor’s Perspective)

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

Sriram and Aarthi break down the secrets behind angel investing.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:39) Why should you get into angel investing

(14:38) How do you get started in angel investing

(21:09) Sriram's pro-tip!

(22:10) Pitching yourself to the founder

(26:10) Building reputation as an angel

(29:50) Signs of a good angel investor

(34:52) Signs of a bad angel investor

(39:09) What is a good angel investment?

(50:15) How to know if it's working for you?

(54:40) How Sriram goes the extra yard

(56:22) Aarthi's edge as a founder-investor

(58:52) Thanks for listening!

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 65 - How To Pitch (The Investor’s Perspective)

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

Sriram Krishnan and Aarthi Ramamurthy dissect the mystery of the ideal pitch from an investor's point of view. Don't miss out on the upcoming episode where they delve deeper into the art of pitching, exploring it from the founder's perspective.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:19) What is a good pitch?

(5:04) People who don’t need to pitch

(7:47) Big takeaway about pitching

(9:17) Aarthi’s experience working with Netflix’s Reed Hastings

(11:22) VC perspective on pitching

(15:17) Founder perspective on pitching

(18:24) Dangers of bringing too many people to a fundraising meeting

(21:39) Aarthi and Sriram disagree on pitching

(26:25) Right and wrong way to show power as a founder  

(30:04) Important things to get across in a pitch

(35:01) Bringing up competition when pitching  

(37:17) Aarthi’s mistake while fundraising

(39:48) Talking about your startup team

(42:07) How VC’s test founders during a pitch

(43:30) Knowing who you’re pitching ahead of time

(47:50) Pitching process broken down

(55:10) Dealing with rejection

(1:03:47) Difficulties of being a founder

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

One of the most common questions Sriram and Aarthi get is “How do you folks handle parenting and your work/schedule/life”. They had resisted for years as they felt everyone’s situation and choices were unique. However, they recently got convinced that this could be useful to listeners.