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• From Dropout to a16z-Backed - How Daniel Reid Cahn Is Reinventing Mental Health with AI

  This might be the most insane AI founder story you’ll hear all year.Dropped out of high school.Met the Queen of England. 👑Helped pivot Instabase by building a transformer before it was cool.Now? He’s building a foundation model for the human mind — and raised from a16z, Menlo, and Benchmark.🎙️ We sat down with Daniel Reid Cahn, cofounder & CEO of Slingshot AI, to unpack how he’s using AI to reinvent mental health — without replacing human therapists.🔍 What we cover:Why the future of therapy isn’t GPT wrappers — it's foundation models for psychologyHow Daniel raised millions pre-PMF from top-tier VCsWhy LLMs are perfectly suited (and dangerously close) to handling our deepest thoughtsWhat it really takes to hire top-tier AI and psych talentBuilding a bi-continental company across the US & UK from Day 1Why AI therapy could compete with psychedelics — and what keeps Daniel up at nightThe truth about defensibility in AI today: data, distribution… or something else?💡 Plus:His founder playbook, ethical design principles, investor tactics, and what he’d do if launching from scratch today.This is not your average AI story.It’s raw, smart, and brutally honest.🎧 Listen now🔁 Repost if it makes you think. Trust me — this one will.

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• Cyril Grislain (23 Exits, 5 licornes): comment bâtir une startup dans la durée ?

  Passer de zéro à un, c’est bien. Scaler sans se crasher, c’est mieux.Cette semaine sur Zero to One, on reçoit Cyril Grislain (23 exits, 5 licornes) pour une masterclass sans filtre :💡Comment évaluer une startup comme un pro 🚀 Comment accompagner une croissance explosive 💸 Lever des fonds (ou pas) au bon moment 📕 Son playbook pour détecter les vraies pépites 🇺🇸 L’envers du décor de l’investissement en France et aux USDu concret, du vécu, et des conseils bruts pour des fondateurs ambitieux.

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• Arjun Mahadevan (Doola): How to build a 1M in ARR business and Lessons from YC

  This week on Zero to One, we sat down with Arjun Mahadevan, founder & CEO of Doola.Arjun’s goal? Help 1 billion people become founders with a business-in-a-box: back office and e-commerce analytics handled in one place.Here’s what you’ll take away from the episode: 🛠 Start by serving just one customer to validate real demand 📖 Build in public—not to influence, but to help ❌ The people at the top? They’ve failed more, not less 📩 How a cold DM on Twitter led to their first paying customer 💼 Why you should treat every lead like it’s your last 🌍 What legal entity should you open for your US-based company depending on your funding strategy 👥 How every founder should delegate 🤝 What is Growth and the tactics that actually workIf you’re starting a business or scaling one globally, this episode is for you !Have fun listening :)

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• Bernard Aceituno (Stack AI): Lessons from YC, Pivots & Scaling

  This week, we sat down with Bernard Aceituno, co-founder & CEO of Stack AI.Originally from Venezuela, Bernard’s journey took him from a PhD at MIT to building Stack AI, fresh out of Y Combinator. We covered a lot, including:✅ How Stack AI is revolutionizing AI agents—connecting data sources & tools securely✅ The real value of YC beyond the hype (including how their first customers came from a YC WhatsApp group)✅ The role of AI agents as a new software category—automating tasks, interacting with tools, and storing memory✅ How operationally heavy industries (banks, logistics, healthcare) benefit most from AI automation✅ Stack AI’s go-to-market strategy—leveraging content, inbound leads, and pilot projects to scale✅ Why raising money is a distraction and shouldn't take more than two weeksIf you’re building in AI—or thinking about it—this one’s a must-listen.Key moments:Introduction (1m13)YC / Start of the story (8m07)Vision with Stack AI + AI agent definition + how they integrate into (18m50)How companies figure out their best use cases with Stack AI, and managing data privacy (23m40)Data privacy with StackAI (27m12)Targeting industries - horizontal VS vertical and selling (29m55)Mistakes made with StackAi (36m37)Stack AI internal growth (40m35)The future of the AI space among startups + raising money (44m55)Resources Bernardo recommended: The hard things about hard things (Ben Horowitz)

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• Emmanuel Straschnov (Bubble.io): L'histoire derrière le leader mondial du no-code

  Révolutionner le monde du software, c’est possible!Je ne vous parle pas d’un énième produit de génération de code, mais bien de la référence mondiale pour créer son propre software, que vous sachiez coder ou pas.Dans le dernier épisode de Zero to One, nous avons eu l'honneur de recevoir Emmanuel Straschnov, cofondateur et CEO de Bubble.io, la plateforme no-code par excellence. Diplômé de l'École Polytechnique, Emmanuel débute sa carrière en Chine en conseil en stratégie. Un tournant décisif survient lorsqu'il décide de partir aux US poursuivre un MBA à Harvard 🎓, où il trouve le véritable sens qu'il souhaite donner à sa vie. Tout s'accélère alors pour lui : en juin 2012, il rencontre son cofondateur Josh Haas à New York, et ensemble, ils lancent Bubble. Bubble, depuis sa création c’est: une séries A à 100M en 2021des millions d’utilisateurs.Une révolution dans le développement du software, en démocratisant l'accès à la création d'applications et en permettant à chacun de transformer ses idées en réalité digitale sans compétences techniques approfondies.Dans cet épisode, Emmanuel nous partage son histoire et les secrets de sa réussite entrepreneuriale. 🦄 Un épisode à ne pas manquer pour les passionnés de tech et d’entrepreneuriat :) Bonne écoute ;) 🚀

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