"World of DaaS"
deep dive into Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) businesses. World of DaaS is a podcast for data enthusiasts, by data enthusiasts, where Auren Hoffman talks to business and technology leaders about all things data - building it, acquiring it, analyzing it, and everything in between.
Episodes
Howie Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Airtable, the AI-native app platform which has raised over $1.3 billion in funding and is valued at more than $11 billion. Howie sold his first startup, Etacts, to Salesforce when he was just 21 years old.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Howie and Auren discuss:
- The evolution of the no-code/low-code movement
- How AI is transforming software development
- Pricing strategies for SaaS products
- The ...
Dwarkesh Patel is the host of the Dwarkesh Podcast, where he interviews leading scientists, founders, and economists about AI, science, and progress.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Dwarkesh and Auren discuss:
- Why experts overestimate AI capabilities
- The continual learning bottleneck in current models
- Japan's economic crash and global productivity stagnation
- Spaced repetition and effective learning strategies
Michael Ramlet is the co-founder and CEO of Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company with more than $100 million in annual revenue. Morning Consult conducts 30,000 daily interviews across 40+ countries and serves more than half of the Fortune 500.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Michael and Auren discuss:
- The evolution from telephone to online polling
- Building representative polling samples in the modern era
- Real...
Prukalpa Sankar is the co-founder and CEO of Atlan, a data platform used by organizations like Plaid, NASDAQ and the UN to manage data collaboration at scale. Atlan has raised over $200 million and grown revenue 7x in the last two years.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Prukalpa and Auren discuss:
- AI native company transformations
- Context as the foundation for enterprise AI
- Building remote-first cultures globally
- The future of meta...
Amit Gupta is the CEO of Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX), a global commerce media platform that powers rewards programs with card-linked offers and enables brands to strengthen customer loyalty.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Amit and Auren discuss:
- How card-linked offers strengthen customer loyalty
- Identity resolution and retail media
- Cardlytics' view into $5.8 trillion of annual consumer spending
- The limitations of traditional ...
Fabrice Grinda is the co-founder and managing partner of FJ Labs, a venture capital firm that has invested in over 1,200 startups with more than 350 exits, including early investments in Alibaba, Flexport, and Delivery Hero. He previously built and sold three companies as CEO: Aucland (one of Europe's largest auction sites), Zingy (mobile media startup sold for $80M), and OLX (global classifieds platform operating in 90+ count...
Rabbi David Wolpe is the emeritus rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, one of the largest synagogues in the United States. He is a bestselling author of eight books on faith and spirituality and has been named one of the most influential rabbis in America.
In this episode of World of DaaS, David and Auren discuss:
- AI rabbis and digital therapy
- Lab grown meat and kosher laws
- Consciousness uploading and digital souls
- Fertility rates ...
Max Marchione is the founder and President of Superpower, a digital healthcare platform that recently raised a $30 million Series A to make preventative and personalized medicine accessible to consumers.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Max and Auren discuss:
- Billionaire-level health protocols and testing
- Why AI will replace expensive doctors
- Peptides, toxins, and human enhancement
- The future of personalized medicine
Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, a leading business intelligence platform for startup and investment data, serving over 80 million users.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Jager and Auren discuss:
- The polarized venture funding landscape
- Why 'religion' beats 'truth' in data companies
- Finding defensible moats in the AI era
- Predicting acquisition targets at scale
Russ d'Sa is the founder and CEO of LiveKit, the infrastructure company powering real-time voice for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Character.ai, and numerous AI applications.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Russ and Auren discuss:
- The evolution of voice AI
- Turn detection and conversational dynamics
- Real-time infrastructure for AI
- Copilots vs autopilots for the future
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Dan Driscoll is the current Secretary of the U.S. Army, overseeing a military branch with approximately one million soldiers, 250,000 civilians, and an annual budget of $185 billion.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Dan and Auren discuss:
- The Army Transformation Initiative
- Rapid defense innovation with Silicon Valley
- Modernizing obsolete military equipment
- Fixing Pentagon procurement
Brandon Daniels is the CEO of Exiger, which provides AI-powered supply chain and third-party risk management solutions to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Exiger has annual revenues of over $150 million and received a majority investment by Carlyle, Insight Partners, and JMI Equity for $1.2 billion in 2023.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Brandon and Auren discuss:
- Tariffs and supply chain chaos
- Bringing manufactur...
Joshua Steinman is the co-founder and CEO of Galvanick, a cybersecurity company building tools to secure industrial infrastructure and AI systems.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Joshua and Auren discuss:
- Foreign spies in tech companies
- Vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure
- Lessons from Stuxnet and Ukraine
- Building resilience against cyber threats
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Brian O'Kelley is the co-founder and former CEO of AppNexus, which built core infrastructure for programmatic advertising and was acquired by AT&T for $1.6 billion in 2018. He's now the co-founder and CEO of Scope3, a company working to reduce the carbon footprint in digital advertising.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Brian and Auren discuss:
- The zero-sum game of auction paradigms
- AI tools revolutionizing software...
Trae Stephens is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder and current executive chairman at Anduril, a defense technology company that produces software-defined, hardware-enabled major weapons programs.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Trae and Auren discuss:
- Revolutionizing defense technology manufacturing
- Billionaire founders in defense tech
- Supply chain resilience for military hardware
- Technology's impact on modern relatio...
Scott Stephenson is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK), where he led the company's transformation from a nonprofit insurance data collective into a global data analytics powerhouse with a market cap of over $40 billion.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Scott and Auren discuss:
- Data monetization and defensibility strategies
- AI's impact on data businesses
- Leadership succession in dat...
Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he focuses on AI and infrastructure investments. He previously co-founded Nicira which was acquired by VMware for $1.2 billion in 2012.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Martin and Auren discuss:
- Economics of open source AI
- Chinese AI innovation with DeepSeek
- Model collapse and data moats
- Regulatory challenges in AI
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Bill Wise is the CEO and co-founder of Mediaocean, an adtech platform that processes over $200 billion in global media spend annually.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Bill and Auren discuss:
- The hidden plumbing of global advertising
- Measurement monopolies in adtech
- The transition from linear TV to CTV
- Cultural integration in tech acquisitions
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Rob Henderson is a developmental psychologist, author of the New York Times bestseller Troubled and columnist for the Free Press and the Boston Globe.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Rob and Auren discuss:
- How elites exploit the poor with luxury beliefs
- The vital importance of marriage for upward mobility
- The conspiracy behind useless college degrees
- The “late bloomers” phenomenon
Jackie Reses is the co-founder and CEO of Lead Bank, fintech infrastructure bank with over $2.5 billion in assets under management.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Jackie and Auren discuss:
- Fintech's regulatory reckoning
- The future of community banking
- State regulator competition
- Lessons from Square's payment revolution
- Leadership insights from Jack Dorsey
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