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Three founders. One exit. Countless new beginnings.We sold our AI company — and now we’re back at square one, figuring out our next re:Starts. Every week, join Damon Burrow, Lakshya Bakshi, and Shashi Mudunuri as we digest the biggest stories in AI, tech, and innovation while also sharing the behind-the-scenes of building what’s next.From brainstorming new ventures to collaborating across industries and hosting candid conversations with fellow builders, The re:Start Podcast is where post-exit founders trade playbooks, predictions, and lessons learned for the sake of discovering their next
The re:Start Pod hosts The re:Start Pod, a technology show with 59 episodes published.
In this episode of the re:Start Podcast, Lakshya, Shashi, and Damon unpack a whirlwind week in tech and investing.💥 Michael Burry’s Big Short 2.0 — Burry bets against NVIDIA and Palantir with nearly $1B in puts, while S
Show notesIn this episode of the new re:Start Pod, 3 AI founders take on the question everyone’s whispering: is there an AI bubble—or are we just getting started? From Nvidia’s trillion-dollar rise to OpenAI’s trillion-dollar spen
Show notesIn this episode of the ScholarAI Founders Pod, the founders go head-to-head on YC’s latest Request for Startups—ranking each of the six bets as bullish or bearish. From “retraining workers for the AI economy” to “using L
Show notesIn this episode of the ScholarAI Founders Pod, the founders dive into one of the most controversial collapses in recent SF startup history: the failed $3B acquisition of Windsurf by OpenAI. What went wrong? Who got left
Show notesIn this episode of the ScholarAI Founders Pod, the founders explore the shifting boundary between design and development. From diffusion models that can’t quite get the details right, to tools like Vercel’s V0 and Figma’
Show notes(0:00) Intro – Moving to SF, culture shock, and founder ethos (4:35) Skipping college vs. startup school: is it worth it? (10:40) The ROI of grad school and MBA programs (14:50) Favorite AI tools this week: Lovable, Clay
Show notesOpenAI just acquired Windsurf (formerly Codium), and developers everywhere are asking: is this the beginning of the AI IDE wars? In Episode 55, the Founders break down the future of coding tools in an AI-first world—from
Show notesClaude is outperforming GPT-4 for developers - and Cursor is turning engineering into a product manager’s game. In this episode, the founders unpack how they’re using Claude every day, why function calling is such a big
Show notes(0:00) Welcome & Google’s Surprise Earnings(3:25) Why AI Overviews Aren’t Hurting Google (Yet)(8:10) Is YouTube Search Powering Google’s Growth?(12:40) AI's Role in Google’s Global Dominance(16:45) Meta’s Massive Growth
Show notesTrump’s 90% tariffs. Market drops. Bitcoin stalls. Are we heading for a recession—or something bigger? In Episode 52 of the ScholarAI Founders Pod, Damon, Shashi, and Lakshya unpack the global market chaos unfolding in r
Show notesThree founders. One unfiltered take on AI’s future. In this episode of the ScholarAI Founders Pod, Damon, Shashi, and Lakshya return for a packed discussion on: - The real implications of open-source AI vs. closed models
Show notesIn this episode, Lakshya and Shashi dive deep into how AI has completely changed what it means to “build” as a founder. From using tools like Cursor, Claude, and GPT to ship real products without engineers — to launching
Show notes(0:00) AI’s role in research and experimentation (3:15) AI tools accelerating research—where they work and fail (7:40) Can AI actually plan and run experiments? (12:10) AI as a no-code tool—can anyone build software now?
Show notesThe PhD Funding Crisis & AI’s Role in Research(0:00) PhD programs are cutting funding and reducing student intake (4:30) Universities like Cornell, UPenn, and Pitt scaling back PhD admissions (9:10) Postdocs are disappea
Show notes🚀 AI Disruption & Job Market(4:00) "Deep Research just changed the game—AI can now write full reports."(10:10) "These jobs are at risk first—analysts, paralegals, and data entry."(15:20) "Most people have no idea how po
Show notes(0:00) The AI Model That’s Shifting Everything(4:20) Tesla’s FSD: Game-Changer or Overhyped?(10:30) The Cybertruck Debate: Too Much Attention?(16:40) A New AI Model Just Disrupted the Entire Industry(22:00) The Market Re
Show notes(0:00) Intro – What is Project Stargate? (1:30) AI Compute Wars & Why OpenAI is Running Out of Resources (4:20) Microsoft, NVIDIA, and SoftBank’s Role in AI Infrastructure (10:00) Is OpenAI a Financial Bubble? (16:40) Wh
Show notes(0:00) NVIDIA at CES (2:20) NVIDIA and self-driving cars (14:37) Legacy car manufacturers: Can they keep up? (18:06) What is the dead internet? (21:50) Meta’s AI personas and their implications (29:30) The positives of t
Show notes(4:45) Personal goals for 2025 (7:40) AI products in 2024 and 2025 (12:30) Wearables in 2024 and 2025 (18:30) Providers in 2025: Anthropic, NVIDIA (29:50) Apple Intelligence and On-Prem (35:30) Are agents going to work?
Show notes(0:00) intros (2:45) The drone debate (8:30) Tesla and Figure’s humanoid robots (15:10) The physics problem in robotics (22:20) Google’s AI strategy (28:45) Predictions for AI and robotics in 2025 Follow the Founders: ht
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