Startups In The Wild!

Step inside Profound: the SPC company growing so fast they opened 2 new offices since we filmed this a few weeks ago.

Baiju Bhatt helped millions learn to invest through Robinhood.

He’s since taken the leap to aerospace.

Baiju joins Aditya Agarwal to cover what building from first principles looks like the second time around, the true meaning of the American Dream, and more.

Full episode in the comments.

How do you stay relevant in the age of AI? Gary Vaynerchuk has a few ideas.

Gary joined SPC Principal Dylan Itzikowitz at SPC NYC, covering what it means to build cultural relevancy in 2025, and where AI is taking it next.

Catch the full episode on the Minus One podcast.

What if every mobile surface was a billboard?

InMobi founder and CEO Naveen Tewari joins SPC partner Prateek Mehta to discuss building a global behemoth from India - one that continues to embrace the ambition of startup mode.

Tune in to the full episode. Link in the comments.

“Design is a visual language for human emotion.”

Soleio, designer of Facebook’s “Like” button and early creative at Facebook & Dropbox, joins Aditya Agarwal on Minus One to discuss intricacies of design, the rise of AI, and what it all means for the future.

Full episode linked in the comments.

Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO at Coinbase, joins Aditya Agarwal on Minus One to talk through all things founder culture, ingredients for success, and the rise of the Indian startup ecosystem.

From the ebbs and flows of capital, talent, and more–check it out at the links in the comments.

In this episode, David Baszucki (Roblox’s original “block star”) joined Dylan Itzikowitz at SPC for a dive into the dawn of Roblox, and the ways AI is helping shape a digital world that now welcomes almost 100 million daily users. Links in the comments.

We explored theories of consciousness, science fiction, and reality with @nealstephenson.bsky.social, @kyliu99.bsky.social, @cyanbanister.bsky.social, and @joscha.bsky.social. Imagine the future with us.

Full discussion in the comments.

Engineers know to listen to Adam D’Angelo. He joined us at SPC to reflect on early days at Facebook, building Quora, his early conviction in a then-struggling OpenAI, and the recursive nature of AI.

Full episode in the comments.

In this episode of Minus One, Niall Ferguson joins Aditya Agarwal and @jpbrebner.bsky.social to explore the idea of a civilizational minus one, the rise of AI, and why understanding what lies ahead may require mining the lessons of the past.

Watch the full episode with the link in the comments.

A huge thank you to Vinod Khosla for joining our community at SPC.

With Aditya Agarwal hosting the discussion, Vinod, as always, didn’t hold back. Links in the comments.

Supersonic travel was written off years ago. BlakeScholl, CEO of Boom Supersonic, wasn’t easily dissuaded.

He joined SPC partners Aditya Agarwal and @jpbrebner.bsky.social to talk about building a legacy company, Boom’s near-death moments, and how aviation iterates.

Full episode in comments.

Satya Nadella took over as Microsoft’s first non-founder CEO and refounded it from the inside out.

In this episode of Minus One, he speaks with Ruchi Sanghvi and Aditya Agarwal about the refounder mindset, Microsoft’s "software factory," AI, and more.

Link to the full episode in the comments.

Kirsten Green remains excited about consumer products—her early bets on Warby Parker and Glossier reflect a larger theme: human behavior evolves with technology.

Hear more from Kirsten's chat with SPC founding partner Ruchi Sanghvi. Full episode linked in the comments.

Few operate at Bhavish Aggarwal’s scale. Ola reshaped mobility, expanded into EVs, AI, and now bets on food delivery.

He shares lessons from failure and why deep-tech is India’s frontier.

Watch the full episode with Bhavish, hosted by Aditya Agarwal and Prateek Mehta. Links in the comments.