20VC: Why 90% of Founders Build Startups Wrong | Why AI Growth Rates are Sustainable & Remote Work is BS and the AI Talent War | Competing with Brett Taylor and Sierra: Who Wins the Customer Service War with Jesse Zhang, Decagon
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This is 20 VC with me, Harry Stebbings, and welcome to a very special episode of The Memo. The Memo is a monthly show where we sit down with a breakout founder of the day. Today, joining us in the hot seat, we have Jesse Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Decagon, the conversational AI platform for customer experience. Now, as one of the fastest growing companies in the valley, they've raised over a $230 million with the last round pricing them at $1.5 billion.
And prior to Decagon, Jesse founded Loki, which was acquired by Neantic. This was so much fun to do. The schedule completely went out the window. It was awesome. Get ready, get the notebooks out.
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