CB Insights Podcast

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Joe Lonsdale, Founding Partner of 8VC and Co-founder of secretive big data firm Palantir chats with Robin Wigglesworth of the Financial Times. This conversation was recorded at the Future of Fintech conference June 27, 2017 Listen for a $500-off discount code for Future of Fintech 2018 registration. q2zpiyiz

Noam Bardin, Founder of traffic detection app Waze, discusses automation, driverless cars, and Waze's plans for its carpooling app (which has since launched in Washington March 20, 2018) with CNBC's Aditi Roy. This conversation was recorded at the A-ha! conference December 12, 2017 in San Francisco

Kyle Vogt, CEO & Co-founder of Cruise Automation and Bloomberg's Sarah Frier. From the CB Insights A-ha! conference December 12, 2017. For more information visit events.cbinsights.com

Mike Novogratz, billionaire crypto-investor and Dominic Chu from CNBC. From the CB Insights Future of Fintech Conference, June 27, 2017. For more information visit events.cbinsights.com

Daphne Koller, Co-Founder of Coursera & Chief Computing Officer at Calico Labs, and Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley Correspondent, Washington Post. From the CB Insights A-ha! Conference, December 13, 2017. For more information visit events.cbinsights.com

A Conversation with WordPress creator, Matt Mullenweg. The Interviewer is Reuters' Jonathan Weber. Recorded at the CB Insights A-ha Conference, December 12, 2017. For more about CB Insights, visit cbinsights.com.

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of Social Capital and Mark Milian, Technology Editor, Bloomberg. From the CB Insights A-ha! Conference, December 13, 2017. For more information visit events.cbinsights.com

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CB Insights CEO and co-founder discusses disruptions in the fintech world at the Future of Fintech Conference. Legacy financial service firms/incumbents are in trouble: startups and new technologies like blockchain are eating their lunch, millennials distrust traditional banks, and consumers are demanding online, on-demand, and mobile financial and insurance solutions. Can the biggest players in the space remain competitive and attack these new challenges? Or are they destined to go the way of the dinosaur? CB Insights' fearless leader delves into partnerships, disruptive trends, traditional and corporate VCs, and more. Get the full report and transcript here: http://cbi.vc/29mDkYh

Legendary VC Fred Wilson: "I hate corporate investing...it's stupid. Corporations should BUY companies. [Startups that take corporate money] are doing business with the devil." Corporate VCs, VCs, corporate venture capital, traditional venture capital, blockchain, and data sources discussed on stage at the Future of Fintech Conference.

We spoke with Parker Conrad the CEO and Co-Founder of Zenefits. He told us that some entrepreneurs need to know when to give up, all insurance brokers will eventually be gone, and much more about building Zenefits and the insurance tech space. http://www.zenefits.com www.twitter.com/zenefits For related research check out our new vertical offering dedicated to Insurance tech, Insurance Insights, at www.cbi.vc/insurance-tech In this podcast: Parker Conrad: www.twitter.com/parkerconrad Michael Dempsey: www.twitter.com/mhdempsey Intro music by bensound.com

We spoke with Sara Menker of Gro Intelligence about her story of being a commodities trader, the official launch of Gro Intelligence, the problems with agricultural data, the broader food tech landscape, and much more. www.gro-intelligence.com/ www.twitter.com/grointel For related research head to www.cbinsights.com and check out our most recent research brief on ag tech - https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/agtech-startups-investment-report/ In this podcast: Sara Menker - twitter.com/saramenker Michael Dempsey - twitter.com/mhdempsey Intro music by bensound.com

We spoke with Jimi Crawford of Orbital Insight about how he got started, building Orbital Insight, the future of geospatial imagery, and some of his favorite moonshot ideas. www.orbitalinsight.com www.twitter.com/orbital_insight For related research head to www.CBInsights.com and check out our : Future of Frontier Tech Report - https://www.cbinsights.com/research-frontier-tech-report