In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Philippe Petitpont, co-founder & CEO of Moments Lab, and Gökçe Seylan, Principal at OXX, for an insider conversation on the future of video AI and how Europe is producing vertical champions with real traction.
Fresh off a $24M scale round, Philippe walks us through the evolution of Moments Lab from metadata indexing to full AI-powered video agents. Gökçe shares why this was a must-invest opportunity for OX and what the company’s journey reveals about product-market fit, global GTM, and the rise of vertical AI platforms in Europe.
This one’s a must-listen for anyone building at the intersection of AI, SaaS, media, and enterprise.
Here’s what’s covered:
- 04:00 Understanding 1 Million Hours of Video: Why AI was the only answer
- 07:00 Why ChatGPT Can’t Win This Market: Vertical depth vs. horizontal power
- 10:30 Real Video vs. Synthetic Content: Where emotion, IP, and accuracy still rule
- 16:00 Rights Management in Video AI: How Moments Lab handles ownership at scale
- 21:10 What Is Agentic AI? From prompt to production, with real content
- 27:30 The VC Perspective: Why OX backed this team at scale
- 31:00 From Startup to Scale-Up: Going enterprise, going US
- 36:30 Business Model Design: Why they price by hours, not seats
- 44:00 Scaling from Seed to Series A+: Building infrastructure, not just growth
- 49:30 Being a European Deeptech Founder: Talent advantages, GTM challenges
- 54:30 The Rise of European Vertical AI: Legal, industrial, cyber—and now video
