We're doing it with a slight twist on where you started, which is certainly we're going to look at our cogs and try to not use the guard time in effectively. We don't do facial recognition and say don't show the guard. What we do is we do facial recognition. Just make sure the guard knows there's someone we know here. So make all the cops if you're assaulted. Yeah, I'm super excited that we made the investment when we did because I think people didn't want to invest in your company because it had the hardware component and you were kind of figuring it out.
First Jason and Molly discuss YC's new $500K deal for startups and what that means for founders and early stage investors (1:53). They also dig into car-sharing app Turo's S-1 (25:32). Then Redfin Co-founder and current Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger joins to discuss how his company blends human monitors and AI-enabled cameras to deliver an unmatched security camera experience (38:25).
(00:00) Jason & Molly intro the show
(01:53) Y Combinator's new $500K deal
(09:41) Eight Sleep - Go to https://eightsleep.com/twist to check out the Pod Pro Cover and get $150 off at checkout!
(11:14) Early-stage startup investing strategy
(19:46) How does YC's move impact the startup landscape
(22:57) Is an IPO an Exit?
(24:15) Vanta - Get get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(25:32) Turo S-1 breakdown
(36:56) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist
(38:25) Interview - Deep Sentinel Founder & CEO Dave Selinger
(44:52) Deep Sentinel in action
(54:24) The power of finding your ideal customer
(1:01:33) Potential new features and Deep Sentinel product roadmap
(1:07:53) Jason's Deep Sentinel experience
(1:15:33) Deep Sentinel semi-supervised learning inspired by Tesla
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