The Cost of a 24 Hour Security Guard

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$2400 a year in service plus whatever you pay for the cameras, which is de minimis. A 24 seven guarding really starts at about $150,000 a year. 90% of our interventions turned out to be the cousin, you know, the nephews running up to the window and looking suspicious. If somebody is not responding, not doing what we need them to do, there's a psychology that we start working into - making it personal.

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