Cyrus and Iman interview seasoned founder: Matteo Franceschetti - CEO and Co-Founder of Eight Sleep, the leaders in sleep technology. Through their patented technology, Eight Sleep make products that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve your sleep through thermoregulation and analytics. The company is not just focused on sleep. They are now growing into a digital health company. Since launching in 2015, Matteo and his co-founders (Alexandra Zatarain and Massimo Andreasi Bassi) have raised c. $70.1m from reputed names in the industry such as Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator and angel investors such as Jason Calacanis. Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/ Matteo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/m_franceschetti

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