The Dock with Omar Waseem E3 Abhishek Bhargava: The Social Dilemma and Using AI to Create Friendships
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Abhishek Bhargava (@abhargava20) and talk about how his startup Covalent uses AI to start meaningful relationships, building a cloud gaming platform, and the wonderful world of Greek Yogurt and clean energy.
Links:
· Covalent
· The Dock
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - The Social Dilemma
3:28 - Mirror Exposure Effect
7:55 - Covalent Intro
11:05 - Foundational Value Alignment
12:54 - Covalent’s Main Thesis on Creating Relationships
17:00 - Tivity Intro
20:00 - Omar's Parking Story
22:00 - The Facebook Algorithm
25:37 - Covalent's Pivot
31:30 - Early-stage startup culture
34:04 - Work Background as an Intern
36:13 - Educational Background
37:50 - Gaming Startup
40:33 - Startup Lessons
42:05 - Why He Started Covalent
44:45 - F.Inc Community Building
48:41 - Startup Investments
50:50 - Slack Read Receipts
51:35 - VectorDash Business Learnings
53:25 - Yogurt Startup?
57:16 - Industrial Revolution
59:09 - Electricity Startup Idea