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:

· Abishek's Twitter

· 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