Avinash Mandava is an exited entrepreneur who previously built Vorstella, an A.I. agent that stabilizes and optimizes your data platforms. In this conversation we explored the impact of AI and the future of work, focusing on key topics such as the effect of AI on startups and small teams, the unbundling of cloud computing, and the role of unique knowledge and self-learning.

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:00:26) What's the next idea?

(00:05:08) LLMs and language

(00:06:24) How AI affects small teams

(00:09:52) AI art and artists

(00:15:01) Workforce displacement

(00:19:25) Unbundling

(00:20:04) Cloud infrastructure

(00:23:48) Marketing spin

(00:29:08) Cloud or on-prem?

(00:35:39) Respect for money and 0 interest rate

(00:39:24) Bootstrapping, VC, and startups

(00:42:59) Motivation

(00:46:25) Choosing the next project

(00:47:16) Internet of Things

(00:48:15) Do what you know

(00:50:11) Small teams, big revenue

(00:53:16) Venture capital: a history

(00:57:35) Wealth gap and UBI

(00:59:51) Core beliefs, success, and skills

(01:03:53) Belief systems

(01:06:27) The 15 year old you

(01:07:41) Therapy

(01:10:39) Control and your responses

(01:13:19) Can you learn from mentors?

(01:16:48) Successful without adversity?

(01:18:34) Regulation and politics

(01:23:15) AGI

(01:26:00) Closing

EPISODE LINKS:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinash-mandava/
Vorstella: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vorstella/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/

LINKS:

Podcast website: https://hoo.be/elijahmurray
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Avinash Mandava: Impact of AI, Future of Work, Unbundling of Cloud Computing