Sunil Pai

Sunil Pai, a venture capital expert with experience at DFG and AngelList, shares valuable insights into the evolving investment landscape. He discusses shifts from late-stage to early-stage ventures and the implications of regulatory changes on fund operations. Sunil introduces the Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, emphasizing its focus on proven emerging managers and the importance of thematic specialization. He also offers advice for aspiring VCs and highlights trends in the venture capital space, making a compelling case for collaborative funding models.

With a name like PartyKit, you know we just had to get its founder and CEO Sunil Pai on the show! PartyKit is an open source tool that simplifies creating collaborative, multiplayer applications. Join us to learn all about it and the journey of Sunil and his team! Join the discussionChangelog++ members get a bonus 4 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today!Sponsors:Appwrite – Build Fast. Scale Big. All in One Place. Appwrite is a backend platform for developing Web, Mobile, and Flutter applications. Built with the open source community and optimized for developer experience in the coding languages you love. Featuring:Sunil Pai – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XAmal Hussein – GitHub, XKevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XChristopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XShow Notes: PartyKit PartyKit source code PartyKit pre-seed funding internal announcement PartyKit Tech Crunch pre-seed funding announcement TLDraw - a collaborative digital whiteboard TLDraw source code CRDTs - Conflict-free replicated data Yjs - A CRDT framework with a powerful abstraction of shared data Vite conf PartyKit at Vite Conf Cloudflare Durable Objects Cloudflare CDN XState - is a state management and orchestration solution for JavaScript and TypeScript apps Stately - a visualization platform for XState machines Drifting in Space Live Blocks Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Sunil Pai, founder and CEO of PartyKit, joins the show to talk about PartyKit, an open-source tool for creating collaborative, multiplayer applications. They discuss the evolution of real-time technology, the features and benefits of PartyKit, and the landscape of collaborative tools. They also explore building on cloud infrastructure for scalability and the structure and roles of the founder team. A fun and informative episode!