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Nico Laqua, Corgi co-founder and CEO, builds AI-native insurance infrastructure. Emily Yuan, co-founder and COO, turns complex operations and regulation into working systems. They discuss leaving a successful business, pursuing bigger ideas, exposing insurance’s outdated machinery, and rebuilding it from the ground up. Their journey spans years of licensing battles, near-failures, major funding, and a hard-to-copy moat.

Paul Bragiel, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and early Uber investor, shares his global approach to backing founders. He discusses building investment funds across emerging markets, evaluating entrepreneurs quickly, portfolio-based risk, and what drives his unusual lifestyle. He also reflects on exploration, including biking across the United States, and explains how entrepreneurs can reach him for funding.

Yu He, an assistant professor of applied physics at Yale, explores the strange and powerful world of superconductors. Learn why zero electrical resistance matters, how superconductivity evolved from mercury to modern quantum materials, and how it could reshape power grids, transportation, MRI, and fusion energy. He also examines the LK-99 controversy and the importance of verifying extraordinary scientific claims.

Po-Shen Loh, a mathematician and social entrepreneur at Carnegie Mellon University, challenges traditional education norms. He emphasizes the importance of creative thinking and problem-solving, using engaging matchstick puzzles as examples. Loh critiques conventional test prep and introduces innovative math learning platforms that intertwine academics with performance arts. He shares insights from his experiences shaping educational ecosystems, showcasing how personal engagement can foster creativity and nurture budding talent in young learners.

Tom Eisenmann, Harvard Business School entrepreneurship professor and author of Why Startups Fail, brings 26 years of research on the overlooked world of startup failure. He explores good versus avoidable failure, customer discovery, honest feedback, early adopters, testing assumptions, pivoting, and learning without destructive self-blame. A sharp look at why ventures stumble and why entrepreneurship remains worthwhile.

Figma unveils a wave of AI-powered design tools, from generating layouts and images to naming layers, translating content, and linking prototypes. Figma Slides brings the same creative flexibility to presentations with templates, animations, and speaker notes. The discussion also covers UI3, improved Dev Mode, clearer developer handoff, and how designers’ roles may evolve alongside AI.

John Whaley, founder of Inception Studio and a seasoned entrepreneur with a background in cybersecurity and academia, shares his journey from struggling student to tech innovator. He emphasizes the importance of deadlines in launching AI startups and reflects on his unique nonprofit approach to incubating talent. Whaley also discusses pivotal career moments, valuable lessons from failures, and offers a glimpse into the future of the AI industry. His insights are both practical and inspirational for aspiring tech entrepreneurs.

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Zipline co-founder and CEO, and Keenan Wyrobek, robotics pioneer and co-founder, share how they built autonomous drone delivery from scratch. They recount winning Rwanda’s Health Ministry as their first customer, tackling life-or-death healthcare logistics, and designing aircraft around real-world needs. They also explore why hardware startups are hard to copy and why founders should fall in love with unusual problems.

Jung, co-founder of Cupbop, helped transform a Korean barbecue food truck into a thriving multi-location brand. After betrayal rocked the company, he and Dok rebuild through stronger systems and bold leadership. They pursue Shark Tank, land Mark Cuban as a partner, and create life-changing opportunities for employees. Family, sacrifice, and the power to rise beyond impossible circumstances round out this inspiring finale.

Joseph Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Syncly, a Y Combinator-backed AI startup, and previously sold SUALab for $200 million. He discusses finding urgent customer problems, proving value before building, winning trust in unfamiliar markets, founder-led sales, timing AI opportunities, and choosing a complementary co-founder.