EPISODE
Brian Armstrong & Tarek Mansour, Simon Eskildsen
00:01:00 Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, discussed the company's recent product event where they unveiled the "Everything Exchange," expanding their platform to include stock trading, prediction markets, and millions of tokens through decentralized exchanges. He highlighted the partnership with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets, emphasizing their potential as both an asset class and a source of information on global events. Armstrong also noted the convergence of traditional finance and crypto, positioning Coinbase as a leader by offering a comprehensive suite of financial services. ## Coinbase's Strategic Expansions and Partnerships: - [Coinbase pushes into stock trading, event contracts as retail battle heats up]( Published on Wednesday, December 17 - [Coinbase signs $375 million deal for crypto investment platform Echo]( Published on Tuesday, October 21 - [Coinbase to launch CFTC-compliant perpetual futures trading in US]( Published on Thursday, June 12
00:02:00 Simon Hørup Eskildsen, co-founder and CEO of turbopuffer—a serverless vector and full-text search platform—discusses the company's recent addition of Thrive Capital as an investor, emphasizing their preference for a concentrated cap table with long-term partners. He highlights the importance of customer satisfaction over fundraising figures, sharing a positive testimonial from Notion's co-founder, Akshay Kothari, about turbopuffer's impact on product development. Eskildsen also notes the company's growth to 22 employees and their focus on scaling infrastructure to handle increasing data demands in AI applications.