EPISODE
Aaref Hilaly, David Gross, Max Junestrand, Chase Lochmiller, Jesse Zhang, Nilam Ganenthiran & Leonard Tang, Joe Weisenthal
00:01:00 Aaref Hilaly discusses Bain Capital Ventures’ post-AGI investment strategy, arguing that abundant intelligence will unlock transformative opportunities in robotics, drug discovery, simulation, and AI applications. A partner at Bain Capital Ventures, he also explains the firm’s $1.6 billion fund, its early-stage focus, and its approach of backing ambitious founders while connecting them with Bain Capital’s broader network of real-world businesses.
00:02:00 David Gross, managing partner at Bain Capital, discusses his career in Japan and the firm’s evolution across private equity, venture capital, and life sciences. He highlights Bain’s focus on operational transformation, investor alignment, AI-enabled value creation, and macroeconomic analysis.
00:03:00 Max Junestrand discusses how Legora helps legal teams integrate AI deeply into their workflows by routing tasks across multiple models, reducing costs, and consolidating legal capabilities into one platform. The Legora co-founder also highlights the company’s Salesforce partnership, rapid growth, acquisition strategy, and the transformative impact of AI on legal work, billing models, and litigation.
00:04:00 Chase Lochmiller, co-founder and CEO of Crusoe, discusses the company’s growth from small, energy-efficient Bitcoin mining operations to gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure. He highlights Crusoe’s expanding Texas campus, modular Spark data centers, renewable and nuclear energy projects, and newly announced Series F funding.
00:05:00 Justin Brown discusses Decagon’s international expansion, including its new São Paulo office, and how customer demand guides market selection. He also explains the challenges of deploying AI customer-service agents and optimizing models for cost, performance, and especially low latency.
00:06:00 Nilam Ganenthiran, founder and CEO of Beacon, discusses the company’s strategy of acquiring established technology businesses and transforming them with AI. He explains how Beacon is accelerating AI adoption across real-economy industries by providing trusted tools that improve operations, growth, staffing, pricing, and resource allocation.
00:07:00 Joe Weisenthal discusses his work as a Bloomberg journalist and *Odd Lots* podcast host, including a live show exploring Los Angeles’s economy. He offers an optimistic view of LA while examining AI risks, data centers, regulation, employment, interest rates, economic data, and how AI is changing communication and everyday life.