RRE POV

4 Million Trackers Later... The Full-Stack Founder Story of Krenar Komoni

In this episode of RRE POV, hosts Raju Rishi and Will Porteous sit down with Tive founder and CEO Krenar Komoni for a deeply personal and forward-looking conversation on building at the intersection of hardware, software, and AI. Krenar shares his journey from growing up in Kosovo during political upheaval, to becoming a full-stack entrepreneur leading one of the world’s most advanced real-time supply chain visibility platforms. What began as a scrappy solution to a family trucking problem has evolved into Tive, a global company powering mission-critical logistics for thousands of customers. The conversation explores how AI, first-party data, and full-stack thinking are reshaping logistics, and why companies like Tive, with years of real-world data and embedded infrastructure, are uniquely positioned to define the future of autonomous supply chains. Highlights:  (00:00) Welcome and Guest Intro (01:55) Early Coding in Kosovo (06:09) War Displacement and Grit (09:30) Falling for RF Engineering (14:03) Founding Tive from Trucking Pain (18:31) From Term Sheet to Trust (19:21) Hitting One Million Trackers (20:21) Soft Skills and CES Connections (23:05) Tive Today Product and Metrics (27:35) AI Roadmap and Wrap Up

The Longevity Equation: Living Better, Longer

In this episode of RRE POV, Raju and Will dive deep into the evolving science and philosophy of longevity. Moving beyond the simple goal of living longer, they explore what it really means to live better for longer. Raju shares his latest thinking on the five major sectors shaping the longevity landscape: health data, insights and planning, personalized medicine, verticalized solutions, and frontier technologies. Along the way, the guys unpack everything from wearables, blood work, and full-body MRIs to the limitations of today’s healthcare system and the need for better feedback loops in personal health. At the heart of the episode is a powerful idea: longevity is not just about correcting biomarkers or adding years to life, but about improving the body’s ability to recover, adapt, and regenerate.   From personal reflections on aging and lifespan expectations to the societal implications of extended life (think careers, marriage, and even prison sentences), this conversation spans both the practical and philosophical and takes a thought-provoking look at the future of health, wellness, and longevity. Shownotes:  (00:00) Welcome  (00:49) Why Longevity Matters Now (03:08) Living Forever Tradeoffs (08:52) Five Longevity Startup Sectors (10:13) Health Data and Wearables Deep Dive (19:56) Battery And Recharge (20:15) Stress States And Regeneration (22:07) Resilience And HRV (24:38) Exercise Ceiling Recovery Floor (28:24) Recursive Feedback Healthcare (30:32) Precision Dosing Personalization (33:04) Longevity Clinics Reality Check (34:17) Microbiome Early Navigation (37:44) Vertical Apps And GLP Ones (41:10) Frontier Tech And Wrap Up

Dan Rosenberg on Building Octane11 and the Future of AI-Driven B2B Marketing

In the first-ever video edition of the RRE POV podcast, Raju sits down with longtime collaborator and friend Dan Rosenberg, Founder and CEO of Octane11. Dan and Raju share stories from their scrappy days building Rave Wireless, and reflect on what makes great early startup teams, why culture is shaped by your first hires, and how those early experiences shaped their approach to building companies today.  Dan shares his journey from Venture to MediaMath and ultimately to founding his latest venture, Octane11, reflecting on the startup lessons that shaped him along the way. Dan and Raju dive into how Octane11 is synthesizing marketing data across channels into a unified model tied to companies and revenue—creating the foundation for AI to generate meaningful insights that help B2B marketers connect campaign activity to real business outcomes and make smarter, faster decisions across the marketing stack. Show Notes:  (00:00) Welcome to the Show (00:59) Dan Rosenberg Bio (02:00) IKEA Box Dive Interview (10:50) MediaMath Rise and Lessons (14:49) MediaMath Focus vs Trade Desk (17:41) Octane11 Origin Story (18:21) Why B2B Attribution Is Hard (19:30) Account Based Marketing Explained (22:13) Mapping Engagement to Companies (24:17) Ideal Customer Profile Sweet Spot (26:32) Agency and Platform Partnerships (27:34) AI Strategy Data First (36:02) Wrap Up Stories Gatling Questions

Owning the Code: The Enterprise Playbook for Voice Agents

In this episode of RRE POV, Raju and Will sit down with Nick Leonard, co-founder and CEO of VoiceRun — the world’s fastest, most extensible voice agent platform. The guys unpack Nick’s career pivots and hard-earned startup lessons, and go deep on the business behind the technology.  They discuss why voice AI has historically fallen short, why enterprises, not startups, are driving real adoption, and how a code-first, serverless, LLM-native architecture enables speed, extensibility, observability, and trust. Nick shares what it truly takes to deploy production-grade voice agents across banks, insurers, and restaurant platforms, and why owning the code has never mattered more. Show Notes: (00:00) The Big Decision: College or Career? (00:47) Introducing the Guest: Nick Leonard (03:17) Nick's Journey from Muncie to MIT (14:44) Early Career and Entrepreneurial Lessons (28:56) The Evolution of People Leadership (31:02) The Rise of Voice AI (32:58) Building Voice Run: Challenges and Insights (36:17) Future of Voice AI and Final Thoughts

The AI Revolution: Opportunity, Risk & Reality

In this episode, Will and Raju pull back the curtain on what it really takes to invest in AI right now — amid trillion-dollar forecasts and valuations, and a pace of change that’s rewriting company building in real time. From “vibe coding” to AI agents that find the hottest DJ sets, they explore how the tech is reshaping daily life, work life, product roadmaps, and the venture math behind it.  Drawing from decades of pattern recognition across the PC, internet, and mobile eras, they share how to separate hype from lasting value — unpacking RRE’s framework for backing durable AI businesses. Whether you’re building the future, backing the future, or just trying to understand it, this is the episode you don’t want to miss. Show Notes: (00:00) Introduction (01:41) The Staggering Numbers in AI Investment (04:41) Should Entrepreneurs Start an AI Company? (07:03) How Raju Uses AI (09:16) Why AI Won't Kill the Music Industry (12:18) Will's AI Use as  (18:50) AI Valuations Are Bonkers (20:54) Comparing Four Tech Inflection Points (24:02) Three Unsolved Problems in AI Business Models (27:47) Raju's Four Characteristics for AI Investments (31:45) Why Nanit Is the Perfect AI Investment Example (34:41) The Fraudulent Satellite Imagery Problem (36:10) Data Authenticity as Investment Opportunity (38:30) Final Advice