SVIC Podcast

Directing AI Agents Like Junior Devs to Boost Productivity | Sully Omar

Sully Omar is the co-founder of Ottogrid (formerly Cognosys), an agentic-AI startup acquired by Cohere in 2025.🔥 Want more than just watching? At Patreon.com/svic you can 🎤 ask questions directly to our future guests top tech professionals from Silicon Valley and beyond 🌉, while supporting the show and unlocking insider perks. We livestream every 📅 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at ⏰ 12 PM PST, so don’t just tune in… be part of the conversation!🔗 Follow SVIC:• Twitter: https://x.com/JWthib• Substack: https://svic.substack.com• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/svic/💼 Need help with a deal or career move?Contact Jordan at: https://intro.co/jordanthibodeau🛠 Sponsors:• Gamma – The AI slide deck builder Jordan actually uses → https://try.gamma.app/SVIC • Joe’s Coffee (UCC Black): https://amzn.to/44TU2ZP• Jordan’s Secret Weapon for Weight Loss: https://amzn.to/43OvVcT🎙 Hosted by Joe (Eng VP) & Jordan (M&A Deal Lead), former operators at Google, Apple, Slack, Facebook, and more.Subscribe for real talk on AI, tech, and business — no hype, just homies talking tech and having fun.

From $1T Risk to $1.5B Payout, Anthropic’s Author Settlement | Christa Laser

Christa Laser is a tenured professor of intellectual property and innovation law at Cleveland State University’s College of Law, after nearly a decade as an IP litigator at WilmerHale and Kirkland & Ellis. Her work focuses on patents, trademarks, advertising, and technology/AI, and she speaks and consults on IP strategy and courts. Free conference on IP Litigation (Nov 14th) Sign up here: https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/ip-conference-2025🔥 Want more than just watching? At Patreon.com/svic you can 🎤 ask questions directly to our future guests top tech professionals from Silicon Valley and beyond 🌉, while supporting the show and unlocking insider perks. We livestream every 📅 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at ⏰ 12 PM PST, so don’t just tune in… be part of the conversation!🔗 Follow SVIC:• Twitter: https://x.com/JWthib• Substack: https://svic.substack.com• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/svic/💼 Need help with a deal or career move?Contact Jordan at: https://intro.co/jordanthibodeau🛠 Sponsors:• Gamma – The AI slide deck builder Jordan actually uses → https://try.gamma.app/SVIC • Joe’s Coffee (UCC Black): https://amzn.to/44TU2ZP• Jordan’s Secret Weapon for Weight Loss: https://amzn.to/43OvVcT🎙 Hosted by Joe (Eng VP) & Jordan (M&A Deal Lead), former operators at Google, Apple, Slack, Facebook, and more.Subscribe for real talk on AI, tech, and business — no hype, just homies talking tech and having fun.

Shipping AI at Google vs Startups | Raiza Martin

Raiza Martin is the co-founder of Huxe, an audio-first personal AI assistant, after previously serving as Senior Product Manager for AI at Google Labs, where she led NotebookLM (including the “Audio Overviews” feature). At Huxe she’s building agentic, retrieval-aware assistants and has written publicly about testing coding agents and shipping consumer AI. Don’t miss it. Try their app at: https://www.huxe.com/ Keep us on the air by supporting us on Patreon below. 🔗 Follow SVIC: • Twitter: https://x.com/JWthib • Substack: https://svic.substack.com • Patreon: patreon.com/svic 💼 Need help with a deal or career move? Contact Jordan at: https://intro.co/jordanthibodeau 🛠 Sponsors: • Gamma – The AI slide deck builder Jordan actually uses → https://try.gamma.app/SVIC • Joe’s Coffee (UCC Black): https://amzn.to/44TU2ZP • Jordan’s Secret Weapon for Weight Loss: https://amzn.to/43OvVcT 🎙 Hosted by Joe (Eng VP) & Jordan (M&A Deal Lead), former operators at Google, Apple, Slack, Facebook, and more.Subscribe for real talk on AI, tech, and business — no hype, just homies talking tech and having fun.

Compute, Permits, Power: What Actually Limits AI | Yigit Ihlamu

Yigit Ihlamur is the co-founder & General Partner at Vela Partners, a product-lead, AI native VC that’s backed 40+ AI startups since 2017. Before Vela he was a senior program manager at Google, and he holds an MSc in Computer Science (AI/ML focus) from Oxford. Today he builds and deploys AI agents across the venture stack, sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support, to make VC faster, cheaper, and more data-driven. Keep us on the air by supporting us on Patreon below. 🔗 Follow SVIC: • Twitter: https://x.com/JWthib • Substack: https://svic.substack.com • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/svic/ 💼 Need help with a deal or career move? Contact Jordan at: https://intro.co/jordanthibodeau 🛠 Sponsors: • Gamma – The AI slide deck builder Jordan actually uses → https://try.gamma.app/SVIC • Joe’s Coffee (UCC Black): https://amzn.to/44TU2ZP • Jordan’s Secret Weapon for Weight Loss: https://amzn.to/43OvVcT 🎙 Hosted by Joe (Eng VP) & Jordan (M&A Deal Lead), former operators at Google, Apple, Slack, Facebook, and more. Subscribe for real talk on AI, tech, and business — no hype, just homies talking tech and having fun.

Navigating the Early M&A Space as a Founder | Yana Welinder

Yana Welinder, CEO & Founder of Kraftful (acquired by Amplitude). Yana shares her journey from Y Combinator and Harvard alum to a16z scout, Pioneer Fund SVP, Stanford fellow, and founder of VCBackedMoms. Learn what it's like to create a great product, get acquired, and partner with a16Z to find top startups. Patreon.com/svic to keep us on the air. We live stream every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12pm PST. 🔗 Follow SVIC: • Twitter: https://x.com/JWthib • Substack: https://svic.substack.com • Patreon: patreon.com/svic 💼 Need help with a deal or career move?Contact Jordan at: https://intro.co/jordanthibodeau 🛠 Sponsors: • Gamma – The AI slide deck builder Jordan actually uses → https://try.gamma.app/SVIC • Joe’s Coffee (UCC Black): https://amzn.to/44TU2ZP • Jordan’s Secret Weapon for Weight Loss: https://amzn.to/43OvVcT 🎙 Hosted by Joe (Eng VP) & Jordan (M&A Deal Lead), former operators at Google, Apple, Slack, Facebook, and more.Subscribe for real talk on AI, tech, and business — no hype, just homies talking tech and having fun.