Listen "Riley Tomasek from Dexa AI"
Episode Synopsis
Riley Tomasek is the Founder and CEO of Dexa AI.
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Takeaways
Early experiences with Indochino.
Building a bootstrapped product.
Relationship between design and engineering.
How startups can work with big customers early.
Remote focused team but still valuing IRL meetups.
Raising money.
Building a team in a hot space like AI with lots of competition.
Chapters
00:00 Early Experiences with Indochino
03:02 Origin Story of Standard Resume
08:26 Geography and Remote Work
12:06 Building Dexa and Creating a Moat
14:14 The Power of Podcasts and Content Discovery
25:04 Building a Lean Team
28:25 Balancing Vision and Customer Feedback
31:36 The Future of AI in Podcasts
34:28 Raising Money and Working with Investors
37:04 Recruitment in the AI Space
41:53 Navigating Challenges as a Founder
Keywords
Indochino, Standard Resume, Dexa, AI, LLMs, design, engineering, remote work, podcast, content discovery, recruitment, raising money
Dexa AI allows you to search podcasts' entire back catalogue. Queries will be matched with summaries and clips from relevant episodes. Your searches are private by default, but you can publicly share your favourite results.
Takeaways
Early experiences with Indochino.
Building a bootstrapped product.
Relationship between design and engineering.
How startups can work with big customers early.
Remote focused team but still valuing IRL meetups.
Raising money.
Building a team in a hot space like AI with lots of competition.
Chapters
00:00 Early Experiences with Indochino
03:02 Origin Story of Standard Resume
08:26 Geography and Remote Work
12:06 Building Dexa and Creating a Moat
14:14 The Power of Podcasts and Content Discovery
25:04 Building a Lean Team
28:25 Balancing Vision and Customer Feedback
31:36 The Future of AI in Podcasts
34:28 Raising Money and Working with Investors
37:04 Recruitment in the AI Space
41:53 Navigating Challenges as a Founder
Keywords
Indochino, Standard Resume, Dexa, AI, LLMs, design, engineering, remote work, podcast, content discovery, recruitment, raising money
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