01:38:01 · Jordi Hays, John Coogan
[01:38:01] S0: Why not do the board meeting while getting a root canal without Novocaine? Like, just literally do it all. Why you need... You're so busy, dude. You need to combine all this into one meeting. Yeah. [01:38:11] S1: What what what is what is the the the story with, Doug Leone from Sequoia, your relationship with him, how you met? Take us through sort of the journey because, I mean, what a legend to have on the board. As... Nova Cain aside, obviously, one of the greatest investors of all time and a real testament to the quality of the business that he would join.
01:38:35 · Steven Schwartz
[01:38:35] S9: Yeah. So, I think we've been really lucky to have some awesome investors supporting us since we began. I think that the story of this financing was that we really wanted to learn from someone who we like to spend a lot of time with. And we've gotten to know the Sequoia crew over the last few years and have seriously nothing but amazing things to say about the entire team. They're nothing short of brilliant, and Justin Matine introduced us to Doug, and Doug actually said, he's like, we can't meet. We already passed on this, and we're not really interested. Too many detractors in market, and we hashed it out a little bit, and I think it became pretty obvious that the market we serve is one of the largest markets in the world and should likely be one of the last to be commoditized by anything related to AI. And we hit it off with Doug. I think Doug is one of the most authentic, humble people that I've met in this world. And that's having the track record that he has, and I think we really, really enjoyed speaking with him. And I think a lot of people in Venture and Valley are much more consensus thinkers, and he is the... An original thinker and not afraid to be blunt, which we really appreciate. So I think we kinda just... We hit it off, and we're... Could not be more excited to be in business with with he and the rest of the Sequoia team.
01:40:05 · John Coogan, Jordi Hays
[01:40:05] S1: Well, congratulations. Love progress and milestones. It's fantastic. I mean, what what a what an amazing journey you've been on, and it's awesome to see another another win. Job's not finished, but, really, really amazing progress. [01:40:18] S0: Yeah. Great stuff, dude. [01:40:19] S1: Thank you so much for coming on the show. Great to see you. Thank you, Jordy. We'll talk to you soon. Talk soon, man. Goodbye. Let me tell you about Cisco. Critical infrastructure for the AI era. Unlock seamless real time experiences and new value with Cisco. Can I can I can I read this article from the Wall Street Journal mansion section, Jordy? [01:40:38] S0: Hit me. [01:40:39] S1: Alaska property comes with a helipad. This is a special, special property. A 147 acres with a helipad. Guess how much it's going for? They're giving it away. Just 12,500,000. Not 2,000,000. No. $12,500,000. [01:40:56] S0: No. There's that house we saw in Alaska that was, like Yeah. One of one. I think that was on, like, five acres or something. John Lautner. But it was, like, 600 k or something.
01:40:56 · Jordi Hays, John Coogan, Tyler
[01:40:56] S0: No. There's that house we saw in Alaska that was, like Yeah. One of one. I think that was on, like, five acres or something. John Lautner. But it was, like, 600 k or something. [01:41:06] S1: But this is a this is a very cool story. So, Richard Streichen lived in Alaska his whole life. The 68 year old retired commercial real estate developer was born in Fairbanks, spent time along the Bering Sea in an Eskimo village. But when it was time to settle down, he built a family compound. He chose Palmer, a small city about 40 miles from Anchorage. Surrounded by glaciers, the landscape attracted him with its grandeur. His 147 acre property has views of the glaciers, mountain ranges, and northern lights. I climbed a tree, and I saw the view potential, and that's where I decided I was gonna build, he said. Now he's looking to downsize. Streichen has listed, has decided to list the compound for 12,500,000, making it one of the most expensive homes for sale in Alaska according to Troy Dannofay Ranches. Streichen began to assemble his compound just outside the city limits in the nineties on the property, which he calls the ultimate ultimate Alaska. He built a ranch style single story main bedroom, main house with three bedrooms, a garage, a two bedroom apartment above it, and a helipad for his wife. He built vegetable gardens and an orchard. The couple I thought [01:42:13] S2: you were [01:42:13] S0: saying he built the helipad [01:42:14] S1: for your wife. I was like, [01:42:15] S0: that's amazing.
01:42:15 · Jordi Hays, John Coogan
[01:42:15] S0: that's amazing. [01:42:16] S1: That would be good. They have 13 grandchildren that live nearby. Let's give it for that. During the winter solstice, Palmer receives only about five hours of sunlight a day. Stricken and his family spends this time skiing, visiting local winter festivals, attending the grandchildren's indoor sporting events. When spring arrives, they shift to snowmobiling on the glaciers, prepping the orchard and gardens for the growing season, and enjoying outdoor community events. They are selling because he has built a lakefront home about an hour away, and his... And he and his wife plan to spend most of their time there. So if you're in the market for a 147 acre Alaska compound, head over 200 and acres. [01:43:01] S0: Palmer Lucky. [01:43:02] S1: Oh, [01:43:02] S0: Ben Lam. Just set up a dog operation out there. [01:43:08] S1: Why not there? [01:43:08] S0: Ben Lam and Palmer have a warhound. Yeah. Very true. A company coming out of stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement. Let's pull up this video [01:43:20] S1: Of them talking about it [01:43:21] S0: back in 2023.
01:43:22 · Ben Lamm
[01:43:22] S8: I'm not talking about biological weapons. I'm talking about using biology as a tool to solve a lot of military problems because we have new advanced bioengineering capabilities. So muscles that go in machines are gonna be a really big deal. For example, building self power scavenging robots that can live off of grass out in a field. Imagine if you could have radio relays that roam the planes and just eat grass, and that's how they power themselves. And they're very low signature. They can hide. They can hibernate. There's actually a lot of interesting biology derived systems where you can take that stuff in, have bacteria in a little bioreactor that puts out methane gas, which you then run a fuel cell with. It's really, really cool stuff. And then, of course, the other big one is, you you guys are probably familiar with some of the companies out there doing de extinction work of species. And I think there's a lot of species in the history of our planet where if we go back to the future, they're gonna have have excellent military applications. You think that German shepherds, they weigh a 150 pounds are really good canine units. Well, what about dire wolves? I wonder if you have 600 pound canine units carrying a 150 pounds of armor. You're talking about something that weighs all up eight times more with a 100 times more bullet resistance. They're extinct now, but they don't have to continue to be. That sounds crazy, but I don't know if you guys know this, that the US military actually already has a lot of animals working in it. You have a lot of dogs working in the military. You have a lot of dolphins and seals that are working in the US Navy. And of course, we'd customize them a bit too, you know, give them some better endurance, give them the ability to breathe at high altitudes, things they didn't have when they were on the Arctic Tundra. Imagine if you could have all of these survival characteristics of Arctic wolves, but with the obedience and trust and loving characteristics of domesticated animals. Of course, you can breed things like this over long periods of time with different levels of success. But what if you could really get it to be like every canine unit we have in the northern latitudes, they have the characteristics of the strongest arctic wolf that ever walked the earth and also they love to cuddle and do exactly what I say.