The Agentic Tech Podcast, Ep 1: Founder & Investor Roundtable
A reboot of The Privacy Podcast, because privacy was never the destination. It’s one of many on-ramps to something more expansive and forward-looking: tech that expands human agency.
Since 2022, we’ve been steadily seeding this category with more builders, more capital, and more ideas to expand human agency and flourishing.
We’re kicking off this reboot with a founder–investor roundtable on what agentic tech is, what’s being built, where capital’s flowing, and why now.
What’s in this episode?
You’ll hear how 2016 social media woes, lessons from crypto, the YouTube “Adpocalypse,” and LLM sycophancy shaped this crew’s thesis.
We probe exit costs and network effects, why data is your “digital body,” the case for keys over passwords, and why AI agents should align with what you want to want (aspirations) rather than what you compulsively click.
In this episode: Anastasia Uglova (host), Chad Fowler (BlueYard Capital), Zoe Weinberg (ex/ante), Vivian Chong (ex/ante), Ross Matican (Halcyon Ventures), Brendan O’Brien (number 0), Alex Komoroske (Common Tools), Rupert Manfredi (Unternet), Kim Hamilton Duffy (DID), and Jad Esber (koodos).