closed{session} podcast
Join us – Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya – where we reveal all the joys and sorrows of company building. From the guttermost to the uttermost, we’re not going to hold back.
Featured episode
How operator scars build defensible AI startups
Dissect why operator scars beat VC theory with Salesforce veteran Leyla Seka.
How AI Transforms Different Corners of Earth
Understand why AI's power consumption bottlenecks are more salient than frontier model wars with Goldman's George Lee.
Habu Co-founders Matt Kilmartin & Mike Moreau On Selling for $200M
Tom Chavez, Vivek Vaidya, and Habu co-founders Matt Kilmartin and Mike Moreau lift the veil on what really happened at Habu's build-out and eventual successful acquisition in just four short years as super{set}'s first-ever exit.
Startup Boards 101
Tom and Vivek have come full circle: in this episode they’re talking about closed session board meetings in The {Closed} Session. They discuss their experience in board meetings - even some tense ones - as serial founders and how they approach board meetings today as both co-founders and seed investors of the companies coming out of the super{set} startup studio.