Immigration status shouldn’t depend on a paperwork nightmare. But for many immigrants, navigating the US immigration system means months of uncertainty, complicated filings, and life-changing consequences when something goes wrong. @Aizada - CEO & founder of @AlmaImmigration - knows this firsthand. After experiencing the system’s challenges herself, she founded Alma to transform how immigration legal services are delivered. Aizada joins me on the pod to discuss how Alma combines AI, technology, and experienced attorneys to make immigration law more efficient, transparent, and predictable. We explore: → Why AI could make legal services more human → Where AI will - and won’t - disrupt the legal industry → How companies are rethinking immigration as they compete for talent → Why skilled immigration matters to America’s innovation economy Special thank you to Aizada for joining the pod and to Alma for all of the amazing work they’re doing.

The people we have the most in common with are often our rivals.

It’s unlikely that any single human has the full story, yet almost all of us are confident that we know the truth.

Maybe we will soon be able to leverage AI to speak commands to a few animals in their native language.

What if we are just the origin story of super intelligence?

We have exited the information age and entered the age of intelligence.

AI + Compute + Brain Computer Interface = Human Super Intelligence

I think this is one of the best interviews I have given in a long time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

AI + Quantum + Crispr = Increased Healthspan

I'm pretty excited about what Leon is building with ivy.one/. It's been a game changer for our firm - a measurable 50% increase in team productivity. Leon is layering in the missing pieces of the AI stack for investment firms - security, control of data, a fully integrated platform for the firm.

Top 5 innovation waves right now (in no particular order): AI Robotics Gene Editing Space Exploration Brain Computer Interface (One man’s opinion)

Doing a speaking role at a @sydecario investor event today. There’s a great community of people coming together to provide liquidity into the venture market. I believe that the private markets are going to increasingly fill the void created by the lack of access to the IPO market. There’s a parallel here to the LBO market where firms trade amongst themselves to unlock capital. Theory - more liquidity is coming.

I have raised my hand to help the Post Exit Founder chapter in NYC plan some events. We hosted some of the members at the @Interplay office for lunch. A pic below. The group is jam-packed with people that can be driving change and improving society. I think what really motivated me to volunteer was the hope that we could get a few more ex-founders back in the fray driving change. If you’ve got ideas on how to leverage this community. Ping me.

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Building something great is hard. The question is: which hard are you willing to choose? That’s something @DWeisburd and I dug into on the latest episode. David chose podcasting as his hard. Three years ago, he committed to building How I Invest for at least a decade - before he knew whether it would work. There were no guarantees. Just the grind of booking guests, navigating compliance, building credibility, and showing up episode after episode. That commitment eventually turned the podcast into something much bigger: a network of investors, entrepreneurs, relationships, and venture deal flow. And that’s what I found most interesting about our conversation... The podcast wasn't just building David’s network. It was building David. We talked about: → The power of “information alpha” and “relationship alpha” → Why some emerging managers have a winner mindset—and others don't → Why founder-product fit matters → How relationships compound over time → And why the best opportunities often come from playing the infinite game My biggest takeaway: You can’t make building something great easy. But you can choose a hard worth doing. Then you have to stay in the game long enough for the compounding to begin. Big thanks to David for joining the pod.