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S2E73 Tanay Kothari: Creating a Post-Keyboard Future
In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano sits down with Tanay Kothari, the co-founder and CEO of Wispr Flow, an AI-powered voice dictation platform. Tanay traces his path…
S2E72 Inside the Black Box: The Urgency of AI Interpretability
Recorded live at Lightspeed’s offices in San Francisco, this special episode of Generative Now dives into the urgency and promise of AI interpretability. Lightspeed partner Nnamdi Iregbulem spoke…
S2E71 From Periscope to Macroscope: Kayvon Beykpour’s Vision for AI-Powered Development
In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano sits down with Kayvon Beykpour, co-founder and CEO of Macroscope, which launches today, and the former co-founder of Periscope.…
S2E70 Walk & Talk Episode: Semil Shah on AI Superteams, Meta’s Bold Moves, and Apple’s Missed Shots
In this special episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano talks with Semil Shah, founder and partner of Haystack VC and partner at Lightspeed. Together, they have a wide-ranging,…
S2E69 Rahul Vohra: Building AI Tools That Save Us Time
In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano sits down with Rahul Vohra, founder of the email client Superhuman, to unpack the future of AI-powered productivity. Rahul shares…
S2E68 Scott Belsky & Steve Jang: From AI Chatbots to Copilots
In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano sits down with two co-investors: Steve Jang, Co-Founder and Partner at Kindred Ventures, and Scott Belsky, Partner at A24 and…
S2E67 Inside AI Policy with FAI’s Chief Economist Sam Hammond
In this episode, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano sits down with the Foundation for American Innovation’s Chief Economist Sam Hammond to talk AI policy. Sam breaks down the key infrastructure…
S2E66 Julie Bornstein: Building the Future of Fashion with AI
In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed partner Michael Mignano sits down with the former Stitch Fix COO and founder of The Yes, Julie Bornstein. They talk about Julie’s latest venture:…
S2E65 Bucky Moore: The Next Decade of AI Infrastructure
This week, Lightspeed Partner Mike Mignano sits down with his colleague Bucky Moore, a fellow partner at Lightspeed to explore the rapidly shifting landscape of AI and infrastructure. They unpack the…
S2E64 Moritz Baier-Lentz: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Gaming
This week, Lightspeed Partner Mike Mignano sits down with Moritz Baier-Lentz, Partner and Head of Gaming and Interactive Media at Lightspeed. From the world’s #1 ranked Diablo II player to Goldman…
S2E63 How Jobs Will Change as AI Gets Better
What is the future of AI in the workplace? What kinds of jobs would you trust an AI to do? In this episode of Generative Now, host and Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano explores how AI is…
S2E62 Reinventing Wall Street: Rogo’s AI Revolution with Gabriel Stengel
This week, Lightspeed Partner Mike Mignano sits down with Gabriel Stengel, founder and CEO of Rogo, to explore how AI is transforming the world of finance. Gabe shares his journey from sleepless…
S2E61 Mike Krieger: Product Building Lessons from Instagram and Anthropic (Encore)
This week, we are revisiting a conversation between Lightspeed partner Michael Mignano and Anthropic’s head of product, Mike Krieger. Mike is known for co-founding Instagram, one of the most beloved…
S2E60 Arvind Jain: Why Now Is the Time to Solve Enterprise Search (Encore)
This week, we are revisiting a conversation between Lightspeed partner Michael Mignano and Arvind Jain, the founder and CEO of Glean about the evolution of AI-assisted enterprise search.Arvind shares…
S2E59 Chris Pedregal + Sam Stephenson: Making Meetings More Effective with Granola
How can AI make meetings better? That’s the simple question that inspired Granola, a productivity tool that can tell you what was actually discussed in that meeting last week and what the real next…
S2E58 Jon Noronha: How Gamma’s big bet on AI paid off
Can a pivot to AI actually save a company? In the case of Gamma, it did that and more. In this episode of Generative Now, host Michael Mignano, partner at Lightspeed, talks with Jon Noronha, the…
S2E57 AI Recruiting at NVIDIA, Pika, and Eleven Labs: How to Build Exceptional Teams
Exceptional AI products begin with exceptional teams, but in 2025, AI staffing has never been harder. In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed partner Michael Mignano dives into the realities of…
S2E56 Rohan Nayak: How Pocket FM is Using AI to Reinvent Audio Storytelling
There’s no doubt we have more choices for entertainment than at any other point in history. And yet, once a series ends, it can be difficult to find something you like just as much. But what if AI…
S2E55 Your Questions Answered: Vibe Coding, Consumer Defensibility, and the Future of Agent Management
In this special mailbag episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano tackles your questions from X and LinkedIn. He gets into AI's market expansion, startup defensibility, which…
S2E54 Generative Quarterly with Semil Shah: Seed Markets, Vibe Coding, and the Flappy Bird Effect
History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes. Vibe coded games, like a flight simulator from @levelsio, are reminiscent of early iPhone app store games like Flappy Bird and Paper Toss. How…
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