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2026-08-11 · 11 company · 11 thematic

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jensen huang

Co-founder, president and CEO of Nvidia. He has led the company from graphics processors into accelerated computing and AI infrastructure.

alex edelson

Founder and General Partner of Slipstream Investors, a fund-of-funds investing in pre-seed/seed emerging managers (median $30M fund size); previously COO and GC at QED Investors (fintech VC); known for deployment discipline including 5-quarter pause during 2021-22 peak.

ernie garcia

Founder and CEO of Carvana (CVNA), built vertically integrated used car platform with proprietary reconditioning, logistics, and financing; took company public in 2017, navigated 2022 crash, and returned to profitability with 2-2.5x industry returns at 2% market share.

nico simko

Co-founder and CEO of Claire, an earned-wage access platform embedded in payroll systems (Gusto, QuickBooks, TriNet) serving 5% of US small businesses; reached $100M revenue run rate by connecting short-term credit to workplace data; former JP Morgan analyst who experienced credit invisibility as immigrant.

john coogan

Co-host of TBPN, a live technology and business show focused on startups, venture capital and Silicon Valley.

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