▶ 141:00 · $NVDA · Nvidia leads Open Secure AI Alliance to frame open-source AI as cyber defense asset

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Letter Enthusiasts, $250B, Mega-Startup School, SSI x Nvidia, ETN Raises $1.6M

2026-07-27 · 19 company · 17 thematic

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speakers

Co-founder of ETN, European tech live-show media company; raised $1.6M at $9M post; building summit/recruitment/fund flywheel on top of daily show; 360 intern applicants from SF tech.

gary vaynerchuk

Serial entrepreneur, early Facebook/Twitter believer; owns VaynerMedia (agency), VaynerSports (agency), V Friends (collectibles IP); invested in MLP pickleball (32x), slamball, whiffle ball, sailing league; predicts collectibles replace stocks/art for next gen.

jonathan jacobe

Founder of stealth robotics lab (launched robots.online); raised $71M seed; builds foundation models generalizing across robot embodiments; software-first approach with web-controllable demos; partners in logistics, entertainment, health.

justin

Nvidia's VP of Enterprise AI; leads Open Secure AI Alliance launch; advocates for open-weight models as cyber defense infrastructure and enterprise RL flywheel foundation.

flo crivello

Founder of Lindy, an AI company that switched from Claude to DeepSeek. Supports a ban on Chinese open source models despite his company's dependence on them, citing national security concerns.

george hots

Founder of Tiny. Advocates for commoditizing compute and reducing Nvidia's margins through competition, noting H100 profit margins of 91%.

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“Well, I think it's a recognition that you always want to give the defenders of uh enterprises across really critical industries, financial services, energy, telecommunications an asymmetric advantage to protect their infrastructure. And th…”

—justin

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