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▶ 30:57 · $GRANOLA · Lightspeed's Granola investment cited as example of taste as moat in AI era
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The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were Impossible Until Now

2025-11-28 · 6 company · 6 thematic
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mike mignano

Mike Mignano founded Anchor, a podcast creation platform acquired by Spotify in 2019. He joined Lightspeed as a partner investing in consumer and AI companies including Neuralink, xAI, Suno, Granola, and Doctronic. He recently co-founded Obo Labs, an AI-powered personalized learning platform at obo.fyi.

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“I think Granola was a great example of this. I think the question is to what extent is that now a durable asset given we've seen how aggressive some of the labs are. Like can taste really stand the test of time or is it really just a thing…”
—mike mignano
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