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▶ 79:56 · Memory & Storage · Redis pivots to flash-backed agent context engine as AI agents drive 1000x data load growth
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Leopold's 13F, Mike Isaac Joins, Data Center Fixes, Shein Buys Everlane, Falling Birth Rates

2026-05-18 · 2 company · 8 thematic
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rowan

CEO of Redis (Reddus), leading open-source in-memory data structure store; pivoting to flash-backed agent context engine for AI.

dean

CEO of Decart, building real-time video world models (Lucy, Oasis) and cross-chip inference optimization stack (DOSS) for AI.

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