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Gavin Baker, Managing Partner of Atreides, on Everything You Wanted to Know About Semiconductors & Why Global Warming is a Solved Problem
How can values create value? On this podcast, Michael Eisenberg talks with business leaders and venture capitalists to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact technology can have on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization.
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Gavin Baker, Managing Partner of Atreides, on Everything You Wanted to Know About Semiconductors & Why Global Warming is a Solved Problem
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
General Catalyst Co-Founder David Fialkow on Pitching VCs Through ‘Hot Buttons,’ Billion-Dollar Storytelling & Bringing Down a Cult
September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025
Mati Gill, CEO of AION Labs, on Funding Life-Saving Startups, Lessons From Working at Teva Pharmaceuticals in Crisis & Life After Getting Shot
September 10, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 10, 2025
Nir Zohar on His Evolution from Wix Coffee Maker to COO, Why the Wix Management Team Has Offsites in the Water, the Super Bowl Ad that Changed Everything and Why Wix Bought Base44–”One Guy”–for $80 Million
August 27, 2025
August 27, 2025
August 27, 2025
August 27, 2025
Gigi Levy-Weiss on How the Israeli Air Force is the Best Model for Running a Company, How Playtika Exploded Overnight by Accident, the Uncomfortable Truths About Working in Gambling, and the Coolest Companies in the NFX Portfolio
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman on How a Story in CNBC Beat Fiverr’s $8M Super Bowl Ad, the Right Way to Go Public, How Your Boss isn’t Responsible for Your Career, Why Freelancers Move Faster Than Employees, and How AI is Raising the Floor–not the Ceiling
July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025
From DNA to Star Trek: Samuel Arbesman on Reconciling Science with Tradition, Building Personalized “Sims” for Your Body, and What it Means to be a Scientist in VC
July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025
Dream Founders Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz on How Dream Became the World’s Fastest-Growing Cyber Startup Within 18 Months, Building the First AI Native Cybersecurity Company, and Whether it’s Possible to Ethically Use Offensive Cyber
July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025
Ex-Fiverr Chief Business Officer Gali Arnon on the Strategy That Turned Fiverr From the Cheap Services Brand into the World’s Top Talent Marketplace, How the Role of the CMO Has Changed, and Making Your Mother-in-Law Proud
June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025
StarkWare Co-Founder Eli Ben-Sasson on the Future of Blockchain, Zero Knowledge (ZK) Proofs and How They “Solve Integrity” and Why We No Longer Have to Trust the Banks or Government
May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
Katie Stanton on What You Never Heard About Obama, Operating Vs. Investing, Behind the Scenes at Twitter, Yahoo! and Google, and Using Your Network to Get Ahead
May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025
Benchmark GP Sarah Tavel on What She Learned at Bessemer, Greylock, Pinterest and Benchmark, Being an Operator vs. an Investor, and How to Create an AI Moat
April 23, 2025
April 23, 2025
April 23, 2025
April 23, 2025
Omri Casspi on Life After the NBA as a Venture Capitalist, Bringing Elon Musk to Israel, Sports Philosophy in Investing, Getting Founders to Trust Him, and the Story He Never Told Anyone | Invested
April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025
Amir Shevat on Growing Developer Relations at Google, Microsoft, Slack, Twitch and Twitter; the Future of Engineering; Getting Fired Overnight by Elon Musk & Publicly Calling Him Out
March 19, 2025
March 19, 2025
March 19, 2025
March 19, 2025
Ex-Amazon Dan Davidi on Replacing Fuel with His Company Ohr, Literally Reinventing Rocket Science, and Whether Synthetic Biology is Playing God
March 5, 2025
March 4, 2025
March 5, 2025
March 5, 2025
Ex-CEO of Waze Noam Bardin on What Really Happens at Google, Life After a Billion-Dollar Acquisition, Building the Ultimate Community-Based Business, and What No One Gets About OKRs
February 19, 2025
February 19, 2025
February 19, 2025
February 19, 2025
Investor Sender Cohen on Learnings From Working With Stan Druckenmiller and George Soros, TLV vs. Dubai, and Why He Pays Someone to Keep Him Off the Internet
February 5, 2025
February 5, 2025
February 5, 2025
February 5, 2025
Andreessen GP Katherine Boyle on the Battle for America’s Future, Why She Left Silicon Valley for Florida & Why it’s Good to be Bored in Church | Invested
January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025
Special Episode: Why TikTok Should be Banned in the U.S.
January 15, 2025
January 15, 2025
January 15, 2025
January 15, 2025
The Information Founder Jessica Lessin on Building the World’s Top Tech Media Outlet, Why Citizen Journalism Won’t Replace Traditional Media, and the Future of Journalism | Jessica Lessin on Invested
January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025
Vee Founder May Piamenta on Selling Her First Company at 16, Smuggling a Computer Onto an Army Base, Laying Off Her Entire Company and Knowing When to Pivot
December 18, 2024
December 18, 2024
December 18, 2024
December 18, 2024
Adam Fisher, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, on What it Takes to be a Great VC, Lessons from Wix and Fiverr, and Why Israel Should Let Go of the “Startup Nation” Narrative
December 4, 2024
December 18, 2024
December 4, 2024
December 4, 2024
Harvard Professor Roland Fryer on Relentlessly Pursuing Truth, ‘Closing Social Gaps with Market Caps,’ and Celebrating Failure
November 20, 2024
December 18, 2024
November 20, 2024
November 20, 2024
AI Expert Oren Etzioni on How Deepfakes are Influencing Global Events, Our Moral Obligations Around AI & the Fight Against Disinformation | Invested
November 4, 2024
November 21, 2024
November 4, 2024
November 4, 2024
Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale on Fixing America, Disrupting Defense Innovation & Building the University of Austin
October 28, 2024
November 21, 2024
October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024
Michael looks back on the incredible and tragic stories from October 7th within the Israeli tech ecosystem that were shared on the Invested podcast over the past year.
October 7, 2024
November 21, 2024
October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024
Bradley Tusk on How to Save Democracy Before it’s Too Late, the Problem With Our Political Structures, and the Power of Mobile Voting
September 25, 2024
November 21, 2024
September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
Sam Lessin on What Entrepreneurs Don’t Realize About VCs, When the State Should Intervene with Tech, the Future of Crypto and the Evolution of Truth
September 11, 2024
November 21, 2024
September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024
Alon Arvatz on the Future of Israeli Cybersecurity, Exiting Multiple Companies, Leaving Money on the Table, and Making Financial Literacy Accessible
August 28, 2024
November 21, 2024
August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024
Yoav Shoham on What Machines Understand About Us, Leading AI in Israel & Stanford, AI21 Labs Innovations, and How We’re Wrong About AGI
August 12, 2024
November 21, 2024
August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024
Barak Herscowitz on TikTok’s Anti-Israel Bias, the Memo That Got Leaked, Resigning From TikTok, and the Story Israel Needs to be Telling
July 31, 2024
November 21, 2024
July 31, 2024
July 31, 2024
Lior Eshkol on How Wolt Israel Became a Cultural Icon, the Essence of the Israeli Consumer & Navigating the Company Through Crisis
July 16, 2024
November 21, 2024
July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024
Matan Bar on Melio’s Humble Beginnings, The Power of Storytelling, Making Tough Decisions as a CEO, and Meeting George W. Bush
July 3, 2024
November 21, 2024
July 3, 2024
July 3, 2024
Jacob Helberg on the China Doomsday Scenario, the Dangers of Wokeism, and What America Needs to Win the Technological Arms Race
June 17, 2024
November 21, 2024
June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024
Beezer Clarkson on How to Get a “Yes” from Investors, Advice to Young VCs, Fund Mission vs. Returns, and What Diversity Means in Venture
June 3, 2024
November 21, 2024
June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024
Marc Rowan on Having the Courage to Speak Up, Apollo’s Investing Strategy, Commitment to Israel, and Looking Ahead
May 11, 2024
November 21, 2024
May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024
Ben Lang on Being Early at Notion, How to Build Community, Angel Investing and Taking Risks
May 1, 2024
November 21, 2024
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
Antonio Garcia-Martinez on the Hippie Influence over Silicon Valley, Behind the Scenes at Facebook, Writing ‘Chaos Monkeys’ and Founding Spindl
April 17, 2024
November 21, 2024
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
Eyal Waldman on What Went Wrong on October 7th, His Personal Loss and Plan for Peace, and Mellanox’s Impact on AI
March 28, 2024
November 21, 2024
March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024
Yasmin Lukatz on Investing in a Time of War, Founding ICON, How to Make a Difference, and Being on Shark Tank
March 18, 2024
November 21, 2024
March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024
Yonatan Adiri on Founding Healthy.io, Challenges in HealthTech, and Working with Shimon Peres - Part One
March 5, 2024
November 21, 2024
March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024
Yonatan Adiri on Stepping Down as CEO of Healthy.io, the Future of Healthcare, and What’s Next for Him - Part Two
February 19, 2024
November 21, 2024
February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024
Stefan Tompson on Founding Visegrad24, Fake News, Fighting for Israel and the West
February 6, 2024
November 21, 2024
February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024
Bradley Tusk on Investing Like a Politician in Regulated Industries, the Flaws of Elite Education, and the Fragmented Future of America
January 4, 2024
November 21, 2024
January 4, 2024
January 4, 2024
Alex Konrad on Covering Israeli & Gazan Tech, the Forbes Midas List, & Civic Resilience
December 4, 2023
November 21, 2024
December 4, 2023
December 4, 2023
Izhar Shay on Losing His Son Yaron Oree, the October 7th Attack, an Initiative for the Fallen, and Moving Forward
November 16, 2023
November 21, 2024
November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023
Ami Daniel on the October 7th Massacre, Rescuing Survivors Using Tech, and Managing a Company During War
November 1, 2023
November 21, 2024
November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023
Eyal Waldman on Building Mellanox, Employing Palestinians and Israelis Together, and The Future of AI
July 16, 2023
November 21, 2024
July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023
Harry Stebbings on Starting 20VC, Being Underestimated, Investing, and Wealth vs. Happiness
July 2, 2023
November 21, 2024
July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
Jon Pelson on China's Influence, TikTok, Huawei and Different Values
June 19, 2023
November 21, 2024
June 19, 2023
June 19, 2023
Ron Gura on Empathy, Grief and Scaling Humanity
May 31, 2023
November 21, 2024
May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023
Kathryn Mayne on VC, Investing in People, Taking Risks and Why Israel is Special
May 15, 2023
November 21, 2024
May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023
Daniel Schreiber on Storytelling, Good vs. Bad Investors, Running a Public Company
May 1, 2023
November 21, 2024
May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023
Orit Farkash HaCohen on AI Regulation, Burnout, Israel’s Natural Gas Exploration, and Diversity in High-Tech
April 18, 2023
November 21, 2024
April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023
Russ Roberts on the Difficulty of Giving Good Advice, Work-Life Balance, Our Obsession with Productivity, Storytelling and Wild Problems
April 17, 2023
November 21, 2024
April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023
Jeff Swartz on Timberland, Social Impact, Philanthropy, Having Too Many Words and Lots of Dreams
April 17, 2023
November 21, 2024
April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023
Aryeh Bourkoff on Empathy, Digital Communities, Relationships vs. Transactions, Being Self-Aware, Dreaming about Being Shy and Lazy
April 3, 2023
November 21, 2024
April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023
