E1: Tech, Growth, and Lessons for AI Startups | Dheeraj Pandey - Nutanix ($20B+) & DevRev ($1B+)

"How to Build an AI Native Company?" - a question that is troubling all budding founders today.

We attempt to find an answer to this $M question by picking the minds of Dheeraj Pandey - Founder, Nutanix ($20B+) and DevRev($1B+), Mehak Aggarwal - Founder, Sybill ($14M raised), and Riya Karumanchi (MS @ Stanford).

Dheeraj Pandey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpandey/)
Mehak Aggarwal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehak-agr/)
Riya Karumanchi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/riya-karumanchi/)
Vaibhav Agrawal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drvaibhavagrawal/)

This is Part 1 of our "Building From The Nest" series where we bring real builders to share their frameworks and insights on how they built some of the world's largest companies!

About us:
We are ODDBIRD VC (https://oddbirdvc.com/), an early-stage venture firm in San Francisco, born to challenge the status quo. We recognize and celebrate the outlier HUSTLE, AMBITION, RISK TAKING, and GRIT of odd birds. We want to expand the aperture of what's venture backable.

So whether you are an immigrant, restarting after a failure, dropping out of college, building in a 'weird' category, or starting off solo, we want to dream alongside you, slay your demons, and help you win.

Chapters:
0:00 Introductions
11:05 Relevance of Prompt Engineering
18:36 Is UI/UX Dead?
23:54 The Importance of GTM
36:00 What did DeepSeek do?
47:34 Predictions for the Future of AI
51:25 Audience QnA