Recent Episodes
Harrison Miller | Summit Partners
Common threads through 25 years of VC investing
AI startups fail because founders obsess over models, not company building. Harrison Miller is a former VP/GM from Amazon.com’s early years, and former MD of Summit Partners, which over 40+ years has invested $40B in more than 550 tech companies. He explains why execution, not algorithms, determines survival.
Play PodcastR. Martin Chavez | Sixth Street
The Brothers Chavez In Conversation: Tom & Marty Chavez on AI, Investing, + More
Tom Chavez, Founding General Partner at super{set}, in conversation with his brother - R. Martin Chavez, Partner and Vice Chairman, Sixth Street, Board Member at Google, and former CFO of Goldman Sachs. Tom and Marty discuss their brief stint as roommates, their brotherly relationship, and R. Martin's experiences as an investor, entrepreneur, and corporate leader.…
Play PodcastMatt Kilmartin and Mike Moreau | Habu (acquired by LiveRamp)
super{set} Celebrates First Exit: LiveRamp Acquires Habu for $200M
Joining Tom and Vivek in the studio today are Habu co-founders Matt Kilmartin (CEO) and Mike Moreau (COO) to give the full story behind how Habu was conceived, built out, scaled, and sold. Habu is a leader in the data collaboration category with innovative data clean room technology. Habu enables companies to share, make sense…
Play PodcastJeremy Klein | super{set}
super{set} Fund II: Intensifying Our Serial Focus on Data+AI Company Building
Announcing super{set} Fund II! The world has tilted in our favor. We’ve been building companies in the data+AI space for 25 years, mostly while it was niche and nerdy. With the AI revolution fully upon us, we’re thrilled to announce that super{set} has closed a $90 million second fund to invest in companies at inception.…
Play PodcastJen D’Amico, Anupam Gupta and Ted Flanagan |
Creating a People-First Performance Culture for Startups
Talent and career development in startups is typically nonexistent - so at super{set}, we're changing that. While a startup’s opportunities for rapid growth and trial by fire are incredible, we believe startup employees can still benefit from intentional mentorship and development. No - it's not about bringing in professional coaches who lack hands-on company-building expertise.…
Play PodcastRachel Gollub | PointHealth AI
Rachel Gollub on Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Leading Healthcare AI
Rachel Gollub is a distinguished engineer, programmer, and entrepreneur with a storied career in Silicon Valley: she started her career as part of the founding team behind the Java programming language and ended it as CTO of healthcare giant Optum. Along the way, Rachel managed to start several companies on top of a quick stopover…
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About our host
Tom Chavez
Tom Chavez is the Co-Founder and General Partner of super{set}, a startup studio that founds, funds, and builds data-driven technology startups.
Tom is a seasoned entrepreneur & executive who specializes in building companies that leverage data and artificial intelligence to create market-leading solutions.
Prior to forming super{set}, Tom was the CEO and co-founder of Krux, a martech platform that was acquired by Salesforce in 2016, and before that, he was CEO and co-founder of Rapt, a provider of software for media monetization acquired by Microsoft in 2008.
To date, the companies he’s built have generated a 17.5x return for investors and substantial wealth for employees, establishing him as a proven leader in the intersection of technology, data science, and entrepreneurship.
