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About the Hosts

Sean Byrnes
Sean Byrnes
GENERAL PARTNER · NEAR HORIZON

Sean has been a founder for over 20 years, and has built category defining companies like Flurry and Outlier AI. He's invested in dozens of companies and coached dozens of CEOs on their company building journeys.

Ash Rust
Ash Rust
MANAGING PARTNER · STERLING ROAD

Ash Rust is the Managing Partner of Sterling Road, and a first round investor in Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV), Hydra Host, and Starcloud. He previously co-founded SendHub (YC W12, acq.) and was an early employee at Klout (acq.).

Nic Meliones
Nic Meliones
CEO · NAVI

Nic has been a founder for 13+ years, building in crypto (BitWall, acquired) and AI (Navi, whose program alumni have raised $240M+). He's built accelerators, coached CEOs, and trained 1,000+ builders.