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13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 35 minNew

Ali Partovi on Cursor, Kalshi and Starting Over at 45

Ali Partovi is a generational entrepreneur and investor. A Harvard Computer Science graduate (class of 1994), he cofounded LinkExchange and sold it to Microsoft when he was 26, then cofounded iLike. As an angel investor he backed Facebook, Uber, Airbnb and Dropbox. He then started Neo, a mentorship community that has backed Cursor, Kalshi and many more. He also cofounded Code.org with his brother Hadi, helping millions of kids around the world learn to code. Ali has just launched his own podcast, Confession with Ali Partovi. Check it out here: https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/JX3oYF Ali…

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   E48 · 28 Sep 2026 · 59 min

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   E47 · 15 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

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   E46 · 2 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

   Is AI Revenue Inflated? | The Dejima Mafia

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   E45 · 7 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

   Ramin Hassani I Co-Founder & CEO of Liquid AI

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   E44 · 28 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

   Young AI Researcher Disrupting the Entire Industry - Ali Behrouz

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   E43 · 4 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

   Ali Kashani, Serve Robotics

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