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Kahlil Lalji Is Teaching AI Agents How to Pay Their Own Way
Before machines can do business, they need a way to hold and move money. Kahlil Lalji has spent a decade taking an unusually scenic route to that problem - from esports edits and Columbia Records to couples banking, marathon splits and Natural's agentic payment rails.
Tony Post Built a Shoe Company Around the Space Most Brands Squeezed Out
A college walk-on became a shoe apprentice, ran marathons in dress shoes, helped launch FiveFingers, and then learned that the smartest product idea in the room still has to earn a place on the foot.
Brian Brown
Brian Brown is the Chief Business Officer of Brave Software, the privacy-first browser company founded by JavaScript creator Brendan Eich. Since 2016 he has led the business side of Brave's bet to rewire online advertising around consent and the Basic Attention Token (BAT), pitching publishers, brands, and platforms on a model where users get paid for their attention. A veteran startup operator, he co-founded and helped run cloud-computing pioneer Joyent (later acquired by Samsung), founded enterprise and software startups before that, and began his career in journalism and human rights work. He is a Vassar graduate and a marathon runner who likes to quote Aristotle when people ask him about success.
Angela Strange
Angela Strange is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where she leads investments in fintech infrastructure, insurance, and AI applications in financial services. A mechanical engineer by training and elite marathon runner by heart, she coined the widely-cited thesis 'Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company' - arguing that new financial infrastructure will enable any company to embed financial services the way AWS democratized software. She joined a16z in 2014 after stints at Google (where she launched Chrome for Android and iOS) and travel startup Ruba.com (acquired by Google). She has board seats at companies including Moov, Sardine, Jeeves, Valon, and hyperexponential, and is co-chair of C100, which connects Canadian entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley.