Agentic

George Bandarian

The Agentic Podcast, hosted by George Bandarian, General Partner & CEO at Untapped Ventures, leads deep discussions that uncover the untapped potential and breakthroughs of autonomous AI systems shaping the future. Featuring insights from founders, investors, and industry leaders, we dive into the impact of Agentic AI on industry and society, breakthroughs in machine learning, the future of responsible AI, and the convergence of human and machine intelligence.

  1. Request for Startups: 10 AI Ideas We’re Ready to Fund

    16 JUL

    Request for Startups: 10 AI Ideas We’re Ready to Fund

    We're at the halfway point of 2025, and AI is evolving faster than ever. In this solo episode, I share Untapped Ventures’ first Request for Startups. It’s a detailed breakdown of the core areas where we’re actively looking to invest. If you're a founder building in AI or exploring ideas, this is the roadmap for what we want to fund next. I walk through the key themes that reflect our thesis across both Agentic AI and Convergence AI. These are the ideas we believe will drive the next generation of breakout companies. Inside the episode: • Why service-as-software will replace traditional SaaS • How full-stack agentic platforms are reshaping vertical industries • The rise of outcome-based pricing and what it unlocks • Where lean AI teams are gaining massive traction • Why we’re excited about AI converging with biotech, neurotech, energy, defense, and more • The profiles of founders we love to back At Untapped, we invest from stealth and pre-salt through seed, writing checks between $500K and $2 million. Whether you're actively raising or still in the idea maze, we want to meet you. Let’s connect! George Bandarian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian Explore further: 1. If in Stealth, let’s chat: https://bit.ly/UntappedE18podS 2. If raising, pitch us: https://bit.ly/UntappedE18pod

    24 min
  2. Live Vibe Coaching with the LLM Pioneer Who Scaled Before ChatGPT | Will Manidis

    12 JUN

    Live Vibe Coaching with the LLM Pioneer Who Scaled Before ChatGPT | Will Manidis

    Is your AI startup built to survive the next wave? In this episode of Agentic, Will Manidis, the co-founder of ScienceIO, shares how he built for resilience from day one developing LLMs for healthcare and the frameworks that helped him scale before the world caught up. He shares how local model training on office gaming PCs laid the unlikely foundation for ScienceIO’s reach across millions in digital health. We also discuss: • why OpenAI’s API continues to dominate Gemini • the hidden fragility behind $500M fast scaling AI companies • Will’s belief that founders must prove value before overbuilding for scale Not often do you get to learn from someone who built an LLM before ChatGPT. Tune in now. If you’re in the early innings of building something in AI, especially if you’re figuring things out from first principles—click here, we'd love to hear from you. Connect with us here: 1. Will Manidis- https://www.linkedin.com/in/willmanidis/  2. George Bandarian- https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian/  3. Untapped Ventures- https://www.linkedin.com/company/untappedventures/ 00:00 Trailer 01:41 Introduction 02:45 Thiel Fellow 07:40 Pre-ChatGPT LLMs 10:27 Biggest lessons 12:37 Contrarian takes 13:56 Difficult to sell 15:59 First exit 16:38 Getting world-class talents 23:20 Risk mitigation strategy 25:48 Defensibility and moats 37:10 Basic MVP 44:01 Q&A 50:35 Outro

    51 min
  3. The AI Platform That Could Launch 10,000 Startups | Woz

    9 MAY

    The AI Platform That Could Launch 10,000 Startups | Woz

    Most no-code tools give you an MVP. Woz wants to give you a business. On this episode of Agentic, I was joined by Ben Collins and Brad Eckert, co-founders of Woz, an AI platform that lets anyone build real, scalable web and mobile products with zero coding. Think Shopify, but for launching operational SaaS startups. If you’re in the early innings of building something in AI, especially if you’re figuring things out from first principles—let’s chat. Connect with us here: 1. Woz: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/withwoz/ 2. Ben Collins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bentcollins/ 3. Brad Eckert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chefeckert/ 4. George Bandarian: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian 5. ⁠⁠Untapped Ventures:⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/untappedventures They break down: • Why shipping your MVP is just 1% of the journey—and what the other 99% really looks like • The difference between vibe coding, AI engineering, and real startup durability • What they learned from going through Y Combinator (twice), taking 80+ investor meetings, and raising a breakout seed round. • Why automation means more software businesses and not fewer jobs 00:00 Trailer 01:07 Introduction 02:29 Empowering entrepreneurs 04:27 Woz's Vision 10:32 Success stories 13:38 The origin story 15:27 AI code generation evolution 17:29 Technical insights 19:44 The Role of AI 30:31 Job markets 31:20 Entrepreneurial mindset shift 32:56 Business building challenges 34:54 Creating a successful platform 37:45 Y Combinator experience 43:41 Fundraising insights 49:29 Advice for AI Entrepreneurs 56:31 Closing

    59 min
  4. Inside You.com’s Plan to Outthink Google and OpenAI

    2 MAY

    Inside You.com’s Plan to Outthink Google and OpenAI

    What happens when the former Chief Scientist at Salesforce builds a search engine for enterprises? In this episode, Richard Socher (CEO) and Bryan McCann (CTO) of You.com reveal how they’re reinventing enterprise search and agentic workflows with their latest product, Ari—a deep research assistant that goes far beyond fast facts. We explore: How You.com is going deeper than Google and faster than PerplexityWhy consumer LLMs aren’t enough for serious enterprise workHow a Stanford summer project led to one of the most important AI research breakthroughsWhere Socher and McCann see AGI actually emerging—and why simulation may be the next frontier 00:00 Trailer 01:56 Introduction 03:41 Richard and Bryan's Meeting 09:52 Foundations of search 12:33 Deep research agent 13:49 How You.com stands out 16:03 Custom agents 18:15 ARI use cases 19:43 Going slow to go fast 24:00 Models under the hood 26:00 AGI workflows 29:11 Adoption 33:34 Complicated workflows 36:45 AGI - are we there? 46:20 How to compete as a startup 53:32 Being right 56:23 Outro

    58 min
  5. Carta’s 2025 AI Funding & Equity Insights | Peter Walker

    8 ABR

    Carta’s 2025 AI Funding & Equity Insights | Peter Walker

    Everyone has opinions about founder equity, funding timelines, and valuations—but Peter Walker holds the data.  In this special live Agentic session, I sat down with Peter, Head of Insights at Carta, to unpack what’s actually happening beneath the surface in early-stage AI startups.  Peter’s team has a privileged vantage point—cap tables, valuations, and hiring data across 45,000 startups and 83% of U.S. unicorns.  We explore: a common equity mistake that’s quietly killing fundraising chanceswhy AI founders are raising bigger rounds… and keeping more of their companieshow lean teams are pushing out serious ARR—and what that means for hiringthe valuation delta between AI and non-AI startups—and why that window may be closing If you’re raising, hiring, or advising an AI startup in this market, this one’s for you. If you’re in the early innings of building something in AI, especially if you’re figuring things out from first principles—let’s chat. Connect with us here: Peter Walker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjameswalker/George Bandarian: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian/⁠Untapped Ventures:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/untappedventures 00:00 Trailer 01:26 Introduction 02:44 Untapped Ventures 08:39 Carta 10:34 Early Equity 25:05 Venture Context 34:47 AI Story 51:04 Questions 54:48 Outro

    55 min
  6. How Agentic AI is Rewiring Software, Brokers, and the Future

    25 MAR

    How Agentic AI is Rewiring Software, Brokers, and the Future

    I brought Ben Collins of Woz and Dakotah Rice and Tushar Nair of Harper for a special episode of Agentic–our AGM! Ben’s Woz lets non-technical founders build scalable apps with no engineering team—think Shopify for software while Dakotah and Tushar’s Harper quotes 476 complex insurance deals with voice AI, turning family brokerage chaos into a data goldmine.  On the docket: ​Harper’s logged-call advantage for scalable precision​compute’s brewing storm (NVIDIA’s got rivals rising)​how reasoning models cut months off build times Connect with us: ​ Ben Collins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bentcollins​ Dakotah Rice: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakotahrice/​ Tushar Nair: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tushar-nair-b08988222/​ Woz: https://www.linkedin.com/company/withwoz/​ Harper: https://www.linkedin.com/company/harperinsure/​ George Bandarian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian/​ Untapped Ventures: https://www.linkedin.com/company/untappedventures 00:00 Trailer 02:06 Introduction 02:20 Ben Collins 04:02 Dakotah Rice 04:37 Tushar Nair 05:21 Agentic AI hot takes 11:59 Deep dive on Woz 17:05 Deep dive on Harper 24:15 Y Combinator and the founders community 28:21 Non-technical business side of software 30:30 Agentic demand, Elon's Grok/xAI 32:27 Outro

    33 min
  7. Is Big Tech Shaping The Future Of AI? | Wendell Wallach

    27 FEB

    Is Big Tech Shaping The Future Of AI? | Wendell Wallach

    As AI races forward, one question looms large—who decides what’s right and wrong? Behind the breakthroughs and multi billion-dollar valuations, a power struggle is unfolding. Big Tech is quietly shaping AI policy in the shadows, and governments are stuck playing catch-up. In this episode, I speak with Wendell Wallach, a foremost expert on AI ethics and governance, to break down the challenges and power dynamics steering the course of AI. Co-author of Moral Machines and a key figure at Yale and Carnegie Council, Wendell has spent decades thinking about how to align AI with human values. We cover: • why rogue superintelligence isn’t the biggest threat • how Big Tech is quietly shaping AI policies • AGI vs. ASI: When AI starts making its own rules Connect with us here: 1. Wendell Wallach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendell-wallach-246ba69/ 2. George Bandarian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian/ 3. Untapped Ventures: https://www.linkedin.com/company/untappedventures 00:00 Trailer 00:55 Introduction 01:59 AI uplifting humanity 04:09 Moral machines 09:58 Big tech oligopoly 16:00 Cold War 18:59 AI will take over the world? 29:57 Nefarious purposes 34:32 Trade-offs and safeguards 38:11 Data security 41:00 Finding product market fit 43:25 Human dangers 47:46 Outro

    49 min
  8. Ex-OpenAI Insider on AGI, DeepMind & AI | Logan Kilpatrick

    21 FEB

    Ex-OpenAI Insider on AGI, DeepMind & AI | Logan Kilpatrick

    He built AI-powered lunar rovers at NASA. He was in the room when GPT launched. Now, Logan Kilpatrick is helping developers push the boundaries of AI at Google DeepMind. In this episode, Logan shares his front-row view of AI’s most pivotal moments—and how they hint at the next paradigm shifts. We also get into: • inside Open AI on Launch day • how Google DeepMind’s Gemini 2.0 Flash is flipping the script on AI economics • the open-source vs. proprietary AI debate, and • why AI’s next frontier is deeply integrated, multimodal agents Plus, Logan unpacks his insights as an investor—where he sees opportunity in AI, what founders keep getting wrong, and why the most successful startups won’t look like today’s incumbents. 00:00 Trailer 01:19 Introduction 02:41 Inspired by Floppybird 03:53 OpenAI Developer Relations 08:55 Where AI is heading 14:41 Google DeepMind 17:47 As an AI founder, B2B and GSuite customer 21:29 Better model, low cost 27:12 Agentic AI and Google Gemini 29:32 AGI and DeekSeek 35:55 Investor and AI founder perspectives 44:43 What's next from Google 48:38 Outro

    49 min
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The Agentic Podcast, hosted by George Bandarian, General Partner & CEO at Untapped Ventures, leads deep discussions that uncover the untapped potential and breakthroughs of autonomous AI systems shaping the future. Featuring insights from founders, investors, and industry leaders, we dive into the impact of Agentic AI on industry and society, breakthroughs in machine learning, the future of responsible AI, and the convergence of human and machine intelligence.

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  • Creador
    George Bandarian
  • Años de actividad
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodios
    18
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    © George Bandarian
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