Ventures from the Valley brings you inside the rooms where billion-dollar decisions get made. Hosted by R136 Ventures, each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of technology; from AI infrastructure to global fintech to the companies redefining how we build.
Ventures from The Valley
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27 episodes
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Ventures from the Valley brings you inside the rooms where billion-dollar decisions get made. Hosted by R136 Ventures, each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of technology; from AI infrastructure to global fintech to the companies redefining how we build.
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Recent Episodes
June 3, 2026
How Losing Her Best Friend Led Eugenia Kuyda to Build the World's First AI Companion
<p>What happens when AI stops being just a tool… and becomes a relationship?</p><p>In this episode of Ventures from the Valley, host Victor Orlovski speaks with Eugenia Kuyda — founder of Replika and Wabi — about the future of emotional AI, AI companions, consumer technology, and the next wave of human-computer interaction.</p><p>Eugenia shares the deeply personal story behind Replika, how the loss of her best friend inspired one of the world’s first AI companion platforms, and why millions of users formed emotional connections with AI long before ChatGPT existed.</p><p>They also discuss:<br>• The early days of conversational AI before transformers<br>• Building emotional intelligence into software<br>• Why Replika had 1.5M users on the waitlist before launch<br>• The rise of ChatGPT and OpenAI<br>• Why emotional AI may become bigger than assistants<br>• The future of AI relationships and digital companions<br>• Why AI could replace millions of jobs<br>• The next generation of AI interfaces through Wabi<br>• Consumer AI vs enterprise AI<br>• The future battle between Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and startups</p><p>This conversation explores one of the biggest questions of our time: can AI truly understand humans — and what happens if it does?</p><p>Watch the full episode and subscribe for more conversations with world-class founders, investors, and AI pioneers.</p><p>Learn more about R136 Ventures</p><p>What do you think — will emotional AI help humanity or make people more isolated?</p><p><br>#venturecapital #R136 #AI #Replika #EugeniaKuyda</p>
May 6, 2026
How HighLevel Won 70,000 Marketing Agencies Without a Sales Team - with Robin Alex
<p>What if you could build a multi-million dollar SaaS company… without a sales team or paid ads?</p><p>In this episode of Ventures from the Valley, host Victor Orlovski sits down with Robin Alex, co-founder of HighLevel — an AI-powered business platform serving 70,000+ agencies and over 1 million businesses worldwide.</p><p>Robin shares how HighLevel scaled from early struggles and high churn to becoming one of the fastest-growing SaaS platforms — by focusing on agencies instead of SMBs, building strong community-driven growth, and aligning incentives at scale.</p><p>⸻</p><p>💡 What you’ll learn:</p><p>• Why selling directly to SMBs failed — and what worked instead<br>• The real reason agencies became the growth engine<br>• How a simple pivot changed everything<br>• Why HighLevel never relied on a traditional sales team<br>• The strategy behind 40% lifetime affiliate commissions<br>• How to scale a SaaS company profitably from day one<br>• The truth about product-market fit most founders misunderstand<br>• How AI is changing (but not replacing) service businesses</p><p>⸻</p><p>This episode is brought to you by R136 Ventures, backing the next generation of B2B and AI-driven companies.</p><p>🌐 Learn more:<br>https://www.r136.vc/</p><p>💬 Would you rather build a startup with VC funding or stay fully profitable from day one?</p>
April 9, 2026
How to Build a $1T Venture Platform with Daniel Dippold
<p>How do you build companies worth hundreds of millions - and aim for a trillion-dollar venture platform?</p><p>In this episode of Ventures from the Valley, host Victor Orlovski sits down with serial entrepreneur Daniel Dippold.</p><p>Daniel is a 3x founder with over $300M in collective startup value, a Cambridge machine learning graduate, and an angel investor in 60+ startups since 2020 with multiple unicorn investments.</p><p>He is also the founder of EWOR, a fellowship that supports top tech founders globally with up to €500,000 and bespoke mentorship from unicorn founders (Adjust, ProGlove, SumUp).</p><p>In this conversation we discuss:</p><p>• How Daniel evaluates exceptional founders<br>• Why venture capital is a heavy-tailed industry<br>• How EWOR helps founders build unicorn companies<br>• The infrastructure behind startup success<br>• Why small teams can build billion-dollar companies<br>• The future of AI startups and foundation models<br>• How venture investors identify breakout founders<br>• Why the best founders focus on talent, money, and distribution</p><p>Daniel also shares his perspective on AI disruption, venture capital, and the future of trillion-dollar companies.</p><p>This podcast is brought to you by R136 Ventures, supporting visionary founders building the next generation of B2B and fintech companies.</p><p>🌐 Learn more<br>https://www.r136.vc/</p><p>💬 What matters more for startup success — the founder, the idea, or timing?</p>
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