Business
In this episode, we dive into the acquisition of Cue by Apple (a reported $40M+ deal). Daniel Gross joins us to share his experiences building the company, the equity of opportunity, and his new venture: Pioneer. (https://pioneer.app) Daniel Gross (@danielgross) is an entrepreneur and investor, born in Israel. When he was 18, he was accepted into Y-Combinator, being the youngest founder to ever be accepted into the accelerator at the time. He founded a company called Cue, an AI-powered search engine. Cue raised multiple rounds of financing from Sequoia Capital, Index and others. In 2013, Cue was acquired by Apple. At 22, Daniel was leading several search and AI efforts across the company spanning iOS, OS X and Apple Watch. Daniel is also an investor in Github, Coinbase, Cruise, Gusto, Embark and others. In 2017, Daniel joined Y-Combinator as a Partner. He launched YC AI, Y-Combinator’s first vertical dedicated to investing in AI companies. Daniel is also the co-founder of AI Grant (aigrant.org), a distributed AI research lab that has funded 50 researchers around the globe. In 2018, Daniel founded Pioneer (https://pioneer.app). Pioneer is a search engine for the millions of “Lost Einsteins” — extraordinarily creative people around the world who have the talent, but lack opportunity. Once identified, Pioneer makes small investments to support whatever project they’re working on.