From $6.2BN Market Cap to $2.8BN: What Is Not Translating About Navan's Public Story | Are Any Public Company CEOs Actually Happy?

Ariel Cohen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Navan (formerly TripActions), an AI-powered travel and expense platform. Last month, Ariel took the company public, since being a public company, they have faced a torrid time seeing stock price decline by 50%. The company is currently valued between $4BN-$5BN.

In Today's Show We Discuss:

• The Truth About Going Public After 11 Years

• Why We Couldn't Wait: The Real Reason for the IPO

• Disrupting the Giants: Amex, Concur, and the $1T Opportunity

• "If We Don't Build This, We're Dead": Seeing ChatGPT Early

• Why Navan Built Their Own Customer Service AI

• Why Infrastructure is Overrated (and What Actually Matters)

• Vibe Coding: How We Rebuilt Our Product in 6 Hours

• Are Any Public Company CEOs Actually Happy?

• Lessons from Robinhood: Energy, Ethics, and the Stock Price

• The Cost of Success: $1B Mistakes and Parenting Regrets