Shiv Rao: Lessons from Jensen Huang on "Founder Mode" | How to Know if OpenAI or Anthropic Will Kill your Company

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May 16, 2026

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Shiv Rao is the CEO and Co-Founder of Abridge, a leader in generative AI for healthcare. The company reached a $5.3 billion valuation following a $300 million funding round with investors including Jensen Huang, Henry Kravis, USV, Bessemer Venture Partners and Elad Gill. A practicing cardiologist, Shiv has scaled the company to 450 employees and partnered with major health systems like Emory and Yale.

In Today's Show We Discuss:
  • You just have to survive long enough to not die

  • Did USV liking music make them billions of dollars?

  • The three variants of an AI native company

  • How do you know if foundation models are going to kill or help you?

  • Why OpenAI and Anthropic doing consultancies is such an obvious move

  • Biggest lesson from Jensen Huang at Nvidia

  • What Founder Mode truly means

  • What the founder of Duolingo taught me about sacrifice

  • If I started a company again, Elad Gill would be the one investor I go to

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