Welcome to 1 to 100, where every week Usman Hanif, the co-author of Why You Should Join, sits down with the founder of a hyper-growth company you should consider joining. Our goal is to give you the inside story behind breakout, early stage companies potentially worth betting your career on. Coming up on this season of 1 to 100, discover how the founders of Modal Labs, Clay, Mercor, and more built their products, cultures, and companies.
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Welcome to 1 to 100, where every week Usman Hanif, the co-author of Why You Should Join, sits down with the founder of a hyper-growth company you should consider joining. Our goal is to give you the inside story behind breakout, early stage companies potentially worth betting your career on. Coming up on this season of 1 to 100, discover how the founders of Modal Labs, Clay, Mercor, and more built their products, cultures, and companies.
1 to 100 is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co
This week, Usman Hanif is joined by Sapien co-founders Ron Nachum, Pranav Ravella, and Arya Grayeli to talk about their journey from college dropouts to securing $8.7M in seed funding, creating the first fully autonomous "shadow CFO" for enterprise teams, and attempting to revolutionize financial decision-making for major companies using AI.
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Highlights from the episode:
Sapien is building an AI "shadow CFO" that can proactively analyze company data and surface insights, transforming how financial decisions are made
The team has developed proprietary technology to parse and understand complex financial data across multiple sources, creating a unified "company representation"
Their early success includes catching a $10M error for a major manufacturer, demonstrating the immediate value their system can provide
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"1 to 100" | Hypergrowth Startups Worth Joining
Welcome to 1 to 100, where every week Usman Hanif, the co-author of Why You Should Join, sits down with the founder of a hyper-growth company you should consider joining. Our goal is to give you the inside story behind breakout, early stage companies potentially worth betting your career on. Coming up on this season of 1 to 100, discover how the founders of Modal Labs, Clay, Mercor, and more built their products, cultures, and companies.
1 to 100 is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co
