Great story, in the sense of finely wrought. I remember when Sand Hill Road (and occasionally Rte 128) stories offered up one of these a generation, and a handful that miraculously survived despite everything. They metastasized during the Dot-com era; I met with 50+ companies a week who held no water but had passionate stories and expensive tchotchke. I reckon these stories now outnumber the poor earnest suckers with their workmanlike value propositions and simple love of the technology....
This is an incredible story. Supremely well written. Riveting narrative. You’re a great storyteller. You should pitch this to Fortune, Insider or The Information.
My husband used to work with you at DataRobot. He talks about your writing all the time. Literally shoved the phone in my face, and said “you need to read this.” He was right.
Sean Lane started yet another startup "Ghostdog Inc." just 6 weeks after shutting down Olive. He and Carlton "Bubba" Fox invested 3.8 million dollars in Ghostdog and has Craig Cummings from Moonshots Capital on the board.
>>At Ghostdog Systems, Inc. - we're pioneering the next frontier of cybersecurity with our cutting-edge Applied AI. Our AI agents work in concert to offer an unprecedented level of cyber defense, intelligently adapting to and neutralizing threats in real-time. Veteran Founded (SDVOSB). <<
When one visits the website, you'll see "Chat with Gunner - The Ghostdog AI Chatbot!" basically a Zapier (no code) integration with some LLM and vector database.
Funny enough it even answers questions like "What is the capital of France". So much for an AI powered cybersecurity company :)
Meanwhile a stub on the potomac officers club about Carlton Fox reads
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Carlton “Bubba” Fox is senior vice president and chief product officer for NCI. Bubba guides the innovation and development of customizable AI solutions that empowers our customers to accelerate decision making and execution.
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I guess customisable AI solutions means connecting the Open AI API to Zapier.
Great story, in the sense of finely wrought. I remember when Sand Hill Road (and occasionally Rte 128) stories offered up one of these a generation, and a handful that miraculously survived despite everything. They metastasized during the Dot-com era; I met with 50+ companies a week who held no water but had passionate stories and expensive tchotchke. I reckon these stories now outnumber the poor earnest suckers with their workmanlike value propositions and simple love of the technology....
you can't make this shit up. keep it coming Thomas.
This is an incredible story. Supremely well written. Riveting narrative. You’re a great storyteller. You should pitch this to Fortune, Insider or The Information.
My husband used to work with you at DataRobot. He talks about your writing all the time. Literally shoved the phone in my face, and said “you need to read this.” He was right.
I am old and forget things. Your husband is...?
Thanks for reading, and for your kind thoughts.
Sean Lane started yet another startup "Ghostdog Inc." just 6 weeks after shutting down Olive. He and Carlton "Bubba" Fox invested 3.8 million dollars in Ghostdog and has Craig Cummings from Moonshots Capital on the board.
>>At Ghostdog Systems, Inc. - we're pioneering the next frontier of cybersecurity with our cutting-edge Applied AI. Our AI agents work in concert to offer an unprecedented level of cyber defense, intelligently adapting to and neutralizing threats in real-time. Veteran Founded (SDVOSB). <<
When one visits the website, you'll see "Chat with Gunner - The Ghostdog AI Chatbot!" basically a Zapier (no code) integration with some LLM and vector database.
Funny enough it even answers questions like "What is the capital of France". So much for an AI powered cybersecurity company :)
Meanwhile a stub on the potomac officers club about Carlton Fox reads
--
Carlton “Bubba” Fox is senior vice president and chief product officer for NCI. Bubba guides the innovation and development of customizable AI solutions that empowers our customers to accelerate decision making and execution.
--
I guess customisable AI solutions means connecting the Open AI API to Zapier.
Thanks for the comment! Planning a follow up post.