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Past speakers include Marc Andreessen (a16z), Sam Altman (Y Combinator and OpenAI), Vlad Tenev (Robinhood), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko (Future Ventures), Emily Weiss (Glossier), Chris Urmson (Aurora Tech), Adam Bowen and James Monsees (Juul), Julie Wainwright (The RealReal), Peter Szulczewski (Wish), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Bill Maris (Section 32), Tina Sharkey (Brandless), Heidi Roizen (DFJ), Patrick Brown (Impossible Foods), David Rogier (MasterClass) and Daphne Koller (Insitro) among others. Please click here to learn more.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column has-custom-tertiary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="StrictlyVC in conversation with Sam Altman, part one" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/57OU18cogJI?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <div class="wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://strictlyvc.com/videos/" data-type="page" data-id="12099">Videos</a></h3> <p>Connie in conversation with Sam Altman of OpenAI. 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