The Metaverse Is Real –– And This Is The Man Building It.
Anthony Fenu
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Anthony Fenu is the Co-Founder & CEO of Soar, a spatial technology company that specializes in AR/VR and compression innovation. The company’s mission is to make volumetric technology (like holograms) a central part of our everyday lives.
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TIMESTAMPS
4:49 - The shift to spatial technology; AR/VR; Google Glasses; Field-of-View
14:49 - The challenges of VR/AR & Hologram public adoption; Data privacy; World Economic Forum (WEC) Data Fears
25:57 - Are Monopolies good? ; Peter Thiel, “Zero to One,” & his 4 Pillars; The Paypal Mafia; Elon Musk
40:59 - How Anthony got into technology and becoming an entrepreneur; The startup stories and success of Anthony’s first company in AR/VR; The Lessons Anthony learned from his first company
59:47 - Anthony’s Core Venture Capital Principles; How Venture Capital works in Silicon Valley; What Anthony looks for his VC’s looking to invest in his company
1:11:23 - Anthony’s current company, Soar, and how they capture information to produce volumetric (hologram) experiences; Soar’s proprietary compression technology explained
1:20:41 - Relating Soar’s compression technology to common everyday technological needs; Silicon Valley (HBO)
1:27:31 - 3D vs 2D; Depth in imaging; The use cases for Soar’s platform; Licensing compression
1:36:25 - Anthony talks about some of his current clients; Anthony explains exactly how Soar’s hologram technology works (using the upcoming Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather fight as an example)
1:46:24 - Artificial Intelligence and its integration with Soar; How Series Funding for Pre-IPO Startups works
1:54:15 - The question of when to IPO; Determining which VC’s to target out of the ones that make sense for a company
2:02:35 - How Anthony has networked in elite tech circles within Silicon Valley; Anthony’s thoughts on Bitcoin (BTC)
2:11:10 - The Winklevoss Twins story as told in the book, “Bitcoin Billionaires,” as an example of Groupthink problems in Silicon Valley; Peter Thiel & Gawker; Anthony explains the drawbacks of the Silicon Valley Groupthink / Contrarian Thought
2:24:33 - The Covid 19 Tech Boom / Digital Transformation; How Covid affected Soar; The speed of technological innovation in the Covid 19 Era; Anthony explains the real story behind the famous 2Pac Shakur hologram from Coachella back in 2012
2:34:27 - Soar’s competition (or lack thereof); The Singularity; “Superintelligence,” by Nick Bostrom
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- 4:49 The shift to spatial technology; AR/VR; Google Glasses; Field-of-View
- 14:49 The challenges of VR/AR & Hologram public adoption; Data privacy; World Economic Forum (WEC) Data Fears
- 25:57 Are Monopolies good? ; Peter Thiel, “Zero to One,” & his 4 Pillars; The Paypal Mafia; Elon Musk
- 40:59 How Anthony got into technology and becoming an entrepreneur; The startup stories and success of Anthony’s first company in AR/VR; The Lessons Anthony learned from his first company
- 59:47 Anthony’s Core Venture Capital Principles; How Venture Capital works in Silicon Valley; What Anthony looks for his VC’s looking to invest in his company
- 1:11:23 Anthony’s current company, Soar, and how they capture information to produce volumetric (hologram) experiences; Soar’s proprietary compression technology explained
- 1:20:41 Relating Soar’s compression technology to common everyday technological needs; Silicon Valley (HBO)
- 1:27:31 3D vs 2D; Depth in imaging; The use cases for Soar’s platform; Licensing compression
- 1:36:25 Anthony talks about some of his current clients; Anthony explains exactly how Soar’s hologram technology works (using the upcoming Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather fight as an example)
- 1:46:24 Artificial Intelligence and its integration with Soar; How Series Funding for Pre-IPO Startups works
- 1:54:15 The question of when to IPO; Determining which VC’s to target out of the ones that make sense for a company
- 2:02:35 How Anthony has networked in elite tech circles within Silicon Valley; Anthony’s thoughts on Bitcoin (BTC)
- 2:11:10 The Winklevoss Twins story as told in the book, “Bitcoin Billionaires,” as an example of Groupthink problems in Silicon Valley; Peter Thiel & Gawker; Anthony explains the drawbacks of the Silicon Valley Groupthink / Contrarian Thought
- 2:24:33 The Covid 19 Tech Boom / Digital Transformation; How Covid affected Soar; The speed of technological innovation in the Covid 19 Era; Anthony explains the real story behind the famous 2Pac Shakur hologram from Coachella back in 2012
- 2:34:27 Soar’s competition (or lack thereof); The Singularity; “Superintelligence,” by Nick Bostrom
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