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. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Anthony’s tells the story of the two attempted armed robberies at his and his high-profile neighbor’s house over the past week 19:36 - Why wasn’t Jake Paul a hologram in this last fight?; The replication of proprietary tech risk; Anthony’s strategy tips for a Series A Funding round 42:10 - The Metaverse: What is it, how does it work, are there many of them, what is its effect on humanity, Soar’s role in building it 51:17 - Soar wants to bring back dead people with their tech; “I don’t know how you deal with this every day”; Discussing the trash dump that is Facebook; Instagram’s disgraceful UI / UX descent into hell; TikTok’s design brilliance 1:26:51 - Facebook building the Metaverse (this is scary); “The Uncanny Valley”; Lil Miquela is getting frighteningly real; the finiteness of the Metaverse 1:56:08 - What’s going on in London and Australia right now; Founders who sell their soul for money; Anthony tells a story about a sell-out; free speech and the modern government; Julian threatens Anthony not to sell Soar (not really, but still) 2:20:03 - The power of going on record on a long form podcast like this while building a company of the potential magnitude that Soar could achieve; Star Power’s Upsides and Downsides 2:41:24 - Elton John is invested in Soar; Anthony lists off and describes a bunch of Soar prominent investors / team members; Soar’s guy in Australia who wrecks everybody online; Soar investor / advisor Aaron Lee Zucker’s turnaround of Call of Duty back in the day 3:06:28 - Anthony’s email to the Soar team that described the dreams and aspirations of the company ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot
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