E3 Abhishek Bhargava: The Social Dilemma and Using AI to Create Friendships

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Abhishek Bhargava (@abhargava20) and talk about how his startup Covalent uses AI to start meaningful relationships, building a cloud gaming platform, and the wonderful world of Greek Yogurt and clean energy. Links: · Abishek's Twitter · Covalent · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - The Social Dilemma 3:28 - Mirror Exposure Effect  7:55 - Covalent Intro 11:05 - Foundational Value Alignment 12:54 - Covalent’s Main Thesis on Creating Relationships 17:00 - Tivity Intro 20:00 - Omar's Parking Story 22:00 - The Facebook Algorithm 25:37 - Covalent's Pivot 31:30 - Early-stage startup culture 34:04 - Work Background as an Intern 36:13 - Educational Background 37:50 - Gaming Startup  40:33 - Startup Lessons 42:05 - Why He Started Covalent 44:45 - F.Inc Community Building 48:41 - Startup Investments 50:50 - Slack Read Receipts 51:35 - VectorDash Business Learnings 53:25 - Yogurt Startup? 57:16 - Industrial Revolution 59:09 - Electricity Startup Idea