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0Welcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI products, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.
In this episode, Innovator Coffee podcast features an interview with Pengpeng Wang, the Head of Community and Campus at StartX. StartX is described as a nonprofit, zero-equity accelerator and community specifically dedicated to supporting Stanford-affiliated founders.
The discussion focuses heavily on what makes StartX unique, emphasizing its community-driven model, the importance of founders having a "pay it forward" mentality, and its highly selective, multi-stage application process, which has an acceptance rate under ten percent.
They also explore the support StartX provides to its founders, including mentorship, resources, and educational events, and its current focus on supporting the rising number of AI-focused companies within its cohorts.
00:00 – 06:30 | What Makes StartX Different
06:31 – 14:00 | How StartX Selects Founders (Application & Interview Insights)
14:01 – 22:00 | The Heart of StartX: Community, Mentorship & Support
22:01 – 30:30 | Stanford Ecosystem, Trust & Access
30:31 – 41:00 | AI, Unicorns & Success Metrics Beyond Fundraising
41:01 – 51:00 | Founder Mindset, Misconceptions & Program Details
Special thanks to Hannah Wang who did the wonderful job to assist to complete this podcast. www.linkedin.com
and Vicky who helps editing the podcast vickylan0004@gmail.com
Hosts:
Tom Kong
*Stanford EE alumni,
*Founder@ Stanford AGI Adventist Community (10K+ members so far from top VC, Engineers, startups from Silicon Valley )
*AI Lecturer, a serial entrepreneur in media and data. Advisor @ techtimes.com
*AI deployment for 8 years, with NLP and recent LLMs (RAG, Agent, Diffusion)
Wickey Wang
*IT Security Compliance Leader & University Faculty
*Growth fund VC advisor and Angel Investor with cybersecurity and AI focus
*GAI Security book co-author
*AI Security Non-Profit (SafenAI) Co-founder
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