Welcome to another exciting episode of the Leonis Pod! Today, we have a special guest who is a friend of the fund and a visionary in the fields of AI and fintech. He's none other than Paul Gu, co-founder of the AI-powered fintech unicorn Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST). In this episode, Paul will walk us through his journey of growing up as an Asian immigrant in Arizona and dropping out of Yale for the Theil Fellowship and founding Upstart. Note that this episode was recorded a year and a half ago, so some of the descriptions of AI might be outdated. Nevertheless, we believe you will really enjoy Paul Gu's incredible enterpreneurial story and his insights on the future of fintech. ‍
(0:00 ) Paul's childhood in Arizona
(4:53 ) Dropping out of Yale, the Theil Fellowship, and starting a company
(12:52 ) Finding product market fit (PMF)
(27:02 ) Lessons learned from scaling up a company
(28:55 ) Advice for investors