#30 - Anthony Fenu

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*** 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; The 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 2:24:33 - The Covid 19 Tech Boom; 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