
AI Recruiting at NVIDIA, Pika, and Eleven Labs: How to Build Exceptional Teams
Exceptional AI products begin with exceptional teams, but in 2025, AI staffing has never been harder. In this episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed partner Michael Mignano dives into the realities of ...
1 Mai 202518min

Rohan Nayak: How Pocket FM is Using AI to Reinvent Audio Storytelling
There’s no doubt we have more choices for entertainment than at any other point in history. And yet, once a series ends, it can be difficult to find something you like just as much. But what if AI cou...
24 Apr 202548min

Your Questions Answered: Vibe Coding, Consumer Defensibility, and the Future of Agent Management
In this special mailbag episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano tackles your questions from X and LinkedIn. He gets into AI's market expansion, startup defensibility, which verti...
17 Apr 202517min

Generative Quarterly with Semil Shah: Seed Markets, Vibe Coding, and the Flappy Bird Effect
History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes. Vibe coded games, like a flight simulator from @levelsio, are reminiscent of early iPhone app store games like Flappy Bird and Paper Toss. How e...
10 Apr 20251h

Scott Belsky: Content Creators, Creativity, and Marketing in the AI Landscape (Encore)
This week, we’re revisiting a conversation with Scott Belsky, who recently announced a new role leading innovation at A24. Lightspeed Partner and Host Michael Mignano talks with Scott about the evolut...
3 Apr 202531min

Lulu Cheng Meservey: The New Rules of Founder Comms (Encore)
Lulu Cheng Meservey puts founders in control of their narrative using one simple principle: Go Direct. This week, we’re revisiting our conversation with the CEO and Founder of Rostra, the go-to commun...
27 Mar 202547min

Johnny Ho: The Future of Online Search (Encore)
This week, we are revisiting a conversation between Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano and Johnny Ho, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Perplexity. Perplexity is the AI powered search ...
20 Mar 202543min

Dan Shipper: The First MultiModal Media Company
Code is content. Writers build apps. App builders write newsletters. This is Every CEO & Founder Dan Shipper’s vision for the modern media company. Michael Mignano, Partner at Lightspeed, sits down w...
13 Mar 20251h 3min



















