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Founders of New York

Founders of New York

By: Dan Riley
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A new podcast profiling entrepreneurs trying to make it in the business capital of the world.

 Economics
Episodes
  • Episode 01: Yijie Feng - Silicon, Society, Scend.ai

    Episode 01: Yijie Feng - Silicon, Society, Scend.ai
    May 22 2026

    Yijie Feng is the co-founder and CTO of Scend.ai

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    (00:00) Photoshop sparks business interest

    (02:18) Slipknot website and computer trouble

    (03:52) Peter Thiel fellowship weekend

    (06:34) Immigrant family risk mindset

    (09:12) Discovering computer science fit

    (12:06) Grad school and side projects

    (14:15) Corporate jobs and Robinhood

    (16:48) Gym buddy becomes co-founder

    (19:38) Making the founder leap

    (22:05) Building Scend for M&A

    (24:42) Middle-market private equity customers

    (27:06) AI-native research tools

    (30:14) Pivoting toward buyer demand

    (33:10) Founder-led sales and LinkedIn content

    (35:55) Customer meetings and demos

    (37:42) Vibe coding skepticism

    (40:08) AI hype and engineering reality

    (42:04) Entry-level tech challenges

    (43:48) AI as a historical shift

    (45:16) Pattern matching and human work

    (46:15) Why LLMs broke through
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    47 mins
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