Flight path 01 // 5 missions // 3h 23m
Five founders. Five billion-dollar companies. This is the unfiltered version of how it actually happened — the near-death moments, the pivots, and the deals that made them.
Dr Shiv Rao — CEO & Co-founder, Abridge
Building the company, the threat of LLMs like ChatGPT, and operating from abundance.
Sean Duffy — CEO & Co-founder, Omada Health
Omada pioneered virtual chronic care. Sean Duffy has run it for over a decade — through the boom, the bust, and out the other side.
Andrew Parker — CEO & Founder, Papa
In 2017, Andrew Parker launched Papa with a 1-800 number, offering "grandkids-on-demand" in Miami. By 2021, the company was valued at $1.4bn (backed by SoftBank and Tiger Global).
Dr Ben Maruthappu — CEO & Co-founder, Cera
Raising over $400M and building Europe's largest digital-first home healthcare company.
Dan Vahdat — CEO & Founder, Huma
Huma is about to reach a $1bn valuation, thriving while other digital health companies die. Dan Vahdat on the secret sauce behind the 'soonicorn'.