EP30 - Dhruv Kulkarni - Co-founder of Brutus AI (acquired by Forta Health), Founder of DocuBridge (a finance modelling software for finance); he’s also a UC Berkeley EECS dropout (former AI researcher). In our conversation, we mainly discussed Dhruv's experiences with startup acquisition, research on AI (and how us Gen Zs can take advantage of what's coming in the future), and also golden critical knowledge that founders need in 2025 and beyond.

00:30 - 03:00 - The Problem with the Modern Education System
03:01 - 04:20 - The Evolution of AI (Transformers, AI Agents, etc)
04:21 - 05:28 - The Importance of Co-Founder (Gen Zs!)
05:29 - 06:43 - How to choose my Co-Founder amongst the crowd?
06:44 - 08:55 - Using LI and YC For Co-Founder; Raising Money
08:56 - 13:28 - The Modern Education System, Changes, How to Maximise
13:28 - 15:44 - What is Education? With the Internet?
15:45 - 19:31 - MIT, Stanford, Harvard: my depression phase & inflection point
19:32 - 22:30 - How I’m Graduating in only 2 Years & Future Plans
22:31 - 26:32 - “Deep Research” in 2035 (AI companions & glasses)
26:33 - 30:46 - Real Education: Specific Knowledge, Logic, Fundamentals
30:47 - 34:50 - AI Tipping Point of in Enterprise
34:51 - 38:50 - Venture Capital is an “inefficient class asset” & not as fulfilling
38:51 - 41:21 - The Problems with Transferring Skillsets From VC
41:22 - 42:39 Biggest Challenge with my $3M backed Startup
42:40 - 44:19 The MOST critical skill for startup founders (underrated)
44:20 - 47:40 - The goal is NOT to sell the company, but THIS…
47:42 - 48:45 - When is the best time to SELL?
48:49 - 52:30 - The TOP Self Education Path for Young Entrepreneurs