Podcast Summary: The Mark Cuban Podcast

Episode: Google Alumni Invest in AI Memory Platform
Date: October 9, 2025
Host: Mark Cuban

Episode Overview

In this episode, Mark Cuban dives deep into the story of Super Memory, a startup that recently raised $3 million to build a cutting-edge AI memory API platform. The episode unpacks the company's origin, technology, competitive landscape, and the journey of its 19-year-old founder, Darva Shah. Cuban discusses why Super Memory represents a shift in the AI space, breaking down why persistent, cross-app memory layers could become essential for AI-driven software.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What is Super Memory and Why is it Exciting?

• Super Memory acts as a persistent memory API for AI applications, storing and retrieving user data and conversation history across different AI models and applications.

• Cuban shares his excitement for the technology:

  "Essentially what it does is, it's like memory on ChatGPT... it stores everything you’ve ever said, and when you talk to ChatGPT, it remembers... So if you talk to any of the models, it has memory from anything you've talked about." (02:04)

• Use Case:

  • Solves the problem of “memory silos” where users are locked into a single ecosystem (e.g., ChatGPT) because no other models share that same conversational memory.
  • With Super Memory, memory is abstracted and accessible across different models and applications, removing the “moat” that large single-AI providers previously had.

• Technical Highlight:

  • Quick integration: "They say that they get their setup working in five minutes." (04:50)
  • Multimodal input: Works with text, documents, emails, videos, and even notes added via a Chrome extension.

2. Backstory and Founder’s Journey

• Founder's Profile:

  • Darva Shah, 19, originally from Mumbai.
  • Previously sold a consumer bot to Hypefury (turning tweets into social screenshots).
  • Moved to the US for college at Arizona State University (ASU).

• The 40-Week Challenge:

  • Inspired by a campus trend, built a new product every week for 40 weeks.
  • Super Memory (initially called “Any Context”) emerged from this challenge, starting as a tool to chat with Twitter bookmarks (09:20).

• Mentorship & Pivot:

  • Internship at Cloudflare, mentored by CTO Dane Knecht, who encouraged him to scale the project:

    "When he heard about Super Memory, he’s like ‘Oh my gosh, like please turn this into a real product because that's actually super useful.’" (10:33)

  • Switched from a single-use app to an API that can be plugged into any application.

• Quote from Darva Shah:

  "Our core strength is to extract insights of any kind of unstructured data and give the app more context about users as we work across multimodal data. Our solution is suitable for all kinds of AI apps ranging from email clients to video editors." (13:22)

3. Funding and Support

• Funding Detail:

  • Raised $2.6 million led by Susa Ventures and Bauder Capital.
  • Notable angel investors:
    • Cloudflare CTO (Dane Knecht)
    • Google AI chief (Jeff Dean)
    • DeepMind product manager (Logan Kilpatrick)
    • Joshua Browder of "Do Not Pay" (the viral robot lawyer startup)

• Investor Insights:

  • Joshua Browder found Shah through X (formerly Twitter):

    "What struck me was how quickly he moves and builds things. And that prompted me to invest in him. I think this is one of the number one things investors are looking for, is how fast can you iterate on an idea." (16:05)

4. Product Use Cases and Customer Adoption

• Current Customers:

  • Cluey (AI video editor)
  • Mantra SCI
  • Cira AI Search
  • Rhetts (real estate startup)

• Super Memory is being integrated into various sectors, from video editing to AI search tools, showing its broad applicability.

• Integration & Platform Highlights:

  • Can plug into Google Drive, OneDrive, Notion.
  • Chrome extension allows direct note-taking from sites, building comprehensive personal or company knowledge bases.

5. The Competitive Landscape

• Direct Competitors:

  • Letta, Memo (where Shah briefly worked), both building “memory layer” agents.
  • Memories AI (Susa Ventures and Samsung-backed), more video industry-focused.
  • Quote from Shah on competition:

    "More and more AI companies will need a memory layer. Super Memory solutions provide high performance while allowing you to surface relevant context quickly... what sets them apart is their low latency." (22:10)

• Market Validation: Cuban notes the number of initiatives in this space as evidence of the emerging need for AI memory APIs.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On breaking down walled gardens:

  "...as soon as you have a tool like Super Memory, all of a sudden there's no reason to stick with ChatGPT. That moat goes away." (03:45)

• On founder hustle:

  "I connected with him on X and what struck me was how quickly he moves and builds things. That prompted me to invest in him." – Joshua Browder (16:05)

• On product vision:

  "Our core strength is to extract insights of any kind of unstructured data and give the app more context about users as we work across multimodal data." – Darva Shah (13:22)

Key Timestamps

• 02:04 — What Super Memory is and how it works
• 03:45 — Why ChatGPT’s “memory” moat could be erased
• 09:20 — How the founder’s 40-week challenge led to Super Memory
• 10:33 — Cloudflare mentorship & product pivot
• 13:22 — Darva Shah explains Super Memory’s core vision
• 16:05 — Joshua Browder on investing in Super Memory
• 22:10 — Discussion on competition and industry trends

Overall Tone and Takeaways

Mark Cuban maintains an enthusiastic, conversational, and accessible style, focusing on the big picture of what a memory API means for the future of AI apps and solo founders. The episode champions swift iteration and founder-driven innovation, closing with congratulations to the Super Memory team and a nod to the growing importance of memory in AI application design.

Final thought from Cuban:

“I think this is a fantastic tool with a ton of uses… really exciting and a huge congratulations, whole team over at Super Memory. And you know, I think this is a big win for solo founders out there.” (24:22)