
Under The Banyan Tree By Sam Awrabi
The AI-Native is the podcast hosted by Sam Awrabi, Founder & Solo General Partner at Banyan Ventures—an AI-native venture fund with nearly $17M AUM and a track record of backing early-stage companies that have gone on to generate over $490M in revenue from pre-seed and seed. Sam draws on deep, first-hand AI infrastructure experience and thousands of founder relationships to explore how the next generation of AI-native products are being built, sold, and scaled. Each episode dives into the tools, mindsets, and systems driving the most important technological revolution of our lifetime.
Podcasting since 2025 • 2 episodes
Under The Banyan Tree By Sam Awrabi
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