
BigStory Podcast
BigStory Podcast features VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, and Arto Yeritsyan. They discuss all things tech, startups, and investments, drawing on their experience with companies like Krisp, Podcastle, and 10Web. The show provides insights into the startup ecosystem and venture capital from the perspective of successful entrepreneurs.
Эпизоды

E1: Why we started, Future of SEO, Future of Programming & more
(00:00) Why did we start the podcast?
(04:45) Challenges of entrepreneurship in Armenia
(13:20) Future of SEO and Google Search
(31:17) Future of programming after LLMs
(40:09) How will software products be built in the future
Referenced in the show:
https://www.bigstory.vc/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhCl-GeT4jw

E2: 2023 Learnings, Investments, Why Startup Ecosystem is Slow & more
(00:00) Podcast publishing experience
(02:55) Krisp 2023 learnings
(13:20) Podcastle 2023 learnings
(24:40) 10Web 2023 learnings
(30:25) 2023 BigStory investments - Waveye, SynthFlow, Corpora, Cloudchipr, Starshunt
(45:05) Deep dive into the slow growth of Armenia's Startup Ecosystem

E3 : VCs Explained, How They Make Money, State of Fundraising and more
(00:00) Happy new year and intro to VCs
(04:00) Why VCs have only 10% ROI even with unicorns
(08:12) Ownership % taken by VCs
(12:42) How VCs make money?
(19:48) Can restaurants raise money from VCs ?
(29:16) Current state of fundraising markets
(37:45) Startups can raise $1M from Armenian VCs

E4: MS vs Apple, Tech Layoffs, Bitcoin ETF, Bardeen and more
(00:00) Welcoming our guest, Artem, co-founder of Bardeen AI
(02:18) Last week MS overtook Apple for a day
(12:19) Tech layoffs continue in US
(20:39) Bitcoin is finally available as ETF
(28:12) Discussing Artem's startup - Bardeen
(34:19) Rabbit r1 device launch, LAMs and Bardeen
(59:57) Sharing our advice on how to become an entrepreneur

E5: Meta and AGI, High taxes in Armenia & Russians, ActiveLoop & YC
(00:00) Welcoming our guest, Davit, co-founder of ActiveLoop
(05:22) Meta pivots to AGI and buys 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
(25:44) Government is failing to keep Russian Tech Talent in Armenia
(40:36) How Davit started ActiveLoop and what does it do
(43:51) Davit’s journey with YC Combinator and how it helps founders
Linkes:
https://www.activeloop.ai/
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://www.thever

E6: All-In-One vs Vertical, Time in US, ElevenLabs, Pitch Decks, more
(1:26) Why it's important to spend time in US
(10:52) MS CoPilot, All-in-One Software vs Vertical Software
(27:32) ElevenLabs's $80M Series B round
(41:35) Could Armenia become a leader in Voice & Video AI if it focused on it?
(53:05) Going over and analyzing ElevenLabs's pitch deck

E7: Deep dive into Podcastle’s $13.5M Series A raise
(1:00) Intro and congrats to Podcastle!
(4:20) How and when startup founders (and shareholders) get reach?
(09:45) Deep dive
(11:00) Small bridge round 1.5 year ago, ARR, Burn Multiple, Payback Period, NRR metrics
(20:40) Building CRM of investors
(25:35) 5 months of deck and dataroom building
(29:58) Revenue and 8x growth rate
(34:10) How do you plan to spend the funding?
(36:50) It took

E8: How to get into tech, choose the right job, jobs during layoffs
(1:14) Intro of Vardan from Picsart Academy, Davit is skiing
(10:00) How newbies can get into tech
(16:53) Levels of companies in tech
(20:50) Why your potential matters when choosing your career
(23:65) Can you get to tech without formal education
(35:55) How to get a job during layoff times
(40:48) Why layoffs are happening for the last 2 years
(47:15) Why we don’t have strong founders and manag

E9: Vision Pro, Using English words, UATE, Why Launch Now and more
(00:00) Intro, Skiing and business opportunities in Georgia
(07:41) Should you build for Apple Vision Pro?
(27:16) Why we are using English words in the podcast?
(36:19) UATE deep dive by Arto
(56:13) Deep dive into YC principle #1: Launch Now

E10: Google vs Open AI, Gemini, Sora, CodeSignal, Arm AI Startups
(1:20) Intro and welcome back Artem (CoFounder of Bardeen AI)
(4:20) Discussing Google Gemini 1.5
(07:10) Why context length matters
(19:10) Will OpenAI business model survive the race?
(28:46) Discussing OpenAI Sora and its impact on Video Industry
(41:09) CodeSignal Cosmo, How AI disrupts education
(49:44 )Armenian AI startups
(56:50) Vertical AI companies

E11: Mistral AI, Tech in Europe vs US, Tech Salaries in Armenia and US
(1:23) Intro, Skiing and MyLer
(3:25) Mistral AI raised $415M round
(9:58) Why Tech is slow in Europe, EU Tech vs US Tech
(30:55) Armenia Tech Insights report
(32:52) Tech Salaries in Armenia
(47:50) Compensation in US Tech

E12: Nvidia growth, Spotify vs Apple, SpaceX launches, YC advise #2...
(01:30) Why is Nvidia growing
(12:00) Nvidia CUDA is their superpower
(14:25) Buying GPUs is hard now
(18:36) Training compute vs Inference compute
(20:02) Spotify vs Apple legal case
(25:34) Is Apple a monopoly?
(32:45) SpaceX launches 3 rockets withing 20 hours
(36:04) What SpaceTech problem can Armenian engineers excel at?
(38:15) Deep dive into YC advice #2: Build something people want

E13: Raffi Lago’s $22M, AI engineers, Deep dive into SEO and more
(00:00) Intro
(01:38) Raffi’s Lago’s $22M raise
(11:12) AI engineers
(29:00) Spotify vs Apple update
(33:00) Arto dives deep into SEO
(54:34) Content Marketing

E14: Karen MS AI, $40B Saudi AI fund, Armenian and AI, YC advice #3
(02:30) Karen Simonyan Microsoft AI
(07:30) Saudi Arabia $40B AI Fund
(13:05) Armenian Language and AI
(22:20) Claude Demo
(39:38) Happy Birthday, Davit
(42:22) YC Do things that don't scale
(57:00) Wrap Up

E15: Activeloop $11M raise, VC vs Bootstrapped, Krisp's story and more
(02:22) Activeloop Series A raise
(11:45) About Activeloop
(17:35) Activeloop's competitors
(29:19) Krisp ad break))
(32:06) How to cope with stress
(42:31 )VC vs Bootstraped
(45:30) Krisp's story
(48:40) Hiring problem after raise
(55:59) Final Q&A with Davit

Programmer vs System Engineer, Intel's strategy, Intel vs Nvidia, more
(03:59) Education versus Skills
(11:05) Areg's background
(16:22) Working at Intel
(19:29) Why did Intel have challenges in the AI battle and how they are responding
(27:37) What is an AI Compiler
(35:40) Fundamental knowledge
(45:50) Education on fundamental knowledge in Armenia
(59:56) Reasons why Intel doesn't have an office in Armenia

E17: Groq, Llama 3, Investors Yerevan visit, YC advice #4 and more
02:29 RAISE summit in Paris
05:10 Groq Founder and his vision about AI
11:35 Groq Demo
14:37 Llama 3 model
18:33 On-device AI models
25:42 Meta's strategy of open-sourcing
31:09 How Pavel Durov runs Telegram
32:07 VC Investors in Yerevan
37:08 Investing in Armenian Startups
45:22 YC advice: Find the 90 / 10 solution

E18: Electric Vehicles, AI Doctors, Consumer Robots, YC Advice, ICP
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(the podcast is in Armenian)
01:39 Electric Vehicles
11:47 Khosla predictions: AI tutors and AI doctors
25:06 Khosla predictions: Robots as a workforce
31:32 The Moxy robot
33:40 YC Advice: Find 10-100 customers who love your product
46:00 ICP Explained: Exam

VC & Startup Insights from Alex, Partner at RTP ($3B Fund)
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
01:44 Introducing Alex
05:44 Why Did RTP Invest in Two Armenian Startups?
19:48 Different Decision-Making Approaches in VCs
24:44 Datadog Investment Story
31:01 Finding the Right Stage Investors for Startups
39:48 What RTP Looks for in Founders
43:58 How Many

E20: Devin $175M, xAI, Robotaxis, Audigo, ValueSense, YC #6 advise
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
The podcast is in Armenian.
(01:40) 20th episode - A Milestone Episode
(03:31) Finding Work-Life Balance
(11:45) Devin's Raise and Their Demo Issues
(21:33) X.AI and Musk's Intention to Create a Truth-Seeking AI News
(27:09) Tesla's Prospects in the Self-Dri

E21: UK's Startup Ecosystem, Sales during Events, OpenAI's GPT-4o, AI
(02:22) Yeritsyan's 1st Visit to London, the UK's Startup Ecosystem
(10:16) Krisp's Preparation for Las Vegas CCW 2024
(16:23) OpenAI's GPT-4o Demo
(24:57) $1B Raised by AI Startups in One Week
(41:23) YC advice: Write Code, Talk to People
(52:17) YC advice: It's Not Your Money

E22: US Trip Insights, Self-Driving Taxis, Apple AI Demo, Tech Giants
(00:00) We're Back
(02:19) BigStory VC Portfolio Startups' New Raises
(03:49) US Trip Impressions: SF's Empty Streets, Bay Area Advantages for Startups
(11:26) Self-Driving Taxis: Politics vs. Innovation Dilemma
(16:38) Apple AI Demo
(22:18) Why AI Startups Must Follow What Tech Giants Do
(40:35) YC Advice #9: Growth is the Result of a Great Product, Not the Precursor
(48:00) Estimations about Kri

E23: Allocating Startup Shares, 1 Use Case vs. Broader Vision Dilemma
(02:31) Allocating Startup Shares Among the First 10 Cofounders
(24:59) Focusing on One Use Case vs. Embracing a Broader Vision
(45:53) Counterpositioning: Entering Markets Dominated by Giants
(49:41) YC Advice: Don’t Scale Your Team/Product Until You've Built Something People Want

E24: Levon Brutyan on Building Collectly, YC Journey, and Startup Grow
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(01:34) Meet Levon Brutyan, Co-Founder of Collectly
(09:24) The Journey of Collectly: How It All Started
(23:04) The First Raise and Path to Y Combinator
(34:57) Before and After Y Combinator: Collectly's Transformation
(48:06) The Current Stage of Collect

E25: Deep Dive into Quantum Computing with Hrant Gharibyan, BlueQubit
(01:35) Guest Intro: Hrant Gharibyan, Co-Founder & CEO of BlueQubit
(07:48) What's Quantum Computing?
(20:09) What's BlueQubit role in Quantum Tech?
(25:02) Why are Companies Investing in Quantum?
(28:57) Quantum: The Next Big Thing
(35:39) DARPA and US Gov Support for Deep Tech
(43:00) The Funding Stages of Deep Tech Startups
(50:07) Reflection: Why We Invested in BlueQubit

E26: In conversation w/ Vach Hovsepyan, ServiceTitan, Customer Success
(01:35) Guest Intro: Vach Hovsepyan
(06:52) Getting Out of Bubbles
(11:30) PwC Experience: Insights from Management and Consultancy
(19:42) Vach's Journey to ServiceTitan
(39:24) The Importance of Customer Success Teams
(52:02) ServiceTitan in Armenia: A Unique Approach and Story

E27: Jiu-Jitsu, OpenAI Revenue, AI Race, Capitalism’s Impact, Robotaxi
(01:54) Davit Prepares for His Jiu-Jitsu Tournament Fight
(09:27) OpenAI Revenue Allocation
(13:49) The AI Race Between Big Tech and Niche Companies: Who Will Survive?
(28:41) How Capitalism and Technology Have Driven World’s Growth
(33:58) How Robotaxis Could Disrupt the Car Industry
(40:52) YC Advice: Valuation is Not Equal to Success

E28: Podcastle's New Office, SaaS in the AI Age, Startup Dilution
(00:00) Intro
(01:26) Podcastle's New Office in Yerevan
(14:05) Financial Management in Startups: Is It Worth It?
(18:55) SaaS Business in the Age of AI
(28:51) Automation vs. Hiring: Which Is More Efficient for Startups?
(37:38) Startup Dilution: Understanding Investment Stages and Equity Splits

E29: Karen Movsisyan on Startup Work Culture, Team Management
(00:00) Intro
(01:33) Introducing the Guest: Karen Movsisyan
(06:46) From a Big Company to a Startup
(10:48) Growing the Team: Do You Need a Manager?
(20:19) How to Identify a Good Manager
(37:47) Research Management
(45:52) The Future of Engineering Culture
(59:46) Do People with an Engineering Background Have a Better Career Outlook?

E30: Mkhitar Hayrapetyan on Armenia’s Tech Industry, and Its New Law
(00:00) Intro
(05:56) New in Tech: How Mkhitar Hayrapetyan Is Diving into the Industry
(25:58) Metrics for Measuring the Effectiveness of the HTI Ministry
(34:24) Insights into the New Legislation for Armenia's High-Tech Industry
(45:33) Why Not Only Engineers, But Also Entrepreneurs, Are Key to Boosting the Industry
(51:35) The Minister's Work Habits and Strategies for Speeding Up Ministry Operat

E31: Latest AI fundings, US Defense Startups, Anduril, B2B Pricing, Founder relationships
(00:00) Intro
(01:59) Feedback from Our Episode with the High Tech Ministry
(05:21) The Latest AI Startup Raises Last Week
(09:47) Spotlight on Anduril, a Revolutionary Defense Tech Startup
(18:35) Groq and Grok
(23:59) Wall Street's Growing Skepticism Toward AI Investments
(26:07) YC Video Insights: How to Price Your B2B Products
(47:08) YC Advice: Founder Relationships Matter More Than You Think

E32: In Conversation with Ari Baranian, Co-Founder of Pirros: YC Lessons, Growth Strategies, GTM & More
(00:00) Episode Intro
(01:30) Introducing Guest Ari Baranian, Co-Founder of Pirros
(09:03) Working Hard: A Startup Necessity
(16:17) How Pirros Generates Revenue and Grows with Short Milestones
(23:45) Bootstrapping vs. Raising Funds: Handling Dilution
(32:15) Pirros' Go-to-Market Strategy
(40:39) Why Armenians in LA Aren't Founding Many Startups

E33: DeepSat startup, Earth Observation from Space, building Space Startup in Armenia
(00:00) Intro
(02:02) DeepSat Startup: How It Began
(12:05)Technical Aspects of Earth Observation from Space: The Unexplored Challenges
(18:30) DeepSat's Business Model Explained
(29:54) Hiring Space Tech Talent in Armenia
(36:05) DeepSat's Roadmap: Key Stages and Plans
(44:08) Competition in DeepSat's Niche
(59:21) BigStory VC's Investment in DeepSat

E34: UATE, Armath Labs and DigiTec 2024
(00։00) Intro
(03:48) What is UATE? Overview & Members
(07:23) Armath Laboratories: A Successful Educational Project
(28:28) Digitec: Armenia's Top Tech Event Preview
(50:18) Behind Sargis' Decision to Lead UATE

E35: EasyDMARC Co-founder & CEO Gerasim Hovhannisyan on $20M Raise, Startup Journey, Lessons Learned
(00:00) Intro
(01:39) Introduction to EasyDMARC: How They Launched and Tackled Email Security
(08:27) The Decision to Fundraise: Why EasyDMARC Chose to Seek Investment
(21:11) Navigating the VC World: Insights on Building Relationships and Choosing the Right Partners
(43:36) Key Lessons Learned
(57:23) Final Reflections and Takeaways

E36: AI Conf, YC Defense Startups, Cursor AI, LLMs, Neuralink & Elon Musk
(00:00) Intro
(01:31) Preview of Armenian TechnoMonth: Digitec & AI Conference
(08:27) Why Defense Startups Are Attracting VC Funding
(18:13) The Rise of New AI Coding Tools: Cursor
(24:10) Key AI Figures & Industry Trends
(36:05) Neuralink & Elon Musk’s Vision
(48:47) Why Selling to Startups Is Better Than Enterprises

Ep37: Founder mode, Hiring or Firing, PMs' background | Special #DigiTalk Edition
(00:00) Intro
(02:22) Paul Graham's Essay: Founder mode
(09:39) Hiring or Firing
(29:30) Product Managers: More or Less Technical?
(37:00) Q&A Session

Ep38: DigiTec2024 & WCIT Recap, BigStory VC Investments, YC Advice on Conferences & Firing Customers
(00:00) Intro
(01:23) Reflections on the Last In-Person Episode
(03:54) DigiTec 2024 Recap
(16:42) Do We Really Need Conferences Like WCIT?
(24:15) The Latest Investments by BigStory VC
(30:09) YC Advice 14: Avoid Conferences Unless They Are the Best Way to Get Customers
(39:51 )YC Advice 18: Sometimes You Need to Fire Your Customers

E39: In Conversation with Yeva Hyusyan, Sololearn’s Co-Founder and CEO: Growth, Challenges, and AI
(00:00) Intro
(03:24) Starting Sololearn: The Early Days
(12:09) Why Mobile & When Monetization Started
(18:04) Solving Retention Challenges
(29:02) Motivation & Psychology of Learning
(36:29) Challenges as Sololearn Grew Bigger
(45:11) Founders' Biases & Beliefs
(55:31) The Role of AI in Sololearn's Future

E40: Tesla’s New Self-Driving Model, Claude's Computer Control, YC's Key Startup Survival Advices
(02:15) Tesla’s Latest Full Self-Driving Model
(08:23) Claude’s New “Computer Control” Feature
(17:55) Google’s Notebook LM AI Tool
(19:00) Big Companies Becoming More Efficient with AI
(27:01) Debating the Founder’s Role in Decisions
(34:25) YC Advice #19: Ignore Your Competitors – You’re More Likely to Die from Suicide than Murder
(41:42) YC Advice #20: Most Companies Don’t Die Because They Run

E41: Arto’s Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, AI Scaling, Notebook LM, Elon Musk’s Productivity Secrets
(00:00) Intro
(01:40) Arto's Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
(7:18) AI Scaling and Cost Reduction
(12:20) Notebook LM Use Cases
(24:19) How Elon Musk is so Productive
(30:54) Acting as a Deeply Involved Engineer
(45:55) First Principles Thinking

E42: U.S. Elections Recap, Trump’s Stance on Armenia, Startup Hiring in Armenia & Final YC Advices
(00:00) Intro
(01:55) U.S. Elections Recap
(20:21) Is Trump Good for Armenia
(24:23) Hiring tips for Armenian Startups
(44:20) YC Advice: Be Nice, or at Least Don’t Be a Jerk
(50:05) YC Advice: The Importance of Sleep and Exercise

E43: Armenians at Big Tech: Artur Ghandilyan’s Journey to Microsoft, Meta and the Amazon Crash Story
(01:33) How Davit Won the Investors’ Poker Tournament
(07:51) Introducing Artur Ghandilyan: Engineer at Meta
(11:20) Artur’s Journey from Armenia to Microsoft
(20:15) Armenians at Microsoft and Other Big Tech Companies
(35:41) How Artur Took Down Amazon Servers for 40 Minutes
(01:02:46) The Dilemma: Why Many Armenians Don't Consider Starting Their Own Startups

E44: SuperAnnotate's $36B Series B. In discussion with Vahan Petrosyan, CEO & Co-Founder
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(05:45) SuperAnnotate's $36M Series B Funding Backed by NVIDIA and Others
(11:56) What’s Different About Corporate VC Funding?
(26:43) What SuperAnnotate Does (and Why It Matters)
(35:49) Moving to the US: A Game-Changer for SuperAnnotate
(47:06)

E45: Why SEO Matters for Startups, Building Effective Strategies, and the Role of AI in Optimization
(00:00) Intro
(01:46) Why SEO Matters for Startups
(07:03) How Startups Can Begin Their SEO Journey
(09:57) How to Gain General Knowledge of SEO
(12:23) Structuring SEO Teams: Editorial, Programmatic, PR, Backlinks, and Technical
(32:22) Understanding Backlinks and the Role of PR in SEO
(41:44) Ads vs. Organic Traffic: What Works Better?
(43:50) The Future of SEO with AI

E46: Founders must be in SF, SF is Back, Latest AI News
(00:00) Intro
(01:41) The Air Pollution Problem in Yerevan
(06:18) Why SF Is Crucial for Startup Founders
(35:59) o1, Canvas, Sora, and the Latest AI News
(47:39) Sora: A Potential Competitor to Podcastle

E47: Armenia's New High-Tech Industry Law – Benefits, R&D Incentives, and Practical Insights
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(04:24) HTI Minister's Promises: Plug & Play Accelerator, Starlink, and the New HTI Law
(06:55) Overview of the New HTI Law
(25:52) R&D Fiscal Incentives in the New HTI Law
(49:09) Practical Benefits of the HTI Law for Companies

E47: New Year, AI News, Challenges and Opportunities, Big Tech's AI Race, Investment Strategies
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(01:32) Happy New Year! Celebrations, eating habits, and diets.
(11:37) AI updates: ChatGPT voice mode, Google DeepMind, and China's progress.
(32:18) AI challenges: No new data and future developments.
(36:58) The AI race: Competition among tech

E49: US-Armenia Partnership, Team Hackathons, Paid Acquisition Channel, NVIDIA’s Project Digits
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro
(02:17) US-Armenia Strategic Partnership
(07:48) Krisp's Internal Hackathon
(13:05) Setting Priorities Effectively
(20:21) Acquisition Channels for Tech Companies
(38:41) NVIDIA's Project DIGITS

E50: Deepseek’s AI Challenge to the U.S. & The Bootstrapping Debate
(00:00) Intro
(01:32) Deepseek's AI challenge
(26:21) Chinese EVs vs Tesla
(28:04) Bootstrapping or VC Funding Reflections

E51: ServiceTitan’s 18-Year Journey – From Vanadzor to NASDAQ IPO | Vahe Kuzoyan
ServiceTitan Co-Founder Vahe Kuzoyan shares his journey from Vanadzor to building a billion-dollar company, revealing the struggles, key decisions, and lessons behind ServiceTitan’s success, including its IPO on NASDAQ.
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian.
(00:00

E52: Activeloop’s New AI Multimodal Chat, Industry Insights & What’s Next for AI | Davit Buniatyan
Activeloop's Founder & CEO, Davit Buniatyan, discusses their newly launched Multimodal Enterprise AI chat, the innovative technologies driving it, and the competitive landscape. The episode also covers the latest news and insights from the AI industry.
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00

E53: UATE Meeting & Plans, HTI Law Woes in Armenia, DOGE & Gov Efficiency, Europe's AI Effort
In episode 53 of BigStory Podcast, we dive into the UATE Annual Meeting and future plans, discuss the challenges of the new HTI Law in Armenia, examine how DOGE is influencing government efficiency, and explore Europe's efforts to compete in the AI race.
(00:00) – Intro
(01:45) – UATE Annual Meeting 2025: Arto & Yeritsyan as Board Members
(11:13) – New HTI Law in Armenia: What's Wrong With It?
(2

E54: SF’s Impact on Startups, Podcastle’s New Text-to-Speech, and How Cool Grok 3 Is
How does being in San Francisco impact startups? Plus, a deep dive into Podcastle’s new Text-to-Speech model and why Grok 3 is so impressive.
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intor
(01:45) Arto visiting MWC
(04:35) Davit testing a hypothesis: How being in SF helps business
(15:00) T

E55: How Trump Shakes Markets, AI Transforms Industries, B2B vs. B2C Explained, & Podcast Feedback
Trump's impact on markets and tech, how AI is reshaping industries, the differences between B2B and B2C, and listener feedback – all in one episode!
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro. Arto-Only Episode
(02:30) We Want Your Feedback
(04:57) How Trump Affects the Stock Market
(11:

E56: Bardeen’s Latest Pivot, Vertical vs Horizontal Product Strategy, AI Task Length Limits
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments.
(00:00) Intro: The Challenge of Working Across Yerevan and SF Time
(07:10) The Bardeen Pivot
(14:34) The Vertical vs. Horizontal Debate, Again
(27:03) Urgent B2B Customers Are Key to Rapid Growth
(34:04) One-on-One: Arto & Davit on Krisp’s Meeting Assistant
(5

E57: Indians Sounding American — Krisp’s New Technology, AI News, and the Latest Trump Scandal
(00:00) Intro – How to sleep better
(07:55) AI News – DeepSeek 3, OpenAI updates, Gemini Flash 2.5
(15:03) Krisp’s new accent-shifting technology
(22:07) How AI is disrupting the search engine market
(27:02) The latest Trump scandal

E58: AI-ը 2027-ին, այն դուրս կգա՞ մարդկանց դեմ, Մասկի խաղերը X-ի հետ, ինչպե՞ս ընտրել բիզնես գաղափար
BigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։
BigStory VC investors and tech founders Davit Baghdasaryan, Arto Minasyan, Arto Yeritsyan cover all things tech, startups and investments. The podcast is in Armenian.
(00:00) Intro
(01:44) Արտոն տպավորված է Ճապոնիայով
(05:

E59: Iron Man vs ստարտափ անելը, LLM-ների անվտանգությունը, Հայաստանի ցածր նշաձողը. Վահագն Թուխիկյան
BigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։
(00:00) Intro
(01:34) Ինչպես 9 անգամ Iron Man անել, ու Դավիթին ոգեշնչել վերադառնալ Հայաստան
(07:18) Ի՞նչ է Iron Man-ը և ի՞նչ կապ ունի բիզնեսի հետ
(17:50) LLM Security․ Ինչո՞ւ է պետք AI մոդելներին պաշտպանել նույն կերպ, ինչ մա

E60: Ի՞նչ են Product Market Fit-ը, Channel Market Fit-ը, և ինչո՞ւ են կարևոր ստարտափների համար
BigStory VC-ի ներդրողներ և տեխնոլոգիական ստարտափների հիմնադիրներ Դավիթ Բաղդասարյանի, Արտո Մինասյանի և Արտո Երիցյանի փոդքասթը տեխնոլոգիաների, ստարտափների և ներդրումների մասին։
(00:00) Intro. 60-րդ էպիզոդ
(01:30) Ի՞նչ է Product Market Fit-ը, և ինչպե՞ս զգալ այն
(09:33) Կայացնել որոշումներ քիչ ինֆորմացիայով
(29:20) Ի՞նչ է Channel Market Fit-ը
(36:20) Virality և Network Effect
(40:31) Ինչքան դժվար է հ











