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Ali Partovi

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Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Oct 2026

Ali Partovi is an Iranian-American entrepreneur and investor who is the chief executive officer of Neo, a venture capital firm and mentorship community he founded in 2017. He is also a cofounder of Code.org and has invested in technology companies including the AI code editor Cursor.

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Oct 2026

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What Ali Partovi has said on podcasts

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  1. on Neo investment teamPositiveOct 5, 2026· TBPN

    Ali Partovi believes his team is unusually effective at selecting winning investments.

    “we're even better at, at picking winners than I thought we were.”

    Listen at 1:44:24

    Open the episode · AI Video Game Mods, Should You Sell Your Data, Bryan Johnson on Endurance Racing | Sean Frank, Linda Du, Ali Partovi, Sigil Wen, Jerry Wu, Bryan Johnson
  2. on Neo ScholarsNeutralOct 5, 2026· TBPN

    Neo reduced its current scholar cohort to 10 people.

    “the NEO Scholars class this year is only 10 people compared to 18 or 20 in previous years and 30 before that.”

    Listen at 1:44:39

    Open the episode · AI Video Game Mods, Should You Sell Your Data, Bryan Johnson on Endurance Racing | Sean Frank, Linda Du, Ali Partovi, Sigil Wen, Jerry Wu, Bryan Johnson
  3. on Autonomous AI illegal actionsNegativeOct 5, 2026· TBPN

    AI companies should face responsibility when their systems autonomously choose illegal actions.

    “if I just said I need $5,000, The interesting question is when an AI autonomously chooses an illegal action, where no human chose it, the AI chose it, yeah, then where does the responsibility go?”

    Listen at 1:52:19

    Open the episode · AI Video Game Mods, Should You Sell Your Data, Bryan Johnson on Endurance Racing | Sean Frank, Linda Du, Ali Partovi, Sigil Wen, Jerry Wu, Bryan Johnson
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Episodes

1 episode featuring Ali Partovi, newest first

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