Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell - predicting acquisitions, value of data, AI
Jun 03, 2025•52 min•Ep. 198
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Episode description
Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, a leading business intelligence platform for startup and investment data, serving over 80 million users.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Jager and Auren discuss:
- The polarized venture funding landscape
- Why 'religion' beats 'truth' in data companies
- Finding defensible moats in the AI era
- Predicting acquisition targets at scale
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