Dave Morin, Offline Ventures - how venture studios work
Nov 25, 2025•1 hr 2 min
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Episode description
Dave Morin is co-founder and managing partner of Offline Ventures, a venture fund and studio backed by Apple as anchor investor. He was an early employee at Facebook, then founded the mobile social network Path.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Dave and Auren discuss:
- Why Meta's AI ads work while Netflix, Amazon, and Spotify fail at recommendations
- How Offline runs its venture fund/studio hybrid
- Parasocial relationships and the loneliness crisis
- Depression as the #1 disease by 2030 and breakthrough treatments
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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
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