Mike Fridgen

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@mfridgen

Consumer travel builder @vayotrips

Seattle vayo.com Joined January 2009

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Mike Fridgen @mfridgen Oct 14

Meet @vayotrips, where your trips live.

We’re building the future of consumer travel, backed by a planned $100M investment from @BookingHoldings .

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Mike Fridgen @mfridgen Nov 2, 2025

"I always watch for people who are skeptical, who change their opinion, that's the signal" @satyanadella speaking with @altcap about @kevin_scott's early conviction in OpenAI -- at 36:15 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all…. This immediately resonated -- found the same to be true in validating startup ideas with domain experts @BG2Pod

podcasts.apple.com All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special. 🎃🔥BG2 w/ Brad Gerstner Podcast Episode · BG2Pod with Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley · October 31, 2025 · 1h 14m

Mike Fridgen @mfridgen Aug 22, 2024

Excited for Michael Gulmann and @OttoTheAgent as they announce $6m in funding from @MadronaVentures & travel dream team @SteveSSingh @erikbl @barneyh @mattmcilwain @hughcrean for an AI-powered business travel agent @MadronaVL spinout
madronavl.com/stories/spinni…

Mike Fridgen @mfridgen Jun 6, 2024

Special day for Nic and Tektonic AI as they launch with $10m in funding from @p72vc and @MadronaVentures. @nicsurpatanu is an outstanding founder and leader with a bold vision for how AI agents will automate complex workflows.
techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/tek…

techcrunch.com Tektonic AI raises $10M to build GenAI agents for automating business operations | TechCrunch Only a few years ago, one of the hottest topics in enterprise software was 'robotic process automation' (RPA). It doesn't feel like those services, which

Mike Fridgen @mfridgen Feb 22, 2024

Congrats to @lakshay2001, @JohnAlberg, and team on $4m in seed funding. Most excited about their vision and early work on "task agents" automating complex investment reports and analysis. The right people, problem, and category to attack with a vertical AI app. Great piece by @steph_palazzolo

Stephanie Palazzolo @steph_palazzolo Feb 22, 2024

Lots in this morning's Agenda:

- The under-the-radar takeaway from Gemma's release yesterday
- Finpilot, a startup building copilots for finance analysts, raises seed funding from @MadronaVentures
- Thoughts on Nvidia's blowout earnings

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