Consumer travel builder @vayotrips
Seattle
Joined January 2009
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Mike Fridgen retweeted
Learn more about @VayoTrips, the newly launched, AI-powered travel agent that helps travelers plan and manage trips. Led by founder Mike Fridgen (@mfridgen), the startup advances Booking Holdings’ vision for a more connected travel experience. bit.ly/4ijp57o
Meet @vayotrips, where your trips live.
We’re building the future of consumer travel, backed by a planned $100M investment from @BookingHoldings .
Not another planning tool, chatbot, or do-it-all agent. Vayo is built for travel: it knows how you travel and it never stops working for you.
→ Builds your trips automatically from the confirmations in your inbox
→ Catches price drops and refunds automatically
→ Books the hard-to-get 7pm table, scouts the sold-out hotel, and more
Thrilled to build this with my co-founder Allen Chen and an incredible team of builders.
Private beta is open now. Join the waitlist: vayo.com
Mike Fridgen retweeted
The future of travel planning launched today at OttoTheAgent.com
I've been using it in closed beta for a year now, making over a dozen bookings.
Let me tell you: it's a magical experience.
GONE: Infinite scroll, endless search boxes, tedious forms
IN THEIR PLACE: a streamlined conversational interface that curates, books and services your flight and hotel bookings.
“Flight to Chicago next Monday, arrive in time for a 6pm dinner downtown.”
No need to state home airport, brand preferences, personal information, that’s all known and stored, and taken into account before results are shown to you.
No more wading through an inane number of irrelevant options.
Travel planning is going to change dramatically over the next few years.
For a peek into that future, take Otto for a test drive today.
OttoTheAgent.com
"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/podcas…. This immediately resonated -- found the same to be true in validating startup ideas with domain experts @BG2Pod
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
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Thanks for covering @Taylor_Soper lnkd.in/dU46Pi7V, @IndianIdle lnkd.in/dPmfd2CT, and @byjustindawes lnkd.in/d3HSvU-e
Mike Fridgen retweeted
@mfridgen sat down with @spencerrascoff, co-founder of @zillow, to discuss navigating competitive markets, democratizing industries, and Rascoff's evolving role in shaping the future of #realestate.
Check it out here: madronavl.com/stories/naviga…
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.
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We are proud of this day-one collaboration between Nic, Madrona's @SteveSSingh and @tgkummert, and @MadronaVL, and we are excited to be joined by @SriChandrasekar and @Ryan Fauber at P72.
Congrats to my partner Henry Huang, who was the driving force within MVL, and led our internal team, including @jflateboe, Keith Rosema, @jbartot, Sam Dore, and Flora Ku. In a twist of fate, after a short reunion (thanks to Jay) with David Hsu as CTO-in-residence at MVL, he joined Nic as Tektonic CTO 🚀
Mike Fridgen retweeted
This month marks our 10th anniversary at MVL. Since the beginning, we've strived to embody Madrona's "Day One for the Long Run" commitment to founders as early co-builders and investors.
At MVL, we've built and backed over 30 companies, which have collectively raised $270M+ and achieved $700M+ in valuation. Our focus on enterprise AI has paved the way for ventures like Uplevel, Outbound AI, Pendulum, and many more.
Beyond numbers, we're committed to nurturing vibrant communities and fostering the next generation of trailblazing founders.
Read more about our journey here: bit.ly/3VUZjM7
Mike Fridgen retweeted
As data takes center stage, Codified wants to bring flexibility to governance tcrn.ch/4bVxBEG
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
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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Check out Augmend's unique approach to helping companies scale the expertise of their most knowledgeable engineers - congrats @diamondbishop & team, on the big product launch
It's launch day🚀! Come check us out and hear more at producthunt.com/posts/augmen… and sign up for free at augmend.com. Record your screen and capture team knowledge, with an instant AI assistant that automatically answers questions and writes docs while you keep coding
We have entered the "age of answers and actions", resulting in innovator's dilemma moving beyond 10 blue links. Huge opp in end-to-end transaction model in verticals like travel (working on that @MadronaVL). Great stuff from @altcap and @BG2Pod (new fav pod)
Check out @StoriaAI ICYMI the top graded AI demo from this pod
more AI demos to kick off the year with @sundeep!
this week, we focused on different tools for image generation and editing:
-- @RoomReinvented: AI-powered interior designer
grades: JC: B, SM: B
-- Face ID Plus on @huggingface: photo enhancer
grades: JC: C+, SM: C
-- @PixiteAi: generate outfits, then buy the clothes
grades: JC: C, SM B
-- @StableDiffusion's SDXL Turbo: real-time text to image
grades: JC: B, SM: B+
-- @StoriaAI: AI-powered image touch-ups
grades: JC: B+, SM: A-
Mike Fridgen retweeted
We are excited to see six of our portfolio companies on the GeekWire 200 list - a ranked index of fast-growing startups in the Pacific Northwest.
Congrats to the teams at @OutboundAI,@MeetXembly, @uplevelteam, @StrikeGraph, @VouchedID, and Jetson!
Check out the full list here: bit.ly/496gaiw
Mike Fridgen retweeted
"Finpilot is an AI copilot for finance."
"All answers and numerical values can be traced back to the original sources with a single click."
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