Nate
company on 11 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes · said 43 times in 15 episodes since 2017
the Pitch 12 
Starter Story 5 
How I Built This 5 
American Optimist 4 
Top Founders 4 
Capital Allocators 4 
Startups For the Rest of Us 3 
TBPN 3 
BigDeal 1 
the a16z Podcast 1 
20VC 1
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2026 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2025 13 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
2024 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2023 9 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 1 episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 3 mentions in 1 episode
2017 5 mentions in 1 episode
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Competitor Nate Raised Over $50M Before Shutting Down in January
“They raised over fifty million dollars and closed their doors January of this year and laid off their entire team.”
Failed Competitor Nate Paid Users $50 Just to Create an Account
“Nate spent a lot of money to acquire their customers. You could create an account on the app, and you got 50 dollars, so they got a lot of users, because why wouldn't you sign up to get 50 dollars?”
Locker Founder: Competitor Nate Raised $50M+ Before Shutting Down in January 2023
“They raised over fifty million dollars and closed their doors January of this year and laid off their entire team.”
Tech founders must view society as a customer, not just individuals
“That I would love to add to the culture, and some people haven't, like, for example, the Airbnb founders, you know, all of Brian, Nate, and Joe, is not only to think about the success of your individual products, and the success of your business, which both ca…”
Unprogrammed drone taught itself to exceed human-designed flight controllers
“And our chief science officer, Nate, took a quadrotor that doesn't know how to fly, that has the most advanced controllers designed by people ever. And in a period of a few days, the quadcopter, just through its own experiences, learned to reach Boundaries of …”