Gokul Rajaram - Lessons from Investing in 700 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.456]

And welcome everyone. I'm Patrick O'Shaughnessy and this is Invest Like the Best. This show is an open ended exploration of markets, ideas, stories, and strategies that will help you better invest both your time and your money. If you enjoy these conversations and want to go deeper. Check out Colossus, our quarterly publication with in-depth profiles of the people shaping business and investing. You can find Colossus along with all of our podcasts at Colossus.com. Patrick O'Shaughnessy is the CEO of Passitive Sum.

All opinions expressed by Patrick and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of Positive Sum. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Clients of Positive Sum may maintain positions in the securities discussed in this podcast. To learn more, Visit PSUM dot VC Um My guest today is Goko Rajaram. Gokul is one of the most prolific product builders of the last 20 years.

He's built the core ads and product businesses at Google, Facebook, Square, and DoorDash, working at each company during its most formative scaling periods. Alongside his operating career, Google has invested in more than seven hundred companies, giving him an unusually broad view into how products are built and scaled. This conversation is about how product building is changing with AI. And what remains durable when software becomes increasingly cheap to create but hard to defend. We discussed the one thing Goko believes is truly future proof in AI.

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