#135 Thoras AI: The Twin Effect

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Investing, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Twin sisters Nilo and Jennifer Rahmani used to be site reliability engineers. Where they worked night and day to keep servers running at companies like Slack. But Nilo and Jen left their cushy jobs in tech to build Thoras AI, a platform that helps startups scale and optimize their cloud infrastructure using AI. Will the investors get down on site reliability, or will this “family business” scare them away? Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Charles Hudson, Elizabeth Yin, Mac Conwell and Paige Finn Doherty. ... Watch the Thoras AI pitch on YouTube @thepitchshow To invest with the VCs on the show, join our investor community at thepitch.fund Founders can apply to pitch at our next recording event in San Francisco this June. No intro required, just go to pitch.show/apply Superfans can join The Pitch UNCUT and get early access to unedited versions of all ten pitches on season 11. ... *Disclaimer: The information provided on this show is not intended to be investment advice and should not be relied upon as such. The investors on today’s episode are providing their opinions based on their own assessment of the business presented. Those opinions should not be considered professional investment advice. No offer to invest is being made to or solicited from the listening audience on today’s show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Day three, pitch six. The cloud. It's practically magic, servers in the sky. Does anyone actually know what it is? No. But if the cloud goes down, you notice. In fact, it's major news.
0:17.0	Netflix users had some trouble viewing shows this weekend. The website apparently was down
0:21.8	for several hours last night.
0:23.2	Slack went down all across the world today.
0:25.9	Facebook and Instagram services being restored across the country.
0:29.1	Who's frantically running around to patch things up when the cloud goes down, it's people. People called SREs, site reliability engineers.
0:40.0	Today's twin founders, Nilo and Jen, want to use AI to automate site reliability, which might
0:47.8	sound pretty niche, but it's not. Cloud monitoring companies like Data Dogg, New Relick, and Splunk are all worth billions.
0:58.0	It's the type of thing VC's love. Can these sisters bring AI to the cloud or will one of the big dogs steal their thunder?
1:07.0	I'm Josh Muccio. Welcome to the pitch.
1:10.0	Where real founders pitch real investors for real money.
1:14.0	Let's meet the investors.
1:16.0	Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures
1:20.0	I wish that had been you're open.
1:22.0	That was so good.
1:23.0	Elizabeth Yin with Hustle Fund.
1:25.0	Do you love the problem you're working on?
1:28.0	Paige Vindordi with Behind Genius Ventures.
1:31.0	Actually, I gained so much respect for her when she said that she did that.
1:35.6	And Siamyan Banister with Long Journey Ventures.
1:38.8	That is the definition of a dope founder.
1:49.0	The pitch for Thoris AI is coming up after the break. And if you're not following the show already,
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