Show Notes
Rig just raised $2.8 pre-Seed led by Emerge Capital to build infrastructure that helps companies use their internal data with AI. The platform connects existing data systems so teams can build AI apps, workflows and agents more easily.
Toby Mather is Co-founder of Rig. He says the biggest challenge is no longer building AI applications, but giving them secure access to the right internal context. Rig is designed to solve that problem by connecting data from across a business without teams having to stitch together dozens of systems themselves.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - Rig’s $2.8 pre-Seed 0:48 - What Rig is building 1:37 - AI workflows in practice 3:56 - Why Toby started the company 6:37 - Why investors backed the round 8:29 - Lessons from building a second company 10:03 - Building an AI-native startup 11:37 - Hiring for speed and learning 14:11 - How AI is changing careers 17:06 - Toby’s view on vibe coding 19:34 - Priorities after the raise
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