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ACQ2 by Acquired
ACQ2 by Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

ACQ2 is Ben and David's conversations with expert founders and investors. Acquired the stories of great companies — and ACQ2 dives deeper... more

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Episodes

Building the Savannah Bananas (with Jesse Cole, Founder and Owner)

The Savannah Bananas have created a whole new sport. It’s baseball, but it’s not. It’s fast-paced, exciting, and incredibly entertaining.... more

16 Jun 2025 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Undoing a $5 Billion Acquisition and Building a Durable Standalone Plaid (with Plaid CEO Zach Perret)

We sit down with Zach Perret, CEO of Plaid, to discuss the remarkable journey of Plaid and the broader fintech... more

27 May 2025 · 1 hour,
The Art of Selling Enterprise Software (with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott)

We sit down with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott for a masterclass in the art of enterprise sales — a topic... more

10 Mar 2025 · 57 minutes
Building Web Apps with Just English and AI (with Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch)

Vercel has become the infrastructure platform powering modern web development over the past several years, with companies from Stripe to... more

18 Feb 2025 · 57 minutes
How ARM Became The World’s Default Chip Architecture (with ARM CEO Rene Haas)

ARM is an incredibly unlikely story. They were founded in Cambridge, England in 1990 to design a new chip architecture... more

02 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Why Duolingo Worked (with Luis von Ahn, CEO)

Duolingo has fundamentally changed the landscape of self-guided education, starting with language learning. It is now a $9B publicly traded... more

11 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Building the Open Source AI Revolution (with Hugging Face CEO, Clem Delangue)

We sit down with Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue to understand the current state of the open source AI ecosystem.... more

14 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Joe Montana Interview Live from Modern Treasury Transfer

We sit down with legendary quarterback Joe Montana to discuss his transition from one of the greatest athletes of all... more

20 Aug 2024 · 46 minutes
Building a Disruptive Payments Company (with Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski)

The tenacity required to build Klarna over the last 19 years is astonishing. Despite several headwinds and changes in the... more

24 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
The Space Industry in 2024, and How to Build a Satellite Company

The space industry is one of the most fascinating areas of technology in 2024. The reduction in launch costs and... more

24 May 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
ACQ2 by Acquired
Building the Savannah Bananas (with Jesse Cole, Founder and Owner)
ACQ2 by Acquired