Founder Unfriendly Live AMA with Rob May of Neurometric.ai
For every 100 founders in the room, only a handful will raise venture capital — and most never get a straight explanation of why.
As part of the launch of Charlie O’Donnell's book, Founder Unfriendly: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Getting Funded, we’re hosting a series of live, 30-minute AMAs with experienced founders and operators who’ve been through the process — successfully and unsuccessfully.
These sessions are designed to give founders what they rarely get:
An honest look at how investors evaluate opportunities
Clear insight into where the bar actually is (and why)
Practical advice on when to push forward — and when to pause, rethink, or walk away
This session we're featuring Rob May of Neurometric.ai
Rob May is the Co-Founder and CEO of NeuroMetric AI, a pioneering company optimizing inference for multi-model AI systems. NeuroMetric helps organizations improve performance and cost efficiency by intelligently orchestrating inference-time compute — from Chain of Thought to Best-of-N and beyond.
A serial entrepreneur, Rob has founded and scaled multiple successful companies including Backupify, Talla, Dianthus, and BrandGuard, with exits and partnerships across the SaaS, automation, and AI sectors. He’s also an active angel investor with over 100 portfolio companies and brings firsthand insight into the evolution of AI entrepreneurship — from early infrastructure to intelligent reasoning systems.
Rob’s expertise lies at the intersection of AI research, applied inference, and startup strategy. He’s passionate about helping leaders understand how AI is changing not just products, but entire business models — and how to invest, build, and compete in an era defined by intelligent computation.
He is also the Co-Host of The AI in NYC Show, where he discusses the latest breakthroughs in AI infrastructure and reasoning with top founders, investors, and researchers.