Xoogler Fireside Chat with Max Greenwald
Join us for a fireside chat with Max Greenwald, co-founder and CEO of Warmly (YC S20), an AI-powered signal data platform for demand-gen teams. A former Google PM and Sequoia Scout, Max led his team through YC and Techstars to build Warmly into a remote-first, Series A company with over $3 M ARR and a growing global customer base. From product intuition to navigating early-stage growth, Max brings a wealth of insight for anyone building or investing in the future of go-to-market and AI.
This session with be moderated by angel investor Lucas de la Torre. Lucas is a finance and strategy leader with experience at Google, BofA Merrill Lynch, General Atlantic, and AXA. Now an angel investor and AI enthusiast, he's been exploring AI tools since 2022 - most recently winning a hackathon in May 2025.
In this fireside chat, we'll dive into:
How Max built and shipped rapidly in a crowded space
The behind-the-scenes of fundraising and the YC experience
Navigating as a first-time founder
What he wishes more early-stage founders understood about storytelling, resilience, and team dynamics
Whether you're deep in the trenches or just getting started, this conversation will offer tactical insight, honest reflection, and a strong dose of inspiration.
Agenda
5:00 PM Arrival
5:30 PM Introductions + Spotlights
6:00 PM Fireside Chat
7:00 PM Mixer
Spotlights
Arjun Chintapalli - rtrvr.ai Founder
rtrvr.ai is an AI Web Agent that autonomously completes tasks, creates datasets from web research, and integrates any APIs/MCPs – with just prompting and in your browser.
Pushpendre Rastogi - vizops.ai CTO
vizops.ai builds AI Agents with both on-prem and application-specific Gen-AI models and API based cloud LLMs as first class citizens. Vizops is an agent builder for power users built for large-scale applications with high data throughput that need better controls for resiliency, latency, and security.
We have 1 spotlight openings for founders to pitch their product. If you’re interested, please email [email protected].
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