Omar Tawakol is the CEO and founder of Rembrand, an AI-powered virtual product placement company. He founded BlueKai, a data management platform acquired by Oracle for $400M+ in 2014, and Voicera, an AI meeting assistant acquired by Cisco in 2019. He currently serves on the board of The Trade Desk and as a General Partner at super{set}.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Omar and Auren discuss:
- Why virtual billboards work better than 3D product placement
- How AI eliminates two-year product placement negotiations
- Why virtual placement grew 10x faster internationally than in the US
- The mistakes repeat founders make at scale
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