Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast
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AI is changing how consumers discover and buy products, and Naveen Tewari believes traditional e-commerce is entering a new era. Years after betting early on the mobile internet and building InMobi, he launched Glance, an agentic commerce platform designed to help consumers shop with AI. Despite early resistance, he turned Glance into a standalone company, raised close to $1 billion, and became a two-time unicorn founder. In this episode, Naveen shares how AI agents will reshape buying decisions for consumers, how brands will need to adapt, and how entrepreneurs can position themselves early for this shift into the agentic commerce era. In this episode, Hala and Naveen will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (00:00) Building Two Unicorn Companies (03:23) Pivoting to AI and Agentic Commerce (08:15) Naveen’s Leadership Principles and Mindset (18:56) The Haircut vs. Tattoo Decision-Making Model (22:40) How Agentic Commerce Changes Shopping (32:56) Integrating Glance With Siri and Brands (36:29) Marketing to AI Agents (38:21) How AI Agents Will Change Branding (42:27) Privacy and Trust in AI (43:36) Choosing the Right Strategic Investor (44:55) Founder Principles: Trust, Passi