SCOUT· 60%1h 00m·2026-09-08·TechnologyFelicis founder Aydin Senkut: why moats are dead and alive
Aydin Senkut is the founder and managing partner of Felicis, the venture firm he started in 2006, with over $4B under management and early bets on Shopify, Notion, Canva, and Adyen. He was Google's first product manager and has been on the Forbes Midas list of top investors for 13 years running. In this episode of…
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