Dec 7, 2020
Cyrus and Iman interview seasoned founder: Matteo Franceschetti
- CEO and Co-Founder of Eight Sleep, the leaders in sleep
technology. Through their patented technology, Eight Sleep make
products that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence
to improve your sleep through thermoregulation and analytics. The
company is not just focused on sleep. They are now growing into a
digital health company.
Since launching in 2015, Matteo and his co-founders (Alexandra
Zatarain and Massimo Andreasi Bassi) have raised c. $70.1m from
reputed names in the industry such as Founders Fund, Khosla
Ventures, Y Combinator and angel investors such as Jason
Calacanis.
Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/
Matteo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/m_franceschetti
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