Inside Artemis' "AI vs AI" war | Shachar Hirshberg & Dan Shiebler (Co-founders, Artemis)

In this episode of In Depth, First Round Partner Josh Kopelman sits down with Shachar Hirshberg and Dan Shiebler, co-founders of Artemis, the AI-native security platform that just emerged from stealth with $70M in combined seed and Series A funding. Shachar and Dan unpack how they built a 30-person team in seven months, why AI-native companies are outperforming their AI-enabled counterparts, and why they plan to stay on a texting basis with every customer, even at scale.

In today's episode, we discuss:

How to interview for AI fluency when building an AI-native startup

Why founder-market fit is a critical early signal for startup success

The surprising lesson Dan learned from founder-led sales

How Dan and Shachar are instilling customer-obsession into Artemis’ culture

How the two co-founders approach conflict and decision-making

References:

Abnormal: https://abnormal.ai

Amazon Web Services (AWS): https://aws.amazon.com

Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com

Artemis: https://artemissecurity.com