Why AI Can't Fix Your Business and the $10M Raise He Regrets | Lee Lagdameo, Shikii Labs

<p>Lee Lagdameo crossed over from the other side of the table to build one of the AI companies he used to back — and four months into Shikii Labs, he says most companies aren&#39;t AI-ready: their data is a mess, and raising less beats raising more.</p><p><br></p><p>Lee Lagdameo is the co-founder of Shikii Labs, an AI and product partner for founder-owned and PE-backed companies. We talk about starting an AI consultancy from zero network, why his last startup Skybox Technologies raised too much, and what he sacrificed to keep building.</p><p><br></p><p>For: AI consultants, PE operators, early-stage founders, and anyone weighing the VC-to-founder jump.</p><p><br></p><p>If this episode helped you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or follow on Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it&#39;s how the next founder finds us.</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW US</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersInMotion"><u>https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersInMotion</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/"><u>https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion"><u>https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/theango/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/theango/</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>ABOUT FOUNDERS IN MOTION </p><p>The founder podcast that catches them before they&#39;re famous, when the pivot might not work and the real story is still being written. Hosted by Thea Ngo, a Wharton grad, venture capital investor, and (your new favorite?) interrogator behind Founders in Motion.</p><p>New episodes every Thursday.</p>