Delian Asparouhov
Founders Fund partner and co-founder/president of Varda Space Industries
Founders Fund partner and co-founder/president of Varda Space Industries
Every podcast episode featuring Delian Asparouhov that Attunex has found: 100 interviews and appearances across 53 shows between 2019 and 2026. Most often on TBPN (27), The Hill & Valley Forum Podcast (8) and This Week in Startups (4). Often in conversation with Jacob Helberg, Jordi Hays and Anthony Pompliano. Follow Delian in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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Much of American-caught fish is processed overseas, and often in China, before it comes back to the U.S. Shinkei wants to change that with robotics, computer vision, and a vertically integrated…
Trae Stephens is a Partner at Founders Fund and co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company building autonomous systems for the U.S. military and its allies.…
This episode of Space Minds is from SpaceNews’ recent event on orbital data centers. There, Jeff Foust talks with talks with Founders Fund’s Delian Asparouhov about why he’s warming to orbital data…
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Delian Asparouhov and Philip Johnston on making the case for orbital data…
(00:50) - Trump-Xi Summit (28:35) - Space Data Centers (37:29) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (57:39) - Wall Street's Inflation Fears Rise (01:01:37) - Max Levchin, a Ukrainian-American software engineer and…
This month, Mo and Jack host a two-hour live show featuring six leaders from the space industry: Ian Cinnamon (Apex) 05:18 • Philip Johnston (Starcloud) 20:18 • Eric Romo (Impulse) 35:11 • Karan…
Most entrepreneurs’ first wins are overlooked - but for Delian Asparouhov, it was a life-changing internship at Square that set his entire trajectory. Imagine going from a rejection just minutes…
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Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (06:46) - Who Won The Great Peptide Debate (13:57) - Ternus Steps Into Apple Spotlight (34:12) - TBPN Featured in Fast Company (39:11) - OpenAI's…
El Segundo is no longer just "The Gundo"—it is officially the Aerospace Capital of the World . In the last 20 hours, the narrative of the South Bay has shifted from traditional logistics to a…
This week we chat with Delian Asparouhov! Delian is a Partner at Founders Fund and the President and Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries, one of the most ambitious companies redefining what’s…
Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (02:23) - Apple Acquires Audio AI Startup Q.AI (12:05) - Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla Earnings (25:37) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (36:27) - SpaceX & xAI…
Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (02:40) - How Davos Makes Half a Billion in Revenue (10:42) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (31:18) - Private-Credit Investors Cash Out (34:20) - 𝕏 Timeline…
Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:30) - Big Tech Turns to Mining (12:09) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (21:44) - Thinking Machines Loses Top Executives (29:24) - NYC Sauna Wars (38:46) -…
Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:37) - Dimon’s Take on Apple Card (23:11) - VC Winter Deepens (27:47) - Trump’s Greenland Play (41:07) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (56:51) - Anthropic…
New Year’s Eve special: I recorded this one at the Founders Fund office on Nov 6, 2024, right after election day. It was originally scheduled to be over zoom but I read Delian’s blog post called “…
(01:57) - Rich Greenfield, a partner and media analyst at LightShed Partners, discusses the complexities of the ongoing bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros., highlighting the…
Have your own questions? Continue the conversation with Delian's Delphi: https://www.delphi.ai/delian Create your own digital mind: https://studio.delphi.ai/identity Delian Asparouhov, Partner &…
Have your own questions? Continue the conversation with Delian's Delphi: https://www.delphi.ai/delian Create your own digital mind: https://studio.delphi.ai/identity Delian Asparouhov, Partner &…
I sat down with Delian Asparouhov, Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder & President of Varda Space Industries, for a conversation on what it takes to build at the intersection of frontier…
🎙️ In the premiere episode of The Frame Podcast, host Raycho Raychev sits down with one of the sharpest minds at the intersection of venture capital and deep tech: Delian Asparouhov, Co-founder of…
(00:28) - OpenAI Plans to Bring Ads to ChatGPT (25:45) - OpenAI's Trillion-Dollar Buildout (42:57) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:30:31) - Delian Asparouhov, a Bulgarian-born entrepreneur and investor,…
(00:00) - Intro (00:05) - Sam Altman vs. Elon Musk (25:34) - Roy Lee and Cluely's Curious Marketing Strategy (28:50) - Ads in ChatGPT (38:20) - Perplexity Wants to Buy Chrome (55:10) - UFC’s $7.7…
(00:54) - LIVE Slop vs. Steel Debate w/ Delian & Everett. Delian Asparouhov, a Bulgarian-born entrepreneur and venture capitalist, is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Space…
(08:42) - NVIDIA Chip Export Debate w/ Aaron Ginn. Aaron Ginn is a technology entrepreneur and policy analyst known for his insights into artificial intelligence (AI) and U.S.-China relations. In the…
(01:01) - The Steelman for Grok's Vulgar Anime Mode (20:50) - AWS Launches Competitor to Browserbase (31:16) - Timeline (31:49) - What AI Product will Zuck Launch Next? (01:01:21) - Delian…
Delian is a Partner at Founders Fund and President of Varda Space Industries. Before that, he was a Principal at Khosla Ventures, and the Head of Growth at Teespring.
(41:42) - Delian Asparouhov, a Bulgarian entrepreneur and investor, is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Space Industries, focusing on in-space manufacturing. In the conversation, he…
Today's show was recorded live on location at Y Combinator Demo Day and is made up of short interviews with a variety of batch founders and investors in attendance. Back to regular programming…
(00:00) - Intro and Overview (02:57) - Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia (03:21) - Soren Monroe-Anderson (Neros) (09:02) - Connor Love (Lightspeed Ventures) (13:45) - Erik Prince (Off Leash) (15:20) -…
(17:15) - Shaun Maguire. Shaun is a partner at Sequoia Capital and discusses the resilience and innovation at X and XAI, highlighting the successful integration of Grok into X despite initial…
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The fourth annual Hill and Valley Forum brings together Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill to strengthen public-private partnerships for American technological leadership, featuring speakers discussing…
In this conversation at the Hill and Valley Forum, Palantir CEO Alex Karp discusses his book "The Technological Republic," the importance of Western values, and the organizational principles that…
In this panel discussion at the Hill and Valley Forum, leaders from the commercial space industry and government discuss America's space superiority, with SpaceX's Tim Hughes highlighting the…
In this Hill and Valley Forum panel on critical minerals, Congressman Ritchie Torres, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky, Lilac Solutions CEO Raef Sully, and Lowercarbon GP Clay Dumas discuss America's…
In his closing fireside at the 2025 Hill & Valley Forum, Vinod Khosla shares his strategic vision for American AI dominance, detailing why strategic AI advantages are critical for national security…
In his address at the 2025 Hill & Valley Forum, 41st Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick outlines the administration's industrial policy focused on rebuilding American manufacturing through tariffs,…
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Shane Smith sits down with three of the brightest minds pushing humanity’s final frontier, space. Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, author and space reporter and documentarian Ashlee Vance, and…
Delian Asparouhov, Co-Founder of Varda & Partner at Founders Fund | We discuss Varda's recent space missions, regulatory challenges, and the broader impact of venture capital in the aerospace…
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Delian Asparouhov and Will Bruey are the cofounders of Varda space. With backgrounds in building the dragon capsule at SpaceX and at Founders Fund, the team wants to build stepwise better materials…
Delian Asparouhov is a Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder and President of Varda Space Industries, which is building the world's first space factories. At Founders Fund Delian has led deals in…
EPISODE #59: The Mega Pod is here! We’re off next week for the 4th of July, so we figured we’d leave you with some extra content to carry through the break. First up, an instant reaction to the train…
In this episode of the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, Stewart Alsop interviews Delian Asparouhov, co-founder and president of Varda. They discuss the science and commercial potential of manufacturing…
Todays show: David Weisburd hosts Mel Williams, Delian Asparouhov, and Jason Calacanis to discuss crypto regulation, AI spending, and immigrations role in startups. * Timestamps: (0:00) David…
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On this episode of the World Class Podcast, we sit down with one of the most ambitious entrepreneurs of our generation and the world‘s first "space drug dealer”. Delian Asparouhov is a partner at…
Delian Asparouhov, Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder at Varda Space brings together Tom Mueller, Founder at Impulse Space, and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) to discuss the urgency of why we…
Right on the heels of their $90M funding round, this week’s Pathfinder spotlights Varda and its cofounders, Will Bruey (CEO) and Delian Asparouhov (President). The LA-based startup harnesses…
Delian Asparouhov, a Bulgarian-born, self-made software engineer, dives into the rollercoaster of a journey from being an MIT dropout to earning the Thiel Fellowship. Delian discusses his initial…
In this episode we have special guest, Delian Asparouhov. Delian is the founder of Nightingale and Varda Space Industries. He was offered a Thiel Fellowship at the age of 19 and dropped out of MIT to…
In this podcast episode Molly O'Shea interviews Delian Asparouhov, Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder and President of Varda Space Industries, who dives into his experience building and…
“Trust is not what makes successful co-founding relationships. Having the world-class skillset that you need to succeed is what will then form that trust that will allow you to succeed.” – Delian…
In this episode, Immad and Raj interview Delian Asparouhov, a Partner at Founders Fund and the Co-Founder of the space-manufacturing startup Varda. Delian shares his insights on the potential of…
Delian Asparouhov is the co-founder, President and Chairman of Varda Space Industries, a company building spacecraft to manufacture materials in microgravity that are difficult or impossible to…
Delian Asparouhov is the world's first drug and space arms dealer. Immigrating from Bulgaria at the age of 3, he accelerated through Silicon Valley and is now a partner at Founders Fund and building…
As Medicare looks to drive down medical costs, pharma manufacturing is going beyond global. For years, drug companies have used the ISS to research and develop new discoveries. But until Varda…
As Medicare looks to drive down medical costs, pharma manufacturing is going beyond global. For years, drug companies have used the ISS to research and develop new discoveries. But until Varda…
Delian Asparouhov is the co-founder of Varda Space , the startup that is manufacturing products in space to benefit life on Earth. He is also a partner at Founders Fund. The first 30 minutes of this…
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Last time I remember writing about Varda co-founder and Founders Fund partner Delian Asparouhov, I was giving him a hard time about his subdued impromptu Clubhouse run-in with then San Francisco…
Mike and Jake host Varda Delian Asparouhov, Founders Fund partner and co-founder of Varda Space Industries, to talk about venture capital investing, Varda’s efforts to make drugs in space, and why…
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Delian Asparouhov is a principal at Founders Fund and the co-founder of Varda Space Industries. In this conversation, we talk about building space factories, what is going on in the venture investing…
Delian Asparouhov is a principal at the Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing startup. We talked about juggling between a VC and founder role, the science of…
What’s more effective for startups: An in-person environment or a remote one? And which of these types of work cultures are more likely to IPO? Delian Asparouhov, co-founder of Varda and principal…
We explore space manufacturing, microgravity, and building factories in outer space. We’re joined by Delian Asparouhov, Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries. We cover leaning into your superpowers…
Delian Asparouhov is a Partner at Founders Fund and the co-founder and CEO of Varda Space, a company that builds manufacturing vessels to design products in space.
In this episode of AdAstra With, our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Delian Asparouhov, Cofounder of Varda Space and Principal at Founders Fund…
Are you stuck creating on the couch? In today's episode, we explain how one small group can change the world, debate whether these people need to meet in real life, and Delian shares why he feels…
We’ve all dreamt of traveling to outer space and recently, that dream has been more tangible than ever. But for those of us without a seat on the next rocket, how will space innovation improve our…
Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar), co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnammon) on this episode to discuss: -…
Grab a seat on the front row of the race to monetize space. Chris Power and Delian Asparouhov are creating innovative solutions to the problem of space tech manufacturing. Manufacturing is a broken…
On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Delian Asparouhov, Founder of Varda and Principal Investor at Founder’s Fund. They dive into the rise of the new space industry,what it takes to…
We explore space manufacturing, microgravity, and building factories in outer space. We’re joined by Delian Asparouhov, Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries. We cover leaning into your superpowers…
In Episode #71, we explore space manufacturing, microgravity, and building factories in outer space. We’re joined by Delian Asparouhov, Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries. We cover leaning into…
The Future of Space: Exploring New Frontiers & Improving Life on Earth with Chris Kemp, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Astra. Delian Asparouhov, Co-Founder, Varda Space. Anousheh Ansari, Chief…
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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Today we’re thrilled to bring you my conversation with Delian Asparouhov of…
00:00 Intro 00:24 Welcome to Miami 01:08 Operators Podcast 03:21 Finding the right guests 06:54 Delian’s founder/operator 08:22 Cohort analysis with Keith at Square 10:30 Nightingale 12:24 Operating…
We sit down with Delian Asparouhov, co-founder of Varda Space Industries. He explains why Varda’s mission statement is to “expand the economic bounds of humanity” and how its success will do for…
On immigrant beginnings, unconventional paths, and space factories.
Delian Asparouhov is an investor with Founders Fund and a co-founder and chairman of Varda, a space manufacturing startup. In this conversation, we discuss Founders Fund, Varda, Bitcoin, DeFi,…
On this episode of the #MiamiTech Pod, Delian, Cesar, Maria, and Brian discuss: - Delian's background - What he's up to at Varda Space Industries - The famous tweet heard round the world - Thoughts…
Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar) of Varda and Founders Fund, and Chris Power (@2112Power), founder and CEO of Hadrian, join Erik on this episode to discuss: - What they're working on and how they're…
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Delian Asparouhov, founder of Varda Industries, to talk about manufacturing in space (3:00), the collapse in launch costs (6:45), SpaceX’s Starship…
Delian Asparouhov, co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, talks about space manufacturing, economic bubbles, and tech investing. The Bioinformatics CRO is a fully…
Delian Asparouhov is a principal at Founders Fund. Before joining Founders Fund , he was a principal at Khosla Ventures, head of growth at Teespring, and founder of a healthcare company called…
Delian Asparouhov is a principal at Founders Fund. Before joining Founders Fund, he was a principal at Khosla Ventures, head of growth at Teespring, and founder of a healthcare company called…
Delian is a Principal at Founders Fund and Co-Founder at Varda Space Industries. Varda is an orbital manufacturing startup with ambitions to become “the Foxconn of space”. Prior to Founders Fund,…
As we continue our conversation on the city, we turn to traffic and begin with the big related tech story — what happened to self-driving cars? In this episode, my colleague Delian provides a lay of…
Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar), principal at Founders Fund, joins Erik on this episode. They discuss: - Delian’s essays on what he’s learned from working with Keith Rabois at Founders Fund, and why he…
Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar), investor at Founders Fund, and Felix Ejeckam (@felixejeckam), CEO of Akash Systems, join Erik on this episode. They discuss: - The market map of the space space. - The…