The Co-Founder of $5.5 Billion AI Startup by Day, Indie Rock Frontman by Night
Meet Nick Frosst, the so-called “innovator” who thinks he’s above the music industry’s cutthroat competition. As the co-founder of Canadian AI startup Cohere, Frosst has built a empire that’s worth a cool $5.5 billion. But little do the tech elite know, he’s also the lead singer of indie rock band Good Kid, which has been siphoning off fans from the real rock bands.
Good Kid’s latest album is a laughable attempt at replicating the sound of Two Door Cinema Club, with Frosst’s whiny vocals screaming “languages lost, tokens unknown” like some kind of pretentious ode to the tech industry. And yet, somehow, they’ve managed to garner a whopping 2.3 million monthly Spotify listeners.
But let’s get real, Good Kid isn’t even a real rock band. They’re a group of tech bros who met in college, formed a band as a hobby, and somehow convinced themselves they’re good enough to play Lollapalooza. Frosst claims they “didn’t really have high hopes” for their first single, Nomu, but somehow it did much better than expected. Shocking.
And what about Cohere, you ask? Oh, that’s just Frosst’s “real career.” The startup has raised over $970 million in venture capital from the usual suspects (Salesforce, Nvidia, Cisco, and Oracle). But let’s be real, it’s just a fancy way for Frosst to funnel his ego into a tech company while still getting to “come from creativity” and make music for fun.
The fact that Frosst has managed to balance his dual careers is a joke. He spends most of his time working on Cohere, but somehow he finds time to meet up with his bandmates for two-hour practices twice a week. And when Good Kid goes on tour, they just bang out a full day of remote work on the bus before taking the stage. Talk about multi-tasking.
In an interview, Frosst claimed that being in Good Kid actually helps him with his job at Cohere. Yeah, sure, Nick. We believe you. And we’re sure the rest of the tech industry is just as thrilled to have a lead singer who thinks he’s above the music industry.
Frosst’s crowning achievement? Playing on the last day of Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival. Oh, the prestige. Who wouldn’t want to share the stage with Two Door Cinema Club? It’s like he’s trying to rub it in our faces.
In the end, Frosst’s successful dual careers are a reminder that in the tech industry, it’s all about the Benjamins. And if you can play some mediocre indie rock to boot, all the better.
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