John Willett
Co-Founder & COO at Rogo
4 Feb 2026Moltbook🦞, SpaceX Buys xAI, Forbes 30u30, Granola Rebrand
2:52:1716 min
John Willett (Rogo): $75M Series C & AI for Finance
John Willett, co-founder and COO of Rogo, discusses the $75M Series C led by Sequoia and Rogo's AI platform for financial firms, used by roughly 25,000 bankers and investors at banks, PE firms, and hedge funds. He traces the company's genesis to Princeton's Project Athena NLP research and his and co-founder Gabe's analyst years at Barclays and Lazard, explains how Rogo automates analyst workflows like Excel models and pitch books, and describes partnering with banks' sophisticated internal AI teams. He also covers relocating to London to open the King's Cross office and serve EMEA, before the show signs off teasing Thursday's episode.