How one terrible trip inspired a tech IPO: Navan Co-Founder

Everyone hates filing expense reports. Everyone hates booking business travel. Ariel Cohen decided to build a company around fixing both. Brian Sozzi sits down with the Navan founder and CEO to discuss disrupting the business travel industry, competing against legacy software giants, building with AI, and what it takes to reinvent a system that millions of employees use every day. The conversation explores entrepreneurship, AI, leadership, company culture, work-life balance, and the challenges of building a category-defining business. Timestamps 00:00 Why he founded Navan 01:08 The hotel disaster story 02:23 Fixing broken travel software 03:38 Learning a new industry 05:02 Taking on SAP 06:04 Why old systems fail 07:31 His first startup lesson 10:22 Why investors needed AI 12:17 AI is changing travel 16:31 The future of AI agents 19:14 Can founders have balance? 22:45 Advice for entrepreneurs #powerplayers #business #entrepreneurship #ai #travel #leadership #founders #briansozzi #yahoofinance == AlphaSpace by Yahoo Finance: A Professional-Grade Investment Platform Built for Everyday Investors. 👉 alphaspace.finance.yahoo.com