Nicolò Frisiani, Co-Founder & CEO at Lupa, on Building the AI Operating System for Vets, Enterprise Sales, and Scaling at Speed
From Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology by Riding Unicorns Productions
March 4, 2026 · 30 min · Season 9 · Episode 25
About this episode
Nicolò Frisiani discusses the development of Lupa, an AI operating system for veterinary clinics, and the challenges of scaling a tech startup.
Nicolò Frisiani is Co-Founder & CEO of Lupa, the world’s first enterprise-ready AI operating system for veterinary clinics. Lupa has raised over $25m from investors including Singular and Firstminute Capital, and is on a mission to modernise a sector still running on 1980s technology. In this episode, Nicolò shares: Why Lupa started as a consumer app and quickly pivoted to a full-stack operating systemHow note-taking became the wedge product into a much bigger platform visionWhat he learn...
People in this episode
Guest: Nicolò Frisiani
Topics covered
- AI operating system
- veterinary technology
- enterprise sales
- startup scaling
- business pivot
Keywords
- AI
- veterinary clinics
- enterprise software
- startup
- technology
- investment
- business strategy
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Organizations: Lupa, Singular, Firstminute Capital
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