Catching the AI Wave and The Art of the "Unrefusable" Exit with DROdio
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February 23, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
Daniel R. Odio discusses the intersection of AI and business valuation, sharing insights on acquisitions and entrepreneurship.
Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business, and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- What does an 8-year-old’s soda stand have in common with an $83M Series C tech exit? For Daniel R. Odio (DROdio) (Founder & CEO of Storytell.ai), the answer is simple: Seeing the wave before it hits. From building "Redfin before Redfin" by indexing the MLS for Google, to scaling the DevOps giant Armory, DROdio has mastered the transition from founder to serial departer. In this episode, we go deep on the "physics" of an acquisition, why businesses are bought (not sold), and how he is currently using AI to deconstruct unstructured data. -- Daniel R. Odio (DROdio) is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and CEO of Storytell.ai, a predictive strategic intelligence platform trusted by enterprise teams to extract signals from complex data and make it actionable. Previously the founding CEO of Armory, a cloud infrastructure company that helped Global 2000 companies ship software faster and more safely…
People in this episode
Guest: Daniel R. Odio
Topics covered
- AI
- business valuation
- acquisition
- entrepreneurship
- data analysis
Keywords
- AI
- business worth
- acquisition
- entrepreneur
- data signals
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Storytell.ai, Armory, Harness, FounderCulture, Flippa
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