Josh.
I'm Josh Mucchio.
This is the pitch where startup founders raise millions and listeners can invest.
The pitch for Bridgefi is coming up right after this.
Support for this episode of the pitch comes from Mercury.
I'm so excited that Mercury is sponsoring season twelve of the pitch.
Mercury is a banking solution built specifically for the needs of startup founders.
I've actually been a Mercury customer for the last two years, and I love the product.
Big fan.
Which is why I'm thrilled to say that later on in this episode, we're talking to the CEO and founder of Mercury, Ahmad Ahkoond.
So stay tuned back to the pitch.
Bridge five.
So here's how the process normally goes behind the scenes.
We have three rounds of interviews with founders before the show.
One with our scouting team, Peter and John, one with Lisa, my general partner and partner partner.
And one final interview with me at the end.
But in casting for season twelve, Lisa went rogue and invited a founder on the show before I even had a chance to speak with him.
Today we meet that special founder, Jorge Rios.
He's solving a critical problem.
What happens when disaster strikes and the Internet goes down?