On this episode of Coffee With a Founder, host Beck Bamberger sits down with Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO and co-founder of OpenSpace, to talk about building, exiting, and finding your way back to entrepreneurship.
Jeevan shares how a period of reflection after his first exit eventually led to OpenSpace, which uses spatial AI, 360 cameras, and visual data to help construction teams understand what’s happening on their job sites. He and Beck dig into the disciplined process his team used to test and de-risk the idea, what changes when you scale from the garage to raising more than $100 million, and why founders still need to keep searching for the next technological unlock.
They also talk about taking time off after an exit, staying curious about emerging technology, balancing entrepreneurship with parenting, and why one of Jeevan’s most important lessons is simple: don’t take yourself too seriously.