What was the single biggest mindset shift you had to make when moving from a traditional finance regulatory role to leading Rogo?

Name: From Wall St. to Frontier AI: Rahul Rekhi’s mindset shift as he steps in to lead Rogo’s rapid rise
Uploaded: 2025-11-30T15:42:12+00:00
Duration: 1 min 22 s
Channel: Ethan Lockshin
Description: Rahul Rekhi moved from Wall Street finance to lead Rogo, a frontier AI company. He says the shift isn't as dramatic as it seems: both worlds run on…

Ethan LockshinSales at NVIDIA focused on AI adoption

From Wall St. to Frontier AI: Rahul Rekhi’s mindset shift as he steps in to lead Rogo’s rapid rise

30 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Rahul Rekhi moved from Wall Street finance to lead Rogo, a frontier AI company. He says the shift isn't as dramatic as it seems: both worlds run on trust, whether with regulators or AI clients. The real difference is speed and intensity.

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The biggest shift is recognizing that despite different contexts, all roles are predicated on trust—whether with government officials, senior banking executives, or AI clients. While a startup adds speed, intensity, and cadence, the core focus remains cultivating trust and delivering on it.

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Given your background in investment banking, government and financial policy, and now you're leading a fast moving AI company, the transition is dramatic. What was the single biggest mindset shift that you had to make when you moved from a traditional finance regulatory role to now being the president of Rogo, a frontier AI company?
ETHAN here's what I think will surprise people. These environments are more similar than they are different. Whether one is a, an executive at Rogo, or an advisor in government, or an investment banker, each of those roles is predicated on trust. Trust with, for example, senior officials in governments, our government, overseas governments, trust with stakeholders, and in our case at Rogo, with senior banking executives and private equity executives that are adopting the product, and trust with clients. Again, whether those clients are as an investment banker, where you're advising them on deals and transactions, or again in the Rogo context where you're advising them on their AI or digital services transformation. So I would argue that there's quite a lot that carries over. Of course, when you're at a startup, you move quickly and you bring a pace and intensity and cadence that the nimbleness of a, of a lean organization like Rogo can capitalize on. But at the end of the day, it's still primarily about cultivating trust and delivering on.