{"id":151811,"date":"2026-04-03T12:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/?p=151811"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:07:36","slug":"pedro-franceschi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/04\/pedro-franceschi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Franceschi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleevance.com\/\">Ashlee Vance<\/a> interview of Pedro Franceschi from Brex contains so many interesting stories it might cause you to reconsider what it means to be a CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ZbbxSgrjhw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Ashlee Vance interview of Pedro Franceschi from Brex contains so many interesting stories it might cause you to reconsider what it means to be a CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWEudHRcL2ZpbGVzXC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvUGhvdG8tb24tMjAyMC0xMC0yOC1hdC0yLjA1LVBNLTEtMTAyNHg2ODIuanBnIiwidHh0IjoiUGVkcm8gRnJhbmNlc2NoaSIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZnVsbHNjcmVlbiIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxMDQ3ODY1fQ.GfWR-sIlm99QSwhpNQguAqyjFe9Wk-PStGNdbUpSqPkMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2817,2248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-ai","category-tech","post_format-post-format-video"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/04\/pedro-franceschi\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Pedro Franceschi","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/04\/pedro-franceschi\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/04\/pedro-franceschi\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"AI","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-04-03T19:07:36Z","datePublished":"2026-04-03T19:07:36Z","dateModified":"2026-04-03T19:07:36Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Pedro Franceschi\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/pedro-franceschi\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/pedro-franceschi\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"AI\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-04-03T19:07:36Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T19:07:36Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-03T19:07:36Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-Duz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2026,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/03\/texas-food\/","url_meta":{"origin":151811,"position":0},"title":"Texas Food","author":"Matt","date":"March 11, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I've got a \"Vote for Pedro\" shirt on my chest and baby back ribs and Blue Bell ice cream in my stomach---life is good. 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