# Delian Asparouhov

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Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Delian Asparouhov (Partner, Founders Fund) talking, from an interview on TBPN published Sep 26, 2025.

- Role: Partner, Founders Fund
- About: Co-founded Varda's orbital pharmaceutical factories and backs early-stage startups as a Founders Fund partner.
- On X: https://x.com/zebulgar

## What Delian Asparouhov said

- [China’s drone edge comes from deep component process knowledge](https://realalpha.app/s/chinas-drone-edge-comes-from-deep-component-process/)
  TBPN · Sep 26, 2025 · 8 min
  > “90 of the edge is that they, like, have such deep process knowledge” — Delian Asparouhov · [1:42:37](https://realalpha.app/v/QL_GSxeXG5I/?t=6157)
- [Delian favors AI leaders and businesses insulated from the cycle](https://realalpha.app/s/delian-favors-ai-leaders-and-businesses-insulated-from-the/)
  TBPN · Sep 26, 2025 · 6 min
  > “And I think as an investor, you have to take a little bit of, like, a bifurcated strategy” — Delian Asparouhov · [1:54:13](https://realalpha.app/v/QL_GSxeXG5I/?t=6853)

## Also from this interview

- [Radiology is a poor proxy for near-term AI job losses](https://realalpha.app/s/radiology-is-a-poor-proxy-for-near-term-ai-job-losses/)
  TBPN · Sep 26, 2025 · 5 min
  > “jobs that look like repetition of one rote task, each task being relatively independent, closed, not requiring too much context” — John Coogan · [52:01](https://realalpha.app/v/QL_GSxeXG5I/?t=3121)

## The episode

- [Thursday, September 25th](https://realalpha.app/v/QL_GSxeXG5I/) · TBPN · Sep 26, 2025