Inside Startup Investing with Chris Lustrino
Why People Buy: Inside Solsten's Cognitive-Behavioral AI
22 January 2026 0:00
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Today, Chris sits down with Joe Schaeppi, co-founder & CEO of Solsten—a deep-tech company mapping human psychology and turning it into actionable AI for creative, targeting, and product personalization. After 8 years of R&D, Solsten's “human context layer” helps enterprises and SMBs understand why people act the way they do—then adapt ads, products, and AI agents to match. Clients like LEGO and Peloton report creative wins and 3× conversion lifts, while a new self-serve product opens the stack to smaller teams.
Highlights include...
• Building a cognitive-behavioral AI model from clinical-grade psychometrics and authentic behavior data
• Why “creative...
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