Varun Jain shares his journey from Wall Street analyst to serial entrepreneur, revealing how he's been solving the same fundamental problem—making complex business processes actually work—for 15 years. Now at ComplyJet, he's tackling the "SOC 2 deal killer problem" where startups lose customers because they can't prove compliance quickly enough.

In this conversation, Varun discusses:

• The evolution of compliance from physical binders to AI-native solutions
• How ComplyJet reduces SOC 2 compliance from 50-60 hours to 10-15 hours
• The difference between AI-native and bolt-on AI products
• Why security and compliance is fundamentally about building trust
• Practical advice for founders on when to start the compliance journey
• The future of work and what skills matter in an AI-driven world

https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-jain-stanford/
https://www.complyjet.com/

• (00:00:00) - Business Uncomplicated: How to Make Complex Business Processes Work
• (00:01:24) - Introducing Compliance Gen
• (00:03:20) - The Process of IT
• (00:10:42) - How Can We Automate Security & Compliance?
• (00:13:14) - CIO Network: Hold Up the Security Business
• (00:14:15) - Security and Compliance for Early Startups vs. Large Companies
• (00:17:41) - How To Get Ready for SOC2 Compliance in 7 Days?
• (00:20:13) - WSJDLive: The Security and Compliance Journey
• (00:22:48) - WSJDLive: What Is an AI-Native Software?
• (00:28:23) - Human in the Loop at ComplyJet
• (00:32:15) - What is the Right Skills to Hire for AI-based Teams
• (00:37:33) - Hiring Tech Pros and Cons
• (00:39:04) - How to Create Value in Your Company
• (00:41:03) - How to Tell Your Company's Story
• (00:43:15) - Top Tech Talk: The Big Hype Around AI