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Max Levchin (Max Levchin) Founded Affirm and Slide. Co-Founded PayPal, along with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. Invented the CAPTCHA. Runs a $22 Billion publicly traded company. And launched the Levchin Prize for real-world cryptography. I sat down with Max Levchin, Co-Founder and CEO of Affirm, for an in-depth...

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