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Dan joins us now with more. i'm sure it was quite a conversation, dan. >> reporter: good morning, michaela. we're in the heart of silicon valley and that impressive looking structure behind me is a blimp hanger here at a research facility where nasa does a lot of work. this is where they held that star-studded event. we talked to mark zuckerberg about that. you'll hear about that in a moment. we asked him about the big news in silicon valley, that the letter that he and other tech executives sent to the president and congress about the way the nsa conducts surveillance. >> one of the things i'...

-se going up to capitol hill. who wla is he doing now? >> there is an exam of how tech companies which used to stay out on the west coast now are becoming very involved if d.c. facebook now spends millions of dollars here and on thursday, tomorrow, he will be meeting with the top four leaders of the congress. joel cap lan, a top bush administration official will be showing him around. he will be talking about immigration, which is a big issue that he has been and other tech executives have been talking about. also now, a lot of issues have come up sense then, under surveillance, privacy. the m...

Who is to say the f.b.i. doesn't want to do the same thing in your home? >> absolutely. right now we live in a world anytime there is technology that is incoming, it can be outgoing. they can turn on video to watch you at home or your phone. hackers have been doing this. they were accessing the bank accounts. we look at the private industry and how much information they have on you. google has much more information and can use it much more effectively than anything the government can do. we should be looking holistically at this. president obama did meet last week with tech executives to start...

Ethnicity, religion, personality type. >> reporter: before you end up here, you go through boot camp. >> reporter: okay, so remove the hoodie? >> take it off right now? >> did she outlaw from anything? any habits that died hard when you met amy? >> like being on time. geeks are notorious for being late. >> reporter: it's been great. i met two people. one of them i was in a relationship with for a while. >> reporter: and amy boasts results. 45 couples in exclusive relationships and nearly 20 marriages. >> not bad. lori is here. so can anyone be a client of this matchmaker or does she just work ...

Same time it was disheartening to see my head placed on a male's body. as if masculine features are synonymous with uber success. >> i've never been a male entrepreneur, so i'm not really sure what sort of challenges they may face versus my own. being an entrepreneur is hard, all around. it is not easy. >> reporter: she repeatedly says she doesn't focus on gender. still, the other top executives at taskrabbit are also women. she says they were just the most qualified. overall, she says the staff is about 50/50. >> the baby has been easy. the baby has been way easier than everyone made it out t...