Frontier AI Research & Agents in the IDE - Madhav Singhal (AI Engineer, Replit): This episode is for builders experimenting in AI. We dive deep into technical aspects of agent based workflows, data models, and interesting new fundamental research. Madhav Singhal is a lead AI researcher at Replit focused on the frontier of what AI can enable for Replit users. In this episode, we dive into specific applications of models across code generation, testing, programming languages and more. We get fairl
June 24, 2024, 10:31 a.m.
Scaling MongoDB from Employee #8 - Meghan Gill (SVP Sales Ops, MongoDB): Watch now | This episode is perfect for those interested in tactical advice from seed stage to IPO around marketing tactics and sales compensation. Meghan Gill is SVP Sales Operations & Sales Development at MongoDB. She previously joined as employee #8 and has scaled with the org over the past 15 years. In this episode, we cover tactical learnings about early and scaled marketing & sales compensation approaches. We tackle h
June 4, 2024, 10 a.m.
A Canva Deep Dive - Sandy Kory (Partner, HorizonVC): Watch now | For those curious about the $25B valued business of Canva, this episode is the deep dive you’ve been waiting for. Sandy Kory is the Founding Partner of HorizonVC, an early stage VC fund, and an angel investor in Canva. In this episode, we cover everything about the company. How it scaled to $2B ARR growing 50-60% while being cash flow positive, it’s unique product and go-to-market motion, and how AI will continue to drive the next
May 21, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
How Enterprise Software Powers Capital Markets - Sid Bala (CIO, Data & Analytics, BNY Mellon): Watch now | For those interested in learning about how tech powers capital markets and how enterprises approach digital transformation, this is the episode for you. Sid Bala is the CIO of Data & Analytics at BNY Mellon. He is also Head of Public Cloud at the bank. In this episode, we chat about how to approach enterprise scale transformations & architecture and taking a portfolio approach to using new
May 14, 2024, 10:05 a.m.
A OneTrust Deep Dive - Kumar Gautam (Partner, Sands Capital): Watch now | For those interested in learning about the $4.5B business of OneTrust, this is the episode for you. Kumar Gautam is a Partner at Sands Capital, a multi-strategy asset manager where he focuses on the late stage venture practice. In this episode, we do a deep dive into
May 2, 2024, 10 a.m.
Enterprise Tech Behind Digital Banking - James Barney (Director Cloud Platform Eng, Ally Financial): This episode is a great balance of the high level impact of AI & Cloud on enterprise use cases and detailed tech deep dives behind how they’re powered. Whether you’re a CIO, Founder, or IC, there’s stuff in here for everyone. James Barney is Director of Cloud Platform Engineering at Ally Financial. He previously was a data engineer at Accenture and Lowe’s. In this episode, we cover how Ally as a
April 23, 2024, 7:01 a.m.
Nvidia, Groq, HBM & What's Ahead for Semis (Doug O'Laughlin, Founder of Fabricated Knowledge): Listen now | The most important trend power AI is semiconductors and that trend is not slowing down anytime soon. We need to understand what is happening at the semiconductor level to be able to project forward what we think will occur in AI. This episode is the best way to learn what’s ahead of semis.
April 9, 2024, 2:08 p.m.
A Peek Behind the Hacker Curtain - Douglas Day (Top Grossing Hacker, HackerOne & Sr Security Eng, Elastic): We hear about hackers all the time but very rarely get a glimpse into the world of what they actually do when exploiting applications. Douglas Day is a top grossing hacker on the HackerOne platform and a Senior Security Engineer at Elastic. In this episode, we dive into all things bug bounties and ethical hacking. How does Douglas find entry points, differences between defensive and offens
April 2, 2024, 10:01 a.m.
Scaling Product & Operational Excellence - Charles Zedlewski (COO, Temporal & GM, Cloudera): Listen now | Scaling companies is incredibly difficult but at each stage the building blocks need to be set in place properly. Charles Zedlewski has been COO, GM, and a product leader at companies like Temporal, Cloudera, and SAP. In this episode, we cover what the COO & GM roles do, stories from early Cloudera days especially around figuring out what products to sell and pricing and packaging. We cover
March 26, 2024, 11:43 p.m.
AI Agent-Assisted Flow Engineering - Itamar Friedman (CEO, CodiumAI): For those interested in the future of autonomous software testing & code generation, this is the episode for you. Itamar Friedman is Co-Founder & CEO of Codium AI. He previously was Head of AI at Alibaba Israel and a founder of multiple startups before that. In this episode, we cover why Prompt Engineering is shifting into
March 20, 2024, 4:46 a.m.
State of Developer Tooling - Redmonk (James Governor & Kate Holterhoff): Listen now | For anyone interested in developer tooling, you won’t be able to find better analysis than the Redmonk team and this pod goes in depth into trends, analysis, and AI’s impact on coding. James Governor and Kate Holterhoff are analysts at Redmonk, the developer focused analyst firm. They have been doing analysis of open source tooling and developer trends since 2002 when the firm was founded (20+ years ago). In th
March 12, 2024, 10 a.m.
Time Management for Knowledge Workers - Matt Martin (CEO, Clockwise): Watch now | All of us as knowledge workers are interested in improving our time management. This episode is packed with tips from a founder who breathes this with the product everyday. Matt Martin is the Co-Founder & CEO of Clockwise and previously an Eng Manager at Salesforce through the RelateIQ acquisition. In this episode, we discuss time management tips and calendar optimization. We dive into research behind different asp
March 5, 2024, 5:51 a.m.
Health 101 for Entrepreneurs - Ben Canning (Founder, We Hack Health): Watch now | As much as we talk about company building and technology trends on this podcast, one of the most essential aspects of entrepreneurship is maintaining your health. High performance comes first form taking care of your body, mind, and lifestyle to drive clear decision making.
Feb. 27, 2024, 10:56 p.m.
Replay: Doug O'Laughlin (Founder, Fabricated Knowledge) - A Detailed Primer on the Semiconductor Industry: Given all that’s happened in the year since this first aired (March 2023), replaying this for everyone to understand what is happening within the Semiconductor space, the different players, why Nvidia is set up to dominate (Doug predicted this well before that 1st epic quarter), and much more. Since this episode aired, Nvidia is up 2.6x!
Feb. 13, 2024, 2:02 p.m.
Nick Schrock (Founder, Dagster Labs & Co-Creator, GraphQL) - Facebook Eng Culture & Modern Data Stack Consolidation: For those excited about Open Source, data, and understanding Facebook’s high performance culture, this is the episode for you! Nick Schrock is the Founder of Dagster Labs and previously Co-Creator of GraphQL while at Facebook. In this episode, we discuss how Facebook maintained a culture of urgency and decentralization. Nick dives into the problem solved behind GraphQL’s creation
Feb. 6, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
Zack Urlocker (Exec - Duo Security, MySQL, Zendesk, Gatsby/Netlify) - Driving Operational Excellence Across Four $1B+ Outcomes From $6-100M ARR+: For those interested in understanding how to drive high performance teams, create focus in an organization, and drive organizational excellence, this episode is jam-packed with tactics and anecdotes across software industries. Zack Urlocker is an active Board Member and advisor to many different startups. His resume is too long to fully write out but h
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:34 p.m.
Utkarsh Ohm (Director of AI, Thoughtspot) - The Future of AI Powered Search & Analytics: This episode is a perfect fit for anyone who wants to learn how to apply AI into their product especially for high fidelity analytics use cases. Utkarsh Ohm is Director of AI at Thoughtspot. He previously was a Co-Founder & eng leader at various startups. In this episode, we cover applying LLMs alongside other models to customer facing products. We discuss where LLMs in particular are helpful vs traditional
Jan. 15, 2024, 6:10 p.m.
