The Founder Podcast Shelf
Podcast episodes founders recommend to each other.
56 episodes
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Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twist Sentry - https://sentry.io/twist Northwest Registered...
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Everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips | Equity Podcast
OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and...
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How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Ended Up Running American TV | The Untold Amagi Story
with Shivkumar Ganesan, Exotel ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond...
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Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner Table
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Deel - https://deel.com/twist Northwest Registered Agent -...
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The Case for AI That Improves Itself | Deep Dives with a16z
Matt Bornstein speaks with Mirendil cofounders Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta about their vision for building self-accelerating...
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Six Times They Almost Shut Down; Today It Makes ₹60 Crore Every Month | Akshayakalpa CEO
Akshayakalpa is known as India’s first certified organic dairy enterprise. But in this conversation, Shashi Kumar makes it clear that the...
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How AI Will Rewire Consumer Internet | Deep Dives with a16z
Anish Acharya sits down with Josh Elman to discuss the future of consumer technology and Josh's decision to join a16z. Over the past two...
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The hottest running app has nothing to do with speed | E2303
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Agree - https://agree.com Quo - https://quo.com/TWiST Superhuman -...
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Teaching AI the Language of Design | Deep Dives with a16z
Anish Acharya speaks with Microsoft VP of Design John Maeda and Impeccable founder and CEO Paul Bakaus about how AI is changing the...
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Is There an AI Bubble? Two Top VCs on Valuations and ARR Inflation | StrictlyVC LA 2026
Is AI venture capital in a bubble, or are we just in the steepest growth curve anyone's ever seen? At StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026,...
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He Dropped Out of MIT at 19 to Build America's Drone Arsenal. It's Working | StrictlyVC LA 2026
Ethan Thornton started Mach Industries at 16, dropped out of MIT, and is now running six simultaneous defense programs: jet engines,...
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Shinkei is Changing How Fish Are Caught, Processed and Brought to Your Plate | StrictlyVC LA 2026
Much of American-caught fish is processed overseas, and often in China, before it comes back to the U.S. Shinkei wants to change that...
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Is the US government's Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand? | Equity Podcast
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national...
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Why startups should 'be more concerned' about competition in VCs' portfolios l Best of Build Mode
This week on Build Mode, we’re diving back into the archives for a special best-of episode all about venture capital. Host Isabelle...
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NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI | Equity Podcast
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it...
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Building Enduring Companies Outside Silicon Valley | Santiago Suárez of Addi
Angela Strange and Gabriel Vásquez speak with Addi founder and CEO Santiago Suárez about building one of Latin America's largest...
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Building the Future of Image Generation with Ideogram's CEO
Yoko Li and Justine Moore speak with Ideogram founder and CEO Mohammad Norouzi about image generation models, design workflows, and the...
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SpaceX's IPO Made Elon Musk a Trillionaire...Now What?│Equity Podcast
The biggest IPO in history dropped this morning on the Nasdaq — a debut so big, our team thought it deserved its own bonus Equity podcast...
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SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer | Equity Podcast
The IPO market is back, and it's not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over:...
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How Exa is Building the Perfect Search Engine | Deep Dives with a16z
Sarah Wang speaks with Exa cofounder and CEO Will Bryk about building search infrastructure for the AI era. The conversation covers...
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Why AI Agents Need Context | Deep Dives with a16z
Martin Casado speaks with George Fraser, cofounder and CEO of Fivetran, about the future of data infrastructure in the age of AI. The...
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Pyramid of Work and The Future of Enterprise Automation | The a16z Show
Anish Acharya and Olivia Moore speak with Pablo Palafox and Luis Paarup about the challenges of deploying AI agents in operationally...
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Garner Health Founder on Measuring Doctor Quality, The AI Landscape & What Improves Healthcare
Nick Reber, CEO and founder of Garner Health, joins Jacob and Nikhil to walk through what is arguably one of the most structurally...
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Rebuilding Global Banking With Stablecoins and AI | Deep Dives with Jeeves CEO
Angela Strange speaks with Dileep Thazhmon, founder and CEO of Jeeves, about building a global financial operating system for enterprises...
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Inside Modal: NYC's “Monastery for Super Nerds”
We're honored to deepen our partnership with Modal on raising $355M at a $4.65B valuation. When Erik Bernhardsson and Akshat Bubna...
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Aaru is Going After the World's Oldest Problem: Predicting the Future
When Logan and Enzo first met the Aaru team, they immediately sensed that something special was happening. The combination of the team's...
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Abridge Leaders on AI-Native Healthcare, Doctors Who Code, and the Future of Clinical AI
A couple weeks ago, Michał Nedoszytko placed third globally at Anthropic's hackathon out of 13,000 participants. He was the head of...
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Ex-Hims&Hers Team Raises $25M to Take On Fresh Dog Food
Redpoint is ecstatic to be leading Golden Child's $25M Series A. The $150B pet category is in the middle of a generational shift. Golden...
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Why Physical AI Is the Next Big Opportunity | Deep Dives with a16z
Erin Price-Wright speaks with Alex Modon, cofounder and CEO at Unlimited Industries, and Davide Asnaghi, CEO at Diode Computers, about...
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Outsmarting Uber: Why Bolt Wins in Europe | Deep Dives with a16z
What does it take to build a global mobility company from a country of just 1.3 million people? Markus Villig, founder and CEO of Bolt,...
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The Next Wave of AI Companies in Latin America | Tako Founder on The a16z Show
Sebastian Mejia cofounded Rappi and scaled it into nine countries before stepping away to start Tako, an AI company taking on Brazil's...
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Rebuilding Git for AI Agents and The Future of Developer Tools | Deep Dives with a16z
Matt Bornstein speaks with Scott Chacon, cofounder of GitHub and CEO of GitButler, about why Git's user interface has barely changed...
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Inside The Industry That Powers Every Business In America | Deep Dives with a16z
Joe Schmidt speaks with Peter Doyle, CEO of Treeline, about why the $100B managed service provider market is a decade behind modern...
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AI, Data Centers, and the Infrastructure Needed to Power Them | a16z
a16z general partners Erin Price-Wright and Erik Torenberg speak with Doug Bernauer, founder and CEO of Radiant, and Drew Baglino,...
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Leading JetStream's $34M Seed to Give Enterprises the AI Blueprint
We're thrilled to be leading Jetstream's $34M Seed - congratulations to Raj Rajamani, Jared Phipps, and the entire Jetstream...
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This Anti-Slop AI Tool is Being Used by the World's Best Creative Agencies
Redpoint is leading a $42M Series A in Flora. Weber Wong went from investment banking to VC to working at a coffee shop in New York...
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What Silicon Valley Teaches You About Success
Most founders and professionals get caught in the "numbers game," but according to the founder of Intuitive, the real secret to Silicon...
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Leading Valerie Health's $30M Series A to Eliminate Front-Office Bottlenecks in Specialty Care
We’re leading Valerie Health's $30M Series A and are thrilled to be partnering with Peter Shalek, Nitin Joshi, and their exceptional...
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K2 Space Raises $250M Series C to Build the Largest Satellites in Orbit
We’re excited to lead K2 Space Corporation’s $250M Series C. From day one, founders Karan Kunjur and Neel Kunjur have taken a contrarian...
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Sutter Health CEO Warner Thomas on Digital Transformation and the Future of Health Systems
The episode explores how Warner Thomas is transforming Sutter Health into a digitally-enabled, ambulatory-focused health system that can...
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Giga Raises $61M Series A to Reinvent Customer Support with Human-Quality AI Agents
We're thrilled to announce our partnership with Varun Vummadi, Esha Manideep, and the Giga team on leading their $61M Series A. Giga...
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How Latin American Founders Keep Their Deals Alive
Ariel Puga wants to save deals from dying in procurement purgatory. His traction is strong, but will the investors see how big this could...
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$1.4M Ask: Can AI Fix Dirty Hotel Rooms?
Knock, knock! AI wants to inspect your room. Al Lagunas grew up watching his mom clean hotel rooms. Now he’s building Levee, an...
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Track Mental Health with a Wearable?!
Antonio used an Apple Watch to improve his physical health. But he couldn't find a wearable to help him in the same way with his mental...
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Dell VC Exposes VC Truth | Radhika Malik (Partner at DTC)
This podcast features Radhika who talks about her journey in venture capital and what led her to become an investor. Radhika shares her...
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From a Bootstrapped Company to a $100M+ Revenue | Jay Ashok Modh on The Desi VC
Jay Ashok Modh is a purpose-driven entrepreneur, technology leader, and investor shaping the future of enterprise infrastructure. As...
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Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
You heard the pitches. Now watch the aftermath. The Season 13 Finale brings you founder wins, surprises, pivots—and one last chance to...
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LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
Anastasia Trofimova sold everything, moved across the world and started Sundae to make food content shoppable—linking influencers,...
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2016 US Election Inspired a Billion Dollar Startup | Abhishek Agrawal on The Desi VC
In 2016, Russian hackers broke into John Podesta’s Gmail during the US election. That single breach exposed how vulnerable email really...
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VCs React to Shark Tank: This is Ridiculous!
Josh & Lisa react to Pitch Fund portfolio company ESAI on Shark Tank! Watch Julia's pitch for ESAI on our show:...
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