Stu Smith is an Investor at Scribble.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com o...
Mar 02, 2026•58 min
Andy McLoughlin is Managing Partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC).~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when t...
Mar 02, 2026•1 hr 1 min
Zack Reneau-Wedeen is Head of Product at Sierra.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit n...
Mar 02, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Camille Moore is President and Co-Founder of Third Eye Insights Inc., ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they app...
Mar 02, 2026•1 hr 8 min
Robert Scoble is Founder/CEO of Unaligned~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.c...
Feb 25, 2026•1 hr 17 min
Jake Stauch is Founder and CEO of Serval~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com...
Feb 23, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Shay is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Greenfield-Partners.~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply ...
Feb 23, 2026•1 hr 8 min
Chris Degnan is the former Chief Revenue Officer at Snowflake.~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for ac...
Feb 22, 2026•1 hr 5 min
Anand Raghavan is the Chief Product Officer at Snorkel AI.~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access...
Feb 22, 2026•1 hr 5 min
Shay Levi is Co-Founder and CEO of Unframe.~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius....
Feb 22, 2026•54 min
Fatimah Hussain is a powerhouse creator with 200M+ views, 200K followers, and 50M likes across TikTok and Instagram in the education and early-career space. She is the founder of Fatimah’s Guide, an all-in-one mentorship platform connecting top college students with ambitious high schoolers. Fatimah is an EECS student at the University of California, Berkeley and has partnered with F500s including Adobe, Notion, and Microsoft to deliver practical study, productivity, and career content.She’s cur...
Feb 21, 2026•1 hr 2 min
Deepak Prasad is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures, leading US investments across early- to growth-stage tech companies with expertise in sourcing, deal execution, and portfolio management, drawing on over five years of investment experience. As a founding team member at GPO Fund, he drove enterprise tech deals like MapAnything (acquired by Salesforce), built on prior roles at Unilazer Ventures investing in consumer successes such as Lenskart, and positions at The Carlyle Group and Soros Fund Mana...
Feb 17, 2026•1 hr 7 min
Sarah Klingman is Founder and CEO of Mostest, the New York-based platform reimagining event planning with AI-powered curation, professional-grade vendor matching, transparent pricing, and end-to-end execution support that eliminates research rabbit holes and vendor ghosting for hosts, while connecting vendors to serious clients and enabling brands to scale community events effortlessly. Drawing from nearly five years at adidas—rising to Sales Director, pioneering the SPEEDFACTORY-powered Lifesty...
Feb 17, 2026•1 hr 5 min
Vineet Edupuganti is Co-Founder & CEO of Cogent Security, deploying generative AI to supercharge vulnerability management and risk reduction for global brands, after scaling Abnormal Security from early PM through Head of Multi-Product Platform where he grew his 30-person division 4X, launched Knowledge Base/Security Posture Management, rolled out RBAC platform capabilities, and drove PLG initiatives as ARR crossed $100M with 15X headcount growth. Ex-ML engineer at Meta (generative AI for Fa...
Feb 16, 2026•57 min
Kristina Simmons has built, advised, and invested in leading brands, establishing herself as a trusted partner with proven venture and operational experience. At lululemon, she was an early member of the “web team,” playing a pivotal role in launching e-commerce and managing social media and digital channels, making lululemon a pioneer in these spaces. She later led Emerging Products and Concepts, focusing on innovative initiatives such as digital products, strategic partnerships, and internatio...
Feb 16, 2026•52 min
Travis Skelly is a Partner at Pruven Capital, where he invests across fintech, proptech, ecommerce, and enterprise software at multi-stage scale. Prior to Pruven, he was a Director at Citi Ventures, leading more than 15 investments including Socure, Betterment, SmartAsset, HighRadius, and Clarity Money. Earlier, Travis was a founding team member at FinTech Collective, backing category-defining companies like Plaid/Quovo, MoneyLion, Octane Lending, and NextCapital. Before venture, he worked in ba...
Feb 16, 2026•58 min
Jeff Tatarchuk is Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer at TensorWave, building next-generation AI compute infrastructure powered by best-in-class AMD GPUs for training and inference at hyperscale, following his exit as Co-Founder of VMAccel (FPGA cloud/edge leader) and Lets Rolo (acquired by LifeKey) where he drove business development. A 10-year startup advisor and angel investor via Fruition Lab, Jeff specializes in scaling compute-heavy AI infrastructure from prototype to production, helping...
Feb 07, 2026•1 hr 2 min
Cecilia Ziniti is CEO and Co-Founder of GC AI, the AI platform trusted by in-house legal teams at 1,200+ companies. A three-time General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Cecilia has helped bring to market every major tech shift of the last 20 years. Her career began at Yahoo during the early internet boom, she launched Alexa at Amazon as a founding member of the team, she advised on autonomous vehicles at Cruise, robotics and AI at Anki, AI-powered software development at Replit, and now leads o...
Feb 07, 2026•59 min
Deepak Agarwal is Chief AI Officer at LinkedIn, where he leads company‑wide AI strategy, long‑horizon innovation, and the Core AI teams that power intelligence, personalization, and agents across a platform serving hundreds of millions of members. Previously, as Chief AI Officer and VP of Consumer and Trust Engineering at Pinterest, he scaled his organization from about 200 to roughly 1,000 engineers, unifying AI Foundations, Consumer Engineering, Trust & Safety, and AI Product to deliver AI...
Feb 07, 2026•59 min
Gloria Zhang is an investor at DCM Ventures, specializing in AI-enabled enterprise software, cloud/data infrastructure, and DevOps. She brings a rare blend of engineering, product, and go-to-market experience, having incubated and commercialized AI Cloud products at IBM HQ across strategy, ML engineering, product management, and sales. A Wharton MBA, Gloria advised Taichi Graphics (open-source 3D collaboration) and served as CPO for Gradient (AI dermatology diagnostics) while in business school,...
Feb 07, 2026•1 hr 9 min
Kristin Torres Mowat is a healthcare and healthtech investor advising startups through growth, fundraising, and M&A, drawing from her SVP Corporate Development role at Castlight Health where she drove strategic partnerships, health plan relationships, and data operations to scale the transparency/engagement pioneer through IPO. Previously at Fortune 200 DaVita, she shaped corporate strategy, founded the Falcon nephrology EHR business ($12M P&L, 50-person team), co-led the Healthcare Part...
Feb 05, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Bryan Liu is a Principal at Alumni Ventures, where he invests in AI-native video, full-stack AI, autonomous companies, and blockchain infrastructure. He focuses on the future of storytelling and intelligent systems, backing breakout companies like Higgsfield—one of the fastest-growing AI companies ever to reach $100M ARR—along with Veda and RealRoots. Prior to venture, Bryan Liu led M&A and venture transactions at PayPal, working across fintech, consumer, and international acquisitions, and ...
Feb 05, 2026•1 hr 4 min
Yogi Goel is Co-Founder & CEO of Maxima, building agentic AI that automates accounting workflows for startups and scaleups, fresh off 7+ years as Senior Director of Finance & Accounting at Rubrik where he scaled ARR from $5M to $900M, managed 28 flawless quarterly closes, launched rolling forecasts/QBRs, and designed the Rubrik2K enterprise GTM motion that grew sales from 100 to 1,000+ while hitting IPO (NYSE: RBRK). Previously on LinkedIn Sales Navigator's early team predicting its $1B ...
Jan 30, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Guy Kawasaki is Canva's Chief Evangelist—evangelizing design democratization for 170M+ users after originating the role at Apple where he marketed Macintosh to the masses—and host of the Remarkable People podcast featuring icons from Richard Branson to Gabor Maté. Author of 14 books including Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0, and Enchantment, he's an Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas, adjunct at UNSW, ex-Wikimedia trustee, and serial entrepreneur who took pure equity in Canva early (genius ...
Jan 30, 2026•1 hr 8 min
Priya Ramachandran is the Founder and Managing Partner of Foster Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on B2B Enterprise SaaS. As an Operator and a GTM expert, Priya works with cross-border companies, entrepreneurs with product market fit, international market entry advice and introductions. Prior to this role, Priya was with BoldCap, BetterCloud, Coupa, Intel Security and LogiGear Corporation leading various strategic operational roles with a focus on Product Strategy, Cust...
Jan 30, 2026•58 min
Rob Gelick is the General Manager of Yahoo Mail and an Emmy Award–winning C-level product leader who previously, as Chief Product Officer of Paramount, scaled Paramount+ from zero to more than 60 million global subscribers and billions in revenue. During his tenure at Paramount, Rob Gelick oversaw major streaming portfolios including Pluto TV, Pluto TV, Showtime, CBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon, leading large-scale cloud migrations and advancing both ad-supported and subscription monetization models. ...
Jan 30, 2026•1 hr 3 min
David Zeng is Co-Founder and CTO of Beacons AI, the Y Combinator-backed all-in-one platform powering 9M+ creators with AI-native tools for link-in-bio pages, websites, email marketing, ecommerce, and monetization across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more—helping solopreneurs turn brand deals, affiliates, and digital products into sustainable businesses without tech headaches. A Stanford PhD in signal processing and machine learning whose medical imaging research deployed globally in hospitals,...
Jan 28, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Scott Woody is Co-Founder and CEO of Metronome, the leading usage-based billing platform empowering SaaS companies to model flexible pricing strategies, iterate rapidly without engineering bottlenecks, and turn billing into a growth engine amid 2026's shift from seats to consumption models. With prior stints as CTO at Metronome since 2019 and Director of Engineering at Dropbox where he scaled core infrastructure for 12 million+ users, Scott brings hands-on builder credentials from co-founding Fo...
Jan 24, 2026•56 min
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Jan 24, 2026•1 hr 1 min
Ray Wu is a seasoned venture capitalist with over 20 years of investing experience across a wide range of industries and geographies. Before joining Alumni Ventures, Ray Wu was a partner and adviser at several global venture funds focusing on AI, Web3, FinTech and SaaS investment opportunities across the U.S. and Asia Pacific. Earlier, he spent more than 10 years in the corporate venture space: He was the managing director of HP’s new business ventures, responsible for startup technology evaluat...
Jan 24, 2026•59 min
