Everyone knows the era of growth at all costs is over, but where does that leave us? And specifically, where does that leave founders? The answer is straightforward: founders have to start thinking like business people. This week, Conor Bronsdon interviews Ashish Aggarwal, founder and CTO of Productive and an active investor in over 30 companies. Ashish s ... Show More
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Sloppypasta culprits, unpacking MCP’s spotlight, and Anthropic wants your agents to work the graveyard shift
Are rolling token blackouts and late-night AI coding shifts about to become the new normal for developers? This week on the Friday Deploy, Andrew and Ben explore the shifting economics of AI compute before debating whether the Model Context Protocol (MCP) was fundamentally overhy ... Show More
31m 52s
Aug 2025
The state of VC within software and AI startups – with Peter Walker
Brought to You By:• WorkOS — The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS.• Statsig — The unified platform for flags, analytics, experiments, and more.• Sonar — Code quality and code security for ALL code.—In this episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I sit down with Peter Walker ... Show More
1h 19m
Sep 2024
Career Progression at Startups - Caution: NOT How Big Companies Do It (Edu)
<p>One of the toughest challenges in early-stage startups is managing employee career development. Unlike big corporations, startups thrive on chaos, ownership, and self-driven growth, meaning traditional professional development programs often fall flat. </p>
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53m 11s
Jun 2025
Building Cluely: The Viral AI Startup that raised $15M in 10 Weeks
<p>What if virality wasn’t a tactic — but the entire product?</p><p>In this episode, a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Bryan Kim sit down with Roy Lee, cofounder and CEO of Cluely, one of the most talked-about consumer AI startups of 2025. Cluely didn’t raise a mega round ... Show More
38m 24s
Oct 2024
Investor FOMO is back, and what's happening with WordPress and WP Engine?
Today on Equity, Devin, Margaux and Anthony Ha are rounding up the week's startup and venture news, kicking things off with a look at the $400 million raised by Lightmatter, and the importance of fast networking within the fast growing datacenter industry today — not just in year ... Show More
36m 39s
Aug 2024
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 13 | Fintech start-ups and navigating the road to sustainable growth
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Sam Edge, Head of Industries and Emerging Technologies, Start-ups and VC at Amazon Web Services (AWS), to explore the current fintech start-up scene.
Sam and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle discuss some of ... Show More
29m 56s
Aug 2024
Driving Development Efficiencies for SaaS - with Akash Gupta of GreyOrange
<p>Today's guest is Akash Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of GreyOrange. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. In a special series focusing on software development chall ... Show More
22m 14s
Sep 2024
What's Next In: How fintechs take flight
In the latest episode of "What's Next In," Mastercard's podcast that informally explores technology, innovation and ideas, host Vicki Hyman chats with Sabrina Tharani, who leads Mastercard's Start Path startup engagement program, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this mon ... Show More
40m 10s
Sep 2025
$46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder)
Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Silicon Valley’s largest and most influential venture capital firm, with over $46B in committed capital across multiple funds. He took Loudcloud public with just $2 million in revenue (dubbed “the IPO from hell”), sold it for ... Show More
1h 37m