Mar 3
EP 196: From Equestrian Arenas to Scaling Teams
Emily Zahuta, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Horizon3.ai, highlights how a chaotic yet loving Bay Area upbringing and elite equestrian training shaped a builder’s mindset grounded in discipline and self-possession. Emily chose demanding environments, learned to center her ... Show More
1h 17m
Feb 26
EP 195: How to Succeed as the First Recruiter at a Startup
Shannan Farmer, Lead Talent Partner at Freshpaint, details a sharp first thirty days blueprint, from fast ATS upgrades to structured debriefs and centralized feedback, proving that disciplined process can increase quality without sacrificing pace. Shannon breaks down anti sell as ... Show More
44m 58s
Feb 24
EP 194: Leading with Respect and Direct Communication
Ashlye Hernandez, Executive Director of Global Talent Acquisition and Operations at nCino, examines how her path from rural North Carolina to executive leadership shaped a people-first approach grounded in respect, resilience, and direct communication. She reflects on early misst ... Show More
51m 12s
Nov 2025
A Practical Path from Roles to Skills for AI-Ready Teams - with Trish Vassar of Coca-Cola
Today's guest is Trish Vassar, Vice President of Global Learning & Development, who brings over 20 years of experience in talent management, learning, and leadership development. She joins Emerj Editorial Director Matthew DeMello to explore how enterprise leaders can shift from t ... Show More
22m 7s
Sep 2025
Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor)
Brendan Foody is the CEO and co-founder of Mercor, the fastest-growing company in history to go from $1M to $500M in revenue (in just 17 months!). At 22, he is also the youngest American unicorn founder ever. Mercor works with 6 of the Magnificent 7 and all top 5 AI labs to help ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2025
Agentic AI and the Strategy Behind Smarter Talent Decisions - with Sachit Kamat of Eightfold AI
Today's guest is Sachit Kamat, Chief Product Officer at Eightfold AI. Eightfold AI provides a complete AI platform for talent management to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers with the goal of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of talent operations. Sachit j ... Show More
24m 49s
Feb 2025
AI Biohacking Breakthroughs: Transform Your Health with Gary Brecka's Top Strategies | EP #149
In this episode, Gary and Peter discuss the most important bio hacks people should know and cover a list of health tech gadgets they have at home and use daily to live longer.
Recorded on Jan 23rd, 2024
Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice.
Gary B ... Show More
1h 37m
Aug 2025
AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M and is still looking to hire agents as employees, also, Databricks CEO says fresh $1B will help him attack a new AI database market
Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product. Also, The round, which pushes Databricks' valuation to $100B, was co-led by Insight Partners and Thrive. CEO Ali Ghodsi says he's found an enormous untapp ... Show More
9m 9s
Jan 2025
Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of AI/ML
In this episode of the Data Science Salon Podcast, host Anna Anisin sits down with two influential leaders in AI and data science to discuss their experiences, challenges, and insights into the evolving landscape of the industry.
First, Fatma Tarlaci, Chief Technology Officer at ... Show More
40m 47s
Wouter Durville, Founder and CEO of Test Gorilla, joins hosts James Mackey and Elijah Elkins to discuss the evolution of skills tests and assessments. He shares the latest on how Test Gorilla is helping customers screen talent more thoroughly and talks to our hosts about impactful upcoming product releases. Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for mak ... Show More
