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Dec 10, 2025
35Y in Product Design: Software Is a Medium, Not a Tool | Bob Baxley
Bob Baxley takes us inside the real Apple culture as he reflects on the moment the first iPhone appeared on stage
Nov 12, 2025
Deep vs. Shallow AI: Stanford Professor on Which Strategy Will Win | Prof. Kuang Xu
Professor Kuang Xu, Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and one of the leading minds shaping the intersection of AI, data science, and decision-making.
Oct 29, 2025
GRAPHS Are Eating the World: Neo4j CTO on AI Infrastructure | Philip Rathle – Neo4j CTO (Part 1)
Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.
Oct 15, 2025
CRISPR Co-Inventor Reveals: Gene Editing Breakthrough | Stanford Professor Le Cong (Part 1)
Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, pioneering the fusion of AI and gene editing to treat cancer and immune diseases.
Sep 30, 2025
MIT PhD to Building America’s Largest Parking Data Network | Wen Sang – Co-Founder & COO @ Genspark
Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, an AI agentic engine company pioneering the future of work for knowledge workers.
Aug 19, 2025
From 19-Year-Old Dropout to 3 Startup Exits: 1 IPO, 1 Unicorn, 1 Acquisition | FlashIntel CEO Yi Shi
Yi Shi, serial entrepreneur and computer scientist with 3 exits and 1 IPO before turning 25.
Jul 22, 2025
Stanford Physicist: Why 2025 Changes Everything! Quantum + AI = New Reality! | Xiaoliang Qi (Part 1)
Stanford physicist Xiaoliang Qi on quantum entanglement, AI, and redefining reality, with 84,000+ citations.
Jul 20, 2025
(Part 2) How Stanford Professor Raised $13M Seed Round for His 3rd Startup | Ram Rajagopal
Stanford Professor shares how he raised $13M for his third startup, GridCARE.
Jun 9, 2025
$0 Revenue, 5 Years, Then IPO: Story from Lyft & Presto Cofounder | Rajat Suri
Rajat Suri, co-founder of Lyft and Presto, on the brutal realities of entrepreneurship and venture capital.
May 4, 2025
Ex-Google VP's Startup Mission: How I Fight for a Safer Internet
A former Google VP discusses building a startup focused on creating a safer internet.
Mar 31, 2025
Founder Story | NVIDIA VP Reveals: How This Trillion-Dollar Tech Giant REALLY Works
Angela, NVIDIA VP of Business Operations for 25 years, reveals the company’s internal success formula.
Mar 2, 2025
Founder Story | How I Built a Profitable and Beloved Video App
Vlada Bortnik, co-founder and CEO of Marco Polo, on building a purpose-driven video app.
Feb 13, 2025
Founder Story | How She Built a $10M EV Charging Startup After Tesla Said “No”
Susan Linwood, CEO of ChargePodX, on becoming an EV charging pioneer.
Jan 15, 2025
From Bomb Shelter to Silicon Valley: Women Founders' True Stories
Powerful stories from women founders across backgrounds and industries.
Nov 26, 2025
Strategic Narrative: Framework Behind Salesforce, Gong & Turing | Andy Raskin
Andy Raskin takes us inside the pursuit of strategic narrative— the storytelling discipline that has shaped some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies.
Nov 5, 2025
Why Enterprise AI Won't Follow the AGI Monolith Path | Philip Rathle – Neo4j CTO (Part 2)
Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.
Oct 22, 2025
CRISPR to AI: The Next Phase of Biological Research | Stanford Professor Le Cong (Part 2)
Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-inventor who proved CRISPR gene-editing could work in humans.
Oct 7, 2025
From 0 to 2 Million Users & $36M ARR in 45 Days | Wen Sang – Co-Founder & COO at Genspark (Part 2)
Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, the agentic AI platform that reached $36M ARR and 2M users in 45 days.
Sep 5, 2025
How AlphaChip Revolutionized Chip Design at Google | Anna Goldie
Anna Goldie, Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and co-lead of AlphaChip, using reinforcement learning for chip design.
Aug 5, 2025
Stanford Professor: AI Just Hit the Human Civilization Moment | Xiaoliang Qi (Part 2)
A conversation on how AI represents a civilization-level shift comparable to the invention of language.
Jul 7, 2025
3 Startups, 3 Countries to Sequoia-Backed AI Founder | Kisson Lin
Ex-Meta and TikTok executive turned Sequoia-backed founder building human-AI memory systems at Tanka.ai.
Jul 17, 2025
(Part 1) Stanford Professor: We're Building AI Wrong! | Ram Rajagopal
The hidden AI crisis and why power, not compute, may limit AI’s future.
May 23, 2025
Refugee to $110M Fund: How I Built Silicon Valley's 45K-Founder Community in 1.5 Yrs
Mariane Bekker shares her journey from refugee to building one of Silicon Valley’s largest founder communities.
Apr 14, 2025
How I Built YC AI Startups
Podonos Founder & CEO Soohyun Bae, YC alum and ML PhD from Georgia Tech, on building AI startups.
Mar 17, 2025
Founder Story | From Dot-Com Bust to AI Boom: What I Learned the Hard Way
Bruce Wang, Netflix engineering leader and serial entrepreneur, reflects on lessons from two tech eras.
Feb 15, 2025
DeepSeek's AI Revolution: Ex-Google DeepMind Leaders Tell All
Founders and leaders from Bespoke Labs and Turing discuss the DeepSeek AI revolution.
Jan 24, 2025
Founder Story | How I Built AngelList Top 10 AI Startup
How a founder is saving developers 60% of their time with AI.
Jan 6, 2025
Founder Story | From Immigrant Student to Forbes 30U30
Learn how this founder built multiple successful startups.
Dec 10, 2025
35Y in Product Design: Software Is a Medium, Not a Tool | Bob Baxley
Bob Baxley takes us inside the real Apple culture as he reflects on the moment the first iPhone appeared on stage
Nov 26, 2025
Strategic Narrative: Framework Behind Salesforce, Gong & Turing | Andy Raskin
Andy Raskin takes us inside the pursuit of strategic narrative— the storytelling discipline that has shaped some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies.
Nov 12, 2025
Deep vs. Shallow AI: Stanford Professor on Which Strategy Will Win | Prof. Kuang Xu
Professor Kuang Xu, Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and one of the leading minds shaping the intersection of AI, data science, and decision-making.
Nov 5, 2025
Why Enterprise AI Won't Follow the AGI Monolith Path | Philip Rathle – Neo4j CTO (Part 2)
Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.
Oct 29, 2025
GRAPHS Are Eating the World: Neo4j CTO on AI Infrastructure | Philip Rathle – Neo4j CTO (Part 1)
Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.
Oct 22, 2025
CRISPR to AI: The Next Phase of Biological Research | Stanford Professor Le Cong (Part 2)
Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-inventor who proved CRISPR gene-editing could work in humans.
Oct 15, 2025
CRISPR Co-Inventor Reveals: Gene Editing Breakthrough | Stanford Professor Le Cong (Part 1)
Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, pioneering the fusion of AI and gene editing to treat cancer and immune diseases.
Oct 7, 2025
From 0 to 2 Million Users & $36M ARR in 45 Days | Wen Sang – Co-Founder & COO at Genspark (Part 2)
Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, the agentic AI platform that reached $36M ARR and 2M users in 45 days.
Sep 30, 2025
MIT PhD to Building America’s Largest Parking Data Network | Wen Sang – Co-Founder & COO @ Genspark
Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, an AI agentic engine company pioneering the future of work for knowledge workers.
Sep 5, 2025
How AlphaChip Revolutionized Chip Design at Google | Anna Goldie
Anna Goldie, Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and co-lead of AlphaChip, using reinforcement learning for chip design.
Aug 19, 2025
From 19-Year-Old Dropout to 3 Startup Exits: 1 IPO, 1 Unicorn, 1 Acquisition | FlashIntel CEO Yi Shi
Yi Shi, serial entrepreneur and computer scientist with 3 exits and 1 IPO before turning 25.
Aug 5, 2025
Stanford Professor: AI Just Hit the Human Civilization Moment | Xiaoliang Qi (Part 2)
A conversation on how AI represents a civilization-level shift comparable to the invention of language.
Jul 22, 2025
Stanford Physicist: Why 2025 Changes Everything! Quantum + AI = New Reality! | Xiaoliang Qi (Part 1)
Stanford physicist Xiaoliang Qi on quantum entanglement, AI, and redefining reality, with 84,000+ citations.
Jul 7, 2025
3 Startups, 3 Countries to Sequoia-Backed AI Founder | Kisson Lin
Ex-Meta and TikTok executive turned Sequoia-backed founder building human-AI memory systems at Tanka.ai.
Jul 20, 2025
(Part 2) How Stanford Professor Raised $13M Seed Round for His 3rd Startup | Ram Rajagopal
Stanford Professor shares how he raised $13M for his third startup, GridCARE.
Jul 17, 2025
(Part 1) Stanford Professor: We're Building AI Wrong! | Ram Rajagopal
The hidden AI crisis and why power, not compute, may limit AI’s future.
Jun 9, 2025
$0 Revenue, 5 Years, Then IPO: Story from Lyft & Presto Cofounder | Rajat Suri
Rajat Suri, co-founder of Lyft and Presto, on the brutal realities of entrepreneurship and venture capital.
May 23, 2025
Refugee to $110M Fund: How I Built Silicon Valley's 45K-Founder Community in 1.5 Yrs
Mariane Bekker shares her journey from refugee to building one of Silicon Valley’s largest founder communities.
May 4, 2025
Ex-Google VP's Startup Mission: How I Fight for a Safer Internet
A former Google VP discusses building a startup focused on creating a safer internet.
Apr 14, 2025
How I Built YC AI Startups
Podonos Founder & CEO Soohyun Bae, YC alum and ML PhD from Georgia Tech, on building AI startups.
Mar 31, 2025
Founder Story | NVIDIA VP Reveals: How This Trillion-Dollar Tech Giant REALLY Works
Angela, NVIDIA VP of Business Operations for 25 years, reveals the company’s internal success formula.
Mar 17, 2025
Founder Story | From Dot-Com Bust to AI Boom: What I Learned the Hard Way
Bruce Wang, Netflix engineering leader and serial entrepreneur, reflects on lessons from two tech eras.
Mar 2, 2025
Founder Story | How I Built a Profitable and Beloved Video App
Vlada Bortnik, co-founder and CEO of Marco Polo, on building a purpose-driven video app.
Feb 15, 2025
DeepSeek's AI Revolution: Ex-Google DeepMind Leaders Tell All
Founders and leaders from Bespoke Labs and Turing discuss the DeepSeek AI revolution.
Feb 13, 2025
Founder Story | How She Built a $10M EV Charging Startup After Tesla Said “No”
Susan Linwood, CEO of ChargePodX, on becoming an EV charging pioneer.
Jan 24, 2025
Founder Story | How I Built AngelList Top 10 AI Startup
How a founder is saving developers 60% of their time with AI.
Jan 15, 2025
From Bomb Shelter to Silicon Valley: Women Founders' True Stories
Powerful stories from women founders across backgrounds and industries.
Jan 6, 2025
Founder Story | From Immigrant Student to Forbes 30U30
Learn how this founder built multiple successful startups.
Dec 10, 2025
35Y in Product Design: Software Is a Medium, Not a Tool | Bob Baxley
Bob Baxley takes us inside the real Apple culture as he reflects on the moment the first iPhone appeared on stage
Nov 26, 2025
Strategic Narrative: Framework Behind Salesforce, Gong & Turing | Andy Raskin
Andy Raskin takes us inside the pursuit of strategic narrative— the storytelling discipline that has shaped some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies.
Nov 12, 2025
Deep vs. Shallow AI: Stanford Professor on Which Strategy Will Win | Prof. Kuang Xu
Professor Kuang Xu, Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and one of the leading minds shaping the intersection of AI, data science, and decision-making.
Nov 5, 2025
Why Enterprise AI Won't Follow the AGI Monolith Path | Philip Rathle – Neo4j CTO (Part 2)
Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.
Oct 29, 2025
GRAPHS Are Eating the World: Neo4j CTO on AI Infrastructure | Philip Rathle – Neo4j CTO (Part 1)
Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.
Oct 22, 2025
CRISPR to AI: The Next Phase of Biological Research | Stanford Professor Le Cong (Part 2)
Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-inventor who proved CRISPR gene-editing could work in humans.
Oct 15, 2025
CRISPR Co-Inventor Reveals: Gene Editing Breakthrough | Stanford Professor Le Cong (Part 1)
Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, pioneering the fusion of AI and gene editing to treat cancer and immune diseases.
Oct 7, 2025
From 0 to 2 Million Users & $36M ARR in 45 Days | Wen Sang – Co-Founder & COO at Genspark (Part 2)
Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, the agentic AI platform that reached $36M ARR and 2M users in 45 days.
Sep 30, 2025
MIT PhD to Building America’s Largest Parking Data Network | Wen Sang – Co-Founder & COO @ Genspark
Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, an AI agentic engine company pioneering the future of work for knowledge workers.
Sep 5, 2025
How AlphaChip Revolutionized Chip Design at Google | Anna Goldie
Anna Goldie, Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and co-lead of AlphaChip, using reinforcement learning for chip design.
Aug 19, 2025
From 19-Year-Old Dropout to 3 Startup Exits: 1 IPO, 1 Unicorn, 1 Acquisition | FlashIntel CEO Yi Shi
Yi Shi, serial entrepreneur and computer scientist with 3 exits and 1 IPO before turning 25.
Aug 5, 2025
Stanford Professor: AI Just Hit the Human Civilization Moment | Xiaoliang Qi (Part 2)
A conversation on how AI represents a civilization-level shift comparable to the invention of language.
Jul 22, 2025
Stanford Physicist: Why 2025 Changes Everything! Quantum + AI = New Reality! | Xiaoliang Qi (Part 1)
Stanford physicist Xiaoliang Qi on quantum entanglement, AI, and redefining reality, with 84,000+ citations.
Jul 7, 2025
3 Startups, 3 Countries to Sequoia-Backed AI Founder | Kisson Lin
Ex-Meta and TikTok executive turned Sequoia-backed founder building human-AI memory systems at Tanka.ai.
Jul 20, 2025
(Part 2) How Stanford Professor Raised $13M Seed Round for His 3rd Startup | Ram Rajagopal
Stanford Professor shares how he raised $13M for his third startup, GridCARE.
Jul 17, 2025
(Part 1) Stanford Professor: We're Building AI Wrong! | Ram Rajagopal
The hidden AI crisis and why power, not compute, may limit AI’s future.
Jun 9, 2025
$0 Revenue, 5 Years, Then IPO: Story from Lyft & Presto Cofounder | Rajat Suri
Rajat Suri, co-founder of Lyft and Presto, on the brutal realities of entrepreneurship and venture capital.
May 23, 2025
Refugee to $110M Fund: How I Built Silicon Valley's 45K-Founder Community in 1.5 Yrs
Mariane Bekker shares her journey from refugee to building one of Silicon Valley’s largest founder communities.
May 4, 2025
Ex-Google VP's Startup Mission: How I Fight for a Safer Internet
A former Google VP discusses building a startup focused on creating a safer internet.
Apr 14, 2025
How I Built YC AI Startups
Podonos Founder & CEO Soohyun Bae, YC alum and ML PhD from Georgia Tech, on building AI startups.
Mar 31, 2025
Founder Story | NVIDIA VP Reveals: How This Trillion-Dollar Tech Giant REALLY Works
Angela, NVIDIA VP of Business Operations for 25 years, reveals the company’s internal success formula.
Mar 17, 2025
Founder Story | From Dot-Com Bust to AI Boom: What I Learned the Hard Way
Bruce Wang, Netflix engineering leader and serial entrepreneur, reflects on lessons from two tech eras.
Mar 2, 2025
Founder Story | How I Built a Profitable and Beloved Video App
Vlada Bortnik, co-founder and CEO of Marco Polo, on building a purpose-driven video app.
Feb 15, 2025
DeepSeek's AI Revolution: Ex-Google DeepMind Leaders Tell All
Founders and leaders from Bespoke Labs and Turing discuss the DeepSeek AI revolution.
Feb 13, 2025
Founder Story | How She Built a $10M EV Charging Startup After Tesla Said “No”
Susan Linwood, CEO of ChargePodX, on becoming an EV charging pioneer.
Jan 24, 2025
Founder Story | How I Built AngelList Top 10 AI Startup
How a founder is saving developers 60% of their time with AI.
Jan 15, 2025
From Bomb Shelter to Silicon Valley: Women Founders' True Stories
Powerful stories from women founders across backgrounds and industries.
Jan 6, 2025
Founder Story | From Immigrant Student to Forbes 30U30
Learn how this founder built multiple successful startups.