Best Redpoint Ventures Podcasts (2024)

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EP 108: Olivier Pomel (CEO, Datadog) Shares Every Lesson From Scaling to $40B 1:32:04

6d ago1:32:04

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Olivier Pomel built Datadog into a $40B company while burning only $25M in capital. In our conversation, he shares the fundraising lessons, operating principles, and core insights that made this possible. He also discusses the pros and cons of building a tech company in NYC, how early-career professionals should approach learning AI tools, how Data…

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Ep 36: Behance Founder Scott Belsky on How AI Will Transform Creative Workflows 35:46

9d ago35:46

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Scott Belsky is the founder of Behance, a creative platform sold to Adobe in 2012. He’s since gone on to take on the role of Chief Product Officer at Adobe leading design for all products across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and the Digital Experience business. This week on Unsupervised Learning Scott shares his thoughts on the future of creative …

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EP 107: Steve Kaufer (Co-Founder, Tripadvisor) - Why He Left & What He’s Building Now 1:39:55

13d ago1:39:55

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Steve Kaufer led Tripadvisor to multi-billion dollar success over a 20+ year run as CEO. He discusses getting acquired and spun out from IAC, becoming a public company CEO, and his biggest operating lessons from his decades-long journey. Steve also shares behind-the-scenes of his new venture, Give Freely, and reflects on his entrepreneurial path. (…

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EP 106: How Bill Shufelt Built Athletic Brewing - Every Plot Twist Along The Way 1:15:20

20d ago1:15:20

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Since 2017, Bill Shufelt (CEO, Athletic Brewing) went from hedge fund trader to the CEO of the leading producer of non-alcoholic craft beer. Unlike the typical tech-focused chats, this one centers around a product many have fallen in love with. In the conversation, Bill tells stories of the unscalable but crucial strategies he used to build a brand…

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Ep 35: CEO of Suno Mikey Shulman on Future of Music with AI, Tactics for Model Eval and Solving the Blank Canvas Problem 1:02:00

25d ago1:02:00

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Last week, Suno announced $125M in funding, marking a significant milestone in their journey to reshape the music creation landscape. On this week's episode of Unsupervised Learning, we caught up with Suno's founder, Mikey Shulman, to dive into their approach to multiplayer music collaboration, how they got Suno to be so fast and the future of digi…

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EP 105: Vlad Tenev (CEO, Robinhood): The Meme Stock Crisis, The Future of Crypto, and AI Opportunities in Finance 1:47:23

1M ago1:47:23

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In the midst of meme stock craziness, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev shared his most eye-opening insights from running the company that transformed the game for retail investors. He talks about Robinhood’s new Gold Card, his views on crypto, the media side, how artificial intelligence could change finance, and more. (00:00) Intro (03:27) The Origin of th…

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Ep 34: Eric Ries and Jeremy Howard (Answer.ai) on the Biggest Mistakes AI Founders are Making and Building the Bell Labs of AI 1:00:00

29d ago1:00:00

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In this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we delve into the forefront of AI innovation with Eric Ries and Jeremy Howard. Eric Ries, renowned for pioneering the Lean Startup movement, has consistently influenced modern entrepreneurial strategies with his emphasis on agile, sustainable growth through innovation. Jeremy Howard is known for his …

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Bonus Episode: Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI) Talks GPT-4o and Predicts the Future of AI 53:37

1M ago53:37

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In this cross-over episode, Sam Altman sat down with Logan on the day of the ChatGPT-4o announcement to share behind-the-scenes details of the launch and offer his predictions for the future of AI. Altman delves into OpenAI’s vision, discusses the timeline for achieving AGI, and explores the societal impact of humanoid robots. He also expresses his…

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EP 104: Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI) talks GPT-4o and Predicts the Future of AI 46:30

1M ago46:30

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On the day of the ChatGPT-4o announcement, Sam Altman sat down to share behind-the-scenes details of the launch and offer his predictions for the future of AI. Altman delves into OpenAI's vision, discusses the timeline for achieving AGI, and explores the societal impact of humanoid robots. He also expresses his excitement and concerns about AI pers…

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EP 103: The Untold Story of Marcus Ryu (Co-Founder Guidewire & Partner at Battery Ventures) Scaling to $10B and Diving into VC 1:50:28

1M ago1:50:28

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After 18 years leading Guidewire (~$10B), Marcus Ryu made the transition from CEO to partner at Battery Ventures. In the episode, Marcus shares his journey of co-founding Guidewire in 2001, steering the company through its IPO in 2012, and building one of the largest vertical software businesses in the world. He shares his insights on how to build …

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EP 102: Armon Dadgar (HashiCorp Co-Founder) Reflects 48-Hours After Selling to IBM 1:54:42

2M ago1:54:42

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After last week’s announcement that IBM is acquiring HashiCorp for $6.4B, HashiCorp co-founder Armon Dadgar discussed a few behind-the-scenes elements of the acquisition and HashiCorp’s full journey from the early days. Armon shares some of his biggest lessons from the journey, from fundraising to community building and more. (00:00) Intro (01:17) …

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Ep 33: CTO and Co-Founder of Sourcegraph on Current Landscape and Future of Software Development, How to Make RAG Better, and Building Towards the Agentic Future 1:36:50

2M ago1:36:50

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On this week’s Unsupervised Learning, Pat and I sat down with CTO and Co-Founder of Sourcegraph, Beyang Liu. Sourcegraph is a leader in the AI coding space, and recently launched AI coding assistant, Cody. Beyang shared with us his view on the current landscape of AI coding and the future of coding and software development. He also shared how Sourc…

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EP 101: Andrew Bialecki (CEO Klaviyo) on Building a $6B Software Company - Klaviyo’s Uncharted Path 1:52:44

2M ago1:52:44

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Before Andrew Bialecki took Klaviyo public and scaled the company to $6B, he bootstrapped it to over $1M in ARR. In our discussion, Andrew reveals his philosophies around fundraising, finding the best talent, cultivating entrepreneurship inside Klaviyo, scaling culture, and more. (00:00) Intro (01:13) Klaviyo's Bootstrap Beginnings (09:37) The Stra…

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EP 100: Jeremy Levine (Partner, Bessemer) Reflects on His Best and Worst Investments 2:44:43

2M ago2:44:43

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After 23+ years in venture capital, Jeremy Levine has thrived in many eras, taking risks on now-iconic companies like LinkedIn, Shopify, Yelp, Pinterest, and more. In our discussion, Jeremy shared stories behind these investments and the mindsets he’s developed along the way. We also explored how the VC landscape has evolved over the last 20 years …

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Ep 32: CEO and Founder of Pinecone Edo Liberty on Pioneering Vector Databases, Barriers to Productionalizing Models and Why What’s Happening with GPUs is Not Sustainable 1:01:12

2M ago1:01:12

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Pinecone has raised over $130 million and was most recently valued at $750 million. On this week’s Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with CEO and Founder of Pinecone, Edo Liberty. Pinecone is arguably one of the most important elements in today's modern datastack. Edo shared with us the most common use cases of Pinecone, the evolving landscape of …

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EP 99: Garret Langley (CEO, Flock Safety) - The $4B Tech Startup Solving Crime with AI 1:47:45

2M ago1:47:45

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Garrett Langley is the CEO of Flock Safety, a $4B company helping solve 10% of US crimes with AI-powered tech. Garrett offers an in-depth look into Flock Safety’s ambitious vision to eliminate crime in America and all the operating lessons he’s learned along the way, including how to build a strong and motivated team, keep people accountable, and l…

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EP 98: Sanjit Biswas on Building to $20B: The CEO Behind One of The Fastest Growing Startups Ever 1:24:20

3M ago1:24:20

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In less than 8 years, Sanjit Biswas scaled Samsara from 0 to over $1B ARR. In our latest conversation, Sanjit shares all the lessons he’s learned about running a hyper-growth organization, including all the changes he’s made since growing and selling his first company Meraki to Cisco for $1.2B and going on to scale Samsara to $20B. A great episode …

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EP 97: How Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity CEO) is Disrupting Google Search with AI 1:38:14

3M ago1:38:14

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One of the most preeminent AI founders, Aravind Srinivas (CEO, Perplexity), believes we could see 100+ AI startups valued over $10B in our future. In the episode, we discuss why Perplexity decided to compete with Google and Aravind shares predictions for the utopian future of artificial intelligence. He also discusses the differences between workin…

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Ep 31: CEO and Co-Founder of Mistral Arthur Mensch on the Next Frontiers for LLMs, Why Open Source Will Prevail and AI Safety 39:57

3M ago39:57

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Mistral AI is often seen as the startup challenging OpenAI and incumbents developing LLMs. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with CEO and Co-Founder at Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch. Arthur shared with us his view on why open-source will prevail, how Mistral gets LLMs into the hands of enterprises, the build vs. partnership d…

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EP 96: Tracy Young - After Selling Company for $875M Repeat Founder Emerges from Stealth and Shares Every Mistake She Made As A First-Time CEO 1:35:35

3M ago1:35:35

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This week, Tracy Young launched her second startup, TigerEye, from stealth mode. After selling PlanGrid to Autodesk for $875 million and working with YC for a couple of years, Tracy and her husband/co-founder decided to build the software they wished they’d had while building PlanGrid. In our conversation, Tracy unmasks her vision for TigerEye and …

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Ep 30: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra on the Future of Email with AI and the Role Agents Will Play 1:11:42

3M ago1:11:42

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Superhuman recently launched AI-powered Summarize and Instant Reply features, and has since processed 4 billion emails. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with CEO and Founder at Superhuman, Rahul Vohra. Rahul shared with us what email will look like in the future, the internal product design decisions in building Summariz…

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Industry Episode with Zach Weinberg: Market Trends, Avoiding Hiring Bulls***ers, and Who Will Win In AI 1:16:10

3M ago1:16:10

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Zach Weinberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Curie.Bio, which has raised over $500 million to combine early-stage investing in biotech and drug discovery copiloting. He is also the co-founder of Flatiron Health, which sold to Roche for $1.9B, and Invite Media, which sold to Google when he was 21. In the episode, Zach dives into the current venture ma…

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EP 95: Tooey Courtemanche (CEO, Procore) Everything This Veteran CEO Would Tell Founders After Building To $11B 1:39:36

3M ago1:39:36

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Tooey Courtemanche has been the CEO of Procore for over two decades, bringing the company from $0 to over $1B ARR and a $11B+ valuation today. In my latest episode, we explore how Tooey built the #1 Construction Management Software company, including his strategies for maintaining a talented team, his mindsets for tough times, lessons from mentors …

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Ep 29: Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih on Future of Slack, How Gucci Uses AI and Working with Marc Benioff 52:37

4M ago52:37

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There’s an ongoing debate about where the most value will accrue in AI between incumbents and startups. Of the incumbents, few have shipped product faster than SalesforceAI. Today on Unsupervised Learning we had on Clara Shih, CEO of SalesforceAI and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI. (0:00) intro (0:50) work practices that w…

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EP 94: Niraj Shah (CEO, Wayfair) Building To $10B in Home Decor Revenue 1:13:52

4M ago1:13:52

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Niraj Shah is the Co-founder and CEO of Wayfair. In this episode, Niraj shares Wayfair’s journey from a collection of 250 sites generating $500 million in revenue to a single, unified brand achieving over $10 billion in online sales of home goods and furniture. He explains the challenges of overseeing a vast e-commerce platform with more than 10,00…

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Ep 28: LangChain CEO Harrison Chase on the Current State of Eval and Agents and The LLM Apps that Will Define 2024 1:04:44

4M ago1:04:44

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Last week LangChain announced a $20M Series A led by Sequoia and released the paid version of LangSmith, which has already been used by 1K+ teams and driven 80K signups. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with LangChain Co-Founder and CEO Harrison Chase to talk about the current state of LLM evaluation, observability, and …

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Parker Conrad: The Zenefits Redemption Story That Led to Rippling ($11B) 1:15:52

4M ago1:15:52

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In this memorable episode from our podcast archives, we revisit our conversation with Parker Conrad, Co-Founder of Rippling and former CEO of Zenefits. Parker opens up about his entrepreneurial path, detailing everything from fundraising challenges to his departure from Zenefits and the founding of Rippling. We also discuss the dynamics between VCs…

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Ep 27: Oscar Co-Founder Mario Schlosser on How LLMs Can Be Used in Healthcare Today and The Path to AI Doctors 1:03:44

4M ago1:03:44

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Oscar Health is a $4B public healthcare company, providing healthcare insurance to nearly 1 million members. Oscar is at the forefront of AI adoption, continuously developing new AI use cases in healthcare. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with Oscar Health Co-Founder, former CEO, and now President of Technology Mario Sc…

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Ep 26: Replit Founder Amjad Masad on the 1000x Engineer, ChatBots are Overhyped and Why We Don’t Really Have True Open-Source Models 1:10:22

5M ago1:10:22

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Replit raised nearly $100M at $1.2B valuation last April and powers over 20M developers. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with Replit Founder and CEO Amjad Masad to talk about the future of software development, how Replit is empowering young users, how Replit developed its own models, and the data advantage Replit has. …

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EP 93: Filip Kaliszan (CEO, Verkada) AI Security Cameras to $3.5B Company 1:57:37

5M ago1:57:37

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Filip Kaliszan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Verkada, one of the fastest-growing private companies out there today. In the episode, Filip discussed many of the first principles decisions he has made in growing Verkada into a $3.5B business that employs over 2000 people. He also dives deep into their 2021 hack, what it was like dealing with that cris…

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EP 92: Mike Volpi (Partner, Index Ventures) Top AI Investor Predicts How The AI Wave Will Play Out 1:45:55

5M ago1:45:55

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Mike Volpi is a top AI investor and GP at Index Ventures, where he’s invested in companies such as Confluent, Scale AI, Sonos, and many others. In our discussion, Mike reveals the frameworks he uses for making investment decisions and his predictions on the trajectory of the AI wave. He also shares stories from his early career at Cisco, what made …

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Ep 25: Intercom Co-Founder Des Traynor on Building Winning AI Strategy and Where We Are in the AI Adoption Curve 57:15

5M ago57:15

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Intercom is one of the earliest adopters of AI - its AI product Fin has generated over two million answers and been used by thousands of users since it was launched last March. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with Intercom Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor to talk about how AI is incorporated into Interc…

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EP 91: How George Kurtz Built A $65B+ Company - The CrowdStrike Story 1:37:15

5M ago1:37:15

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George Kurtz is the CEO of CrowdStrike, a $65B+ public cybersecurity company. In this episode, George reveals the surprising intricacies of paying ransom and discusses how CrowdStrike is dealing with increasing cybercrime in the age of AI. We also talk about CrowdStrike’s early days, including how the company found product market fit and the operat…

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EP 90: Eric Vishria (General Partner, Benchmark Capital) Behind The Scenes of Benchmark’s Boldest Bets 1:22:46

5M ago1:22:46

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Eric Vishria and I both got into venture in 2014 and both focus on enterprise software. In episode 90, we discuss Eric’s unique approach to investments and what he looks for in founders and companies. We go back and forth on his model versus mine, as well as Eric's background, having grown up in Memphis and graduating from Stanford at 19 years old …

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Ep 24: OpenAI Head of DevRel Logan Kilpatrick on The Best ChatGPT Use Cases, Future of Agents, and Google Gemini 1:06:37

6M ago1:06:37

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OpenAI's inaugural DevDay sparked excitement in the AI community, with several product releases and ChatGPT hitting the milestone of reaching 100M weekly active users. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with the Head of Developer Relations at OpenAI, Logan Kilpatrick. Logan shared with us how OpenAI prioritizes product bui…

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Best of 2023: 15 Untold Stories From Tech’s Inner Circle 1:32:53

6M ago1:32:53

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It’s been a wild year for The Logan Bartlett Show, starting with a rebranding and ending with our 50th episode of the year. We’ve pieced together the top 12 most unforgettable moments from 2023, including our favorite wacky untold stories from tech’s inner circle & the most profound insights of 2023. (0:00) Intro (1:30) Satish and Scott (Partners, …

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EP 89: Jay Kreps (CEO, Confluent) on Confluent’s Resilient Rise to Software Behemoth 1:51:05

6M ago1:51:05

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In the episode, Confluent CEO Jay Kreps dives into Confluent's transformation from a LinkedIn spin-out to a publicly traded company. He discusses the challenges of turning an open-source project into a thriving commercial venture and the bold decision to launch a second product while the first was thriving. Additionally, Jay opens up about his tran…

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Ep 23: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the future of Search, OpenAI Wrappers and Using AI to Talk to Loved Ones 1:06:08

6M ago1:06:08

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Perplexity is a next-gen search tool going after Google, with 1M Android app installs and 1M iOS installs within only 8 months of product launch. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with the CEO and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI, Aravind Srinivas. Aravind shared with us the behind-the-scenes stories of how Perplexity AI was b…

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EP 88: Nikesh Arora: The CEO that Revolutionized Palo Alto Networks To ~$100B 1:09:24

7M ago1:09:24

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Nikesh Arora became the CEO of Palo Alto Networks with no cybersecurity domain expertise and has grown the company from $18B to nearly $100B in under 6 years. In the episode, we discuss some of the greatest learnings from revolutionizing Palo Alto Networks into a powerhouse, his celebrated M&A strategy, and stories from his wide-ranging career path…

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EP 87: Luis von Ahn (CEO, Duolingo) on The Marketing Formula that Propelled Duolingo to 500M Users 1:40:27

7M ago1:40:27

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Luis von Ahn is the CEO and Co-Founder of Duolingo, the world’s #1 language learning application. In the episode, Luis shares the marketing formula they use to drive rapid user growth, including the backstory of Duolingo’s famous owl mascot that has become a viral internet sensation. Luis also dives into the A/B testing and product gamification exp…

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Special Episode: A Full Breakdown of the OpenAI Saga and What It Means for AI Founders 47:00

7M ago47:00

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In light of one of the biggest news stories in AI, we’ve put together a special episode to discuss the ramifications of Sam Altmans’ firing from OpenAI. Regardless of what happens between now and when you’re listening to this, the implications of the events that happened over the past few days are certainly worth unpacking. About our guests: Alex K…

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Ep 22: Notion AI Engineer Linus Lee: Behind the Scenes of Notion AI 1:01:47

7M ago1:01:47

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Linus Lee is an AI engineer at Notion, one of the earliest and most effective adopters of AI. In the episode, Linus shares how Notion developed its AI products, including Writer, Autofill, and Q&A, which just launched on Tuesday. It was fascinating to learn how Notion structures its AI team and dogfoods its development process. Linus also explores …

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EP 86: Christian Chabot (Co-Founder Tableau) on Operating Lessons From Scaling Tableau to $15.7B 1:54:32

7M ago1:54:32

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Christian Chabot (Co-Founder, Tableau) dives into the journey from bootstrapping Tableau in the early days to eventually IPOing and selling to Salesforce for $15.7B. Christian shares the biggest operating lessons from scaling Tableau and thoughtful insights for founders, especially those in the business software industry. (0:00) Intro (0:55) Christ…

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EP 85: Alexandr Wang (Scale AI CEO): The 26-Year-Old Powering the AI Industry 1:31:58

8M ago1:31:58

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Alexandr Wang is a Co-Founder and CEO of Scale AI and one of the youngest self-made billionaires. At 19, he dropped out of college to found Scale AI and has since scaled it into one of the most important companies in the world of artificial intelligence today ($7B). In this episode, Alexandr shares the insights that are driving Scale AI, prediction…

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Ep 21: Modal CEO Erik Bernhardsson on Bringing Development to the Cloud, the GPU Market, and GenAI Music 53:59

8M ago53:59

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Jacob and Pat sit down with Erik Bernhardsson, the founder of Modal Labs, a data infrastructure company providing GPU compute to data teams. On this episode we discussed Erik’s thoughts on the AI chip market, the most popular GenAI use cases on Modal, and even Oracle Cloud’s resurgence in the AI start-up market. 0:00 intro 0:45 motivation for found…

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Behind The Scenes - Every Podcast Mistake We’ve Made In 85 Episodes 1:04:23

8M ago1:04:23

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In this episode, Logan sits down with producer Rashad Assir for a deep dive into the journey so far, including all the funny stories, mistakes, and insights from the last 85 episodes of The Logan Bartlett Show. If you’re interested in seeing behind the scenes, or if you’re a creator looking to build something, this episode is for you. We’ll be back…

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EP 84: Dev Ittycheria’s Leadership Lessons From Scaling MongoDB to $25B 1:07:07

8M ago1:07:07

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Dev Ittycheria is the president and CEO of MongoDB, his third public company as CEO. In this episode, Dev discusses his take on AI, the importance of hiring, how to build an A-plus culture, and many other leadership lessons from scaling MongoDB to $25B. Overall, a really fun conversation with one of the absolute best operators in tech. (0:00) Intro…

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Ep 20: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the Future of AGI, Leading Anthropic, and AI Doom Chances 1:49:07

8M ago1:49:07

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Special Crossover Episode: We're excited to share this conversation from "The Logan Bartlett Show," another Redpoint podcast that focuses on untold stories from tech's inner circle. In the episode, Logan Bartlett interviews Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic) on the future of AI. In the episode, Dario gives detailed predictions on the AI industry for 202…

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EP 83: Silicon Valley Legend Claire Hughes Johnson Unveils Her Best Operating Advice 1:54:21

9M ago1:54:21

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Claire Hughes Johnson is known as one of the top operators in Silicon Valley. Claire shares the most interesting lessons and stories from her time as COO of Stripe and as an early senior executive at Google. We discuss leadership versus management, how to have difficult conversations with members of your team, lessons she's learned from hiring thou…

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EP 82: Dario Amodei’s AI Predictions Through 2030 1:49:18

9M ago1:49:18

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Dario Amodei is the Co-Founder and CEO of Anthropic. In the episode, we discuss detailed predictions on the AI industry for 2024, 2025, and beyond. Dario discusses his days at OpenAI, leaving to start Anthropic, why he doesn’t like the term AGI, what AI developments he’s most excited about right now, and much more. Overall, an enlightening conversa…

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