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Jeff Tatarchuk of TensorWave: Pioneering the AMD GPU Cloud Revolution
Ep. 120

Jeff Tatarchuk of TensorWave: Pioneering the AMD GPU Cloud Revolution

Jeff Tatarchuk, Co-founder & CEO of TensorWave, discusses how his company is disrupting the AI compute market by exclusively deploying AMD GPUs, offering a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to NVIDIA. He shares insights into building modern...

2026-03-08Listen →
Eilon Reshef on How Gong Leverages AI to Revolutionize Revenue Operations
Ep. 119

Eilon Reshef on How Gong Leverages AI to Revolutionize Revenue Operations

Eilon Reshef, Co-Founder and CPO of Gong, discusses the company's journey from conversational intelligence to a comprehensive revenue AI operating system. He shares insights on product-market fit, the impact of AI, and the future of enterprise...

2026-03-01Listen →
Treating Every Customer Like the Only One: Andrew Bialecki on Building Klaviyo
Ep. 118

Treating Every Customer Like the Only One: Andrew Bialecki on Building Klaviyo

Andrew Bialecki, CEO of Klaviyo, discusses the company's journey from a database solution to a marketing automation powerhouse. He shares insights on product-market fit, capital efficiency, and the evolving role of AI in customer engagement.

2026-02-01Listen →
Ilya Levtov of Craft: Building Resilient Supply Chains with AI-Powered Intelligence
Ep. 117

Ilya Levtov of Craft: Building Resilient Supply Chains with AI-Powered Intelligence

Ilya Levtov, CEO of Craft, discusses how his company is revolutionizing supply chain management with an AI-powered platform that provides 360-degree visibility and risk mitigation. Learn how Craft helps governments and enterprises proactively avoid...

2026-01-26Listen →
Andrew Feldman of Cerebras on the Future of AI Compute and Sovereign AI
Ep. 116

Andrew Feldman of Cerebras on the Future of AI Compute and Sovereign AI

Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras, discusses the company's innovative approach to AI compute, challenging NVIDIA with its wafer-scale engine and open-source strategies. He shares insights on sovereign AI, the shift to open-source models, and how...

2026-01-21Listen →
How AI Is Unlocking Materials We’ve Never Been Able to Build | Radical AI
Ep. 115

How AI Is Unlocking Materials We’ve Never Been Able to Build | Radical AI

Discover how Radical AI is revolutionizing material science using self-driving labs. About the episode: Nataraj hosts Joseph Krause, CEO of Radical AI, to explore how they're speeding up material R&D by combining AI,...

2026-01-04Listen →
How Decagon Built Human-Level AI Support: Ashwin Sreenivas on customer obsession, early traction, enterprise complexity, and the AI concierge future
Ep. 114

How Decagon Built Human-Level AI Support: Ashwin Sreenivas on customer obsession, early traction, enterprise complexity, and the AI concierge future

Unlock the secrets to Decagon AI's $1.5 billion valuation and AI-powered customer support. Ashwin Sreenivas is the co-founder of Decagon AI, a company revolutionizing enterprise customer support with AI agents. Founded...

2025-11-24Listen →
From Forbes to Founder: Alex Konrad on new media, creator economy, AI tools for journalists, Midas List secrets, and why traditional media is losing to independent voices
Ep. 113

From Forbes to Founder: Alex Konrad on new media, creator economy, AI tools for journalists, Midas List secrets, and why traditional media is losing to independent voices

Discover the evolving roles of traditional vs. new media in tech and gain insights into effective content creation strategies. About the episode: In this episode, Nataraj hosts Alex Konrad, founder and editor of Upstart...

2025-11-10Listen →
AI Hype, Future Trends & Research Trends with Best Selling Author of The Master Algorithm Pedro Domingos
Ep. 112

AI Hype, Future Trends & Research Trends with Best Selling Author of The Master Algorithm Pedro Domingos

This week we are republishing one of our favourite conversations that didn't get much visibility when it first came out. About the episode: Nataraj hosts Pedro Domingos, a distinguished figure in AI and machine...

2025-11-03Listen →
Offline AI, personal AI assistants, edge computing revolution, compression of neural networks, privacy, compute efficiency, AI infrastructure startups | David Stout, Founder of webAI
Ep. 110

Offline AI, personal AI assistants, edge computing revolution, compression of neural networks, privacy, compute efficiency, AI infrastructure startups | David Stout, Founder of webAI

Discover how webAI is revolutionizing AI by enabling powerful models to run directly on devices. About the episode: Nataraj chats with David Stout, founder of webAI, about bringing AI infrastructure to edge devices....

2025-10-13Listen →
Fixing Broken Meetings, Managing Calendars with AI, and Redesigning the Future of Work | Matt Martin CEO & Co-Founder Clockwise
Ep. 109

Fixing Broken Meetings, Managing Calendars with AI, and Redesigning the Future of Work | Matt Martin CEO & Co-Founder Clockwise

In this episode, Nataraj welcomes Matt Martin, CEO of Clockwise, to explore the science of smart scheduling. Discover how Clockwise uses AI to optimize calendars, reduce meeting overload, and create more focused work...

2025-09-29Listen →
The Future of Enterprise AI: $100M ARR, Agents, Company Building, and Scaling Unicorns | Arvind Jain (Co-founder of Glean, Rubrik, ex-Google)
Ep. 108

The Future of Enterprise AI: $100M ARR, Agents, Company Building, and Scaling Unicorns | Arvind Jain (Co-founder of Glean, Rubrik, ex-Google)

Discover how Glean AI is transforming enterprise productivity with AI-powered search and intelligent agents. About the episode: Join Nataraj as he explores the evolution of enterprise AI with Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean....

2025-09-13Listen →
APIs as Graphs not Endpoints, building a company on open source foundations, why VPs of Engineering face impossible trade-offs | Apollo GraphQL CEO Matt DeBergalis
Ep. 107

APIs as Graphs not Endpoints, building a company on open source foundations, why VPs of Engineering face impossible trade-offs | Apollo GraphQL CEO Matt DeBergalis

About the episode: Join Nataraj as he interviews Matt DeBergalis, CEO of Apollo GraphQL, about the evolution of GraphQL from an open-source project to a product company. Matt shares insights on building and scaling...

2025-08-25Listen →
How to be an AI first company, Enterprise AI adoption, Future of Developers, Cost of AI, Unlocking value from Enterprise Data with AI & more with Ben Kus | CTO of Box
Ep. 106

How to be an AI first company, Enterprise AI adoption, Future of Developers, Cost of AI, Unlocking value from Enterprise Data with AI & more with Ben Kus | CTO of Box

In this episode of Startup Project, Nataraj interviews Ben Kus, CTO of Box, about the critical role of unstructured data in the AI revolution. They discuss the cost structures of adopting and building with AI, and how...

2025-08-10Listen →
Automating Startup Formation, Scaling Fund Products, Applying AI Across Venture Tools | AngelList CTO Goutham Buchi
Ep. 105

Automating Startup Formation, Scaling Fund Products, Applying AI Across Venture Tools | AngelList CTO Goutham Buchi

About the Episode: This episode dives into AngelList's core products and how they strengthen the startup ecosystem. Goutham explains how AngelList sits at the center of founders, GPs, and LPs, providing tools and...

2025-08-03Listen →
How Publishers are Navigating Advertising, AI's Impact on Search Traffic, Biased Incentives of Ad Industry, Future of Publishing | Jared Siegal Founder of Aditude Inc | #104
Ep. 104

How Publishers are Navigating Advertising, AI's Impact on Search Traffic, Biased Incentives of Ad Industry, Future of Publishing | Jared Siegal Founder of Aditude Inc | #104

About the episode: Join Nataraj as he explores the world of online advertising with Jared Siegal, founder and CEO of Aditude. Discover how programmatic advertising empowers publishers to scale their revenue and the...

2025-07-13Listen →
AI Startup Cleaning Up a $1.6 Trillion Crisis, Building a Hardware + AI Startup, Scaling Edge AI, Digitize Waster & Reduce Landfill | Ambarish Mitra Co-Founder of Greyparrot AI | #103
Ep. 103

AI Startup Cleaning Up a $1.6 Trillion Crisis, Building a Hardware + AI Startup, Scaling Edge AI, Digitize Waster & Reduce Landfill | Ambarish Mitra Co-Founder of Greyparrot AI | #103

Join Nataraj as he interviews Rish, the co-founder and CEO of Greyparrot, a company leveraging AI to revolutionize the recycling industry. Rish shares his journey from augmented reality to AI-powered waste management,...

2025-06-30Listen →
How Statsig Founder Vijaye Raji Built a $1.1B Product Development Platform | CEO & Co-Founder of Statsig | Startup Project #102
Ep. 102

How Statsig Founder Vijaye Raji Built a $1.1B Product Development Platform | CEO & Co-Founder of Statsig | Startup Project #102

Join Nataraj as he sits down with Vijaye Raji, founder and CEO of Statsig, a platform revolutionizing product development with data-driven decision-making. Formerly a VP at Facebook and head of Facebook Seattle, Vijaye...

2025-06-13Listen →
How Chronosphere Solved Observability in Containerized Environments to Build $1.6B Company | Uber spin-out, 5x Cheap & Impact of AI in Observability | CEO Martin Mao | Startup Project #101
Ep. 101

How Chronosphere Solved Observability in Containerized Environments to Build $1.6B Company | Uber spin-out, 5x Cheap & Impact of AI in Observability | CEO Martin Mao | Startup Project #101

Martin Mao is the co-founder and CEO of Chronosphere, an observability platform built for the modern containerized world. Prior to Chronosphere, Martin led the observability team at Uber, tackling the unique challenges...

2025-05-18Listen →
The Unfiltered Playbook to Make Early‑Stage Startups Get Media Traction & Demystifying Public Relations for Tech Founders | Emilie Gerber Founder of Six Eastern PR | Startup Project #100
Ep. 100

The Unfiltered Playbook to Make Early‑Stage Startups Get Media Traction & Demystifying Public Relations for Tech Founders | Emilie Gerber Founder of Six Eastern PR | Startup Project #100

Join host Nataraj as he speaks with Emilie Gerber, founder and principal of SixEastern, a PR firm specializing in startups and tech companies. Emilie shares her expertise on crafting effective PR strategies for...

2025-05-05Listen →
Award-Winning Industrial Designer on How to Design Great Hardware Products at Scale? | Todd Bracher Founder of Betterlab | Startup Project #99
Ep. 99

Award-Winning Industrial Designer on How to Design Great Hardware Products at Scale? | Todd Bracher Founder of Betterlab | Startup Project #99

Join host Nataraj as he sits down with Todd Bracher, founder of BetterLab, an industrial design firm partnering with scientists and innovators to create game-changing products. Previously Executive Creative Director and...

2025-04-28Listen →
Warp Dev The AI Terminal Changing Software Development | Zach Lloyd CEO & Co-Founder of Warp Dev | Startup Project #98
Ep. 98

Warp Dev The AI Terminal Changing Software Development | Zach Lloyd CEO & Co-Founder of Warp Dev | Startup Project #98

Join host Nataraj as he sits down with Zach Lloyd, the founder and CEO of Warp, a company developing an intelligent terminal aimed at modernizing the command line experience for developers. Zach, a former principal...

2025-04-06Listen →
Deep Tech's Golden Age: Investing in Robotics, AI, and Quantum Computing | Startup Project #95
Ep. 95

Deep Tech's Golden Age: Investing in Robotics, AI, and Quantum Computing | Startup Project #95

Join host Nataraj as he sits down with Karthee Madasamy, the Managing Director of MFA Partners, to discuss his journey from chip designer to venture capitalist in the world of deep tech. About the Episode: This episode...

2025-03-16Listen →
Secondary Markets Explained: How EquityZen Provides Liquidity for Pre-IPO Shares | Startup Project Podcast #94
Ep. 94

Secondary Markets Explained: How EquityZen Provides Liquidity for Pre-IPO Shares | Startup Project Podcast #94

Join Nataraj on Startup Project as he talks to Aatish, CEO and founder of EquityZen, a secondary market for private equities. They discuss the evolution of secondary markets, EquityZen's business model, the value...

2025-02-23Listen →