Season 1

Learnings and breakthroughs from leaders at Arm, AssemblyAI, Bard, Roblox, Scale AI, and more.

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Dylan Fox

EP 01

Dylan Fox of AssemblyAI

AssemblyAI's Dylan Fox on building an AI company during a period of radical change

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Daniel Sturman

EP 02

Daniel Sturman of Roblox

Roblox’s Daniel Sturman on Building Great Teams in the AI Era

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Mike Murchison

EP 03

Mike Murchison of Ada

Ada’s Mike Murchison on how AI is revolutionizing customer service

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Shensi Ding

EP 04

Shensi Ding of Merge

Merge's Shensi Ding on powering the next generation of AI SaaS companies

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Alexandr Wang

EP 05

Alexandr Wang of Scale AI

Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang on the most powerful technological advancement of our time

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Jack Krawczyk

EP 06

Jack Krawczyk of Bard

Bard’s Jack Krawczyk on the birth of Google’s AI chatbot and the creative potential that lies ahead

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Victor Riparbelli

EP 07

Victor Riparbelli of Synthesia

Synthesia’s Victor Riparbelli on creating an environment to harness AI benefits and reduce harms

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Cai GoGwilt

EP 08

Cai GoGwilt of Ironclad

Ironclad’s Cai GoGwilt on a decade of anticipating the transformative power of AI

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Daniel Yanisse

EP 09

Daniel Yanisse of Checkr

Checkr’s Daniel Yanisse on tackling bias in people and AI

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Glen Wise

EP 10

Glen Wise of Cinder

Cinder’s Glen Wise on trust and safety threats and holding AI accountable

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Kate Parker

EP 11

Kate Parker of Transcend

Transcend’s Kate Parker on putting data back into the hands of users in an AI-driven world

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Rene Haas

EP 12

Rene Haas of Arm

Arm’s Rene Haas on building the brain of artificial intelligence

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2024 AI Predictions

EP 13

2024 AI Predictions

Accel’s Vas Natarajan, Sara Ittelson, and Casey Aylward share insights and predictions from this season of Spotlight On: AI

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Season 2

Established and rising leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities of company building in today’s rapidly changing technology landscape.

Most Popular • Episode 1

Klaviyo’s Andrew Bialecki on proving a tech startup can be built anywhere

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloud/SaaS

Commerce

Consumer

Developer Tools

Early Stage

Gaming

Growth Stage

IPO/M&A

Security

Season 2 • Ep 1

Andrew Bialecki

Artificial Intelligence

Andrew Bialecki, CEO and Co-Founder of Klaviyo

Klaviyo’s Andrew Bialecki on proving a tech startup can be built anywhere

Season 2 • Ep 2

Vlad Magdalin

Vlad Magdalin, CEO & Co-Founder of Webflow

Webflow’s Vlad Magdalin on the biggest lessons learned from bootstrapping and raising capital

Season 2 • Ep 3

James Theuerkauf

Artificial Intelligence

James Theuerkauf, Co-Founder & CEO of Syrup

Syrup’s James Theuerkauf on building an AI-powered product that cuts through the noise

Season 2 • Ep 4

Suresh Vasudevan

Suresh Vasudevan, CEO of Sysdig

Sysdig’s Suresh Vasudevan on embracing a “challenger mindset”

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Season 2 • Ep 5

George Kurtz

Artificial Intelligence

George Kurtz, President, CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz on building a generational company

Season 2 • Ep 6

Ivan Zhou and Amit Kumar

Ivan Zhou and Amit Kumar, Partners at Accel

Accel’s Amit Kumar and Ivan Zhou on being an effective startup partner when things don’t go according to plan

Season 2 • Ep 7

Marcelo Lebre

Marcelo Lebre, Co-founder, CTO & President of Remote

Remote’s Marcelo Lebre on the future of the global workforce

Season 2 • Ep 8

Jon Noronha

Artificial Intelligence

Jon Noronha, Co-Founder of Gamma

Gamma’s Jon Noronha on how early-stage startups can challenge industry incumbents

“When you're scaling, by the time you've figured out how to fix something, you've grown enough that the solution's no longer relevant.”

CEO & Co-Founder of Webflow Vlad Magdalin

Season 2 • Ep 9

Barr Moses

Barr Moses, Co-Founder and CEO of Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo’s Barr Moses on creating a playbook for a product that’s never been built before

Season 2 • Ep 10

Alex Bovee

Alex Bovee, CEO and Founder of ConductorOne

ConductorOne’s Alex Bovee on the critical ingredients of a high-growth startup

Season 2 • Ep 11

Sanjay Beri

Sanjay Beri, CEO and Co-Founder of Netskope

Netskope’s Sanjay Beri on aspiring to be an iconic company through controlled innovation

Season 2 • Ep 12

Jackie Burns Koven

Jackie Burns Koven, Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Chainalysis

Chainalysis’ Jackie Burns Koven on building trust in new technologies

Season 2 • Ep 13

Marc Lore

Marc Lore, CEO & Founder of Wonder

Wonder’s Marc Lore on blending vision and execution

Season 2 • Ep 14

Jeff Shiner

Jeff Shiner, CEO of 1Password

1Password’s Jeff Shiner on balancing B2B and B2C customers in a rapidly evolving tech landscape

Season 2 • Ep 15

Karri Saarinen

Karri Saarinen, CEO and Co-founder of Linear

How Linear’s Karri Saarinen is Redefining What Scale Looks Like

Season 2 • Ep 16

David Cramer

Developer Tools

David Cramer, Co-founder and CPO of Sentry

How Sentry's David Cramer Turned an Open Source Side Project into a $3B Business

Jan Oberhauser

Anton Osika

Dennis Woodside

Tarun Thakur

Even Rogers

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