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The Room Podcast
Welcome to the Room. A series interviewing your favorite tech founders and funders. Our guests were in the room where it happened and they’re sharing their stories.
Episodes
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S15E8: Building AI That Can Prove Its Work with Axiom Founder & CEO Carina Hong
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Carina Hong, founder and CEO of Axiom, about building AI that can reason through mathematics and generate…
The Room PodcastS15E7: Building Legal AI Agents with GC AI Co-Founder and CEO Cecilia Ziniti
In this episode of The Room Podcast, Madison and Claudia sit down in the studio with Cecilia Ziniti, co-founder and CEO of GC AI. Cecilia shares how growing up…
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S15E6: Building an AI-Native HR System with Sergi Bastardas, Co-Founder and CEO of Orbio AI
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Sergi Bastardas, co-founder and CEO of Orbio AI, a platform using autonomous agents to coordinate the…
The Room PodcastS15E5: Finding Product Market Fit with Fazeshift Co-Founder & CEO Caitlin Leksana
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Caitlin Leksana, co-founder and CEO of Fazeshift, a company building AI agents for accounts receivable…
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S15E4: From Starlink to AI Marketing Agents with Doug Tallmadge, Co-Founder and CEO of Gradial
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Doug Tallmadge, co-founder and CEO of Gradial, a company building AI agents to help enterprise marketing…
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S15E3: Building the Future of Sleep with Hatch Co-Founder & CEO Ann Crady Weiss
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Ann Crady Weiss, co-founder and CEO of Hatch, to trace the path from her Silicon Valley upbringing and…
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S15E2: Secure AI Agents for the Future of Work with NanoCo Co-Founder & CEO, Gavriel Cohen
In this episode of season 15 of The Room Podcast, we speak with Gavriel Cohen, co-founder and CEO of NanoCo and creator of NanoClaw, an open-source framework…
The Room PodcastS15E1: Building the Infrastructure for Voice AI with Russ d'Sa, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveKit
In this season 15 opener of The Room Podcast, we speak with Russ d'Sa, co-founder and CEO of LiveKit, a platform for building real-time voice, video, and AI…
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Building an Enterprise VC Firm with Jai Das, President and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures | Founding the Fund 4
In this bonus episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Jai Das, President, Partner and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures, one of the world's leading enterprise…
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Turning Content into Competitive Advantage with Packy McCormick | Founding the Fund 3
In this bonus episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Packy McCormick, founder of Not Boring and Not Boring Capital, an investment firm focused on backing…
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Backing Technical Founders with Amplify Partners Founder Sunil Dhaliwal | Founding the Fund 2
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Sunil Dhaliwal, founder and managing partner of Amplify Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm…
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Investing in Trillion-Dollar Outcomes with Ben Ling of Bling Capital | Founding the Fund 1
In this bonus episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Ben Ling, Founder and General Partner of Bling Capital, an early-stage venture firm that has backed…
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S14E8: From a Shark Tank No to Billion-Dollar Exit with Ring Inventor, Jamie Siminoff
In our season finale episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Jamie Siminoff, inventor of Ring, the smart home security company best known for turning the…
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S14E7: Building the AI Layer for Legal Work with Scott Stevenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Spellbook
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Scott Stevenson, CEO and Co-Founder of Spellbook. Spellbook is an AI-powered platform helping lawyers draft…
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S14E6: The End of Waiting for Payday with EarnIn Founder, Ram Palaniappan
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Ram Palaniappan, founder and CEO of Earnin, a fintech company reimagining how people get paid by giving…
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S14E5: Building the Red Bull for Relaxation with Ben Witte, Founder and CEO of Recess
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Ben Witte, Founder and CEO of Recess, a consumer wellness brand pioneering a new category of functional…
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S14E4: Why Usage-Based Billing Is Inevitable with Metronome Co-Founder Scott Woody
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Scott Woody, Co-Founder of Metronome, a platform helping companies implement usage-based billing and…
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S14E3: Ryan Daniels, Founder & CEO of Crosby, on Legal Services in the Age of AI
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Ryan Daniels, Founder and CEO of Crosby, an AI-first law firm rethinking how legal work gets delivered…
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S14E2: Alex Halliday, Founder of AirOps, on Content Engineering and the AI Marketing Stack
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Alex Halliday, founder and CEO of AirOps, a platform helping companies build AI-powered content workflows…
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S14E1: Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor CEO, on Building Community Platforms, Product-Market Fit, and the Future of AI in Local Networks
In this season opener of The Room Podcast, we speak with Nirav Tolia, the co-founder and CEO of Nextdoor, the neighborhood network designed to connect verified…
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From Stitch Fix to AI Search with Daydream Founder Julie Bornstein | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
Welcome back to another episode of The Room Podcast! This week, Claudia and Madison sit down with Julie Bornstein, founder and CEO of Daydream, a new…
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Ethical AI, Iteration Velocity, and the Future of Software with Grant Lee (Gamma), Noah MacCallum (Open AI), Malte Ubl (Vercel), Chris Messina (Product Leader), Ash Kumrah (The AI Collective) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
In this special live panel episode of The Room Podcast from Inside Summit 2025, host Ash Kumra sits down with an all-star group of AI and product leaders: Noah…
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Navigating the New M&A Landscape with Indy Guha (VMG), Jared Roesch (OctoAI), Dan Kang (Mercury), Michelle Edwards (Perkins Coi) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
In this special Inside Summit episode of The Room Podcast, Claudia moderates a powerhouse panel featuring Michelle Edwards, Partner at Perkins Coie, Indy Guha…
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Solving Data Fragmentation at Scale with Michel Tricot, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbyte | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
Welcome back to another LIVE rendition of The Room Podcast! This week, we are back at our live conference, Inside Summit. Listen in as we sit down with Michel…
The Room PodcastS13E8: Designing Payroll for Small Businesses with Gusto’s Co-Founder, Tomer London
Welcome back to The Room Podcast! This week, Claudia and Madison sit down with Tomer London, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Gusto, the all-in-one…
The Room PodcastS13E7: Reimagining Content, Provenance, and AI with Cloudflare’s VP of Product, William Allen
Welcome back to another episode of The Room Podcast! This week, Claudia and Madison sit down with William Allen, Head of Emerging Tech and AI at Cloudflare…
The Room PodcastS13E6: How Almost Friday Media is Shaping the Next Era of Entertainment with Jack Barrett
We are back with another live rendition of The Room Podcast! This week, Madison sits down with Jack Barrett, Co-Founder and CEO of Almost Friday Media, the…
The Room PodcastS13E5: From Palantir to Hex — How Barry McCardel and Caitlin Colgrove Built the Modern Data Workspace
We are back with another live installment of The Room Podcast! This week, we sit down with Barry McCardel and Caitlin Colgrove, Co-Founders of Hex, the…
The Room PodcastS13E4: From Sleeping at AOL to Building Bolt with Eric Simons, Founder and CEO of Bolt.new
Welcome back to The Room Podcast! This week, Claudia and Madison sit down with Eric Simons, Co-Founder and CEO of StackBlitz and creator of Bolt.new, the…
The Room PodcastS13E3: Creating Longevity Drugs for Dogs with Celine Halioua, Founder of Loyal
Welcome back to another episode of The Room Podcast! This week, we sit down with Celine Halioua, Founder and CEO of Loyal, a biotech company pioneering…
The Room PodcastS13E2: Scaling Warp and Supercharging Developers with AI with Founder Zach Lloyd
This week on The Room Podcast, Claudia and Madison sit down with Zach Lloyd, Founder and CEO of Warp. Before founding Warp, Zach spent nearly a decade at…
The Room PodcastS13E1: Reinventing Work Through AI-Native Communication with Craig Walker, Founder & CEO of Dialpad
In this episode of The Room Podcast, hosts Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain sit down with serial entrepreneur Craig Walker, founder and CEO of Dialpad…
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New York Tech Week Special: Live Recording with Partiful Co-Founder and CEO, Shreya Murthy
Welcome to a special bonus episode of The Room Podcast, recorded live at New York Tech Week! This week, we're thrilled to chat with Shreya Murthy, Co-Founder…
The Room PodcastS12E8: Direct-to-Consumer Pioneer to AI Psychology with Neil Parikh, Co-Founder of Casper and Slingshot
In this season’s finale of The Room Podcast, we're thrilled to chat with Neil Parikh, Co-Founder of Casper and current Co-Founder of Slingshot. Neil first…
The Room PodcastS12E7: From Tech Reporter to Media Founder with Alex Konrad, Founder of Upstarts Media
Welcome back to another episode of The Room Podcast! This week, Madison and Claudia sit down with Alex Konrad, former Senior Editor at Forbes and now Founder…
The Room PodcastS12E6: Data Ownership in the AI Era with Anna Kazlauskas, Founder of Vana
Welcome back to another episode of The Room Podcast! This week, we're excited to chat with Anna Kazlauskas, Co-Founder of Vana, a pioneering company creating…
The Room PodcastS12E5: Bootstrapping to Billions in Corporate Travel with Elia Wallen, Founder and CEO of Engine
In this episode, we are joined by Elia Wallen, Founder and CEO of Engine (formerly Hotel Engine), the B2B travel booking platform that's streamlining how…
The Room PodcastS12E4: The New Developer Experience with Factory Co-Founders, Matan Grinberg & Eno Reyes
Welcome back to The Room Podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Matan Grinberg and Eno Reyes, co-founders of Factory, a company building the command center…
The Room PodcastS12E3: The Road to Driverless Vehicles with Tiancheng Lou, Co-Founder of Pony AI
This week, we're excited to speak with Tiancheng Lou, Co-Founder and CTO of Pony AI, a leading autonomous vehicle technology company that went public in…
The Room PodcastS12E2: Supercharging Sales Teams Using AI with Alexa Grabell, Co-Founder of Pocus
In this episode, we're joined by Alexa Grabell, Co-Founder and CEO of Pocus, a company revolutionizing how sales teams work by creating AI agents that…
The Room PodcastS12E1: Building Global Trade Infrastructure with Ryan Petersen, Founder and CEO of Flexport
Welcome back to another season of The Room Podcast! To kick off season 12, we are joined by Ryan Petersen, Founder and CEO of Flexport, the revolutionary…
The Room PodcastS11E9: A Law Firm for Founders with Agatha Kluk and Sonia Farber, Co-Founders of Kluk Farber Law, Now Part of Perkins Coie (Bonus Holiday Episode)
In this special holiday episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Agatha Kluk and Sonia Farber, the co-founders of Kluk Farber Law (now part of Perkins…
The Room PodcastS11E8: From Bootstrapping to SaaS Industry Leader with Wade Foster, Co-Founder of Zapier
Welcome back to another episode of The Room Podcast! This week, we’re thrilled to chat with Wade Foster, CEO and Co-Founder of Zapier, the tool that’s…
The Room PodcastS11E7: The Future of Fintech for Founders with Mercury Co-Founder and CEO, Immad Akhund [LIVE]
In this LIVE version of The Room Podcast, we’re thrilled to chat with Immad Akhund, Co-Founder and CEO of Mercury, a fintech company built specifically for…
The Room PodcastS11E6: Building the Unified API with Merge Co-Founder, Shensi Ding
Welcome back to The Room Podcast! Today, we’re thrilled to explore the fast-evolving world of B2B tech innovation with Shensi Ding, co-founder of Merge. Merge…
The Room PodcastS11E5: Innovating Financial Inclusion and Pay Flexibility with Jason Lee, Founder of Salt Labs and DailyPay
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Jason Lee, the founder of Salt Labs and DailyPay, to explore his journey from finance to fintech…
The Room PodcastS11E4: Transforming Sweet Treats using Clean Ingredients with Kevin McCarthy, CEO of Unreal
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Kevin McCarthy, the CEO of Unreal, a company dedicated to creating healthier alternatives to classic…
The Room PodcastS11E3: Reversing Type 2 Diabetes using Tech and Nutrition with Sami Inkinen, Founder of Virta Health
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we’re joined by Sami Inkinen, co-founder of Virta Health, a company transforming the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Virta…
The Room PodcastS11E2: Branding, Bedding, and Wellness Innovation with Ariel Kaye, Founder of Parachute
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Ariel Kaye, the founder of Parachute, a brand known for elevating the home essentials industry with a…
The Room PodcastS11E1: Empowering The Future of Generative AI Search with Johnny Ho, Co-Founder of Perplexity
Welcome back to a new season of The Room Podcast! To kick off Season 11, we're joined by Johnny Ho, co-founder of Perplexity, an AI-powered platform…
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 The Future of DTC ft. Nik Sharma, Coterie, De Soi, and TYB
In this episode, we dive into the Future of DTC panel from this summer’s Inside Summit. This panel was moderated by our very own Claudia Laurie, who is also…
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Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 The Future of Platforms Panel ft. Beli, Saturn, Landing, and Diem
In this episode, we dive into the Future of Platforms panel from this summer’s Inside Summit. This panel was moderated by Alexandra York, Associate Editor at…
The Room PodcastSpecial Season: Inside Summit 2024 Next Gen GenAI Panel ft. Tavus, Multimodal, Dynamo AI, Canapi Ventures, and GenAI Collective
In this episode of The Room Podcast, we recap the Inside Summit x Gen AI Collective panel, moderated by Sriram Ramakrishnan. The panel featured Vaikkunth…
The Room PodcastSpecial Season: Inside Summit 2024 Fireside Chat with KJ Sidberry of Google Ventures
Episode Structure Introduction KJ Sidberry's Background Career Pivots and Decision-Making Frameworks Advice for Founders Insights for Funders Industry…
The Room PodcastSpecial Season: Inside Summit 2024 Recap
In this episode: Dive into the highlights of our intimate gathering of 120 talented friends from the DTC space Get a taste of the dynamic perspectives and…
The Room PodcastS10E8: Pioneering Soda, Gut Health, and Lifestyle with Ben Goodwin, Co-Founder of OLIPOP
Welcome to the finale of Season 10 of The Room Podcast! In this episode, we're thrilled to sit down with Ben Goodwin, Co-Founder of OLIPOP, a pioneering…
The Room PodcastS10E7: Enabling Scheduling Mastery for Every Professional with Matt Martin, Co-Founder of Clockwise
Welcome back to The Room Podcast! This week, we're excited to sit with and interview Matt Martin, Co-founder of Clockwise, a revolutionary productivity…
The Room PodcastS10E6: Democratizing Life Management for Every Consumer with Meghan Joyce, CEO and Founder of Duckbill
We are back with another installment of The Room Podcast! This week, we are joined by Meghan Joyce, the visionary CEO behind Duckbill, a revolutionary…
The Room PodcastS10E5: Starting and Scaling a Venture Firm with Eva Ho, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fika Ventures
Welcome to the latest episode of The Room Podcast! Today, we have the privilege of hosting Eva Ho, the co-founder of Fika Ventures, a driving force in the tech…