Startup Founder - Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Chapter № 028 Jul 21, 2026 24:06

S12 E28: The AI Throughput Illusion: Why Splurging on Expensive Models Fails to Ship Code and How to Measure Real Engineering Output with Emilie Schario, Co-Founder & Head of Product & Engineering at Kilo Code

Startup Founder Product Development Engineering Leadership AI & Machine Learning Developer Tools

Emilie Schario grew up in New Jersey, outside of Newark, and attended college in the state. Currently, she lives in Columbus, Georgia, outside of Atlanta. She mentions she …

Chapter Jul 16, 2026 29:51

S12 Bonus: The Dashboard Mirage: Why Aggregate Metrics Hide Revenue Leaks and the Rise of Autonomous, Agentic Analytics with Bhaskar Sunkara, Founder & CEO of Bicycle AI

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning Data Engineering Automation

Bhaskar Sunkara grew up in Delhi, India, and moved to the states when he started working. He has lived in San Fransisco for several decades now, and has …

Chapter Jul 09, 2026 22:08

S12 Bonus: The Global Talent Mirage: Why Rigid Immigration Frameworks Fail Elite Tech Teams and the Rise of the Global Mobility OS with Ramiro Roballos, Co-Founder & CEO of Tukki

Startup Founder SaaS

Ramiro Roballos grew up in Buenos Aires, and 6 or 7 years ago, moved to Miami and now lives in Buffalo, NY. His path to entrepreneurship has been …

Chapter № 026 Jul 07, 2026 26:39

S12 E26: Your Automated CRM Texts are Ending up in the Spam Folder (And How to Fix It) with John Wright, Co-Founder & CEO of TrueDialog

Startup Founder Automation

John Wright grew up in Arkansas, when his family moved from Wisconsin for his Dad's job. He was influenced heavy by his father, who became an entrepreneur with …

Chapter Jul 02, 2026 24:39

S12 Bonus: The App Is Dead, Long Live the Outcome: Why Autonomous AI Agents Are Rewriting Data Infrastructure and Transforming PostgreSQL Into a Dynamic Scratch Pad with Ajay Kulkarni, Founder & CEO of Tiger Data

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning Data Engineering

Ajay Kulkarni grew up in tech, as his father was a tech entrepreneur selling PC's in the early 80's. He went to college in MIT, and eventually founded …

Chapter № 025 Jun 30, 2026 27:14

S12 E25: From Processing $500B at Intuit to Building the Fraud-Proof Ledger: Eradicating Financial Misstatement with Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder & CEO of Safebooks AI

Startup Founder Fintech Security & Compliance

Ahikam Kaufman spent most of his career in the Bay Area. After becoming a CPA, he started his career as CFO at a startup company. Over time, he …

Chapter Jun 18, 2026 28:17

S12 Bonus: The Microsoft File Trap: Moving Beyond Manual PowerPoint and Excel Workflows to Build an AI-Native "Consulting" Layer with Tim Lidman, Co-Founder & CEO of Clyde AI

Startup Founder Product Development AI & Machine Learning

Tim Lidman lives in Denver, CO. He has had an unconventional path to being a Tech CEO. In fact, He moved from London to Sweden when he was …

Chapter № 023 Jun 16, 2026 25:15

S12 E23: Why Traditional Enterprise Linux Starves Your Multi-Million Dollar AI Hardware and How to Reclaim Lost GPU ROI with Gregory M. Kurtzer, Founder & CEO of CIQ

Startup Founder Infrastructure DevOps

Gregory M. Kurtzer is a veteran open-source pioneer, technologist, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale enterprise infrastructure. He first gained …

Chapter Jun 11, 2026 22:07

S12 Bonus: Skillset Mismatch: Fusing Labor Market Signals with Program Catalogs to Build a Real-Time Economic Intelligence Layer with Sushma Vadlamannati, Founder & CEO of zScale

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning

Sushma Vadlamannati is originally from India, and moved to the states over 25 year ago to pursue her bachelors in at Texas Women's University. She comes from a …

Chapter Jun 04, 2026 31:08

S12 Bonus: The Context Window Mirage: Why Generic Prompt Engineering Fails Enterprise Workflows and the Rise of Dynamic, Task-Specific RAG Orchestration with Ankit Dheendsa, Co-Founder & CEO of Morphos AI

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning

Ankit Dheendsa is a Canadian, born and raised, living outside of Toronto today. He claims he is fortunate to have a great ecosystem of professionals and mentor sin …

Chapter № 021 Jun 02, 2026 24:30

S12 E21: Why Your Health App is Drowning in Wearable Noise (And Missing Real Insights) with Marco Benitez, Co-Founder & CEO of ROOK

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning

Marco Benitez lives in Naples, Florida. In the past he lived in Miami, but found Naples much more family friendly. He is originally from Mexico, along with many …

Chapter May 29, 2026 22:49

Founder Chats - Daulet Amirkhanov

Startup Founder

Today, we are dropping another episode in our "chats" series, specifically on the founder side - hearing from those scaling the companies themselves.In this episode, we are talking …