Founder Interviews
Learn directly from successful founders through our in-depth interview series
(Part 1) Stanford Physicist: Why 2025 Changes Everything! Quantum + AI = New Reality! | Xiaoliang Qi
Stanford physicist Xiaoliang Qi went from rural China to redefining our understanding of reality. With 84,000+ citations and groundbreaking work on quantum entanglement and wormholes, his journey shows how beauty in science can unlock the universe's biggest mysteries.
3 Startups, 3 Countries to Sequoia-Backed AI Founder -- Ex-Meta/TikTok Director's Story | Kisson Lin
Ex-Meta and TikTok executive turned Sequoia-backed founder, Kisson Lin is now building the memory system for human-AI collaboration at Tanka.ai after betting early on AI agents.
(Part 2) How Stanford Professor Raised $13M Seed Round for His 3rd Startup | Ram Rajagopal
Stanford Professor tells his PhD students NOT to start companies... then raises $13M for his 3rd startup GridCARE
(Part 1) Stanford Professor: We're Building AI Wrong! | Ram Rajagopal
The Hidden AI Crisis: Why power, not compute, may limit AI's future.
$0 Revenue, 5 Years, Then IPO: Story from Lyft & Presto Cofounder | Rajat Suri
Chat with Rajat Suri, co-founder of Lyft and Presto (IPO 2022), who reveals the raw reality of entrepreneurship and why 99% of founders should never take venture capital.
Refugee to $110M Fund: How I Built Silicon Valley's 45K-Founder Community in 1.5 Yrs
Chat with Mariane Bekker, Partner Practice Bay Angels who shares her incredible journey from refugee to building one of Silicon Valley's largest founder communities.
Ex-Google VP's Startup Mission: How I Fight for a Safer Internet
Chat with former Google VP on their startup mission to create a safer internet experience.
How I Built YC AI Startups
Chat with Podonos Founder&CEO Soohyun Bae | YC alum | ML PhD Georgia Tech
Founder Story | NVIDIA VP REVEALS: How This Trillion-Dollar Tech Giant REALLY Works
Chat with Angela, NVIDIA's VP of Business Operations for 25 years, who reveals the company's untold success formula.
Founder Story | From Dot-Com Bust to AI Boom: What I Learned the Hard Way (So You Don't Have To)
Chat with Bruce Wang, Netflix engineering leader and serial entrepreneur – from the 2000 dot-com bubble to today's AI revolution!
Founder Story | How I Built a Profitable and Beloved Video App (4.8⭐, 2M Reviews) That FIGHTS Loneliness
Chat with Vlada Bortnik, co-founder and CEO of Marco Polo who shares how she built a purpose-driven video app
DeepSeek's AI Revolution: Ex-Google Deepmind Leaders Tell All
Chat with Bespoke Labs ($7.25M Seed) Founder & Turing ($50M Raised) Sr. Director.
Founder Story | How She Built a $10M EV Charging Startup After Tesla Said 'No'
From Tesla Owner to EV Charging Pioneer: chat with Susan Linwood, CEO of ChargePodX.
Founder Story | How I Built AngelList Top 10 AI Startup
How This Founder is Saving Developers 60% of Their Time with AI
From Bomb Shelter to Silicon Valley:
Women Founders' True Stories
Founder Story | From Immigrant Student to Forbes 30U30:
Learn how this founder built multiple successful startups.
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