40. Automating mobile app releases with Tramline founders

A conversation with founders of Tramline, a CI/CD platform for mobile apps that we use for releasing Metacast. We talked about release standards (or lack thereof) for mobile and how Tramline solves this problem. We also dug into the founding story of the company, how they sold to first customers, fundraising from angels, and a few more topics. Get tramline at https://www.tramline.app/ Tramline on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tramlinehq Pratul Kalia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratulkalia/ Nivedita Priyadarshini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nid90/ Akshay (kitallis) Gupta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitallis/ Chapters 10:48 - How Tramline was started 16:40 - The world without Tramline 24:43 - Incumbents and competitors 32:29 - Why offer open-source in addition to a commercial product? 38:57 - Who does what in the company 41:00 - Positioning Tramline to first customers 51:02 - Fundraising in a "slow VC" mode 58:25 - AngelList's RUV 1:00:30 - Future of Tramline 1:03:14 - How can startups leverage development agencies in India? 1:10:27 - Book and podcast recommendations Download the Metacast podcast app for free iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player Get in touch Contact us: [email protected] Ilya's LinkedIn Arnab's LinkedIn