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On The Frontier
by Shomik Ghosh
A podcast series exploring all things on the frontier of what's possible in technolgy. We'll interview experts from all areas including startups, investors, industry execs and deep dive into specific tech trends. shomik.substack.com
Episodes
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Building AI Infra at Cloudflare - Dane Knecht (CTO, Cloudflare)
Cloudflare has retained exceptional talent, continued shipping products at a rapid scale even as they’ve grown to a $80B+ valuation, and are positioned as a leading developer platform for the agentic era with Workers. One of the key individuals who has guided this effort has been Dane Knecht, CTO...
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Identity in the Age of AI - Arnab Bose (Chief Product Officer, Okta Platform)
A huge challenge coming to the exponential growth of AI agents is security and auth. Enterprises will have challenges adopting agents in critical workflows without these. There’s a race to solve this problem and today we’ll hear from one of the largest identity security companies leading the...
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Building AI Products at Amazon & Amazon Q - Anoop Deoras (Director, AWS Agentic AI)
Large tech companies have been rapidly embracing AI. Amazon in particular has been innovating rapidly with many recent announcements (Nova, Tranium 3, Bedrock Agents, & more), this episode dives into Amazon Q and Agentic AI at Amazon / AWS. Anoop Deoras is the Director of AWS Agentic AI and...
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Building AI Driven Workflows - Eoin Hinchy (CEO, Tines)
For those who are interested in how AI is impacting workflows of teams across industries, this is the episode for you. Eoin Hinchy is the CEO & Founder of Tines, a workflow builder for security-minded teams. He was previously the Sr Director of Security for Docusign and practiced security...
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Enterprise News - March 11 w/ Ron Miller (Editorial Director, Boldstart)
For anyone who’s interested in a recurring podcast that covers the Enterprise news from the past few weeks, this is the episode for you. In this episode, Ron Miller (Editorial Director, Boldstart) & Shomik Ghosh (Partner, Boldstart) dive into key Enterprise Software news from the 2 weeks prior....
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Data Streaming for AI - Andrew Sellers (Head of Technology Strategy, Confluent)
This episode is for whomever is interested in data workloads for AI particularly event streaming and how those will be used in AI model training and inference. Andrew Sellers is the Head of Technology Strategy at Confluent. He was previously CTO at QOMPLX and CTO of the US Air Force Academy. In...
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AI Security in Coding Workflows - Ty Sbano (CISO, Vercel) & Emilio Escobar (CISO, Datadog)
This episode is for whomever is curious about diving deep into AI Security and how CISOs think about it within internal and external workflows. Ty Sbano is the CISO of Vercel, the leading web experience hosting and deployment platform. He was previously CISO at Sisense and previously Sr Director…
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Driving Growth in Design & AI - Caroline Mack (COO, Spline AI)
This episode is a fit for anyone who’s interested in how to drive best of breed growth at companies like Spline AI, Canva, and many others. Caroline Mack is COO of Spline. Caroline previously was a Growth lead at Canva and worked in product & growth at companies like Tencent, DocuSign, Google…
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The Future of AI Agents - Joao Moura (CEO, CrewAI)
For anyone who’s been curious about what AI Agents are, what they will do, and current deployed use cases at large enterprises, this is the podcast for you. Joao Moura is Founder & CEO of CrewAI, the leading multi-agent platform. He previously was Director of AI Engineering at Clearbit which was...
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Tactical Lessons from Founding 3 Companies - Ryan Denehy (CEO, Electric AI)
For any founders or managers navigating go-to-market, strategy and org structure, this is the episode for you. Ryan Denehy is Founder & CEO of Electric AI, a leading SMB IT management platform. He previously founded two companies: Royalty Media (sold to USA Today) and Swarm (sold to Groupon).…
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Frontier AI Research & Agents in the IDE - Madhav Singhal (AI Engineer, Replit)
This episode is for builders experimenting in AI. We dive deep into technical aspects of agent based workflows, data models, and interesting new fundamental research. Madhav Singhal is a lead AI researcher at Replit focused on the frontier of what AI can enable for Replit users. In this episode…
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Scaling MongoDB from Employee #8 - Meghan Gill (SVP Sales Ops, MongoDB)
This episode is perfect for those interested in tactical advice from seed stage to IPO around marketing tactics and sales compensation. Meghan Gill is SVP Sales Operations & Sales Development at MongoDB. She previously joined as employee #8 and has scaled with the org over the past 15 years. In...
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A Canva Deep Dive - Sandy Kory (Partner, HorizonVC)
For those curious about the $25B valued business of Canva, this episode is the deep dive you’ve been waiting for. Sandy Kory is the Founding Partner of HorizonVC, an early stage VC fund, and an angel investor in Canva. In this episode, we cover everything about the company. How it scaled to $2B…
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How Enterprise Software Powers Capital Markets - Sid Bala (CIO, Data & Analytics, BNY Mellon)
For those interested in learning about how tech powers capital markets and how enterprises approach digital transformation, this is the episode for you. Sid Bala is the CIO of Data & Analytics at BNY Mellon. He is also Head of Public Cloud at the bank. In this episode, we chat about how to…
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A OneTrust Deep Dive - Kumar Gautam (Partner, Sands Capital)
For those interested in learning about OneTrust (last valued at $4.5B), this is the episode for you. Kumar Gautam is a Partner at Sands Capital, a multi-strategy asset manager where he focuses on the late stage venture practice. In this episode, we do a deep dive into OneTrust, the ~$500M ARR...
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Enterprise Tech Behind Digital Banking - James Barney (Director Cloud Platform Eng, Ally Financial)
This episode is a great balance of the high level impact of AI & Cloud on enterprise use cases and detailed tech deep dives behind how they’re powered. Whether you’re a CIO, Founder, or IC, there’s stuff in here for everyone. James Barney is Director of Cloud Platform Engineering at Ally…
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Nvidia, Groq, HBM & What's Ahead for Semis (Doug O'Laughlin, Founder of Fabricated Knowledge)
The most important trend powering AI is semiconductors and that trend is not slowing down anytime soon. We need to understand what is happening at the semiconductor level to be able to project forward what we think will occur in AI. This episode is the best way to learn what’s ahead of semis.…
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A Peek Behind the Hacker Curtain - Douglas Day (Top Grossing Hacker, HackerOne & Sr Security Eng, Elastic)
We hear about hackers all the time but very rarely get a glimpse into the world of what they actually do when exploiting applications. Douglas Day is a top grossing hacker on the HackerOne platform and a Senior Security Engineer at Elastic. In this episode, we dive into all things bug bounties…
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Scaling Product & Operational Excellence - Charles Zedlewski (COO, Temporal & GM, Cloudera)
Scaling companies is incredibly difficult but at each stage the building blocks need to be set in place properly. Charles Zedlewski has been COO, GM, and a product leader at companies like Temporal, Cloudera, and SAP. In this episode, we cover what the COO & GM roles do, stories from early…
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AI Agent-Assisted Flow Engineering - Itamar Friedman (CEO, CodiumAI)
For those interested in the future of autonomous software testing & code generation, this is the episode for you. Itamar Friedman is Co-Founder & CEO of Codium AI. He previously was Head of AI at Alibaba Israel and a founder of multiple startups before that. In this episode, we cover why Prompt...
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State of Developer Tooling - Redmonk (James Governor & Kate Holterhoff)
For anyone interested in developer tooling, you won’t be able to find better analysis than the Redmonk team and this pod goes in depth into trends, analysis, and AI’s impact on coding. James Governor and Kate Holterhoff are analysts at Redmonk, the developer focused analyst firm. They have been...
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Time Management for Knowledge Workers - Matt Martin (CEO, Clockwise)
All of us as knowledge workers are interested in improving our time management. This episode is packed with tips from a founder who breathes this with the product everyday. Matt Martin is the Co-Founder & CEO of Clockwise and previously an Eng Manager at Salesforce through the RelateIQ…
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Health 101 for Entrepreneurs - Ben Canning (Founder, We Hack Health)
As much as we talk about company building and technology trends on this podcast, one of the most essential aspects of entrepreneurship is maintaining your health. High performance comes first form taking care of your body, mind, and lifestyle to drive clear decision making. Ben Canning is the...
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Replay: Doug O'Laughlin (Founder, Fabricated Knowledge) - A Detailed Primer on the Semiconductor Industry
Given all that’s happened in the year since this first aired (March 2023), replaying this for everyone to understand what is happening within the Semiconductor space, the different players, why Nvidia is set up to dominate (Doug predicted this well before that 1st epic quarter), and much more....
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Nick Schrock (Founder, Dagster Labs & Co-Creator, GraphQL) - Facebook Eng Culture & Modern Data Stack Consolidation
For those excited about Open Source, data, and understanding Facebook’s high performance culture, this is the episode for you! Nick Schrock is the Founder of Dagster Labs and previously Co-Creator of GraphQL while at Facebook. In this episode, we discuss how Facebook maintained a culture of…
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Zack Urlocker (Exec - Duo Security, MySQL, Zendesk, Gatsby/Netlify) - Driving Operational Excellence Across Four $1B+ Outcomes From $6-100M ARR+
For those interested in understanding how to drive high performance teams, create focus in an organization, and drive organizational excellence, this episode is jam-packed with tactics and anecdotes across software industries. Zack Urlocker is an active Board Member and advisor to many different...
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Utkarsh Ohm (Director of AI, Thoughtspot) - The Future of AI Powered Search & Analytics
This episode is a perfect fit for anyone who wants to learn how to apply AI into their product especially for high fidelity analytics use cases. Utkarsh Ohm is Director of AI at Thoughtspot. He previously was a Co-Founder & eng leader at various startups. In this episode, we cover applying LLMs...
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Hank Taylor (Fractional CMO & Former VP Marketing, Vercel) - How to Automate the SDR Function & Hiring Product Advocates
This episode is a perfect fit for anyone who wants to get tactical insights on how to automate aspects of the SDR role without sacrificing quality and first principles thinking on managing inbound leads. Hank Taylor is a Fractional CMO & advisor to many different startups. He previously was VP...
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Swati Raju (Head of Eng, Confluence Cloud, Atlassian) - AI's Impact on Workflows, On Prem to Cloud Transitions, Building Effective Remote Eng Teams
At Atlassian’s scale, it’s mind-boggling to consider how rapid innovation and product architecture changes are implemented on a daily basis. This episode covers the “how” spanning effective team collaboration to cloud transitions. Swati Raju is Head of Engineering, Confluence Cloud at Atlassian....
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Bobby Pinero (CEO, Equals) - Why Freemium Doesn't Always Work
Nowadays we hear about “the consumerization of IT” and removing friction from user funnels everywhere. This episode covers how sometimes that can be the wrong move for the business even if users and the market think a freemium go to market is the best approach. Bobby Pinero is Co-Founder & CEO of...
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Fergal Reid (VP AI, Intercom) - Applied AI Insights from Shipping Fin (an LLM enabled chatbot)
Intercom was shipping and experimenting with AI enabled products since 2017. This episode is for those interested in hearing about the evolution of AI models, the customer results, and how these models can be applied in production. Fergal Reid is Vice President of AI at Intercom. He started at...
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Chris Huskey (Partner, Octahedron Capital) - A Databricks Deep Dive
One of the most exciting private companies today is Databricks, growing over 50% at $1.5B ARR with a recent valuation of $43B announced in September 2023. This is the deep dive you’ve been waiting for to understand the product, growth, and competitive landscape. Chris Huskey is a Partner at...
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#26 - Marten Mickos (CEO, HackerOne & prev CEO, MySQL & Eucalyptus Software) - The OG of Open Source, Lessons Learned Scaling Multiple Enterprise Software Startups, Tactical Leadership Learnings
Curious about how to scale Open Source companies. Want to hear anecdotes of existential company killing moments that turned into defining assets? This episode has everything from leadership tactics, hard earned advice, managing in competitive industries, new category creation and much more.…
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#25 - Kunal Agarwal (CEO, Dope Security) & Emilio Escobar (CISO, Datadog) - Deep Dive into SSE & SASE Security, The Convergence of Networking & Security
This episode is for whomever is curious about Secure Service Edge (SSE) or Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Security and why seemingly every public security company seems to be trumpeting their solutions in this space which Gartner predicts will be one of the fastest-growing categories of spend…
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#24 - Glen Kacher (Chief Investment Officer, Light Street Capital) - AI's Potential Impact on Public Software Companies, How to Conduct Rigorous Research, Lessons learned from Julian Robertson
Many of us in the private markets are curious about how public markets view AI’s impact and the approach that public market investors take to investing in companies. This episode uncovers that from one of the top public software investors in my opinion. Glen Kacher is Chief Investment Officer at...
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#23 - Ethan Schechter (VP Sales & 1st Sales Leader, Snyk) - "Trade Dollars for Speed", "The Minute You Stop They Win", and More Tactical Advice for Sales from Early Stage to Scale
This episode is packed with tactical advice for all things sales and go-to-market. It’s relevant across stages whether your company is at $0M ARR or at $100M+ ARR. Ethan Schechter is VP Sales at Snyk. He started at Snyk 6 years ago as the first sales leader. In this episode, we cover tactical...
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#22 - Kevin Wang (Chief Product Officer, Braze) - Scaling from Employee 5 to Public Company Exec, 0 to 1 Anecdotes and Advice for Early Stage Startups, Product Advice from early to scale
This episode is useful for all founders, startup employees, and investors who are interested in early stage startup advice, enterprise product tips, and learning how employees can scale from Day 0 to public markets. Kevin Wang is Chief Product Officer at Braze. He started at Braze ~12 years ago…
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#21 - David Dorman (VP Self Serve, Grafana) - Open Source GTM, Developer First Marketing, Product Marketing & Self Serve Tactics
This episode is useful for all founders, startup employees, and investors who are interested in product marketing, self serve, and PLG for developer focused, enterprise software products. David Dorman is VP, Self Serve at Grafana and formerly Director of Product Marketing at DigitalOcean. In this...
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#20 - Alex Mackenzie (Tapestry VC) & Ian Livingstone (Snyk) - Round Table Explaining New Technologies - Javascript Runtimes, Edge Compute, Observability, Encryption, LLMs & AI
This podcast episode is a new format where I introduce everyone to my go-to brain trust to chat new technologies with. This episode can be consumed end to end or you can jump to specific categories that particularly interest you (timestamped below). Alex Mackenzie is a Partner at Tapestry VC and...
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#19 - Muji (Founder of Hhhypergrowth) - Data Infrastructure Trends, Operational vs Analytical Databases, Benefits of Edge Network Architectures, Emergence of SASE Security, Zero Trust Security
This podcast episode is for all of those who are interested in trends like cloud data warehouses, data & AI, edge networks, SASE security, zero trust security and companies like Snowflake, Databricks, Cloudflare, Z-Scaler, Palo Alto Networks, and of course the big cloud providers. Muji is the...
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#18 - Jake Saper (General Partner, Emergence Capital) - Moats in SaaS, AI's Impact on SaaS, Learnings from Salesforce, Zoom, Gusto & more
Jake Saper is a General Partner at Emergence Capital which has backed leading SaaS companies like Salesforce, Zoom, Gusto, Bill.com, and Veeva. Jake is a Board member of companies like Guru, Textio, Ironclad, Maze & many others. When I wanted to do a deep dive into SaaS business models, I could...
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#17 - Ian Swanson (CEO of Protect AI) & Emilio Escobar (CISO of Datadog) - Deep Dive into ML & AI Security, Emerging Attack Surfaces, MLSecOps, and LLMs Use in Adversarial and Defensive Security
Ian Swanson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Protect AI which secures AI and ML systems. He was previously the Co-Founder & CEO of Datascience.com which sold to Oracle, where he was VP AI & ML and then was Worldwide Leader of AI & ML at AWS before starting Protect AI. I’m also joined by Emilio Escobar,...
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#16 - Jade Rubick (ex VPE at New Relic, Eng Advisor to Jeli, Flatfile, Mode, Maze & more) - Tactical Advice for Building Effective Eng Teams, Anti-Patterns for Eng Teams to Avoid
Jade Rubick is a Eng Advisor to multiple startups (23 and counting). He was previously Vice President Engineering at New Relic and has taken on interim VPE roles at multiple other startups over the years before he began solely focused on advising startups. In this episode, Jade joins us to cover...
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#15 - Julia Schottenstein (Product Lead @ dbt) - Trends in Analytics Engineering, Data Transformation & Semantic Layer Deep Dive, Open Source to Cloud Product Learnings
Julia Schottenstein is a Product Lead at dbt and an active angel investor. Julia was previously a VC at NEA focused on software and data infrastructure. She joins us today to share learnings from product and VC, why analytics engineering is continuing to proliferate, and how dbt has been able to...
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#14 - Kiersten Gaffney (CMO of Codefresh, Advisor to AtomicJar, CodeSee, Fermyon, Redis & more) - Detailed Market Tactics for Dev Tools Founders, How Early Stage Companies Should Approach Marketing
Kiersten Gaffney is the Chief Marketing Officer of Codefresh and a Go-To-Market Advisor for AtomicJar, CodeSee, Fermyon, Redis & many more companies. Kiersten was previously a marketing leader at Buoyant and Mesosphere, with many years of experience in software infrastructure and developer tools....
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#13 - Dan Scheinman (Board Member of Zoom, SentinelOne, Arista Networks) - Finding Outlier Founders & Angel Investing from Day One, Demystifying Public Boards, Winning in Competitive Markets
Dan Scheinman is a full-time Angel Investor and Board Member of Zoom, SentinelOne, and Arista Networks. He joins us today to share learnings about M&A from his time running Corp Dev at Cisco, backing multiple public companies from day one, and how public boards differ from private ones. There’s...
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#12 - Phillip Carter (Principal PM @ Honeycomb) - All The Hard Stuff when Building Products with LLMs, Actual Results from Leveraging AI
Phillip Carter is a Principal Product Manager at Honeycomb, which develops a software debugging product for distributed systems. Phillip recently published one of the most interesting blog posts I’ve read titled “All the Hard Stuff Nobody Talks About when Building Products with LLMs”. The post is...
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#11 - Julian Alvarez (CEO of Logixboard) - Building and Scaling a Vertical SaaS Company, Explaining Freight Forwarding & the Supply Chain Industry
Julian Alvarez is the CEO & Co-Founder of Logixboard, which is enabling freight forwarders to deliver a modern, digital customer experience to their customers with the Logixboard platform. He joins us today to talk about how to understand customer pain points in a specific vertical and gives a...
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#10 - Mia Wang (M&A Director at Cloudflare) & Oren Falkowitz (Co-Founder of Area 1 Security) - Demystifying the M&A Process, Tips for Founders on Executing a Smooth Process
Mia Wang is the M&A & Strategy Director at Cloudflare. Oren Falkowitz is the Co-Founder of Area 1 Security, a phishing security company, which was acquired by Cloudflare in April 2022. In this episode, Mia & Oren demystify the M&A process for startups (founders and employees) by discussing the…
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#9 Kyle Poyar (Operating Partner at Openview) - Detailed Tips & Tactics for PLG motions, Pricing & Packaging, Product Led Sales & Marketing Tips, and Specific Case Studies
Kyle Poyar is Operating Partner at Openview focused on PLG, pricing & growth. He writes the amazing and widely read newsletter, Growth Unhinged, which is one of my favorite weekly reads (multiple times a week!). It’s a wealth of information and I highly recommend listeners subscribe. Kyle joins…
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A podcast series exploring all things on the frontier of what's possible in technolgy. We'll interview experts from all areas including startups, investors, industry execs and deep dive into specific tech trends.
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