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Sand Hill Road is a news podcast hosted by NBC Bay Area. It has 198 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

What makes Silicon Valley the innovation capital of the world? It all starts on Sand Hill Road, considered the mecca of venture capital. Join us for insightful interviews from the heart of Silicon Valley with the VCs, start-ups and innovators behind the trending technologies of tomorrow. Hosted by NBC Bay Area business and technology reporter and host of Press:Here, Scott McGrew.

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Jack Leeney of 7GC: Why IPOs Are Optional Now

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Entrepreneurs First: Investing Before the Idea

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Rudina Seseri Knew AI Was Cool Before You Did

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Adeo Ressi: Why the World Needs More Venture Capitalists

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Who Wins When ChatGPT Does the Searching?

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Brewing Medicine: Christina Smolke and the Race to Reinvent Drug Manufacturing

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Dr. Ed Engleman: Vivo Capital’s Cancer Hacker

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The Fastest Startup in Tech: Maria Palma on Lovable

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Design First, Lean Always: The Gamma Playbook

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Physics & AI: N47’s TJ Rylander Is Reimagining Engineering

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Rewiring the Special Relationship with the UK's AI Minister

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Eugene Malobrodsky's Bet on Immigrant Founders

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Christina Farr: The Storyteller's Advantage

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Abhinav Asthana: Building for Developers, Not Headlines

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Katelin Holloway's Billion-Dollar Box Scores

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Ireland’s Big Bet on Silicon Valley

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NEA's Aaron Jacobson on Robotics, AI Startups and Defense Innovation

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Steven Lee: From Last Kid Picked Up to Earliest Money In

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Rehan Jalil's Four Wins and a Vision

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The Meme is the Message: Kanyi Maqubela on Crypto, Culture, and the Future of Value

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Heavybit Announces Its Largest Raise Yet: $180m

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2025 Summer VC Reading List

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The Systems Leader vs The Lone Wolf with Robert Siegel

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From MySpace to Liquid Death: Mike Jones on Building Brands People Love

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Practicing Venture Not Performing It: Joseph Alalou’s Outsider Ethos

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Biotech and Bold Bets with Jessica Owens, Inititate Ventures

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Masha Bucher Day One Ventures

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Lori Rosenkopf's Unstoppable Entrepreneurs

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Entrepreneurship through the eyes of Navin Chaddha

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Larry Gadea's startup journey

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Bobby Franklin’s unkillable movie monster

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How AI is transforming the cybersecurity landscape

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Diagnosing diseases and saving lives with AI

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AI 's role in developing category killer therapeutics

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Fungus among us? 'Canadian values' in the Bay Area VC market

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Why does Steve Vassallo of Foundation Capital choose to invest early?

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A $40 Million Investment in Exploding Kittens

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Bay Area Venture Market Remains King

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San Francisco's Death is Greatly Exaggerated

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Mike Schroepfer is Saving the World, One Big Step at a Time

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Brian Cho is Ready to Play

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Michael Marks of Celesta Capital

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Rob Smith of M13

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Mike Maples Jr. on Pattern Breakers

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James Joaquin's World Positive Outlook

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"Astounding and Inevitable": SVB's Second Act

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Friends & Family Capital

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Scott Beechuk is Bullish on SF

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2024 VC Reading List

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GV's Frédérique Dame's "win win win approach"

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