Inside conversations with startup founders about how they build and scale their teams. Learn hiring strategies, team culture, and what it takes to grow from 0 to 50+.
CEO & Co-founder
Slashy (YC S25) Slashy CEO Harsha Gaddipati on why they walked away from a 10,000-user general agent, how owning the email client interface creates a growing TAM, and why they want obsessed design engineers in SF.
Co-Founder & CEO
Sandstone Nick Fleisher spent years as a McKinsey consultant advising Fortune 10 companies. Now, he's building the 'missing layer' for in-house legal teams at Sandstone.
Co-Founder & CTO
AI Video From Amazon engineer to film composer to YC founder, Orestis Lykouropoulos turned three failed pivots into a video production platform. Now he's hiring engineers who can prompt to production.
Co-Founder & CTO
Cartage Josh Lampen, Co-Founder of Cartage, on building vertical AI agents for logistics and why he hires engineers who are 'a little bit nuts'.
CEO & Co-Founder
Digit How an ERP startup is stealing customers from the giants - and why they value culture over pedigree when hiring.
Co-Founder & CEO
Embedder Embedder CEO Ethan Gibbs shares why he hired the 18-year-old who hacked his database and how he's building the AI layer for the physical world.
Co-Founder & CEO
Autonomy Health Why Autonomy Health's founder is betting big on independent neurology - and searching for engineers who are motivated to impact patient care.
Co-founder & CEO
Woz Ben Collins shares how Woz is eliminating the technical gap for founders and why they are looking for scrappy "Founders in Residence" to build the next generation of startups.
CEO & Co-Founder
Stream Claims Stream Claims CEO Eric Yen on why shared experience beats a perfect resume when you're transforming the 'ugly stepchild' of financial services.
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