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The Data Problem Holding Back AI In Women's Health
How the CEOs of Oura and Midi Health are attacking it. Plus: Miro and Gamma founders on how agents are turning us all into execs, like it or not.
Apr 17
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Alex Konrad
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Cohere's Aidan Gomez On Sovereign AI, Turning Down Big Tech Money, And An IPO
The Canadian co-author of the Transformer paper shares why he's building a frontier AI model lab outside Silicon Valley on The Upstarts Podcast.
Apr 16
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Alex Konrad
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Robots! Drones! How DoorDash Is Building In Autonomous Delivery
Far from the White House, co-founder Stanley Tang shares how DoorDash set up its autonomous strategy, from building robots to partnering with drones…
Apr 15
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Alex Konrad
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Decagon's Jesse Zhang On Sales Battles, AI 'Wrapper' Revenge, And Making Agents Work
The CEO of $4.5B valued Decagon talks speed and sales in a hyper-competitive market, holding off OpenAI, and a new standard for AI agents on The…
Apr 13
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Alex Konrad
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Anthropic Is Warning About Future Cyber Risks. Researchers Says Claude Code Is Already Dangerous.
A report by security startup LayerX warns that "anyone... can turn Claude Code into an attack tool." They add that Anthropic (admittedly a bit busy…
Apr 8
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Alex Konrad
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'Math Is AGI': How Axiom Math's Carina Hong Uses It To Solve AI Code's Mess
Axiom has solved some of math's trickiest problems, reaching a $1.6B valuation in just 9 months. CEO Carina Hong shares her journey, and how it can make…
Apr 2
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Alex Konrad
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March 2026
The AI Ambition Behind A Startup Bringing Better Internet To Colombia And Mexico
As Somos Internet raises a $40M Series B to expand to Mexico City, founder Forrest Heath has bigger plans to power 'Americas Dynamism' with cheaper AI…
Mar 31
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Alex Konrad
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Harvey's Winston Weinberg On Anthropic, Cold Emailing Sam Altman, And A 'One-Shot' Merger Near-Disaster
Fresh off an $11 billion valuation, Harvey's CEO tells The Upstarts Podcast about his Upstart Moment learning you can't shortcut your way to growth.
Mar 26
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Alex Konrad
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Meet Abi, The Bubble-Blowing Startup Robot Bringing Fun To Senior Homes
Grace Brown, the 26-year-old Aussie founder of Andromeda Robotics, raised $17M for her Abi robot to act less Terminator, more fun. Now, she's launching…
Mar 25
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Alex Konrad
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Upstarts Turns 1! Here's What's Next (With Your Help)
Reflections on a wild first year -- and our promise to you as a subscriber in Year Two.
Mar 24
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Alex Konrad
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Star Catcher’s Andrew Rush: Harnessing The Sun To Build The First Energy Grid In Space
On The Upstarts Podcast, a veteran space startup leader shares his vision for powering up a new wave of satellites and orbital labs.
Mar 19
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Alex Konrad
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The $1.5B Compute Startup Helping AI's Hottest Companies Find GPUs
Once a service spun up by AI investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, Andromeda has now raised $60M from Paradigm to stand alone.
Mar 18
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Natalie Fratto
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Alex Konrad
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