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Why AI Won't Replace Accountants — It'll Make Them Richer, Says Basis CEO Matt Harpe
On The Upstarts Podcast, the $1.15B startup talks an accountant shortage, outcome-based pricing, hiring AI talent in NYC, and staying ahead of the big…
Jul 30
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Abridge’s Shiv Rao: Taking On Microsoft To Cure Doctor Burnout With AI
A cardiologist turned founder, Rao says he's building an operating system, not an AI scribe. He's got 300 health system customers spanning 250M…
Jul 23
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Alex Konrad
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Agents For CFOs, Runaway Tokens And 'Unreasonable Hospitality,' With Pigment's Eléonore Crespo
One of France's top founders talks building AI for CFOs, the AI talent "buffet," Tom Cruise and much more on The Upstarts Podcast.
Jul 17
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Alex Konrad
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Radical AI’s Joseph Krause: The Scientist Building The ‘Waymo’ Lab For New Materials
The New York-based founder joins The Upstart Podcast to talk about SpaceX, why cloud labs failed, and why you don't need $1B to speed up 150 years of…
Jul 10
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Alex Konrad
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The Army Ranger Attacking Millions Of Lines Of Old Code, With Blitzy's Brian Elliott
Blitzy CEO and Ranger veteran Brian Elliott talks building Boston's newest startup unicorn, Claude's enterprise limits, West Point and how to pay for…
Jul 2
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Alex Konrad
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Writer's May Habib On AI For Normals, Token Insanity, And Sexist VCs
A gendered rejection letter from a top VC firm. Shots at Anthropic and OpenAI token giveaways. On The Upstarts Podcast, Writer's CEO doesn't pull…
Jun 25
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Alex Konrad
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The Founder Who Lit $10M On Fire, With Mutiny's Jaleh Rezaei
On The Upstarts Podcast, Mutiny CEO Jaleh Rezaei shares how AI is forcing SaaS self-disruption in SaaS; handling 'Claude spookies'; and why speed…
Jun 19
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Alex Konrad
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Using Living Brain Cells To Train AI, With TBC's Alex Ksendzovsky
When a neurosurgeon startup founder hooks up neurons to tiny electrodes, you get a novel way to train AI image models, and a brave new world of…
Jun 12
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Alex Konrad
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Faking Rivals, 'Infinity Work' And LinkedIn Cringe, With Vanta's Christina Cacioppo
Vanta's CEO shares her 'real' founder journey, how she's rebuilding her company for the AI moment, and how she deals with new rivals, on The Upstarts…
Jun 5
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Alex Konrad
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‘Superbabies,’ Thiel Fellows and Holy Wars, With Orchid’s Noor Siddiqui
The Upstarts Podcast dives into a new, controversial category in reproductive health to kick off Season 2.
May 29
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Alex Konrad
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Runway’s Cris Valenzuela: Building The Video AI That OpenAI Couldn’t
Runway builds video models for Hollywood, amateur filmmakers and corporate types. Its Brooklyn-based CEO joins The Upstarts Podcast to share how he…
May 1
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Alex Konrad
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Medicare's 'Most Hated' Man: Chapter's Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz
Chapter has reached $100M in revenue and a $3B valuation by helping seniors get cheaper care. How its ex-Palantir CEO is doing it -- and sparking new…
Apr 26
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Alex Konrad
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