Best Greylock Partners Podcasts (2025)

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Airbnb’s bet on an IRL future, with Brian Chesky 32:20

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Amid dramatic disruption, what role should business play in building the future? Recorded live at the 2025 Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky shares his candid perspective on business, politics, creativity, and AI — taking listeners from Airbnb’s humble beginnings to bold plans for the company’s future.…

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Humans&: Bridging IQ and EQ in Machine Learning with Eric Zelikman 36:58

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The AI industry is obsessed with making models smarter. But what if they’re building the wrong kind of intelligence? In launching his new venture, humans&, Eric Zelikman sees an opportunity to shift the focus from pure IQ to building models with EQ. Sarah Guo is joined by Eric Zelikman, formerly of Stanford and xAI, who shares his journey from AI r…

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Replay: How Daymond John built FUBU 34:57

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How do you create authentic partnerships to build scale? In this archival episode, Reid Hoffman talks with the iconic entrepreneur and Shark Tank star Daymond John about how he built FUBU from scratch. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo…

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AI Will Create the "Me Store," with Ridge's Sean Frank 45:47

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Where are we in the agentic commerce revolution? "We're not even in the parking lot to the game yet. We're still on the freeway driving to the game," says Sean Frank, CEO of Ridge. Today on The Intelligent Marketer, he talks with Mike & Rishabh about why adding a product to your digital shopping cart might become as obsolete as buying from a print …

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Orchestrating the Global Warehouse through AI with DHL Supply Chain Global CIO Sally Miller 32:10

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On the 56th episode of Enterprise AI Innovators, host Evan Reiser (Abnormal AI) welcomes Sally Miller, Global Chief Information Officer at DHL Supply Chain. Sally reveals how AI and robotics are reshaping the warehouse floor, the back office, and customer expectations at a company operating 2,500 sites across more than 50 countries. From early bets…

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OLIPOP’s gutsy play to dethrone Coke and Pepsi, with Ben Goodwin 30:27

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The Impact of AI, from Business Models to Cybersecurity, with Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora 58:21

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Between the future of search, the biggest threats in cybersecurity, and the jobs and platforms of tomorrow, Nikesh Arora sees one common thread connecting and transforming them all—AI. Sarah Guo and Elad Gil sit down with Nikesh Arora, CEO of cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks and former Chief Business Officer of Google, to talk about a wide ar…

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How to sell a billion dollars of snacks, with the founders of Chomps 32:10

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Chomps co-founders Rashid Ali and Pete Maldonado had an unusual side hustle: selling meat sticks online. The co-founders join host Jeff Berman to reveal the phone call from Trader Joe’s that changed everything, how they used lessons from failed startups, and how they built Chomps into a snack empire. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newslet…

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Design dominance sparks a blockbuster IPO, with Figma’s Dylan Field 26:51

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Figma burst into the public eye in 2022 after Adobe was blocked from buying the design startup for $20 billion. This chapter set the stage for an even bigger milestone at Figma: a splashy IPO this summer at nearly double that valuation. Dylan Field, Figma’s co-founder and CEO, joins Rapid Response to share what distinguishes Figma from competitors,…

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Product-Led SEO Still Works For AI Search, with Eli Schwartz 50:29

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"I think the entire concept of AEO was invented by people looking to sell something additional to SEO," says Eli Schwartz, author of Product-Led SEO. Today on The Intelligent Marketer, he talks with Mike & Rishabh about how search-engine optimization is bigger and more relevant than ever, how AI is reshaping the funnel, and why brands should focus …

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Pioneers of AI: The power of storytelling in VCs, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang 44:56

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In this episode of Pioneers of AI, Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang of the venture capital firm WndrCo share why storytelling is essential for building transformative companies and how AI shapes their work. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https…

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Reinventing K-12 Education Using AI with Alpha School Principal Joe Liemandt 1:01:49

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What if kids could master their academics in just two hours a day and spend the rest of their time developing real-world skills they’re passionate about? Joe Liemandt, founder of the software company Trilogy, is doing just that. Sarah Guo and Elad Gil are joined by Joe Liemandt, principal of Alpha School, to discuss his AI-driven vision of reinvent…

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Build stronger trust on your teams, with Rachel Botsman 30:04

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What happens when your team doesn’t trust each other? How can you repair damaged trust at work? How has technology changed the way we decide who to trust? Author and trust researcher Rachel Botsman joins host Jeff Berman to tackle these questions and more. Her latest book is How to Trust and Be Trusted: https://www.rachelbotsman.com/work/how-to-tru…

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After devastating aid cuts, Mercy Corps keeps fighting, with Tjada D’Oyen McKenna 31:10

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For an organization built around responding to crises around the globe, Mercy Corps now finds itself at the center of its own trauma. Following the Trump administration’s aid cuts, two-thirds of Mercy Corps’ US-funded programs have been rescinded. CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna joins Rapid Response to share how she’s leading her team amid immense pressur…

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The Future of Payments in an Agentic Commerce World, with Visa's Rubail Birwadker 46:02

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"How do you make a network with 10–15,000 banks, near 150 to 200 million merchants, four and a half billion credentials around the world, and how do you make it compatible with things like agentic commerce, with things like stablecoins, with things like wherever the next technology is headed?" Rubail Birwadker, who leads growth products and strateg…

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AI Agents Talking to AI Agents: Reinventing Commerce with Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang 31:22

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The traditional call center may soon be a thing of the past. Jessie Zhang is building AI agents designed to replace monotonous human labor and transform how consumers interact with brands. Elad Gil sits down with Jesse Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Decagon, an AI agent company at the forefront of AI customer service. Jesse talks about how Decagon se…

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How to find your next mentor, with Janice Omadeke 32:50

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A great mentor can supercharge your career. That’s why author and entrepreneur Janice Omadeke wanted to make it easier for people to connect with the best possible mentors. She joins host Jeff Berman to reveal the insights from her book, Mentorship Unlocked, and lessons from her own journey as the founder of a tech platform for corporate mentorship…

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Historic changes across high fashion, with WSJ. Magazine’s Sarah Ball 26:33

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As the fashion world navigates an unprecedented wave of turnover from Chanel to Dior, WSJ. Magazine’s Editor in Chief, Sarah Ball joins Rapid Response to explore the most closely watched New York Fashion Week in years — what she calls "a September to remember." Ball also shares insights about how Vogue is poised to take shape post-Anna Wintour, the…

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From Measurement to Orchestration, with Paramark's Pranav Piyush 47:45

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“Creative is Batman, measurement is Robin,” says Pranav Piyush, co-founder & CEO of Paramark. Today on The Intelligent Marketer, he talks with Mike & Rishabh about why measurement should support, but not replace, bold marketing ideas; and how Paramark is helping CMOs and CFOs find common ground. They also discuss what it takes to build an experimen…

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Jared Kushner: BrainCo, Affinity Partners, and the Geopolitics of AI 58:24

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From negotiating with world leaders to partnering with top entrepreneurs, businessman and investor Jared Kushner has traveled the unique path of bringing private sector knowledge to government work and back again. Jared Kushner joins Sarah Guo and Elad Gil to cover a wide range of topics, from his founding of investment firm Affinity Partners, to h…

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Possible: Stephen Colbert isn’t so sure about AI (with Reid Hoffman) 55:20

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On the latest episode of Reid Hoffman’s Possible podcast, he and Aria talk with comedian Stephen Colbert. They discuss how J.R.R. Tolkien helps The Late Show host make sense of AI, whether technology will ever be able to replicate the ‘micronutrients’ of human interaction, and more. You can find this episode and more on the Possible podcast feed: h…

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How a near-death experience changed this founder’s approach to fear 30:24

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Matthew Pohlson’s dreams of building a company were almost cut short by a near-death experience. The CEO and co-founder of Omaze reveals how it changed his mindset, and unlocked new ways to scale his business. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an…

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When AI Meets Infrastructure with Duke Energy SVP & CIO Richard Donaldson 29:20

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On the 55th episode of Enterprise AI Innovators, hosts Evan Reiser (Abnormal AI) and Saam Motamedi (Greylock Partners) welcome Richard Donaldson, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Duke Energy. Richard explains how one of the largest regulated utilities in North America is embracing AI to reshape its digital infrastructure and a…

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Music biz at a crossroads: from Taylor Swift to AI, with Sowmya Krishnamurthy 30:09

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Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards shone a light on some of the biggest storylines in the music business today – from the TikTokification of newly minted stars, to the evolving relationship between artists and brands. Music journalist and author Sowmya Krishnamurthy joins Rapid Response to break down business and cultural lessons from the show and wha…

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Making MSCHF, an Art and Discipline with Gabe Whaley 43:25

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What is MSCHF? A new luxury brand? An art project? A tech media play? "All of the above are true, all of the above are wrong," says CEO & founder Gabe Whaley. Today on the Intelligent Marketer, he talks with Mike & Rishabh about how he and his colleagues in Brooklyn are defying categorization and building a commercial factory for thought-provoking …

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A New Operating System for Physicians with OpenEvidence Founder Daniel Nadler 44:48

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Betting on product to win in fantasy sports, with Underdog’s Jeremy Levine 35:02

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As the NFL season kicks off this week, host Jeff Berman talks with a serial entrepreneur known for innovating in fantasy sports. Jeremy Levine is the founder and CEO of Underdog, a rapidly scaling unicorn. Levine reveals how a relentless focus on product helps his company break through entrenched competition. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekl…

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Grab’s rise from rideshare to superapp in Asia, with Anthony Tan 28:35

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Grab is a rideshare service-turned superapp, not available in the US but rapidly growing in Southeast Asia. It’s even outmaneuvered global players like Uber to reach a valuation north of $20 billion. Grab’s co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan joins Rapid Response to share how the platform has successfully expanded into food delivery and fintech, while a…

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Using AI to Move at the Speed of Culture, with Eucalyptus' Tim Doyle 41:35

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"There's no such thing as brand marketing," says Eucalyptus co-founder & CEO Tim Doyle. "The great pairing of modern marketing is hugely ambitious, high-risk storytelling and great measurement." Today on The Intelligent Marketer, he talks with Mike & Rishabh about using AI to move at the speed of culture, Australia's strengths in tech, and building…

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Reshaping America’s Economy for the Superintelligence Century with Jacob Helberg 40:53

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AI doomers say that the technology will be the ultimate job-killer. But Jacob Helberg wants people to see AI as a tech that will boost, not replace, human workers and give them superpowers. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jacob Helberg joins Sarah Guo and Elad Gil to talk about AI’s role in reshoring manufa…

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Reid Hoffman & Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor take your questions 28:44

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For our latest Strategy Session, Reid Hoffman and Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor answer questions from entrepreneurs about how to build more resilient businesses. They share frameworks for taking smarter risks, finding co-founders, and more. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Polic…

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Hollywood’s hottest AI partner, with Runway’s Cristóbal Valenzuela 33:11

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AI tools are disrupting all types of creative content, and Runway AI is a pioneer making major waves in Hollywood. It’s partnering with the likes of Disney and Netflix to revolutionize production. Runway’s co-founder & CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela joins Rapid Response to dissect the company’s breakneck growth, the risks and responsibilities of AI tool …

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Fixing Fashion Discovery With Agents, with Daydream's Julie Bornstein 47:55

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“Our goal is to build a personal stylist in your pocket,” says Julie Bornstein, co-founder and CEO of Daydream. Today on The Intelligent Marketer, she talks with Mike & Rishabh about the discovery problem in fashion; why owning the checkout is overrated; and how to make natural-language search feel human, personalized, and trustworthy. Plus: What J…

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How Agentic AI is Transforming The Startup Landscape with Andrew Ng 42:11

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Andrew Ng has always been at the bleeding edge of fast-evolving AI technologies, founding companies and projects like Google Brain, AI Fund, and DeepLearning.AI. So he knows better than anyone that founders who operate the same way in 2025 as they did in 2022 are doing it wrong. Sarah Guo and Elad Gil sit down with Andrew Ng, the godfather of the A…

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How design drives successful companies, with Sarah Stein Greenberg 34:19

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Whether you’re building a new product from scratch, growing your team, or trying to find product market fit, every part of scaling a business has one thing in common. It needs to be well designed. That’s why we’re headed back to school this week – and learning from Stanford d.school executive director Sarah Stein Greenberg. She reveals strategies f…

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Dating is down. So why is Hinge thriving? with CEO Justin McLeod 26:07

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As young people report feeling lonelier and less connected than ever, the dating app Hinge is driving its users into real life, human experiences. CEO Justin McLeod returns to Rapid Response to share how the platform is combating digital fatigue amongst users, as well as navigating the risks and opportunities of AI in online dating. McLeod also exp…

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AI-Driven 1:1 Sales for B2C Commerce with Postscript's Adam Turner 44:11

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“ Consumer expectations have shifted over the last two years because of this thing called ChatGPT,” says Adam Turner, CEO of Postscript. “ All of a sudden, the text box that was in the SMS channel that was pretty much worthless four years ago is now one of the most important interfaces that a consumer has with a brand.” Today on The Intelligent Mar…

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The bromance that rebuilt Detroit: Dan Gilbert and Mayor Mike Duggan 24:24

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As we gear up for our 2025 Masters of Scale Summit, we’re revisiting one of the stellar on-stage conversations that happened at the 2024 event. Hear Rocket Companies’ Dan Gilbert and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan reveal how their unique public-private partnerships have transformed the struggling city into a growing hub for everything from tech companie…

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Chips, Neoclouds, and the Quest for AI Dominance with SemiAnalysis Founder and CEO Dylan Patel 47:17

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What would it take to challenge Nvidia? SemiAnalysis Founder and CEO Dylan Patel joins Sarah Guo to answer this and other topical questions around the current state of AI infrastructure. Together, they explore why Dylan loves Android products, predictions around OpenAI’s open source model, and what the landscape of neoclouds looks like. They also d…

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The insights that fuel SharkNinja’s biggest innovations 35:57

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From humble beginnings selling vacuums on late night informercials, SharkNinja has grown to a 6 billion dollar a year business. CEO Mark Barrocas joins host Jeff Berman to reveal how the company keeps coming up with hits like the Ninja Creami, why “educated consumers” are the backbone of their business, and how they’re navigating the shifting winds…

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Is it ‘economic Halloween’ in the US? with political economist Mark Blyth 36:16

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Zoom out from continuing tariff turmoil and Trump’s recent attacks on the Fed and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and you’ll see a broader new economic order is forming. Political economist and Brown University professor Mark Blyth joins Rapid Response to reveal why outdated models still underpin much of our economic understanding, and what we stil…

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Unexpected Ways B2C Growth Can Be Applied to B2B, with Sam Ross 47:49

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Good founders are "obsessed about every detail of [their] product," says Sam Ross, CEO of Numeral and former growth lead at Teespring. "'Why was it designed like this?' ... I think you kind of have to have the same approach to a lot of your go-to-market." Today on The Intelligent Marketer, Sam joins Mike & Rishabh to discuss the shifting landscape…

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The Shifting Value of Content in the AI Age with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince 44:47

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Cloudflare has spent nearly fifteen years making the Internet faster, more reliable, and more secure. So now that AI systems are changing the way we interact with the Internet, Cloudflare wants to help level the playing field for content creators. Sarah Guo and Elad Gil sit down with Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare to discuss the e…

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Inside one of the world’s greatest fundraising operations 35:12

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When Rick Shadyac Jr. took over as CEO of the fundraising organization responsible for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, it was bringing in about 600 million a year. The recently retired leader joins host Jeff Berman to reveal how he built a fundraising machine that is now approaching 3 billion per year, and how that money will have a global i…

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Employers adapt to ICE raids and a workforce on edge 28:40

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As the Trump Administration ramps up mass deportations, the American Business Immigration Coalition is advocating for policy reform. Rebecca Shi leads the organization made up of 1,400 current and former CEOs, trade group leaders and more, who heavily rely on an immigrant workforce. Hear how uncertainty over immigration has disrupted daily business…

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Building a $100M+ Ecommerce Brand in the Age of AI, with Bryan Cano of True Classic 52:29

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"There's a lot of shame for people to use AI. They feel like they're cheating," says Bryan Cano, Head of Marketing at True Classic. "If you don't want to compete, that's totally cool with me. But these things are like lightning in a bottle." Today on The Intelligent Marketer, he talks with Rishabh & Mike about the shift from performance to brand ma…

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America’s Plan to Dominate the Full AI Stack with Sriram Krishnan 36:47

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Sriram Krishnan was never interested in policy. But after seeing a gap in AI knowledge at senior levels of government, he decided to lend his expertise to the tech-friendly Trump administration. Senior White House Policy Advisor on AI Sriram Krishnan joins Elad Gil and Sarah Guo to talk about America’s AI Action Plan, a recent executive order that …

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The new art and science of marketing, with Known’s Ross Martin and Kern Schireson 32:13

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When Ross Martin and Kern Schireson blended their companies in 2020 to form Known, they knew they wanted to throw out the old rule book about how to succeed in marketing. Now, they’re scaling fast and producing jaw-dropping results for clients. They join host Jeff Berman to reveal how their success relies on innovative AI — and kind humans — workin…

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Flex & Maza's Robbie Figueroa - From Neobank to Solopreneur OS: Building Maza and Merging with Flex 32:30

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In this episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast, Djavaneh sits down with Robbie Figueroa, co-founder and former COO of Maza, now Chief Business Officer at Flex following Maza and Flex’s merger in late 2024.Robbie shares how growing up in Queens with immigrant parents from Brazil and Ecuador inspired him to tackle financial exclusion. What started as…

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Blocking AI crawlers to save the internet, with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince 33:01

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Cloudflare recently made headlines with breakthrough technology that stops AI companies from scraping online content with impunity. That’s major impact, since the company is involved in more than 20 percent of all online traffic. Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince joins Rapid Response to share how the new tools are poised to dramatically …