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The Room Podcast

Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain

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Building an Enterprise VC Firm with Jai Das, President and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures | Founding the Fund 4
Aug 4, 2026 ·00:53:05
Turning Content into Competitive Advantage with Packy McCormick | Founding the Fund 3
Jul 9, 2026 ·00:44:16
Backing Technical Founders with Amplify Partners Founder Sunil Dhaliwal | Founding the Fund 2
Jun 25, 2026 ·01:09:12
Investing in Trillion-Dollar Outcomes with Ben Ling of Bling Capital | Founding the Fund 1
Jun 16, 2026 ·00:52:18
S14E8: From a Shark Tank No to Billion-Dollar Exit with Ring Inventor, Jamie Siminoff
May 5, 2026 ·00:45:53
S14E7: Building the AI Layer for Legal Work with Scott Stevenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Spellbook
Apr 28, 2026 ·00:39:54
S14E6: The End of Waiting for Payday with EarnIn Founder, Ram Palaniappan
Apr 21, 2026 ·00:29:47
S14E5: Building the Red Bull for Relaxation with Ben Witte, Founder and CEO of Recess
Apr 14, 2026 ·00:40:54
S14E4: Why Usage-Based Billing Is Inevitable with Metronome Co-Founder Scott Woody
Apr 7, 2026 ·00:49:41
S14E3: Ryan Daniels, Founder & CEO of Crosby, on Legal Services in the Age of AI
Mar 31, 2026 ·00:44:59
S14E2: Alex Halliday, Founder of AirOps, on Content Engineering and the AI Marketing Stack
Mar 24, 2026 ·00:50:31
S14E1: Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor CEO, on Building Community Platforms, Product-Market Fit, and the Future of AI in Local Networks
Mar 17, 2026 ·01:09:55
From Stitch Fix to AI Search with Daydream Founder Julie Bornstein | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
Dec 23, 2025 ·00:36:03
Ethical AI, Iteration Velocity, and the Future of Software with Grant Lee (Gamma), Noah MacCallum (Open AI), Malte Ubl (Vercel), Chris Messina (Product Leader), Ash Kumrah (The AI Collective) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
Dec 16, 2025 ·00:36:15
Navigating the New M&A Landscape with Indy Guha (VMG), Jared Roesch (OctoAI), Dan Kang (Mercury), Michelle Edwards (Perkins Coi) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
Dec 9, 2025 ·00:35:24
Solving Data Fragmentation at Scale with Michel Tricot, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbyte | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]
Dec 2, 2025 ·00:26:05
S13E8: Designing Payroll for Small Businesses with Gusto’s Co-Founder, Tomer London
Nov 18, 2025 ·00:47:40
S13E7: Reimagining Content, Provenance, and AI with Cloudflare’s VP of Product, William Allen
Nov 11, 2025 ·00:40:58
S13E6: How Almost Friday Media is Shaping the Next Era of Entertainment with Jack Barrett
Nov 4, 2025 ·00:31:48
S13E5: From Palantir to Hex — How Barry McCardel and Caitlin Colgrove Built the Modern Data Workspace
Oct 28, 2025 ·00:47:01
S13E4: From Sleeping at AOL to Building Bolt with Eric Simons, Founder and CEO of Bolt.new
Oct 21, 2025 ·00:42:02
S13E3: Creating Longevity Drugs for Dogs with Celine Halioua, Founder of Loyal
Oct 14, 2025 ·00:44:38
S13E2: Scaling Warp and Supercharging Developers with AI with Founder Zach Lloyd
Oct 7, 2025 ·00:45:31
S13E1: Reinventing Work Through AI-Native Communication with Craig Walker, Founder & CEO of Dialpad
Sep 30, 2025 ·00:53:10
New York Tech Week Special: Live Recording with Partiful Co-Founder and CEO, Shreya Murthy
Jul 1, 2025 ·00:55:08
S12E8: Direct-to-Consumer Pioneer to AI Psychology with Neil Parikh, Co-Founder of Casper and Slingshot
May 27, 2025 ·00:48:44
S12E7: From Tech Reporter to Media Founder with Alex Konrad, Founder of Upstarts Media
May 20, 2025 ·00:43:16
S12E6: Data Ownership in the AI Era with Anna Kazlauskas, Founder of Vana
May 13, 2025 ·00:43:08
S12E5: Bootstrapping to Billions in Corporate Travel with Elia Wallen, Founder and CEO of Engine
May 6, 2025 ·00:35:24
S12E4: The New Developer Experience with Factory Co-Founders, Matan Grinberg & Eno Reyes
Apr 29, 2025 ·00:53:53
S12E3: The Road to Driverless Vehicles with Tiancheng Lou, Co-Founder of Pony AI
Apr 22, 2025 ·00:47:36
S12E2: Supercharging Sales Teams Using AI with Alexa Grabell, Co-Founder of Pocus
Apr 15, 2025 ·00:43:50
S12E1: Building Global Trade Infrastructure with Ryan Petersen, Founder and CEO of Flexport
Apr 8, 2025 ·01:00:48
S11E9: A Law Firm for Founders with Agatha Kluk and Sonia Farber, Co-Founders of Kluk Farber Law, Now Part of Perkins Coie (Bonus Holiday Episode)
Dec 19, 2024 ·00:51:00
S11E8: From Bootstrapping to SaaS Industry Leader with Wade Foster, Co-Founder of Zapier
Nov 19, 2024 ·00:47:17
S11E7: The Future of Fintech for Founders with Mercury Co-Founder and CEO, Immad Akhund [LIVE]
Nov 12, 2024 ·00:38:20
S11E6: Building the Unified API with Merge Co-Founder, Shensi Ding
Nov 5, 2024 ·00:37:32
S11E5: Innovating Financial Inclusion and Pay Flexibility with Jason Lee, Founder of Salt Labs and DailyPay
Oct 29, 2024 ·00:47:31
S11E4: Transforming Sweet Treats using Clean Ingredients with Kevin McCarthy, CEO of Unreal
Oct 22, 2024 ·00:39:59
S11E3: Reversing Type 2 Diabetes using Tech and Nutrition with Sami Inkinen, Founder of Virta Health
Oct 15, 2024 ·00:50:17
S11E2: Branding, Bedding, and Wellness Innovation with Ariel Kaye, Founder of Parachute
Oct 8, 2024 ·00:44:33
S11E1: Empowering The Future of Generative AI Search with Johnny Ho, Co-Founder of Perplexity
Oct 1, 2024 ·00:34:29
Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Fireside Chat with Kashish Gupta Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Hightouch
Sep 18, 2024 ·00:47:12
Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 The Future of DTC ft. Nik Sharma, Coterie, De Soi, and TYB
Sep 10, 2024 ·00:43:46
Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 The Future of Platforms Panel ft. Beli, Saturn, Landing, and Diem
Sep 3, 2024 ·00:46:25
Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Next Gen GenAI Panel ft. Tavus, Multimodal, Dynamo AI, Canapi Ventures, and GenAI Collective
Aug 29, 2024 ·00:47:50
Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Fireside Chat with KJ Sidberry of Google Ventures
Aug 21, 2024 ·00:39:50
Special Season: Inside Summit 2024 Recap
Aug 13, 2024 ·00:25:07
S10E8: Pioneering Soda, Gut Health, and Lifestyle with Ben Goodwin, Co-Founder of OLIPOP
May 14, 2024 ·00:51:55
S10E7: Enabling Scheduling Mastery for Every Professional with Matt Martin, Co-Founder of Clockwise
May 7, 2024 ·00:45:13