Bhaskar Sunkara is the Founder and CEO of Bicycle, where he is building AI-powered infrastructure for modern software development. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Previously, he was the Founding CTO of AppDynamics, leading product development from the company's inception through its $3.7 billion acquisition by Cisco. As CTO and SVP of Product Management, he oversaw product management, engineering, user experience, and field enablement while driving AppDynamics' customer-centric innovation strategy. Before AppDynamics, Bhaskar was a Senior Software Engineer at Wily Technology, where he pioneered dynamic instrumentation technology for Java and .NET, and earlier helped build one of the first J2EE-certified application servers at Pramati Technologies. Throughout his career, he has focused on building enterprise software trusted by the world's largest organizations while advising founders and product teams on scaling technical innovation.Topics

• Building category-defining enterprise software from startup to billion-dollar exit
• Customer-centric product development for enterprise engineering teams
• How AI is transforming software development, observability, and developer productivity

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