OpenSource is everywhere, and Chainguard, having raised ~$900M, is on a mission to make it secure to use.

We started by discussing the #challenges around the distribution and consumption of open source. It’s free and ubiquitous - but do we really consume the source code itself?

Or as Dan phrase it:

"It's free as in puppy, not free as in beer"

We then explored #ChainguardImages, what the future holds for #containers in the new era of AI, and whether the industry is heading toward a more standardized, centralized system.

Other interesting topics we covered:

- Was #Mythos a marketing stunt?

- Chainguard Agent Skills and agent-to-agent attacks

- The beginning of Chainguard

And who would Dan would love to grab a coffee with? 🏀🗽👑

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Host: Yossi Garmazi

#ai #tech #cybersecurity #coding #agent #knicks #JalenBrunson

Chapters:

00:00 Open Source & AI

00:27 Intro

00:58 What is Open Source?

02:46 Agents & Open Source

05:28 Is Open Source broken?

08:08 The Beginning of Chainguard

09:07 Chainguard Base-image & Containers

10:29 Open Source Regularity Pressure

11:34 Mythos: A Marketing Stunt?

12:46 Agent-to-Agent Attack

14:41 Open Source Misconception

16:10 Execution in Startups

17:00 When to Hire Sales?

18:28 Advice for Builders

19:44 Tokenmaaxing

20:56 What is AI Native Company?

21:26 Mentorship

22:08 Coffee Question

23:00 Favorite Movie

One space everyone is excited to see revolutionized by AI is MaterialsScience, and a company at the forefront of it is Radical AI.

A key part of materials science is trial & error. We discussed how Radical AI captures valuable “negative data” (the error side) from its self-driving #labs to train #AI models and accelerate discovery.

We then explored their unconventional #InverseDesign approach - starting with the desired material properties and working backward to design new materials.

Other interesting topics we covered:

- How do self-driving labs actually work?

- The future of #quantum computing

- Different approaches to semiconductor #chip design

And guess Joseph’s alternate-universe profession? 🤠🐎🏜️

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Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Jacob Chizunza, CA

#ai #tech #material #science #chip

Chapters:

00:00 Messy date is good?

00:22 Intro

01:10 What led to you starting the company

03:41 How Ai is capturing negative data

07:05 AI Finding New Materials?

09:45 Self Driving Labs

12:44 AI Innovation in New Verticals

16:20 Shortening the R&D time

18:45 Local ecosystem in New York

24:45 AI Impact on Medical

27:45 Quantum Readiness

31:40 Most Excited AI Verticals

38:19 Advice for builders

39:17 Mentors

41:30 Favorite Movie

42:50 Alternate career

From having dyslexia to building a tech powerhouse with 60M+ users!

We started by exploring Cliff’s journey - from studying #renewable energy engineering to choosing not to race after a fancy job. Instead, he stayed on campus and started building something completely different: what would become Speechify.

#Customer obsession was key: from calling users directly on #FaceTime to running customer support through iMessage, it's all about staying close to customers and continuously improving the product.

An interesting fact: today, 10% of Speechify’s user acquisition is already driven by #LLMs search queries!

Other topics we covered:

- What is Cliff’s biggest accomplishment at Speechify?

- His advice on mentorship and building relationships.

And Cliff’s favorite #hobby?🥷🥋🥊

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Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Jason Woolf

#ai #tech #speech #agent #gtm

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:59 Cliff Story

07:40 Hurdles along the way

11:50 LLMs as Growth Engines

12:32 Being AI Company in 2015

14:19 Biggest Moment

15:45 Mentorship

16:58 Hobbies

Watch our exclusive interview with Jan Goetz, Co-Founder and CEO of IQM Quantum Computers (NASDAQ: IQMX).

IQM Quantum Computers just made #history - becoming the first European quantum computing company to go public on Nasdaq!

We started by exploring the dynamics between #Quantum and #AI - and why Jan believes the future will be a #hybrid approach, with quantum computing embedded into other compute modalities.

As a newly public company, we also discussed how to communicate a developing field like quantum computing to sophisticated investors on #WallStreet, where it's all about numbers.

A major #differentiator for IQM is its on-premises systems approach, rather than a Quantum-as-a-Service model. We discussed why this becomes particularly important in the data sovereignty era.

And, of course, what is the future of quantum computing in an era of #datacenters powered by GPUs - and how is IQM positioned to this future.

Other topics we covered:

- Selling the first quantum computer to a private enterprise

- Could we have a personal Quantum computer?

- Where is the biggest potential for Quantum

- Quantum ChatGBT moment?

And who Jan would love to grab a #coffee with?🌌⚛️💡

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Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Jason Woolf

#ai #tech #quantum #depptech #compute

Chapters:

00:00 Quantum & AI

00:21 Intro

01:01 From Academia to Quantum Startup

02:41 Relationship b/w quantum & AI

04:23 Europe's Quantum competitiveness

05:56 Public company impact on R&D strategy

07:17 Investor focus: Research vs Commercial

08:40 On-prem systems & Quantum Sovereignty

10:48 Data Center integration & GPU ecosystem

12:10 First Quantum Sold to Private Buyer

13:39 Practical impact of 150+ qubits

16:00 Error correction as core bottleneck

18:54 Quantum use cases known & unknown

20:56 Use cases × bottom-line business impact

21:59 Quantum's ChatGPT moment

23:37 Timeline prediction of ChatGPT moment

25:03 Future of personal quantum computing

26:02 Mentorship & advice for founders

27:13 Dream coffee

27:50 Alternate career

28:33 Life outside work

29:11 Favorite movies & sci-fi realism

Watch a preview of our exclusive interview with David A Steinberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA)

Zeta Global has been built like layers of dreams - just like #Inception - with each chapter requiring the company to reinvent itself.

We started in 2017, at the #pivotal board meeting where Zeta decided to transform from a customer lifecycle platform into an AI-native company, sunsetting its previous platform and redefining the future of marketing innovation.

Fast forward to 2026, we explored another major #evolution - the biggest pivot in the company’s history - with the launch of #Athena, an AI voice-enabled conversational super agent that moves beyond keyboards and platform navigation toward managing outcomes.

We also unpacked Zeta’s M&A #strategy: after completing 19 acquisitions in 19 years, what does their post-merger integration (#PMI) playbook look like?

And Lastly, in a marketing world dominated by Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), but what's about #Agent Driven Acquisition Costs?

And can you guess David’s favorite #movie? 🚀🪐⏳

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Interviewer: Yossi Garmazi

#ai #tech #gtm #marketing #Merph John Sculley

Chapters:

00:00 The AI Pivot

00:36 Intro

01:07 Tokenmaxxing

04:10 2017- The Big Pivot

09:56 The Innovator Dilemma

11:15 NYSE IPO: Who is AL?

13:31 Athena

15:43 AI Professions Change

17:41 M&A Playbook: 19 Acquisitions in 19 Years

21:04 Agent Acquisition Cost?

23:22 Proprietary Data in Zeta

27:11 Open Source

29:01 Token Price

31:22 Having John Sculley as Co-Founder

33:27 Misconceptions About AI

36:22 Advice for Builders

37:45 Reading Habits

39:19 Mentorship

40:56 Hobbies

42:16 Knicks

44:31 Coffee Question

45:09 Favorite Movie

46:25 Inception: Was It a Dream?

Watch our exclusive interview with Michael Fey, Co-Founder and CEO of Island.

The #browser has become the core workspace layer for enterprises, and a company at the forefront of this shift is Island.

We started by exploring how #AI has transformed Island’s product roadmap, and how they see AI differently, as a positive force from a #cybersecurity standpoint, with products like AI Publish, enabling teams to build applications while keeping them safe to use.

From there, we moved into #Mythos - why AI is the answer, not the problem, and why AI shouldn’t be viewed as the “boogeyman” of cybersecurity.

And well, then there is #Quantum, or “Quantum Armageddon,” as they call it. We explored how Island is positioned to be on the front line of defense in a future shaped by quantum computing.

Other interesting subjects we discussed:

- What is being underestimated in the cybersecurity industry?

- #Tokenmaxing: How can companies optimize innovation in the era of tokens?

- Data centers in #space: What will cybersecurity look like beyond Earth?

And Michael’s favorite #movie? 🎬🎩🤌

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Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Sanat Mouli

#ai #tech #agent #browser #cybersecurity #anthropic Chapters:

00:00 Cybersecurity & Quantum

00:39 Intro

01:22 Competition

03:28 AI Impact on Island

07:20 AI: Safe & Productive?

10:47 Mythos: Innovation / Marketing Stunt?

12:18 Enterprise Browser: First line of Defense?

15:31 Quantum Armageddon Day

18:44 CISO's Role Evolution

21:06 Agents in Cybersecurity

25:57 What's being underestimated in Cyber?

28:41 Tokenmaxxing

31:38 Software Development Future

34:32 Mike' Physics Background

36:57 Cybersecurity in Space?

38:29 Genie Question

39:29 Mentorship

42:26 Coffee Question

43:33 World Cup

44:32 Favorite Movie

Watch our exclusive interview with Itamar Sivan, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO of Quantum Machines.

The quantum space is having some serious momentum, and one of the companies at the center of it is Quantum Machines.

We started by discussing what #quantum computing is all about, and how Quantum Machines is changing the game with its #orchestration layer for quantum processors.

One of their latest product launches, the #OPX1000, signals a shift toward the kilo-qubit era. As such, we explored some of the key challenges involved, particularly the need to perform large-scale computations at low latency.

And this is #complex, In fact, quantum processors with 300 qubits, from a potential data storage perspective, are like a classical processor with more bits than the atoms (!) in the universe.

And people are paying attention, as we also touched on their #DGX Quantum collaboration with NVIDIA and what it signals about the future direction of Quantum Machines and the broader ecosystem.

Since quantum technology is still evolving, we also discussed the #business side of the field:

- How to communicate ROI to investors

- How to evaluate progress in milestones rather than immediate revenue

Lastly, we asked for #advice for entrepreneurs building in deep tech.

And Itamar’s favorite #movie franchise? 🛸⚔️🪐

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Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Amado Vargas IV

#ai #tech #agent #qbit #compute

Chapters:

00:00 Quantum Vs Classical Computer

00:51 Intro

01:45 Human experience in 50 years?

05:10 Quantum world Misconception

08:25 Quantum Machines Platform

12:47 Latency Challenges

17:25 DGX Quantum collaboration with NVIDIA

22:25 Communication with Investors

26:20 The future of Quantum computers

27:50 Advice to Entrepreneurs

29:59 Influential mentor?

32:01 Alternative career path?

33:38 Favorite Movie series

34:23 Data centers in space?

Watch our exclusive interview with Archana Agrawal, President at Intercom (Fin).

Intercom has transformed its whole sales motion, shifting from selling seats to selling #outcomes.

We started by discussing how this change has reshaped the company's #GTM and customer success strategies, and why understanding #customers has become more critical than ever.

From there, we explored how #brand marketing is evolving now that AI interfaces are increasingly becoming the first touchpoint with customers-and the notion thereof of humans in the loop.

We also touched why Intercom is doubling down on a #SingleAgent framework instead of deploying multiple specialized AI agents.

Other interesting topics we covered include:

- The distinction between Product, Sales, and Support in the AI era

- Intercom's recent launches of Monitors and Custom Scorecards

And guess Archana's favorite #TV series? 🏞️💵 🛶

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Interviewer: Yossi Garmazi

#ai #tech #agent #GTM #Sales  ⁨@salesforce⁩ 

Chapters:

00:00 Intercom New GTM

00:32 Intro

01:04 Outcome based pricing

03:41 How was the GTM transition

04:20 Retention mode

06:20 Customer success

08:45 Brand Market

11:18 Agents vs Humans

12:50 Product sales and support

15:02 Product Road map

16:55 Why this path (Fin franchise)

18:59 Ai reshape the human in role

20:45 How do ship the product

23:30 Competitive mode come from?

26:14 Customer use case

27:41 Advise for builders

29:51 AI Native Company

31:05 Mentors

32:01 Grab Coffee

33:02 Alternative career

33:52 Favorite TV Series

Watch our exclusive interview with Jan Goetz, Co-Founder and CEO of IQM Quantum Computers (NASDAQ: IQMX).

IQM Quantum Computers has just went public on Nasdaq - marking a major new milestone in the company’s history!

We started by exploring the dynamics between #Quantum and #AI - and why Jan believes the future will be a #hybrid approach, with quantum computing embedded into other compute modalities.

As a newly public company, we also discussed how to communicate a developing field like quantum computing to sophisticated investors on #WallStreet, where it's all about numbers.

A major #differentiator for IQM is its on-premises systems approach, rather than a Quantum-as-a-Service model. We discussed why this becomes particularly important in the data sovereignty era.

And, of course, what is the future of quantum computing in an era of #datacenters powered by GPUs - and how is IQM positioned to this future.

Other topics we covered:

- Selling the first quantum computer to a private enterprise

- Could we have a personal Quantum computer?

- Where is the biggest potential for Quantum

- Quantum ChatGBT moment?

And who Jan would love to grab a #coffee with?🌌⚛️💡

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#ai #tech #quantum #depptech #compute

Watch our exclusive interview with Dr. Ahmad Bahai, CTO at at Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN).

We could find Texas Instruments innovation everywhere, from #datacenters chips, to embedded processors and even calculators.

We started by discussing #KilbyLabs and how they decide what to develop, including how they evaluate whether an idea has enough moat to justify the required R&D investment and time.

From there, we explored several of their innovations, including the new bulk acoustic wave #BAW clock technology, cutting-edge isolation solutions, and radar technologies.

We then discussed their recent breakthrough in creating the world’s smallest microcontroller #MCU and how this development could reshape the semiconductor space.

But of course, as a formidable #Chess player, we compared chess strategy to the semi industry - highlighting both similarities and differences, especially in a field where time-to-market can span up to five years.

And guess who Dr. Ahmad’s favorite #book is about? 💡⚡🔬

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Interviewer: Yossi Garmazi

#ai #tech #agent #chips #semiconductor

Chapters:

00:00 Researchers & Innovation

00:34 Intro

01:06 From Startup to Texas Instruments (TI)

04:43 Academia Vs Industry

07:22 Kilby Labs: Deciding What to Develop

11:01 Kilby Labs: New Clock & Isolation & Radar

16:05 The Worlds Smallest MCU

20:00 AI: Keeping the Innovative Spark

23:50 Motivating Engineers

25:36 Silicon Labs Acquisition

28:04 Playing Chess & Business

30:35 Holdings 40 Patents

31:18 Mentorship

33:00 Coffee Question

33:57 Hobbies

34:45 Favorite Movie