The Aarthi and Sriram Show

By Aarthi and Sriram

A show on optimistic conversations with people building and creating new products and technologies, hosted by veteran technologists Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan.... more

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April 15, 2023 EP 41 - Exploring the Universe with Stephen Wolfram: Artificial Intelligence, Physics, and More
0:00 Intro
1:54 How Stephen Wolfram approaches productivity
6:12 Stephen's day-in-life
7:45 Stephen's outlook on artificial intelligence
13:05 The human brain-artificial intelligence analogy
16:40 Wolfram's unique approach to GPT
31:00 The Pi computation
34:14 Risks of AI
45:32 Stephen's X factor
51:36 Are things as complex as they seem?
1:03:00 Do the simple things right
Renowned physicist, mathematician, and computer scientist Stephen Wolfram joined us on the podcast to discuss AI, physics, and more. We explored the state of artificial intelligence and the challenges and opportunities it presents. Stephen shared his insights into the computational universe and cellular automata and their relationship to physics.
🎙️ The Good Times Show: Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan host conversations with leading builders, and CEOs and reveal what it takes to make it to the inside.Follow Sriram:
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1h 6min
April 01, 2023 EP 40 - How Paul Buchheit Revolutionized Email with Gmail
0:00 Intro to Paul Buccheit
8:14 History of different emails
13:03 Building in public, 100 happy users
19:43 Gmail, over the years
27:35 Platforms built on open APIs
33:00 Iterate internally, User Experience
36:00 Advice for founders and startups, YC culture
50:00 Founders: Keep trying! Learn from failures
53:00 The state of Artificial Intelligence
1:00:00 I am nothing - identity, imposter syndrome, ego

Paul Buchheit is a computer engineer and entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of Gmail. He worked at a number of Silicon Valley companies, including Intel and Compaq, before joining Google in 1999. At Google, he played a key role in the development of a number of products, including AdSense and Google's search infrastructure.
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1h 8min
March 25, 2023 EP 39 - How Lenny Rachitsky's $500k/Year Newsletter Became a Must-Read for Entrepreneurs
Based in San Francisco, Lenny Rachitsky is a Product specialist with a strong focus on growth. He spent seven years at Airbnb, where he started as a Product Manager in 2012 and later became a Product lead for supply growth. Lenny now works as a writer, investor, and consultant for product growth. He creates content on Substack, YouTube, and other podcasting platforms.
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🎙️ The Good Times Show: Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan host conversations with leading builders, and CEOs and reveal what it takes to make it to the inside.Follow Sriram:
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53min
March 18, 2023 Work Without Borders With Deel: How Alex Bouaziz Built The Future of Remote Work
➡️ Are you curious about the future of work and the rise of remote teams? Meet Alex Bouaziz, the innovative leader behind Deel, a groundbreaking platform that simplifies global hiring, payments, and compliance for businesses of all sizes. In this episode, we sit down with Alex to learn more about his mission to make work more flexible, accessible, and rewarding for everyone.
🎙️ The Good Times Show: Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan host conversations with leading builders, and CEOs and reveal what it takes to make it to the inside.Follow Sriram:
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45min
March 04, 2023 EP 37: Mastering the Art of Dealmaking: The Story of Uber's Chief Business Officer, Emil Michael
In this episode, we talked to Emil Michael, who is Silicon Valley's best dealmaker. This was a masterclass in negotiation, art of making deals, when to walk away from them, his story, working with Travis Kalanick at Uber, and so much more.
Emil Michael is an investor and strategic advisor to many high growth tech startups. He was the Chief Business Officer at Uber, during it’s period of expoential growth where it was the most valuable startup in the world. He’s also held leadership roles at Tellme Networks which was acquired by Microsoft, and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Obama administration. Today he advices founders on fundraising, M&A, corporate strategy and culture, global expansion and building exec teams.
Born in Egypt, with degress from Harvard and Stanford, to us, Emil is the embodiment of the American Dream, and how an outside can truly make it and become an insider.Follow Sriram:
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1h 20min
February 25, 2023 EP 36 - Marc Andreessen and Steven Sinofsky Talk Sentience, Ethics, Job Impacts, and the Future of AI
In this episode, the gang gets back together! Marc Andreessen and Steven Sinofsky are back to talk about all things AI. We cover the rise of ChatGPT, Bing's AI powered chat Sydney, AI ethics, sentience, whether AI will take over jobs, the economic impact, AI startups vs tech incumbents, and whether it is time for AI to become sentient. This was an incredibly fun episode!
Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Steven Jay Sinofsky is a former president of the Windows Division at Microsoft. He was responsible for the development and marketing of Windows, Internet Explorer, and online services such as Outlook.com and SkyDrive.Follow Sriram:
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1h 17min
February 18, 2023 EP 35 - Lessons Learned from Creating League of Legends: Marc Merrill, Co-Founder of Riot Games, Producer of Netflix show 'Arcane'
In this episode, our special guest is Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games, the game developer and publisher behind League of Legends.
This was an awesome episode and Marc is a fantastic guest. We talk about the origin of League of Legends, building a gaming startup, player focused culture, fundraising, building 'Arcane' the popular Netflix show and so much more. Enjoy! Follow Sriram:
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1h 17min
February 11, 2023 EP 34 - Anders Hejlsberg, Microsoft Technical Fellow and creator of Typescript, C#, Turbo Pascal and Delphi on programming languages, and the power of working on long term projects
In this episode, we talk to Anders Hejlsberg, the creator of programming languages such. as C#, Typescript, Turbo Pascal and Delphi, on a life spent on building programming languages, the history of Java, his systems and setup, and what the future of programing languages looks like. Anders is someone we have looked up to for a big part of our lives, and this episode was a treat for us! Follow Sriram:
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1h 27min
February 04, 2023 Elad Gil on startup fundraising in 2023, his bold predictions for Silicon Valley, AI market map, energy and the politics of nuclear power, and how he finds the smartest builders
In this episode, we talked to Elad Gil - a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to companies including AirBnB, Pinterest, Square, and Stripe. He is also the author of High Growth Handbook, the playbook for turning a startup into a unicorn, and for navigating the most complex challenges that confront leaders and operators in high-growth tech startups.
We covered a wide variety of topics during this chat - the current economic conditions and what it means for tech startups, his investing philosophy, how he finds founders, on AI and the AI market map, on energy and the politics of nuclear energy and so much more.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:42 Who is Elad Gil
2:42 What motivates Elad
4:56 Elad’s first investment(s)
6:24 Who to invest in? How has it changed over time
8:48 What Elad looks for in a founding team
13:47 Startups during COVID
21:33 Bloated companies and layoffs
30:16 M&A and the state of seed market
33:30 Why Elad does it all by himself
35:35 What to do if you got laid off
38:27 The state of Artificial Intelligence startups
44:26 The AI market map and used cases
55:12 Will AI replace human jobs?
58:30 Elad’s history in energy
1:00:00 Carbon footprint & nuclear energy
1:01:49 The history and politics of Nuclear energy
1:11:30 Talent and human capital flow
1:16:26 How Elad finds the smartest builders
1:18:07 Looking back and predictions
1:20:20 Passing the baton in Silicon ValleyFollow Sriram:
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1h 23min
January 28, 2023 EP 32 - Tech Investors Advice During Mass Layoffs - Visas, New Jobs, LinkedIn | Sriram And Aarthi
This week, we're doing a quick 'solo episode' where we talk about layoffs in tech, what to do if you are impacted, the power of networking, shifting careers, consulting, and hitting the reset button. If you've been impacted by the recent tech layoffs, or have wondered how to think about layoffs and their impact, this episode is for you. Follow Sriram:
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46min

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