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1:35:10ENTen Growth Tactics That Never Work, According to Elena VernaGuest Elena Verna · Host Lenny RachitskyGrowth leader Elena Verna runs through the growth plays she sees companies waste money on, the three frameworks she trusts instead, and her case for career optionality.
1:42:11ENTwenty Agents, 1.2 Humans: Inside SaaStr's AI-Run Sales TeamHost Lenny RachitskyJason Lemkin explains how SaaStr replaced a ten-person go-to-market team with AI agents, what it took to train them, and who survives the shift.
1:09:38ENRyan Hoover on Experiments, Launches and the Mask Every Founder WearsGuest Ryan Hoover · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Product Hunt founder and Weekend Fund investor talks about starting small, raising money for a reason, launching well, his own regrets and how he now invests.
1:22:51ENCold DMs, Dinner-Party Communities, and the Case Against Jobs-to-Be-DoneHost Lenny RachitskyAarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan on techno-optimism, relationship-driven careers, content creation, imposter syndrome, executive reviews, and why real products are trade-offs.
1:01:13ENNLX Is the New UX: Microsoft's Aparna Chennapragada on Designing for AgentsGuest Aparna Chennapragada · Host Lenny RachitskyMicrosoft's chief product officer explains how she is building AI products a year ahead of the market, why conversation is a designable interface, and what stays the same for product builders.
15:43ENInside RIDER: The Rugged Black Box Behind MIT's Large-Scale Driving StudyGuest MIT-AVT · Host Lex FridmanA walkthrough of the data-collection device MIT-AVT uses to record drivers and vehicles in semi-autonomous cars month after month.
1:02:51ENThe Unreasonable Playbook Behind Gojek: Super Apps, Cash Vaults, and Brand as a MoatHost Lenny RachitskyKevin Aluwi explains how Gojek scaled across Southeast Asia by building brand, running brutal operations, and rejecting copycat strategy.
56:42ENInside Gong's Product Machine: Pods, Design Partners, and Fast 51/49 DecisionsHost Lenny RachitskyEilon Reshef explains how Gong pairs autonomous product pods with design partners, makes quick decisions, and builds AI products with measurement and expertise.
37:18ENFrom Intelligent Copilots to Aurora: Sterling Anderson on Shared Control and Building a Self-Driving CompanyHost Lex FridmanA guest lecture in MIT's 6.S094 course tracing Anderson's path from shared human-machine control research, through Tesla Autopilot, to co-founding Aurora.
1:06:53ENLenny Rachitsky Answers Questions From His Wife: How a Newsletter Nobody Planned Became a BusinessHost Lenny RachitskyIn a role-reversal episode, author Michelle Rial interviews Lenny about the moments that led to his newsletter, the stress behind the scenes, and what he has learned about quality and iteration.
1:02:33ENEmpathy, Half-Built Products and Staying Power: Scott Belsky on Product Sense in the Age of AIGuest Scott Belsky · Host Lenny RachitskyAdobe's chief strategy officer explains how he builds product intuition, why he kills features, how AI could change creative work, and when a founder should quit.
1:50:55ENTwo Hierarchies for Consumer and Marketplace Startups: Focus First, Tip Second, Dominate LastGuest Sarah Tavel · Host Lenny RachitskyBenchmark partner Sarah Tavel walks through her hierarchy of engagement and hierarchy of marketplaces, and why both start with ruthless focus.
44:53ENLegora's CEO on Building Legal AI That Survives the Next Model ReleaseHost Jacob EffronMax explains how Legora turns fast-moving model capabilities into end-to-end legal work, enterprise adoption, and a durable product strategy.
1:40:42ENThe IC CEO: How Airtable's Howie Liu Is Re-Founding a 13-Year-Old Product for AIGuest Howie Liu · Host Lenny RachitskyAirtable's co-founder explains why he returned to hands-on product work, split his org into fast- and slow-thinking groups, and what skills every product team now needs.
21:48ENDon't Build Zombie UI: Katie Dill on Scaling Intent and Craft in the AI Building BoomHost Lenny RachitskyStripe's head of design argues that as AI lets everyone build, a clear point of view, encoded standards, ruthless editing and real creative ambition are what keep products from turning generic.
17:11ENDisagreement as an Art: How Lex Fridman Handles Negative CommentsHost Lex FridmanIn an AMA answer, Lex Fridman explains how he separates respectful disagreement from mockery and how he turns the sting of criticism into a lesson.
1:45:10ENShape Up in Real Life: Fixed Time, Variable Scope, and the Shaping Session That Makes It WorkGuest Ryan Singer · Host Lenny RachitskyRyan Singer, author of Shape Up, explains appetites, six-week time boxes and live shaping sessions, and why copying Basecamp's method without its conditions fails.
2:14:39ENBrains at Work: A Neuroscience Playbook for Meetings, Influence and Team CultureGuest Evan LaPointe · Host Lenny RachitskyCORE Sciences founder Evan LaPointe turns the brain's safety, reward and purpose systems into practical advice for meetings, relationships, culture and focus.
1:21:08ENThe Magic Loop: How a Former Amazon VP Says You Can Earn Promotions by Helping Your BossGuest Ethan Evans · Host Lenny RachitskyEthan Evans explains his five-step career loop, how to break through at senior manager, how to invent on purpose, and what he learned from failing Jeff Bezos on a very public launch.
1:39:10ENAfter the Keyboard: Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier, According to a Veteran Hardware LeaderHost Lenny RachitskyCaitlin Kalinowski, who has built products at Apple, Meta and OpenAI, explains why robotics is heating up, what actually gates it, and how to build hardware that ships.
1:20:58ENFrom Bag of Words to Attention: Quoc Le Teaches Sequence-to-Sequence Learning Through Email RepliesHost Lex FridmanA Deep Learning School talk that builds sequence-to-sequence models step by step around one running example, automatic email reply, and then surveys memory and operation-augmented networks.
14:38ENPlay Badly, Have Fun: Lex Fridman and RZA Trade Trash Talk Over a Casual Chess GameHost Lex FridmanAn impromptu post-podcast chess match between Lex Fridman and RZA, framed by Lex's case for playing chess for the joy of it.
1:34:27ENMatt Mullenweg on Open Source Ideals, the WP Engine Fight and Why Llama Isn't Really OpenGuest Matt Mullenweg · Host Lenny RachitskyThe WordPress co-creator and Automattic CEO gives his side of the WP Engine dispute, explains his open source philosophy, and talks AI, community building and acquisitions with Lenny Rachitsky.
51:45ENCameras Optional: HeyGen's Joshua Xu on Avatars, Orchestration and Building Ahead of the ModelsHost Jacob EffronHeyGen co-founder and CEO Joshua Xu explains how AI avatars are replacing the camera for business video, and how the company handles quality, trust and safety, and capital.
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