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Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersIf the Model Is the Product, the Eval Is the PRD: Inside Mercor's RiseGuest Brendan Foody · Host Lenny RachitskyMercor CEO Brendan Foody explains why AI labs will pay almost anything for expert-written evals, how his company grew from $1 million to a $400 million run rate in 16 months, and what that means for jobs and founders.
1:08:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCastle or Shack? Hamilton Helmer on Which Business Advantages Actually LastGuest Hamilton Helmer · Host Lenny RachitskyThe author of 7 Powers explains how to tell real, durable competitive power from things that merely feel like an advantage, and when founders should start looking for it.
1:32:32ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersDevin's Scott Wu on Building an AI Software Engineer and Turning Coders into ArchitectsGuest Scott Wu · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Cognition co-founder explains how his 15-person team uses fleets of Devins to build Devin, what the product can and can't do, and why he expects more engineers, not fewer.
1:31:29ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersLovable's Growth Playbook: Give It Away, Ship Daily and Recapture Product-Market Fit Every Three MonthsGuest Elena Verna · Host Lenny RachitskyElena Verna, head of growth at Lovable, explains why most of her 15-20 years of growth experience no longer applies to a company that passed $200 million ARR in under a year.
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No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & StartupsPodcast · 2 speakersIt's Six Months In: Misconceptions About AI, Regulation, Context Windows and IncumbentsHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilSarah Guo and Elad Gil answer listener questions on what the market gets wrong about generative AI, from the nuclear-regulation analogy to where startups can still beat incumbents.
1:10:32ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersA Billion Dollars, No VC, Under 100 People: Surge AI's Edwin Chen on Data Quality and Where AI Is HeadingGuest Edwin Chen · Host Lenny RachitskySurge AI's founder explains how a bootstrapped team built the leading human-data company, why he distrusts benchmarks, and how reinforcement learning environments are the next frontier.
1:36:24ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBe a Willow Tree: Julie Zhuo on Managing Agents, Teams of Builders, and Data That DiagnosesGuest Julie Zhuo · Host Lenny RachitskyThe former Facebook head of design and Sundial founder explains how management skills carry over to AI tools, why she hires no product managers, and what new managers still get wrong.
1:29:12ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe Next Distribution Platform Is Coming, and ChatGPT Is the Likeliest HostGuest Brian Balfour · Host Lenny RachitskyReforge founder Brian Balfour lays out the four-step cycle every distribution platform follows, why he expects ChatGPT to open the next one, and how startups and incumbents should bet.
1:08:07ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersContext Is All You Need: Inside OpenAI with Logan KilpatrickGuest Logan Kilpatrick · Host Lenny RachitskyOpenAI's head of developer relations on GPTs, prompting, how the company ships fast, and where startups can build without being steamrolled.
1:28:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSeven Years in the Making: How StackBlitz Turned Bolt into a $40M ARR Overnight SuccessGuest Eric Simons · Host Lenny RachitskyStackBlitz CEO Eric Simons explains how a browser-based operating system, a bootstrapped team and a better Claude model turned a nearly bankrupt company into one of the fastest-growing products ever.
1:09:48ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersLovable's Anton Osika on Building "the Last Piece of Software" With 18 PeopleGuest Anton Osika · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Lovable CEO demos an AI software engineer live and explains how a tiny, obsessive team reached explosive growth.
1:04:09ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersA Developer in Your Pocket: Replit's Amjad Masad on What Happens When Everyone Can Build SoftwareGuest Amjad Masad · Host Lenny RachitskyReplit's co-founder demos an agent that builds a full-stack app in minutes, then explains what it means for product managers, designers, engineers and founders.
1:53:54ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom "Worst Idea I've Ever Heard" to $100M ARR: How Gamma Grew Profitably with a Tiny TeamGuest Grant Lee · Host Lenny RachitskyGamma CEO Grant Lee walks through product-market fit, micro-influencer marketing, rapid prototype testing, pricing and lean hiring behind an AI presentation tool with over 50 million users.
1:09:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Campus Job Board to AI Data Powerhouse: How Handshake Hit $50M ARR in Four MonthsGuest Garrett Lord · Host Lenny RachitskyHandshake CEO Garrett Lord explains what expert data labeling actually involves and how a decade-old student network became a supplier to seven frontier AI labs.
1:27:44ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersEverybody Can Cook: Guillermo Rauch on v0, Vercel and the Collapse of SpecializationGuest Guillermo Rauch · Host Lenny RachitskyVercel's CEO explains how v0 turns intent into shipped products, why understanding how software works still matters, and how teams can build taste through exposure.