Hosted by Immad Akhund and Rajat Suri · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 108 episodes
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In this weekly series, fellow startup founders Immad Akhund (Mercury) and Rajat Suri (Presto, Lima, and Lyft) explore current events in the world of tech, startup, and policy, offering insights from their distinguished careers and an array of expert guests. YouTube: youtube.com/@FoundersInArmsSubstack: foundersinarms.substack.comInstagram: instagram.com/foundersinarmsTikTok: tiktok.com/@foundersinarms_
Immad Akhund and Rajat Suri hosts Founders in Arms, a technology show with 108 episodes published.
Dan Teran is the co-founder and managing partner of Gutter Capital, an early-stage venture firm investing in vertical AI and marketplace businesses. He previously founded Managed by Q — an operating system for commercial
Colin Angle spent 33 years building iRobot — bootstrapping for eight years without venture capital, surviving 15 failed business models, and ultimately launching Roomba in year 12. What followed was a decade of overcomin
Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, joins Immad Akhund and Raj Suri at a live Founders in Arms event to break down the full arc of building one of the most widely used developer platforms in the world—from a contrarian bet t
Karri Saarinen is the co-founder and CEO of Linear, the product and issue tracking platform built for high-performing software teams. A designer by training — with stints at Airbnb and Coinbase — Karri took a different p
Michael Grinich is the co-founder and CEO of WorkOS, the enterprise authentication and identity infrastructure used by Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, xAI, and hundreds of fast-growing companies. Before WorkOS, Michael droppe
In this candid one-on-one episode, Immad and Raj catch up on what's actually happening in tech right now — the AI narratives shifting under everyone's feet, which companies they'd bet on, and how they're thinking about b
George Kailas is the CEO of Prospero AI, a platform helping retail investors make smarter decisions using simplified market signals and data-driven insights. In this episode, George joins Immad and Raj to break down one
Andy Chen is the co-founder of Outcast Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on rethinking how founding teams come together. Prior to Outcast, he worked across recruiting and venture capital, including roles at Riviera P
David Rusenko is the founder and CEO of Leap Forward Ventures, a pre-seed and seed climate tech fund investing in energy, deep tech, and the reinvention of industrial processes. Before that, he spent 14 years as co-found
This week, we're bringing back one of our most loved episodes on Founders in Arms. Ryan Gariépy is the co-founder and former CTO of Clearpath Robotics and Otto Motors, acquired by Rockwell Automation for $600M+ in 2023.
Marco Zapacosta is the co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack, the home services marketplace connecting homeowners with local pros for everything from plumbing to renovation. Started three weeks before Lehman Brothers collapsed
Noah Smith is a writer and Substack blogger behind Noahpinion , known for his contrarian, data-grounded takes on economics, technology, and geopolitics. What you'll learn: Why the viral Citrini "2028 Global Intelligence
We're bringing back one of our most loved episode on Founders in Arms. Parag Agrawal is the co-founder and CEO of Parallel, building infrastructure for the agentic web. Previously CEO of Twitter, Parag now leads a compan
Vishwas Prabhakara is the co-founder and CEO of Honey Homes, a subscription home maintenance service that's reimagining how Americans care for their homes. After spending four years at Yelp running the restaurant busines
What does it take to build a company in a category where everyone says the idea is dead? In this special live recording from Mercury's San Francisco office, Immad Akhund and Raj Suri sit down with Max Mullen, co-founder
SaaS companies are down dramatically—Figma is 77% off its peak. In this candid conversation, Immad Akhund (CEO of Mercury) and Raj Suri (co-founder of Lima and Tribe) unpack what's really happening in tech as we head int
Mehul Nariyawala is the co-founder and President of Matic Robotics, a home robotics company building what he calls “robotics 2.0” — intelligent, vision-first robots designed to actually work in real homes. After early ca
Jack Zhang is the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform valued at $5.5 billion. Founded in Melbourne, Airwallex processes billions in cross-border transactions and serves businesses ex
Ryan Gariepy is the co-founder and former CTO of Clearpath Robotics and Otto Motors, acquired by Rockwell Automation for $600M+ in 2023. He bootstrapped the company for five years with only $300K in funding, reached prof
Emmett Shear is the founder and CEO of Softmax, an alignment research company, and previously co-founded and led Twitch as CEO. He was also a Y Combinator partner and briefly served as interim CEO of OpenAI. What you'll
Guillermo Rauch
founder and CEO of Vercel · Vercel
1 appearance on this show
Michael Grinich
CEO and founder · WorkOS
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Andy Chen
1 appearance on this show
Noah Smith
economic writer · Colorado Film and Video Association
2 appearances on this show
Mehul Nariyawala
CEO · Matic Robots
1 appearance on this show
Emmett Shear
Co-Founder of Twitch · Justin.tv and Twitch
1 appearance on this show
Eric Migicovsky
Founder · Core Devices, Pebble, Beeper
2 appearances on this show
Dan Wang
research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover History Lab · Hoover Institution
1 appearance on this show
Andrew D’Souza
Founder & CEO · Clearco
1 appearance on this show
Arvind Jain
CEO and founder · Glean
1 appearance on this show
Hiten Shah
Co-founder and CEO · KISSmetrics
2 appearances on this show
Steve Huffman
2 appearances on this show
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