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Zero Prime Podcast

Hosted by Data Council · technology · EN-US · 39 episodes

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The Zero Prime Podcast with Pete Soderling explores the early stories of top startups as seen through the eyes of their engineer-founders. In each episode we uncover insights on what it takes to start a company as an engineer in the words of the founders themselves. From the most cutting edge infrastructure companies to the newest trends in developer tooling, we introduce you to the engineer-founder personalities behind the up and coming software startups that you can’t afford to ignore.

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What is Zero Prime Podcast about?

The Zero Prime Podcast with Pete Soderling explores the early stories of top startups as seen through the eyes of their engineer-founders. In each episode we uncover insights on what it takes to start a company as an engineer in the words of the founders themselves.

Who hosts Zero Prime Podcast?

Zero Prime Podcast is hosted by Data Council. The show has published 39 episodes to date.

What has Zero Prime Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Ep 39: TextQL’s Ethan Ding: Every question has a price. Make sure the answer is worth more." (8 July 2026, 30 minutes), "Ep 38: Snowflake’s Bala Kasiviswanathan: Your data doesn’t need a new home. It needs new context." (30 June 2026, 34 minutes), and "Ep 37: Everyone wants bigger context windows. Linus Lee thinks that's the wrong instinct" (8 May 2026, 17 minutes).

How often does Zero Prime Podcast publish?

Zero Prime Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 39 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Zero Prime Podcast?

Booking probability for Zero Prime Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Zero Prime Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Zero Prime Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Zero Prime Podcast?

The strongest fits for Zero Prime Podcast are IT Services & Software Development. Zero Prime Podcast has a technology audience.

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Data Council hosts Zero Prime Podcast, a technology show with 39 episodes published.

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  • Episode #39

    Ep 39: TextQL’s Ethan Ding: Every question has a price. Make sure the answer is worth more.

    Jul 8, 202630 min

    Ethan Ding, co-founder and CEO of TextQL, joins ZeroPrime and AI Council Co-founder, Pete Soderling, to make an argument that most data leaders have been waiting years to hear: you don't have to clean everything...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    Ep 38: Snowflake’s Bala Kasiviswanathan: Your data doesn’t need a new home. It needs new context.

    Jun 30, 202634 min

    What's actually stopping enterprises from putting their AI to work? Bala Kasiviswanathan, who oversees Snowflake CoCo , Snowflake's AI coding agent, as VP of Developer and AI Experiences, says the real answer isn't...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    Ep 37: Everyone wants bigger context windows. Linus Lee thinks that's the wrong instinct

    May 8, 202617 min

    Linus Lee, Head of AI at Thrive Capital, sits down with Pete Soderling to talk context engineering, monolithic agents, and the failure mode most teams aren't measuring yet. Most teams building AI agents right now are...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    Ep 36: The end of the pointer era: Chang She on rebuilding data infrastructure for AI

    May 7, 202621 min

    For 50 years, the pattern has been the same: store the data in the database, keep the big files somewhere else, link them with a pointer. It's powered most production systems we've ever built. Chang She thinks AI is...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    Ep 35: Vik Korrapati Is Building Vision AI the Slow Way. It's Working.

    Apr 30, 202614 min

    On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, Pete Soderling sits down with Vik Korrapati, Co-founder & CTO of Moondream — an open-source vision language model that lets any developer build vision AI apps through...

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    Ep 34: Q&A with Eno Reyes, Factory: AI agents are shipping your code. Who's checking their work?

    Apr 28, 202619 min

    On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, Pete Soderling sits down with Eno Reyes, Co-founder & CTO of Factory — a software development agent platform that has run missions lasting 14 days straight, with hundreds of...

  • Episode #33

    Ep 33: From Engineer to Fleet Commander: Scott Breitenother on the Future of AI Coding

    Apr 24, 202611 minS1

    On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Scott Breitenother, Co-founder & CEO of Kilo Code. Scott built Kilo Code — an open source AI coding agent platform — after watching the...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    E32: Lightning Strikes Twice: How Eldad Farkash Built Two Data Unicorns Back-to-Back

    Sep 16, 202536 min

    On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO of Sisense before...

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    E31: From Hype to ROI: How Dwarak Rajagopal of Snowflake Scales Enterprise AI

    Aug 5, 202525 min

    In this episode we talk to Dwarak Rajagopal – VP of AI Engineering and AI Research at Snowflake. Hear from Dwarak as he traces his journey from optimizing AMD processors to building AI systems at Google and now...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    E30 - From Flight Sims to Authorization: How AuthZed's Jake Moshenko is Securing the AI Revolution

    May 13, 202529 min

    In this episode we talk to Jake Moshenko – Co-Founder and CEO of AuthZed. Hear from Jake as he traces his journey from building flight simulators to creating cutting-edge authorization systems – not mincing words when...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    E29: Sudarshan Lakshminarasimhan Founding Engineer at E6data

    Apr 13, 202529 min

    In this episode we talk to Sudarshan Lakshminaraseemhan – a founding engineer at e6data who cut his teeth during the formative years at global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks. Hear from Sudarshan as he dissects the...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    E28: Classical Pianist to Observability Pioneer - Charity Majors CTO of Honeycomb

    Mar 13, 202527 min

    In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, we chat with Charity Majors, Co-Founder and CTO of Honeycomb, who traded piano keys for keyboard commands on their journey from classically trained pianist to a systems...

  • Zero Prime Podcast

    E27: From Unix Coder to Enginer-Founder - Rob Woollen's Journey Founding Sigma

    Feb 13, 202530 min

    In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, engineer-turned-founder Rob Woollen gives a refreshingly honest take on the founder journey. Rob shares his path from Unix coder to BEA Systems architect to Salesforce CTO, and...

  • Episode #26

    E26: Balancing Open Source and Business with Spencer Kimball (Cockroach Labs)

    Dec 5, 202437 min

    In this new episode of the 0P podcast, we welcome back Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, to discuss the evolving landscape of software licensing in the cloud era. Spencer shares insights on how...

  • Episode #25

    E25 [DEEP DIVE]: How Metric Trees Are Transforming Businesses with Vijay Subramanian

    Aug 5, 202427 min

    In this episode, we introduce a new format for the podcast—a deep dive into a technical topic with an engineer-founder who is an expert on the subject. For our first Deep Dive, I sit down with Vijay Subramanian, the...

  • Episode #24

    E24: Self-Taught to Startup Success: The Unconventional Path of InfluxDB's Paul Dix

    Jun 7, 202434 min

    In this episode, I sit down with Paul Dix, the founder and CTO of InfluxData to explore his journey from a self-taught programmer to a leader in database systems. We discuss his role in building the NYC Machine Learning...

  • Episode #23

    E23: Inside the Mind of an AI Pioneer: A Conversation with Alex Mashrabov

    May 1, 202428 min

    In this episode, I sit down with Alex Mashrabov, the visionary CEO of Higgsfield AI. We journey through Alex's impressive career, beginning with his time at Yandex where he witnessed the early implementations of neural...

  • Episode #22

    E22: From BigQuery to Motherduck: The Journey of Jordan Tigani

    Apr 25, 202421 min

    In this episode, I chat with Jordan Tigani, the dynamic engineer-founder of MotherDuck who previously led Google's BigQuery team and headed up product at SingleStore. Jordan shares the inspiring origin story of...

  • Episode #21

    E21: The Power of Pricing with Alvaro Morales of Orb

    Apr 4, 202424 min

    In this episode, Pete speaks with Alvaro Morales , the co-founder and CEO of Orb , who shares his journey from being an engineer to becoming the founder of a flexible billing engine for modern software pricing. Alvaro...

  • Episode #20

    E20: Building Sustainable Businesses in the Tech Industry with Craig McLuckie

    Feb 6, 202426 min

    In this enlightening episode, I have the privilege of hosting Craig McLuckie , a tech industry veteran who has made significant contributions to the cloud computing industry and is currently the Co-founder & CEO of...

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