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Ep. 120Jeff Tatarchuk of TensorWave: Pioneering the AMD GPU Cloud Revolution
Jeff Tatarchuk, Co-founder & CEO of TensorWave, discusses how his company is disrupting the AI compute market by exclusively deploying AMD GPUs, offering a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to NVIDIA. He shares insights into building modern...
Ep. 119Eilon Reshef on How Gong Leverages AI to Revolutionize Revenue Operations
Eilon Reshef, Co-Founder and CPO of Gong, discusses the company's journey from conversational intelligence to a comprehensive revenue AI operating system. He shares insights on product-market fit, the impact of AI, and the future of enterprise...
Ep. 118Treating Every Customer Like the Only One: Andrew Bialecki on Building Klaviyo
Andrew Bialecki, CEO of Klaviyo, discusses the company's journey from a database solution to a marketing automation powerhouse. He shares insights on product-market fit, capital efficiency, and the evolving role of AI in customer engagement.
Ep. 117Ilya Levtov of Craft: Building Resilient Supply Chains with AI-Powered Intelligence
Ilya Levtov, CEO of Craft, discusses how his company is revolutionizing supply chain management with an AI-powered platform that provides 360-degree visibility and risk mitigation. Learn how Craft helps governments and enterprises proactively avoid...
Ep. 116Andrew Feldman of Cerebras on the Future of AI Compute and Sovereign AI
Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras, discusses the company's innovative approach to AI compute, challenging NVIDIA with its wafer-scale engine and open-source strategies. He shares insights on sovereign AI, the shift to open-source models, and how...
Ep. 115How AI Is Unlocking Materials We’ve Never Been Able to Build | Radical AI
Discover how Radical AI is revolutionizing material science using self-driving labs. About the episode: Nataraj hosts Joseph Krause, CEO of Radical AI, to explore how they're speeding up material R&D by combining AI,...
Ep. 114How Decagon Built Human-Level AI Support: Ashwin Sreenivas on customer obsession, early traction, enterprise complexity, and the AI concierge future
Unlock the secrets to Decagon AI's $1.5 billion valuation and AI-powered customer support. Ashwin Sreenivas is the co-founder of Decagon AI, a company revolutionizing enterprise customer support with AI agents. Founded...
In their own words
Straight from the founders
Product-market fit isn't a moment. It's a signal you keep chasing — and when you finally feel it, everything changes overnight.
Eilon Reshef
Co-Founder & CPO · Gong
We stayed profitable long before it was fashionable. Capital efficiency forced us to build a real business, not a subsidised one.
Andrew Bialecki
CEO & Co-Founder · Klaviyo
NVIDIA built a great product, but a monopoly is never good for innovation. We're here to change that.
Andrew Feldman
CEO · Cerebras
Enterprise search was broken. Founders kept asking 'why is finding information at work still this hard?' — that was our whole thesis.
Arvind Jain
Co-Founder · Glean
The terminal is the most powerful tool a developer has. We asked why it still looked the same as it did in 1980.
Zach Lloyd
CEO & Co-Founder · Warp
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Meet Nataraj
I'm a product leader and early stage investor. Startup Project is where I interview founders who found product-market fit—and unpack the decisions behind it.
- Product Operator + Early Stage Investor
- Focused on PMF, AI First Products & Building the Future of Technology.
- Actionable takeaways from operators with real experience.
Nataraj Sindam
Product Operator, investor in AI first early stage technology companies.
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