In this recap episode, we highlight the best moments from our 2025 interviews and reflect on the ideas that defined the year.

Featuring:

David Rubenstein (co-founder of Carlyle) - From White House to Wall Street: David Rubenstein

Yamini Rangan (CEO of HubSpot) - HubSpot CEO on the Future of SaaS, AI, & Leading Through Change

Ben Chestnut (co-founder of Mailchimp) - Bootstrapped to 12B: Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on Life After the Exit

Winston Weinberg (co-founder and CEO of Harvey) - I Raised $300M To Bring AI To Laywers | Winston Weinberg & Harvey

Garrett Lord (co-founder of Handshake) - The Expert Network Behind Handshake AI’s Model Training w/ Garrett Lord & Mamoon Hamid

Aidan Gomez (co-founder and CEO of Cohere) - Synthetic Data and the Future of AI | Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez

Michelle Zatlyn (co-founder of Cloudflare) - Building Cloudflare for the Next 50 Years | Co-founder Cloudflare Michelle Zatlyn

Evan Spiegel (co-founder and CEO of Snap) - How Snap Plans to Win the AR Race | Evan Spiegel on Spectacles

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The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond

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