Podcast Episodes

How One Startup Is Cutting the Cost of Borrowing Money

Episode 567

In this episode of The Tech Trek, Amir sits down with Sadi Khan, Co-Founder and CEO of Aven, to unpack how technology can make capital fairer for everyone. Sadi explains how Aven is tackling one of t…

Published on 12 hours ago

How Data and Engineering Make the Impossible Real

Episode 566

Svetlana Zavelskaya, Head of Software Engineering for Data Platform and Infrastructure at Quanata, joins the show to unpack what it really takes to make the “impossible” possible in tech. From re-arc…

Published on 1 day, 12 hours ago

The Future of Voice AI: When Machines Start to Sound Human

Episode 565

Nikhil Gupta, founder and CTO of Vapi, joins Amir to talk about how voice AI is reshaping the way we connect with businesses. From customer support to healthcare, Nikhil explains how voice agents can…

Published on 6 days, 12 hours ago

Building a Startup Culture Where No One Wants to Leave

Episode 564

Alex Daniels, Founder and CTO at Predoc, joins the show to share how he is building a mission driven healthtech company that is changing how medical data is accessed and used. He opens up about the p…

Published on 1 week ago

Building Infrastructure Startups: Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Think

Episode 563

Jordan Tigani, CEO and cofounder of MotherDuck, knows what world class infrastructure looks like. He spent years building Google BigQuery before taking those lessons into the startup world. In this e…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Why Enterprise Product Management Is Completely Different

Episode 562

Ogi Kavazovic, co-founder and CEO of House Rx, joins the show to unpack what most product leaders miss about building for enterprise software. Drawing from two decades in tech, Ogi breaks down how pr…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

AI Investing in 2026

Episode 561

Astasia Myers, General Partner at Felicis, breaks down how venture capital is betting on AI and why over 80% of their recent investments are in this space. But this isn’t just another “AI is the futu…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Real Difference Between Leading People and Managing Them

Episode 560

In this episode, Amir sits down with Taofeek Rabiu, VP of Engineering at Etsy, to unpack a distinction that most organizations miss: being a people leader is not the same as being a people manager.

If…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

How to Reinvent Your Role Every Six Months

Episode 559

Ion Feldman, CTO at Rightway, has learned to love one thing about scaling a company from a kitchen table to nearly 1,000 employees: his job completely changes every six months. In this episode, Ion s…

Published on 2 weeks ago

How Great Founders Empower Their Teams

Episode 558

Jay Chia, cofounder of Eventual, joins the show to unpack what real empowerment looks like inside a fast growing startup. Most people confuse empowerment with initiative, but Jay explains how trust, …

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago