Podcast Episodes

How AI Is Rewriting the Software Development Playbook

Episode 547

What happens when a telehealth CTO takes AI beyond code generation and into the heart of the software development lifecycle?

Matt Buckleman, Co-founder and CTO of Hone Health, joins to share how his t…

Published on 1 month ago

How Focusing on a Tiny Niche Unlocked Massive Growth

Episode 546

Yosi Dediashvili-Drossos, Co-Founder and CTO of City Hive, joins Amir to unpack how a hyper-focused approach helped transform a niche idea into the dominant e-commerce platform for the liquor industr…

Published on 1 month ago

Why I Left Google to Build My Own AI Startup

Episode 545

What happens when a 17-year Google veteran starts over with a 10-person AI startup? David Petrou, founder and CEO of Continua AI, joins Amir to unpack what it really takes to go from Big Tech stabili…

Published on 1 month ago

Building vs. Inheriting a Team: How Great Leaders Adapt Fast

Episode 544

When you step into a new leadership role, do you prefer to build a team from the ground up—or inherit one that already exists?

Ashwin Baskaran, VP of Engineering at Mercury, joins the show to unpack w…

Published on 1 month ago

Will AI Really Take Frontline Jobs?

Episode 543

Jarah Euston, Co-Founder and CEO of WorkWhile, joins the show to share how she’s building a worker-first labor marketplace that puts money back into the pockets of frontline employees. Drawing from h…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How Startups Break Into the Enterprise AI Market

Episode 542

Tom Drummond, Managing Partner at Heavybit, joins the show to break down what it takes to build and scale AI “picks and shovels” companies for the enterprise. We dive into the realities of selling in…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How Attackers Are Using AI to Outpace Defenses

Episode 541

Jonathan DiVincenzo, co-founder and CEO of Impart Security, joins the show to unpack one of the fastest growing risks in tech today: how AI is reshaping the attack surface. From prompt injections to …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

AI Is Rewriting Workflows Faster Than We Can Adapt

Episode 540

Daniel Saks, co-founder and CEO of Landbase, joins The Tech Trek to unpack the real meaning of democratizing technology. From agentic AI that works for you—not the other way around—to rethinking work…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Enterprise AI Adoption in 2025: What Actually Works

Episode 539

Matt McLarty, CTO at Boomi, joins the show to break down what enterprise AI adoption really looks like in 2025. From navigating the hype cycle to identifying practical first steps, Matt shares what s…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Data Quality Is So Hard to Get Right

Episode 537

Vipin Kumar, Head of CUSO IB Data Strategy and Analytics at Deutsche Bank, joins me to unpack one of the toughest problems in financial services: managing data quality in a highly regulated industry.…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago