Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInside ELC’s 1st Hackathon: Deconstructing the operational playbook, implementation lessons & future of the program w/ James Tyack #244
It started with a simple idea from James Tyack: “What if we hosted a hackathon at ELC Annual?” The result was a unique experiment where 14 senior eng…
6 months, 1 week ago
What is leadership in the AI Era? w/ Bill Coughran & Bret Reckard #243
This is a special episode, highlighting a session from ELC Annual 2025! Bill Coughran (Partner @ Sequoia Capital & former SVP of Engineering @ Google…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
From Research Lab to Record-Breaking Product: How OpenAI Engineered for Unprecedented Scale w/ Sulman Choudhry, Samir Ahmed & Lawrence Bruhmeller #242
This is a special episode, highlighting a session from ELC Annual 2025! OpenAI evolved from a pure research lab into the fastest-growing product in h…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The AI Distribution Shift, Navigating PMF Collapse & Building AI-Native EPD Systems w/ Brian Balfour #241
In this episode, Brian Balfour (Founder & CEO @ Reforge) deconstructs the two core, interconnected challenges leaders face in the AI age: deciding wh…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
How Atlassian built Rovo in 6 months: systematizing developer joy, autonomy/ownership, productivity champions & reducing ship time w/ Rajeev Rajan #240
Rajeev Rajan (CTO @ Atlassian) shares the leadership playbook he used to transform Atlassian’s engineering culture, and how that cultural foundation …
7 months ago
From developer to builder/system designer, managing AI agents like team members & monday.com’s evolving R&D playbook w/ Daniel Lereya #239
In this episode, Daniel Lereya (Chief Product and Technology Officer @ Monday.com) shares how they are evolving their engineering roles from develope…
7 months, 1 week ago
Beyond Replication: Building Non-Human Intelligence Through Physical AI w/ Jaime Lien & Rashi Agrawal #238
This is a special episode, highlighting a session from ELC Annual 2025! The true promise of AI isn’t in replicating human intelligence. It’s in devel…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Specs as the new source of truth, synthetic data as the next wave of defensibility, product vision & decision making frameworks w/ Ruslan Belkin #237
Ruslan Belkin (Head of Platform Engineering @ Inflection AI) joins us to deconstruct fundamental shifts in engineering leadership. We explore the fut…
8 months ago
Brex 3.0: An 18-Month Operational Evolution & the Brex Hacker House “AI Startup within a Startup" experiment w/ James Reggio #236
James Reggio (CTO @ Brex) shares the story of "Brex 3.0", an 18-month journey behind their operational evolution. We explore how they rewound their o…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Impossible Job of Managers, Leadership Co-Pilots, Scaling Great Management & Augmenting Human Relationships w/ Jonathan Raymond #235
In today’s technology landscape, management as a skill is becoming more complex as teams become larger & managers must navigate the balance between r…
8 months, 2 weeks ago