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How do you build a company from scratch? How do you take an idea and turn yourself into a founder? Find out from those who’ve already taken the plunge and are in the weeds of entrepreneurship. Every Tuesday, hosts Becca Szuktak and Dominic-Madori Davis interview founders on their origins, product roadmaps, funding efforts — and how they grow from failures. Found is produced by Maggie Stamets

Episode Date
How to build a company that can save the world while generating profit
Dec 24, 2024
Getting realistic about AI’s potential with Nick Frosst from Cohere
Dec 17, 2024
Rethinking the social network with Andy Dunn from Pie
Dec 10, 2024
The playbook for empathy-driven investing with Erin and Sara Foster from Oversubscribed Ventures
Dec 03, 2024
Closing a major gap in women's health with Alloy Women's Health
Nov 26, 2024
Building a data powerhouse for the AI era with Felix Van de Maele from Collibra
Nov 19, 2024
Taking Generative AI into the physical world with Raquel Urtasun from Waabi
Nov 12, 2024
What the Chainsmokers bring to the cap table with Dan Lorenc from Chainguard
Nov 05, 2024
Designing a more intelligent firearm with Kai Kloepfer from Biofire
Oct 29, 2024
How smart UX can lead to company success with Howie Liu from Airtable
Oct 22, 2024
Competing in the payroll and benefits space with Josh Reeves from Gusto
Oct 15, 2024
Scaling a DTC toy business with Sandra Oh Lin from KiwiCo
Oct 08, 2024
Driving change in the UK's used car market with Harry Jones from Motorway
Oct 01, 2024
Finally an AI-powered Roomba for tennis with Haitham Eletrabi from Tennibot
Sep 24, 2024
Your data isn’t ready for AI with Prukalpa Sankar from Atlan
Sep 17, 2024
Closing the gaps in hormonal healthcare with Sylvia Kang from Mira
Sep 10, 2024
Cleaning up the macro-messes caused by microplastics with Sarah Paiji Yoo from Blueland
Sep 03, 2024
Lessons from a lifetime entrepreneur with Eric Ly from KarmaCheck
Aug 27, 2024
Taking on Nvidia and betting on transformers with Gavin Uberti from Etched
Aug 20, 2024
Has Rippling won? with Parker Conrad from Rippling
Aug 13, 2024
Building a marketplace of refurbished tech with Thibaud Hug de Larauze from Back Market
Jul 30, 2024
Navy Seal to maritime founder with Joe Wolfel from Terradepth
Jul 23, 2024
Maybe startups can fix higher education with Tade Oyerinde from Campus
Jul 16, 2024
Why AI companies should want regulation now with Helen Toner
Jul 09, 2024
What makes MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass (re-release)
Jul 02, 2024
Making DTC western wear work with Paul Hedrick from Tecovas
Jun 25, 2024
Policy is crucial to spread the AI wealth with Steve Case from AOL and Revolution Ventures
Jun 18, 2024
Creating cookware that won't poison you with Jordan Nathan
Jun 11, 2024
DTC lawn care that’s good for the planet with Coulter Lewis from Sunday
Jun 04, 2024
AI that actually makes your job easier with Arvind Jain from Glean
May 28, 2024
Creating the 'food as medicine' category with Ashley Tyrner from FarmboxRX
May 21, 2024
Why a16z-backed Wonderschool is acquiring EarlyDay (Equity Interview)
May 14, 2024
Developing the “male IUD” with Kevin Eisenfrats from Contraline
May 07, 2024
How Midi raised millions for a menopause-focused platform with Joanna Strober from Midi
Apr 30, 2024
Bringing down sky scrapers' sky-high carbon footprint with Joselyn Lai from Bedrock
Apr 23, 2024
Building EV charging infrastructure that lasts with Louis Tremblay from FLO
Apr 16, 2024
Giving old wood new life with Ben Christensen from Cambium
Apr 09, 2024
Making healthy food accessible to everyone with Nick Green from Thrive Market
Apr 02, 2024
Only AI can prevent forest fires with Allison Wolff from Vibrant Planet
Mar 26, 2024
Finding longevity in Fintech with Eric Glyman from Ramp
Mar 19, 2024
Training AI-powered recycling robots with Rebecca Hu from Glacier
Mar 12, 2024
AI could be the solution for bureaucracy with Emilie Poteat from Advocate
Mar 05, 2024
Building in the DTC hayday with Ariel Kaye from Parachute
Feb 27, 2024
Bringing the wedding industry into the 21st century with Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola
Feb 20, 2024
Closing the talent gap and mitigating bias in hiring with Tigran Sloyan from CodeSignal
Feb 13, 2024
Bootstrapping until the business finds a home with Beatrice Dixon from The Honey Pot
Feb 06, 2024
Navigating media's ups and downs with theSkimm co-founders
Jan 30, 2024
Where gut health meets hypergrowth with Ben Goodwin from Olipop
Jan 23, 2024
Taking a DTC brand to IRL stores with Gabi Lewis from Magic Spoon
Jan 16, 2024
Lessons from 20 years in the language learning business with Markus Witte from Babbel
Jan 09, 2024
Scaling the freemium model with Alex Zaccaria from Linktree
Jan 02, 2024
What we learned form a year of talking to founders
Dec 26, 2023
Making justice more accessible with Charlie Hernandez from My Pocket Lawyer
Dec 19, 2023
Crowdfunding a cleaner mobile power solution with James Wagoner form Joule Case
Dec 12, 2023
Why does MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass
Dec 05, 2023
Building for Medicaid's regulatory moment with Neil Batlivala from Pair Team
Nov 28, 2023
Owning the earscape market with Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman from Studs
Nov 21, 2023
Can sustainable FashionTech save the world?
Nov 14, 2023
Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel
Nov 07, 2023
What not to do when getting your grocery startup off the ground with Abhi Ramesh from Misfits Market
Oct 31, 2023
Adapting to the climate crisis with Jonas Torland from 7Analytics
Oct 24, 2023
AI-driven gaming with Hilary Mason from Hidden Door
Oct 17, 2023
Solar-powered everything with Giovanni Fili of Exeger
Oct 10, 2023
Making wearable medical devices more patient-friendly with Professor Esther Rodriguez-Villegas from Acurable
Oct 04, 2023
Live from TechCrunch Disrupt with cybersecurity trailblazer Window Snyder from Thistle Technologies
Sep 26, 2023
Bootstrapping a space tech isn't easy with Bianca Cefalo from Space DOTS
Sep 19, 2023
Taking learnings from working at Amazon to clean beauty with Jaleh Bisharat from NakedPoppy
Sep 12, 2023
Using AI to talk to trees with Graham Hine from ePlant
Sep 05, 2023
A social platform to map the way we think with Ida Josefiina from Sane
Aug 29, 2023
Enabling equitable cancer prevention with Feyi Ayodele from CancerIQ
Aug 22, 2023
Fifteen years in and still early to the industry with Marco Zappacosta from Thumbtack
Aug 15, 2023
Bringing VR to IRL classrooms with Anurupa Ganguly Prisms
Aug 08, 2023
Educating VCs on your lived experience with Rebecca Rosenberg from ReBokeh
Aug 01, 2023
Where data meets DEI with Mandy Price from Kanarys
Jul 25, 2023
What to do when customers say yes but VCs say no with Catherine Tabor from Sparkly
Jul 18, 2023
Growing a startup banking alternative while the banking sky is falling with Immad Akhund from Mercury (Equity Interview)
Jul 11, 2023
Farmers use tech too with Charles Baron from Farmers Business Network
Jul 04, 2023
Still, sparkling, or made from the air? with Reuben Vollmer and Tyler Breton from Spout
Jun 27, 2023
Building a map of the U.S. healthcare system with Web Sun from Komodo Health
Jun 20, 2023
Mitigating AI biases in healthcare with Amy Brown from Authenticx
Jun 13, 2023
Curing physician burnout with Eli Ben-Joseph from Regard
Jun 06, 2023
The academic to founder pipeline with Dr. Stacy Blain from Concarlo Therapeutics
May 30, 2023
Digital Nomads need insurance too with Sarah Sandnes from SafetyWing
May 23, 2023
Motherhood, mentorship, and management with Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan from Samooha
May 16, 2023
Boxed wine can be bougie with Allison Luvera and Lauren De Niro Pipher from Juliet
May 09, 2023
Filling in the learning disability assessment gaps with Stefan Bauer from Marker Learning
May 02, 2023
Found Live: Shifting from founder to VC with Russ Wilcox from E Ink and Pillar VC
Apr 25, 2023
Curing disease with CRISPR with Trevor Martin from Mammoth Biosciences
Apr 18, 2023
Found is nominated for a Webby
Apr 12, 2023
Rebranding egg donation with Lauren Makler from Cofertility
Apr 11, 2023
Getting people to try new things IRL with Sarah Peterson from The Nudge
Apr 04, 2023
Building Generative AI before it was cool with Angela Hoover from Andi
Mar 28, 2023
Making more mammoths with Ben Lamm from Colossal
Mar 21, 2023
How Gen Z builds community with Teddy Solomon from Fizz
Mar 14, 2023
Talking trash with Matt Roger from Mill
Mar 07, 2023
Bonus Episode: Say Hello to the Startup Battlefield Winner
Mar 06, 2023
Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from Re:collect (re-release)
Feb 28, 2023
Bonus Episode: Getting to know the Battlefield 200
Feb 27, 2023
Modernizing 911 calls with Michael Chime from Found
Feb 21, 2023
Bonus Episode: Making the Pitch Perfect
Feb 20, 2023
Turning waste water into water that works with Alex Rappaport from ZwitterCo
Feb 14, 2023
Bonus Episode: The Startup Battlefield Basics
Feb 13, 2023
Disrupting beauty's last frontier with Keta Burke-Williams from Ourside
Feb 07, 2023
Avoiding the pitfalls of OnlyFans with Rosie Nguyen from Fanhouse
Jan 31, 2023
Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna
Jan 24, 2023
Modernizing the live music industry with Mir Hwang from GigFinesse
Jan 17, 2023
Solving the looming lithium shortage with Sheeba Dawood from Minerva Lithium
Jan 10, 2023
Two CEOs are better than one with Henrique Dubugras from Brex
Jan 03, 2023
Checking back in with a few favorite founders (re-release)
Dec 27, 2022
Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from re:collect
Dec 20, 2022
Trusting your gut microbiome with Cheryl Sew Hoy from Tiny Health
Dec 13, 2022
Starting the tampon revolution with Valentina Milanova from Daye
Dec 06, 2022
Tennis-star-turned-star-investor with Serena Williams from Serena Ventures
Nov 01, 2022
Taking construction projects into the cloud with Shanthi Rajan from Linarc
Oct 25, 2022
Providing virtual gender-affirming care with Jerrica Kirkley and Matthew Wetschler of Plume
Oct 18, 2022
Making robots that make robots to take over the world with Scott Gravelle from Attatbotics
Oct 11, 2022
Delivering remote abortion care with Kiki Freedman from Hey Jane (Re-Release)
Oct 04, 2022
Building the great pyramid of hybrid work with Phil Libin from mmhmm
Sep 27, 2022
Bonus: Catching up with Kathy Hannun from Dandelion Energy
Sep 22, 2022
Brainstorming your way into entrepreneurship with Amar Shah and Sonia Nigam from Change
Sep 20, 2022
How do you build a company towards a $20B exit? with Dylan Field from Figma
Sep 15, 2022
Expanding the boundaries of health care with Kelsey Mellard from Sitka
Sep 13, 2022
Found Live: From Selling Sunset to crypto real estate with Christine Quinn and Christian Dumontet
Sep 06, 2022
Catching up with YC alum Hana Mohan from Magic Bell
Sep 02, 2022
Remembering the doctor's orders with Shiv Rao from Abridge
Aug 30, 2022
Building a revenge app with Jay Chandrasekhar from Vouch Vault
Aug 23, 2022
Bonus: The sea change in the entrepreneurial energy with the Equity Crew
Aug 16, 2022
SaaS-ifying air quality tracking with Davida Herzl from Aclima
Aug 09, 2022
Making the creator economy comic book friendly with Chris Giliberti from Zestworld
Aug 02, 2022
Bonus: Catching up with Iman Abuzeid from Incredible Health
Jul 28, 2022
Facing the economic downturn with confidence (with Nikki Pechet)
Jul 26, 2022
Carolyn Childers, Chief
Jul 19, 2022
Irving Fain, Bowery Farming
Jul 12, 2022
Matt Mullenweg, WordPress (Automattic)
Jul 05, 2022
Christine Tao, Sounding Board
Jun 28, 2022
Kathryn Cross, Anja Health
Jun 21, 2022
Founder Double Feature
Jun 14, 2022
Vivian Wang, Landed
Jun 07, 2022
Claire Coder, Aunt Flow
May 31, 2022
Anniversary Bonus: Founder Roundtable
May 27, 2022
Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau, Alchemy
May 24, 2022
Justin Intal, Forage
May 17, 2022
Sassie Duggleby, Venus Aerospace
May 10, 2022
Thor Fridriksson, Rocky Road Inc
May 03, 2022
Chris Webb, ChowNow
Apr 26, 2022
Help Us Win a Webby!
Apr 20, 2022
Anthony DiMare, Bedrock
Apr 19, 2022
Dylan Field, Figma
Apr 12, 2022
Julia Cheek, Everly Health
Apr 04, 2022
Laura Crabtree, Epsilon3
Mar 28, 2022
Shivani Siroya, Tala
Mar 21, 2022
Matthew Wadiak, Cooks Venture
Mar 14, 2022
Toyin Ajayi, Cityblock
Mar 07, 2022
Michelle You, Supercritical
Feb 28, 2022
Found Live ft Jordan Taylor and Edith Cooper, Medley
Feb 21, 2022
Sunil Paul, Spring Free EV
Feb 14, 2022
Kentaro Kawamori, Persefoni
Feb 07, 2022
Elizabeth Ruzzo, adyn
Jan 31, 2022
Julian Green, Headroom
Jan 24, 2022
Ariela Safira, Real
Jan 17, 2022
Liz Young, Realm
Jan 10, 2022
Ashley Sumner, Quilt (re-release)
Jan 03, 2022
Alexandra Bonetti, The Talent Hack
Dec 27, 2021
Yusuf Sherwani , Quit Genius
Dec 20, 2021
Aditi Shekar, Zeta (Re-Release)
Dec 13, 2021
Ross Lipson, Dutchie
Dec 06, 2021
Carolyn Mooney, Nextmv
Nov 29, 2021
Larry Gadea, Envoy
Nov 22, 2021
Nabiha Saklayen, Cellino
Nov 15, 2021
Megan O'Connor, Nth Cycle
Nov 08, 2021
Maria Shriver and Patrick Schwarzenegger, MOSH
Nov 01, 2021
Kiki Freedman, Hey Jane
Oct 25, 2021
Jacqueline Schafer, Clearbrief
Oct 18, 2021
Job van der Voort, Remote
Oct 12, 2021
Tanya Van Court, Goalsetter
Oct 04, 2021
Jelani Memory, A Kids Company About
Sep 24, 2021
Hilary Coles, hims & hers
Sep 20, 2021
Jenn Graham, Inclusivv
Sep 13, 2021
Celine Halioua, Loyal
Sep 06, 2021
Liya Shuster-Bier, Alula
Aug 27, 2021
Clarisse Beurrier, Animal Alternative Technologies
Aug 21, 2021
Amanda DoAmaral, Fiveable
Aug 16, 2021
Oleg Stavitsky, Endel
Aug 06, 2021
Julie Bornstein, The Yes
Jul 30, 2021
Aditi Shekar, Zeta
Jul 23, 2021
Ashley Sumner, Quilt
Jul 16, 2021
Rob Schutz, Ro
Jun 28, 2021
Sara Spangelo, Swarm
Jun 19, 2021
Cory Siskind, Base Operations
Jun 11, 2021
Roslyn McLarty, The GIST
Jun 04, 2021
Leigh Honeywell, Tall Poppy
May 28, 2021
Lindsay Tjepkema, Casted
May 21, 2021
Courtne Smith, NewNew
May 14, 2021
Kathy Hannun, Dandelion
May 07, 2021
Hana Mohan, MagicBell
Apr 30, 2021
Earl Cole, The SMART Tire Company
Apr 23, 2021
Brie Code, TRU LUV
Apr 16, 2021
Iman Abuzeid, Incredible Health
Apr 09, 2021
Introducing TechCrunch’s new podcast
Mar 31, 2021