The U Lab with Hurratul

By Hurratul Maleka Taj

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Welcome to The U Lab Podcast.

My name is Hurratul and I'm a 3x founder, researcher, Stanford GSB LEAD alum, and author of Power before Purpose.

The U Lab is a research-led platform at the intersection of venture capital, global capital allocation, and entrepreneurial venture outcomes.

Having built and scaled ventures across 5 countries, and I’m now doing structured research, analyzing how capital actually flows, how ventures succeed or fail, who gets funded and where the system is fundamentally broken.

At The U Lab, you'd learn about:

- Venture capital dynamics and funding patterns

- Global capital allocation and financial power structures

- Research-backed insights on venture outcomes

I host The U Lab Podcast, where I speak with founders, investors, operators and researchers to capture the operating principles and decision-making frameowrks behind building companies under uncertainty.

This is where research meets real-world execution, with lessons packed in every single episode.

If you’re interested in venture capital, global finance, building and scaling a venture, technology or the future of innovation you’re in the right place.


Episode Date
The U Lab Brief 36 | Why Are a16z and Accel Backing a Continuous Attack Simulation Cybersecurity Startup Armadin?
Oct 12, 2026
The U Lab Brief 35 | What Happens When Anthropic's Supplier Becomes Its Lender
Oct 12, 2026
The U Lab Brief 34 | Lenders Want More Protection For NVIDIA Chips
Oct 12, 2026
The U Lab Brief 33 | AI Debt Is Getting More Expensive
Oct 12, 2026
The U Lab Brief 32 | Oura's IPO: Primary vs Secondary Share Percentage
Oct 06, 2026
The U Lab Brief 31 | a16z Announces Horowitz Andreessen Academy
Oct 06, 2026
The U Lab Brief 30 | Heidi's $340M Deal Structure
Oct 05, 2026
The U Lab Brief 29 | Amazon + Generac: The Commercial Deal And The Warrant
Oct 05, 2026
The U Lab Brief 28 | AI's Next Bottleneck May Be Experimental Validation
Sep 28, 2026
The U Lab Brief 27 | a16z Named 2 AI Sales Strategies. There's a Third.
Aug 02, 2026
The U Lab Brief 26 | Premium That Is a Discount
Jul 17, 2026
The U Lab Brief 25 | Paying More For Less
Jul 14, 2026
The U Lab Brief 24 | Why Capital Concentrates
Jul 12, 2026
The U Lab Brief 23 | The AI Deployment Layer
Jul 03, 2026
The U Lab Brief 22 | Engram: The Learned Memory Layer For AI
Jun 24, 2026
Stanford MBA, Investor & Founder's Take on What AI Cannot Commoditize: The Future of Human Advantage
Jun 17, 2026
The U Lab Brief 21 | FAANG to MANGOS
Jun 15, 2026
The U Lab Brief 20 | If AI Isn't Taking Your Job, What Is?
Jun 13, 2026
The U Lab Brief 19 | The Trust Layer of AI
Jun 10, 2026
The U Lab Brief 18 | SpaceX'S $85B IPO. What Happens Next?
Jun 09, 2026
The U Lab Brief 17 | Google, SpaceX and The Compute Race
Jun 09, 2026
Hidden Rules of Silicon Valley | Trust, Access and Why Some Founders Break Through
May 29, 2026
How 100,000+ Lives Transformed Across 37 Countries
Mar 29, 2026
C.E.O. Mindset with James Keyes
Jan 22, 2026
From Battlefield to Boardroom: Dana Sydorenko’s Mission to Revolutionize Gaming
May 05, 2025
Embracing Death to Live Unstoppably: Jill Greenbaum’s Powerful Framework of AI For Mindset Shift
Jan 31, 2025
Hope Against Odds - From Fired Leader to Global Investor & Teacher, Professor Jack Fuchs, Director of Principled Entreprenurship and Lecturer (Part-time) at Stanford University
Jan 13, 2025
The Unstoppable Father : Story Of Unwavering Resilience to bring back his son from the brink of death
Oct 15, 2024