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The Tech Trek

The Tech Trek is a podcast about how founders, operators, and technology leaders build and scale technology companies. Each episode explores the decisions behind building products, teams, and technical organizations, with conversations spanning engineering, AI, data, product, hiring, leadership, and growth. Guests share what they are building, what they are learning, and how they are navigating the challenges that come with turning technology into a successful company.

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00:03:25

From Engineer to CEO | Tech Trek Brief

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2026/03/23

What does it really take to go from engineer to CEO?In this Tech Trek Brief, Michael White, Co founder and CEO of Multiply, shares a few of the ideas that matter most from a broader conversation on founder growth, leadership, and the shift from building things to building a company.What stood out most is that this is not really a story about title progression. It is a story about learning to operate with more uncertainty, taking on bigger challenges before you feel ready, and realizing that

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00:23:47

How Shadow AI Is Changing Cybersecurity and Insider Risk

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2026/03/20

Raj Koo, CTO at DTEX, joins The Tech Trek for a sharp conversation on insider risk, shadow AI, and why security teams need a more modern way to think about intent. This episode is worth your time if you are trying to understand how AI is changing cyber risk, why non malicious behavior can still create major exposure, and what it takes to protect the business without slowing down innovation. Raj explains why the old approach of blocking known bad behavior is no longer enough. As employees bring

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00:29:03

How Agentic AI Changes Enterprise Software

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2026/03/19

Sumeet Arora, Chief Product Officer at Teradata, joins The Tech Trek for a sharp conversation on the shift from human driven SaaS to agentic software. This episode digs into what changes when software stops just supporting human workflows and starts driving outcomes alongside people, why trust and governance matter more as AI systems take on more responsibility, and what serious companies need to do now to prepare.This is a practical discussion about where the market actually is, what gets

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00:28:49

How AI Is Changing Crypto Crime, AML, and Cyber...

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2026/03/18

Victor Fang, CEO and Founder of Anchain AI, joins The Tech Trek for a timely conversation on crypto crime, AI driven fraud, and what financial institutions need to understand as digital assets move closer to the mainstream. This episode is worth your time if you care about cybersecurity, compliance, crypto risk, anti money laundering, or where agentic AI is starting to reshape investigation work.This conversation goes beyond headlines. Victor breaks down how bad actors are using generative AI for

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00:30:06

How Data Teams Scale Project Management Without...

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2026/03/17

Cam Crow, Director of Data and Analytics at Vacatia, joins The Tech Trek to unpack what happens when a startup outgrows informal ways of working. This episode looks at how data teams can introduce project management frameworks without killing speed, how to manage stakeholder demand as complexity rises, and why the right operating model matters even more as AI begins to reshape analytics work.Cam shares a practical view from the middle of real growth, from startup scrappiness to acquisitions,

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00:29:10

Why Enterprise AI Fails Without Better Data and...

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2026/03/16

Deep Sogani, SVP and Group Data Management Officer at Datasite, joins The Tech Trek to unpack why data governance, lineage, and business process design have become mission critical in the age of AI. This conversation gets past the surface level AI hype and into the operational reality, how companies actually build trustworthy systems, where AI initiatives break down, and why strong data foundations now shape business outcomes in real time.This episode explores the shift from downstream analytics to

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00:20:58

How Data Leaders Build New Technical Capabilities

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2026/03/13

Suresh Martha, Head of Data Driven Innovation and Analytics at EMD Serono, joins The Tech Trek for a practical conversation on what leadership looks like when your team is asked to take on new technical capabilities. This episode is about extending team impact, evaluating new tools, building credibility with stakeholders, and leading through change without pretending to be the deepest expert in every domain.For data leaders, analytics managers, technology executives, and operators, this conversation

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00:19:32

Machine Learning: What Businesses Might Actually Need

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2026/03/12

Sourish Samanta, Director AI and ML at Advance Auto Parts, joins The Tech Trek for a grounded conversation on where machine learning still creates the most business value, where generative AI fits, and why many teams are chasing the wrong solution. This episode is worth your time if you want a clearer view of how serious operators think about AI strategy, product delivery, and practical use cases that can ship now. This conversation cuts through the noise around AI and gets back to first principles

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00:25:21

How Robotics Could Transform Construction

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2026/03/11

Shamoon Siddiqui, CEO and Founder of Human Friendly Robotics, joins The Tech Trek to break down what it really takes to bring robotics into construction. This is not a futuristic thought experiment. It is a grounded conversation about where robots can create value now, why construction has lagged so badly on productivity, and how focused automation could reshape one of the world’s biggest industries.At the center of the discussion is Tyler, a tile laying robot built as a practical entry point into

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00:35:04

Why Most Companies Still Struggle to Operationalize AI

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2026/03/10

Mary Elizabeth Porray, Global Vice Chair Client Technology and COO, Growth and Innovation at EY, joins The Tech Trek for a grounded conversation about what it actually takes to operationalize emerging technologies inside a global enterprise. This episode goes past the AI hype cycle and into the real work of adoption, change management, process redesign, workforce trust, and leadership in ambiguity. A lot of companies are asking what AI can do. Fewer are asking what needs to change for AI to actually

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00:25:03

From Engineer to CEO, Building an AI Mortgage Company

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2026/03/09

Michael White, Co founder and CEO of Multiply, joins the show to talk about the path from engineering leadership to the CEO seat, and what it really takes to build in a high trust, high complexity market. If you are thinking about founder readiness, leadership growth, or where AI creates real value in fintech, this episode gets into the parts that matter.Michael shares how early entrepreneurial instincts showed up long before Multiply, what changed as he moved from builder to company leader, and why

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00:29:09

What VCs Really Want From AI Startups in 2026

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2026/03/06

Susan Liu, Partner at Uncork Capital, joins Amir to break down what actually matters when backing early stage AI companies. From founder market fit to product wedge to the reality of churn, this conversation gets past the hype and into how strong companies separate themselves in a crowded market.If you are building, funding, or evaluating AI startups, this episode gives you a sharper lens on where the market is heading, what Series A investors now expect, and why real ROI is becoming the line

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00:33:22

The Internet Was Built for Humans. AI Is About to...

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2026/03/05

What happens to e commerce when AI agents start shopping instead of humans?Maju Kuruvilla, Founder and CEO of Spangle, joins the show to unpack a shift most companies are not prepared for. If AI agents become buyers, the entire digital shopping experience must change. Websites today are designed for human psychology, not machines making decisions.In this conversation, Maju explains why context is becoming the most important layer in commerce. From marketing clicks to storefront visits, most

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00:23:45

How AI Is Modernizing the Equipment Rental Industry

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2026/03/04

Most people never think about the technology behind construction equipment rentals. But behind every crane, excavator, and lift is an industry still running on paper, spreadsheets, and manual workflows.In this episode, Andy Feis, CEO and Co-Founder of Renterra, joins Amir to explain how a hundred billion dollar equipment rental market is finally entering the modern software era. The conversation explores how operational software, telematics data, and AI are reshaping one of the most overlooked parts

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00:34:08

The Future of Earth Intelligence, From Imagery to...

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2026/03/03

Luke Fischer, cofounder and CEO of SkyFi, breaks down how earth intelligence is becoming searchable, and why that changes decision making across defense, energy, logistics, and agriculture.You will hear how his path from Army special operations aviation to Head of Flight Ops at Uber shaped SkyFi’s product mindset, plus a practical look at what geospatial imagery and analytics can actually answer today.Key Takeaways• Networks are not nice to have, they are the fastest path to trust, hiring, and

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00:24:06

Why Research Scientists Are Taking Over AI Startups

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2026/03/02

Anish Agarwal went from MIT PhD researcher to founding Traversal, an AI company building intelligent site reliability engineering agents for the enterprise. In this episode, he breaks down what it actually takes to lead an AI first company when your entire career was built inside a lab.This is not your typical founder story. Anish never planned to start a company. He was on track to be a professor at Columbia when generative AI hit and rewired his trajectory. Now he is two years into the CEO seat,

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00:19:30

From Exit to Starting Over: What Nobody Tells You...

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2026/02/27

Harry Gestetner built a creator economy platform in college, sold it, and walked away. Then he did the one thing nobody expected. He jumped back in and started building hardware.In this episode, the founder and CEO of Orion (a sleep tech company making smart mattress covers) sits down to talk about what really happens after an exit, why most founders can't stay away from building, and what changes when you go from software to physical products.Harry shares what surprised him about the

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00:26:48

Edge AI Is Shifting From Chat To Action

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2026/02/26

Behnam Bastani, CEO and cofounder of OpenInfer, breaks down why the last two years of AI feel explosive, and why the next wave is not chat, it is action at the edge.We get into always on inference, what actually forces compute to move closer to the data, and the missing layer that makes edge AI scale: the Android like infrastructure that lets devices collaborate instead of living in silos.Key takeaways• The hype spike is real, but the runway is decades, it took compute, sensors, and communication

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00:24:38

How to Build a Data Team From Scratch (And Get...

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2026/02/25

Building data capability from zero is not a tooling problem, it is a trust and prioritization problem. In this episode, Laura Guerin, Head of Data and Data Science at Bevi, breaks down how she goes from blank slate to real business impact, without getting trapped in endless plumbing or endless meetings. Laura shares how she runs an early listening tour, prototypes value before asking for bigger investment, and decides when to hire scrappy generalists versus specialists. We also get practical on AI,

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00:27:12

The Hiring Mistake That Kills Most Startups (And What...

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2026/02/24

Riya Grover, CEO and co founder of Sequence, breaks down what “good CEO” actually looks like when the job is messy, fast, and high stakes. This is a practical conversation about building excellence through people, clarity, and direction, not through heroics or micromanagement. Riya runs a revenue automation platform for finance teams, helping companies automate order to cash, billing, invoicing, accounts receivable, and revenue recognition. From that seat, she shares a founder level view on

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