How Plaid Turned a Failed $5.3B Deal with Visa into Momentum | Zach Perret (Plaid)
Zach Perret saw a fintech explosion coming—and built the rails before it arrived.On this week’s Grit, the Plaid co-founder and CEO retraces his path from building tools for developers to linking the w...
14 Jul 20251h 4min
Episode 250: AI Special Featuring Sierra, Harvey, Windsurf & More
Six leaders from across tech — from SaaS and semis to law and logistics — come together for our 250th episode milestone in this very special AI recap, where we unpack how new advances are transforming...
7 Jul 202554min
How Imprint Is Reinventing Credit Cards for Modern Brands | Daragh Murphy
Daragh Murphy is giving brands their own credit-card platform—no legacy bank required.On this week’s Grit, the Imprint co-founder and CEO traces the leap from being a junior lawyer to closing nine-fig...
30 Jun 202555min
GitLab’s CEO on Why the Next Great Developer Might Not Write Code | Bill Staples
Bill Staples has spent 30 years redefining how the world writes, ships, and secures code.On this week’s Grit, the GitLab CEO shares what it takes to lead a public, all-remote DevSecOps company trusted...
23 Jun 20251h 5min
Stord’s Plan to Take on Amazon’s Logistics Advantage | Sean Henry
What does it take to build the logistics backbone for the next generation of commerce?Sean Henry, founder and CEO of Stord, joins Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman and Grit host Joubin Mirzadegan t...
16 Jun 202558min
Family, Focus, and 350M Users: Inside Zoom with Eric Yuan
Eric Yuan turned a simple belief into Zoom, the platform that kept the world moving through a once-in-a-century shutdown and redefined modern work. On this episode of Grit, the Zoom CEO shares why vel...
9 Jun 20251h 14min
Bret Taylor’s Journey Leading Salesforce, Sierra & OpenAI
Over the past two decades, Bret Taylor has quietly helped shape the arc of Silicon Valley.From co-creating Google Maps to steering Facebook, Salesforce, and OpenAI, he’s been behind some of the most c...
2 Jun 20251h 29min
Inside Aurora’s Push to Make Autonomous Trucking Real | Chris Urmson
Chris Urmson has spent the last 20 years pushing the limits of autonomous driving—first at Carnegie Mellon’s DARPA Grand Challenge team, then as co-founder of Google’s self-driving car project, now Wa...
26 Mai 20251h 30min
