
From Airbnb to Linear: How Karri Saarinen Redefined Product Design
In a market that hadn’t changed in decades, Linear didn’t win by being faster. They won by being more thoughtful.Karri Saarinen helped shape design at Airbnb and Coinbase before building Linear around...
20 Apr 1h 17min

How Kevin Mandia Built the Most Trusted Name in Cybersecurity
What does security look like when attackers use AI better than you do?Armadin recently raised $200M to build for the “attacker of the future,” where attacks are autonomous and harder to contain.On the...
6 Apr 1h 2min

The Silicon Valley Insider In The Pentagon | DoW Emil Michael
Emil Michael went from scaling Uber across 600 cities to rewiring the world's largest military.In the midst of the Pentagon-Silicon Valley debate, the now U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research ...
23 Mar 40min

How Sierra Is Pulling Ahead in the AI Race | Co-founder Bret Taylor
Few founders have seen Silicon Valley from every seat at the table.After co-creating Google Maps at Google, serving as CTO at Facebook, and later as co-CEO of Salesforce, Bret Taylor is now building A...
9 Mar 1h 12min

The AI Era of Cybercrime: How Malwarebytes Is Evolving Its Security Stack | Marcin Kleczynski
What began as a 14 year old fixing infected computers became Malwarebytes, an 800 person cybersecurity company trusted by millions of customers.On Grit, Marcin Kleczynski joins Joubin Mirzadegan to ex...
23 Feb 1h 3min

The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Cresta CEO Ping Wu
Can you scale customer support without burning out agents or frustrating customers?Ping Wu shares how Cresta combines AI and human intelligence into a single system that scales sustainably for compani...
9 Feb 43min

The Safest Dollar on the Internet | Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire
USDC closed the gap between software and law in modern finance.On Grit, Jeremy Allaire discusses how fully reserved, dollar backed digital currency became part of the financial system after more than ...
26 Jan 1h 5min

Why We’re Only Using 1% of AI | Glean CEO Arvind Jain
Glean has grown into a $7.2B company by giving employees AI assistants and agents that extend their capabilities.CEO Arvind Jain is back on Grit alongside Joubin Mirzadegan. Here’s what stood out:“My ...
12 Jan 58min






















