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Grit

Kleiner Perkins · Every two weeks

Grit explores what it takes to create, build, and scale world-class organizations. It features weekly episodes highlighting the leaders who are pushing their companies to make a difference. This series is hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, go to market operating partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm investing in history-making founders.

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The 20-Year Bet to Make Fusion Energy Work | Jeff Lawson

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Audio · 1 hr 8 min
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How Vercel Is Rethinking Go-to-Market With AI | COO Jeanne Grosser

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Audio · 1 hr 4 min
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Inside the AI Startup Making Customer Support 65% Cheaper

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Audio · 1 hr 7 min
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The AI Race Has a Leaderboard | Arena CEO Anastasios Angelopoulos

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Audio · 1 hr 7 min
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Data Centers in Orbit by 2028: Baiju Bhatt on His Plans After Robinhood

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Audio · 1 hr 13 min
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Booking.com CEO on AI and the Future of Travel

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Audio · 51 min
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Ex-Twitter CEO on Why AI Needs a New Internet | Parag Agrawal

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Audio · 1 hr 2 min
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The Sales Framework Every Founder Needs | Mark Roberge

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Audio · 1 hr 23 min
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Airwallex's Jack Zhang on Fintech, Failure, and Growth

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Audio · 1 hr 12 min
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Why 80% of the Fortune 100 Chose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith

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Audio · 1 hr 13 min
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What It Takes to Build Software for 171,000+ Restaurants | Aman Narang

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Audio · 1 hr 18 min
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What It Takes to Build a Generational Company | Anduril’s Trae Stephens

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Audio · 57 min
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How AIG Is Reinventing Insurance With AI | Peter Zaffino

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Audio · 57 min
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From Airbnb to Linear: How Karri Saarinen Redefined Product Design

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Audio · 1 hr 18 min
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How Kevin Mandia Built the Most Trusted Name in Cybersecurity

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Audio · 1 hr 3 min
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The Silicon Valley Insider In The Pentagon | DoW Emil Michael

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Audio · 41 min
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How Sierra Is Pulling Ahead in the AI Race | Co-founder Bret Taylor

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Audio · 1 hr 13 min
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The AI Era of Cybercrime: How Malwarebytes Is Evolving Its Security Stack | Marcin Kleczynski

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Audio · 1 hr 4 min
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The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Cresta CEO Ping Wu

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Audio · 44 min
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The Safest Dollar on the Internet | Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire

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Audio · 1 hr 6 min
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Why We’re Only Using 1% of AI | Glean CEO Arvind Jain

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Audio · 59 min
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The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond

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Audio · 42 min
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How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader

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Audio · 51 min
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How Snap Plans to Win the AR Race | Evan Spiegel on Spectacles

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Audio · 1 hr 12 min
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The Pull to Build: Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit and Starting Roadrunner

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Audio · 1 hr 15 min
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Building Cloudflare for the Next 50 Years | Co-founder Cloudfare Michelle Zatlyn

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Audio · 59 min
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She Sold Her Startup for $500 Million, Here’s Her Next Idea

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Audio · 1 hr 13 min
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Synthetic Data and the Future of AI | Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez

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Audio · 1 hr 12 min
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From Yext to Roam: Howard Lerman’s Second Act

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Audio · 1 hr 26 min
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Rebuilding Front for the AI Era | CEO Dan O’Connell

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Audio · 1 hr 0 min
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ElevenLabs’ Vision for Voice Interfaces | CEO Mati Staniszewski

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Audio · 1 hr 5 min
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95% Faster Video Production with Synthesia | Victor Riparbelli

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Audio · 1 hr 9 min
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From Idea To Impact: How Gamma Is Redefining Presentations | Grant Lee

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Audio · 1 hr 11 min
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Leadership Lessons From Snowflake’s Sales & Marketing Duo | Chris Degnan and Denise Persson

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Audio · 1 hr 24 min
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The Man Who Builds for the Decade Ahead | Founder of Google X, Waymo, and Udacity

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Audio · 1 hr 14 min
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How WordPress Became a Web Giant | Automattic Founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg

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Audio · 1 hr 11 min
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The Central Nervous System for Modern Business | Confluent CEO Jay Kreps

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Audio · 1 hr 18 min
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Airtable’s AI Reboot with CEO Howie Liu

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Audio · 1 hr 8 min
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Inside the Mind of the World’s Most Optimistic CEO

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Audio · 1 hr 10 min
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How Dropbox Beat Big Tech in the Cloud Wars

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Audio · 1 hr 33 min
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Building High-Impact Sales Teams | Dan Lee and Nooks

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Audio · 59 min
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Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love

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Audio · 1 hr 30 min
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How Notion Reimagined Productivity Tools | Ivan Zhao

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Audio · 1 hr 29 min
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The Travel Giant Built on Billions of Reviews | Steve Kaufer on TripAdvisor

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Audio · 1 hr 13 min
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The Expert Network Behind Handshake AI’s Model Training w/ Garrett Lord & Mamoon Hamid

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Audio · 1 hr 2 min
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How Plaid Turned a Failed $5.3B Deal with Visa into Momentum | Zach Perret (Plaid)

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Audio · 1 hr 5 min
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Episode 250: AI Special Featuring Sierra, Harvey, Windsurf & More

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Audio · 55 min
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How Imprint Is Reinventing Credit Cards for Modern Brands | Daragh Murphy

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Audio · 56 min
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GitLab’s CEO on Why the Next Great Developer Might Not Write Code | Bill Staples

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Audio · 1 hr 6 min
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Stord’s Plan to Take on Amazon’s Logistics Advantage | Sean Henry

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Audio · 59 min

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