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S4E5 Agentic AI is Why the Best Engineers Are 10x More Productive | Peter Terrill, Grounded Agents
The biggest shift in software isn't AI itself - but the moment software started *talking back*... semantically!On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein sits down with Peter Terrill, former…
S4E4 Agentic AI Is Rewriting Work (You’re Not Ready) | Alex Vogenthaler explains
Alex Vogenthaler built a billion-dollar product at Google, ran the P&L for 93% of Stripe's revenue and then... simply walked away from it all because he wanted to build the exact AI tool that…
S4E3 What a Top VC Actually Looks for Before Writing a Check
A new class of AI-native startups is accelerating at a pace that feels unnatural, while SaaS companies that looked "perfect" two years ago are suddenly stuck… On this episode of the 1st 10 Podcast,…
S4E2 The 5,000 Engineers Every Startup Is Fighting For | The Brutal War for Early Startup Talent
Almost every founder is hunting the exact same 5000 people. And most of them are losing without even knowing it?On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Samantha Price breaks down the uncomfortable…
S4E1 The REAL Reason College Grads Can't Find Jobs in 2026
You've sent hundreds of applications and landed ZERO jobs because you are playing a game that quietly ended years ago... On this solo episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein dismantles the…
S3E12 He Was BORED at Meta so decided to Built 2 Startups | The Story of Shashank & Plutus
What if everything your financial advisor ever told you was designed to benefit *them*, not you? On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein sits down with Shashank Chiranewala, founder of…
S4E1 How AI Cut Drug Discovery From 8 Years to 4 Years | Alice Zhang's Moneyball Approach
What happens when you realize in middle school that the greatest impact you can make is solving humanity's most complex diseases? On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, host Boris Epstein sits down…
S3E10 2026 Startup Predictions: Why This Year Changes Everything (Bitcoin, IPOs & The Great Divide)
The startup world is splitting into two radically different realities - and 2026 will be the year this divide becomes impossible to ignore. On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris grades his 2025…
S3E9 The AI Leaderboard Every Top Lab Watches - Inside LMArena's Real-World AI Battleground
What happens when three PhD students accidentally build the infrastructure that every major AI lab depends on? OR What if the AI benchmarks everyone trusts are measuring the wrong thing entirely?On…
S3E8 This Founder built at NVIDIA, Exited to Harvey - Now He's Betting AI Can Finally Fix Taxes
What if the biggest failure of AI today isn't creativity - but math?On this episode of the *1st10 Podcast*, host Boris Epstein sits down with Sreerama Tripuramallu, a repeat founder whose career…
S3E7 Inside the AI Startup Tackling the U.S. Radiologist Shortage - Rustin Rassoli
What kind of founder decides to build a full radiology practice, an AI research lab, and a software company - all at once?On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein sits down with Rustin…
S3E6 The Recruiting Industry's Hidden Crisis: Gem CEO Steve Bartel on Fraud, AI, and the Future of Hiring
56% more job openings, 3x more applications, but 8 MORE days to fill roles! CEO of Gem.ai shares data that explains why most recruiting careers are about to hit a wall…In this eye-opening…
S3E5 Breaking Into AI: A Former FAANG Recruiter's Inside Guide
On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein, founder of 1st10 and former FAANG-level recruiter, reveals a shocking reality behind AI startup hiring practices and why the most talented…
S3E4 The Wild World of AI M&A: Inside Silicon Valley's Billion-Dollar Talent War with M&A Expert Sara Ali
In this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein sits down with Sara Ali, Senior Director of Corporate Development & Strategy at Yahoo, to dissect the frenzy around AI-driven M&A. From…
S3E3 AI Won’t Steal Your Job (But It Will Change Everything) Insights from Wharton Professor, Daniel Rock
On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein sits down with Daniel Rock - economist, professor at Wharton, and co-founder of Workhelix - to decode the messy reality of AI's impact on jobs,…
S1E2 Inside Meta's AI Talent War: The Strategy That's Reshaping Silicon Valley
Mark Zuckerberg dropping $100 million each on SIXTEEN engineers (and counting) might be a wild strategy that could hand Meta the AI crown.On this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, host Boris Epstein…
S3E1 Winter Is Coming – Philip Su, early OpenAI Engineer's Warning to Engineers
What if the AI revolution doesn't take all jobs but *just* enough to crash society?On this first episode of the latest season of the 1st10 Podcast, host Boris Epstein is joined by ex-Microsoft,…
The Founder's Hiring Playbook: 7 Steps to Building Your Dream Early-Team
SummaryOn this final episode of Season 2 of the 1st10 Podcast, Boris Epstein and Alexis Munger outline a comprehensive Hiring Playbook for founders building early-stage startups. They list seven…
From YC and Beyond: Matrix Ventures GP Ilya Sukhar on Startups, Acquisitions, and Venture Capital
SummaryOn this episode of the 1st10 podcast, hosts Boris Epstein and Alexis Munger sit down with Ilya Sukhar, a seasoned entrepreneur, engineer, and venture capitalist. Ilya shares his journey from…
From Engineer to Leader: AngelList Lead Engineer Kevin Liu on Building, Managing, and Innovating in Startups
SummaryOn this episode of the 1st10 Podcast, hosts Boris Epstein and Alexis Munger sit down with Kevin Liu, Engineering Lead at AngelList and a seasoned builder in the tech industry. Kevin shares his…
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