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The GTMnow Podcast interviews well-known tech executive, VC, and founders - the expert operators in the trenches who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. Every week, a guest joins Sophie Buonassisi to dissect their stories, revealing expert insights around what worked, what didn’t, and how things actually went down.

This podcast is produced by GTMnow, the media brand of GTMfund - sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350 of the best go-to-market executives. GTMfund is an early-stage VC fund focused on investing in the most exciting, up-and-coming B2B SaaS companies across the world. The LP network consists of VP and C-level Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success leaders from companies like DocuSign, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Snowflake, Okta, Zoom, and many more.

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"We Don't Fund Good Companies" : A $1.5B VC Explains Why | Ben Lerer, Lerer Hippeau

Jun 09, 2026 55m Transcript

Ben Lerer, Managing Partner and Founder of Lerer Hippeau, has built one of New York's most influential early-stage venture firms across nine funds and nearly $1.5B in AUM. In this VC edition of the…

How Esper Is Building the Operating System for Government Policy | Maleka Momand

Jun 04, 2026 31m Transcript

Maleka Momand, co-founder and CEO of Esper, joins Sophie Buonassisi on GTMnow to break down what it actually takes to build and sell software to government. Esper is the operating system for…

How He Built a $250M Company With Zero Employees | Ben Cera, Polsia

May 29, 2026 50m Transcript

One Person, $10M+ ARR, $30M Raised: How Ben Cera Built Polsia (AI Operating System) SoloBen Cera, founder of Polsia, just raised $30M at a $250M valuation while running the entire company alone. His…

The $575B AI Bet (Biggest Since the World Wars) and the New Two-Buyer Reality in Software | Tomasz Tunguz, Theory Ventures

May 26, 2026 34m Transcript

AI Infrastructure Spending is Insane: Hyperscalers Betting $575B on the Data Center Race | Tomasz TunguzThis year's data center infrastructure spending will be the 5th largest infrastructure project…

SEO Is Not Enough Anymore: Webflow's CEO on the Rise of AEO | Linda Tong

May 20, 2026 24m Transcript

The future of websites isn't a builder problem anymore. It's an agent problem.In this episode of GTMnow, Sophie Buonassisi sits down with Linda Tong, CEO of Webflow, to unpack how the entire web is…

Inside Reevo's $80M Bet to Kill the $10B Frankenstein Stack | David Zhu, Cofounder & CEO

May 14, 2026 41m Transcript

AI is rewriting go-to-market and most companies are still operating with a “Frankenstein stack.”In this episode of GTMnow, we sit down with David, founder & CEO of Reevo, to unpack how AI-native…

VC: "Software Is Basically Worth Zero Now" | Tyler Hogge, Ex-Pelion

May 12, 2026 47m Transcript

Tyler Hogge helped take Divvy from zero to a $2.5B acquisition by Bill.com. Now, as General Partner at Pelion Ventures, he argues that charging for software is dead, per-seat pricing is collapsing,…

How AI Will Go From Influencing 20% to Making 90% of Your Decisions | Steve Lucas, Boomi CEO

May 06, 2026 12m Transcript

Boomi was founded in the early 2000s by Rick Nucci, acquired by Dell in 2010, and then spun out to Francisco Partners and TPG Capital in 2021. Today it powers 30,000+ enterprise customers globally…

Okta's CRO: From $850M in Losses to $760M Profit (The AI Agent Bet) | Jon Addison

Apr 29, 2026 40m Transcript

Okta's CRO Jon Addison joins GTMnow host Sophie to break down the full story behind Okta's remarkable revenue turnaround, the launch of Okta for AI Agents, and the go-to-market playbook that's…

VC: Inside a16z's $1.7B Infrastructure Bet | Jennifer Li, General Partner

Apr 28, 2026 38m Transcript

Jennifer Li, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), breaks down why the firm allocated $1.7 billion of its latest $15 billion fund specifically toward AI infrastructure, and what she's betting on…

How Figma Scaled From $2M to IPO | Kyle Parrish (First Sales Hire)

Apr 22, 2026 47m Transcript

Kyle Parrish joined Figma as the first-ever sales hire when the company was doing $2M in ARR and helped scale it to $950M ARR. Figma then went on to IPO (FIG). But the path there was anything but…

How Figma Scaled From $2M to IPO | Kyle Parrish (First Sales Hire)

Apr 22, 2026 47m Transcript

Kyle Parrish joined Figma as the first-ever sales hire when the company was doing $2M in ARR and helped scale it to $950M ARR. Figma then went on to IPO (FIG). But the path there was anything but…

How AI Killed the Discovery Call | Sam Senior, Founder & CEO of TestBox

Apr 16, 2026 57m Transcript

AI isn't just changing how we sell. It's changing how buyers make decisions before they ever talk to you.Sam, Founder and CEO of Test Box, joins Sophie on GTMnow to break down exactly what's…

How AI Killed the Discovery Call | Sam Senior, Founder & CEO of TestBox

Apr 16, 2026 57m Transcript

AI isn't just changing how we sell. It's changing how buyers make decisions before they ever talk to you.Sam, Founder and CEO of TestBox, joins Sophie on GTMnow to break down exactly what's happening…

VC: Your First VC Meeting Will Be Agent-to-Agent | Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital)

Apr 15, 2026 57m Transcript

Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital) joins the GTMnow podcast to share some of the most contrarian takes in tech today, from why AI moats are gone, to why your next VC meeting will be with a bot, to why AI…

VC: Your First VC Meeting Will Be Agent-to-Agent | Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital)

Apr 15, 2026 57m Transcript

Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital) joins the GTMnow podcast to share some of the most contrarian takes in tech today, from why AI moats are gone, to why your next VC meeting will be with a bot, to why AI…

How One Hackathon Took Zapier’s AI Usage From 10% to 97% | CEO of Zapier

Apr 08, 2026 39m Transcript

Wade Foster is the CEO of Zapier, a company that sits between 7,000+ apps and runs millions of automations every single day. That gives him a front-row seat to how companies are actually adopting AI,…

How One Hackathon Took Zapier’s AI Usage From 10% to 97% | CEO of Zapier

Apr 08, 2026 39m Transcript

Wade Foster is the CEO of Zapier, a company that sits between 7,000+ apps and runs millions of automations every single day. That gives him a front-row seat to how companies are actually adopting AI,…

VC: Investing at Inception in the Age of AI Agents | Ed Sim (Founder & GP, Boldstart)

Apr 01, 2026 49m Transcript

Ed Sim has been a VC for 30 years. He's backed companies like Clay, Front, BigID, and Snyk. He writes What's Hot in Enterprise IT every single Saturday, 489 weeks in a row. And right now, he says…

How Sophos Scales Customer Success for 600,000 Customers in a 24/7 Cyber Threat Environment, with Teresa Anania, SVP of Customer Experience

Mar 24, 2026 41m Transcript

This episode was recorded prior to Teresa Anania’s move to Chief Customer Officer at Verint. At the time of recording, she was SVP of Customer Experience at Sophos.Teresa Anania (CCO at Verint,…

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