Episodes 32
Avg. Duration 26m
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Since Sep 2022
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The Zero Prime Podcast with Pete Soderling explores the early stories of top startups as seen through the eyes of their engineer-founders. In each episode we uncover insights on what it takes to start a company as an engineer in the words of the founders themselves. From the most cutting edge infrastructure companies to the newest trends in developer tooling, we introduce you to the engineer-founder personalities behind the up and coming software startups that you can’t afford to ignore.

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E32: Lightning Strikes Twice: How Eldad Farkash Built Two Data Unicorns Back-to-Back

Sep 16, 2025 35m

On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO…

E31: From Hype to ROI: How Dwarak Rajagopal of Snowflake Scales Enterprise AI

Aug 05, 2025 24m Transcript

In this episode we talk to Dwarak Rajagopal – VP of AI Engineering and AI Research at Snowflake. Hear from Dwarak as he traces his journey from optimizing AMD processors to building AI systems at…

E30 - From Flight Sims to Authorization: How AuthZed's Jake Moshenko is Securing the AI Revolution

May 13, 2025 29m

In this episode we talk to Jake Moshenko – Co-Founder and CEO of AuthZed. Hear from Jake as he traces his journey from building flight simulators to creating cutting-edge authorization systems – not…

E29: Sudarshan Lakshminarasimhan Founding Engineer at E6data

Apr 13, 2025 28m

In this episode we talk to Sudarshan Lakshminaraseemhan – a founding engineer at e6data who cut his teeth during the formative years at global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks. Hear from Sudarshan…

E28: Classical Pianist to Observability Pioneer - Charity Majors CTO of Honeycomb

Mar 13, 2025 27m

In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, we chat with Charity Majors, Co-Founder and CTO of Honeycomb, who traded piano keys for keyboard commands on their journey from classically trained pianist…

E27: From Unix Coder to Enginer-Founder - Rob Woollen's Journey Founding Sigma

Feb 13, 2025 30m

In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, engineer-turned-founder Rob Woollen gives a refreshingly honest take on the founder journey. Rob shares his path from Unix coder to BEA Systems architect to…

E26: Balancing Open Source and Business with Spencer Kimball (Cockroach Labs)

Dec 05, 2024 37m

In this new episode of the 0P podcast, we welcome back Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, to discuss the evolving landscape of software licensing in the cloud era. Spencer shares…

E25 [DEEP DIVE]: How Metric Trees Are Transforming Businesses with Vijay Subramanian

Aug 05, 2024 27m

In this episode, we introduce a new format for the podcast—a deep dive into a technical topic with an engineer-founder who is an expert on the subject. For our first Deep Dive, I sit down with Vijay…

E24: Self-Taught to Startup Success: The Unconventional Path of InfluxDB's Paul Dix

Jun 07, 2024 33m

In this episode, I sit down with Paul Dix, the founder and CTO of InfluxData to explore his journey from a self-taught programmer to a leader in database systems. We discuss his role in building the…

E23: Inside the Mind of an AI Pioneer: A Conversation with Alex Mashrabov

May 01, 2024 28m

In this episode, I sit down with Alex Mashrabov, the visionary CEO of Higgsfield AI. We journey through Alex's impressive career, beginning with his time at Yandex where he witnessed the early…

E22: From BigQuery to Motherduck: The Journey of Jordan Tigani

Apr 25, 2024 21m

In this episode, I chat with Jordan Tigani, the dynamic engineer-founder of MotherDuck who previously led Google's BigQuery team and headed up product at SingleStore.  Jordan shares the inspiring…

E21: The Power of Pricing with Alvaro Morales of Orb

Apr 04, 2024 24m

In this episode, Pete speaks with Alvaro Morales, the co-founder and CEO of Orb, who shares his journey from being an engineer to becoming the founder of a flexible billing engine for modern software…

E20: Building Sustainable Businesses in the Tech Industry with Craig McLuckie

Feb 06, 2024 26m

In this enlightening episode, I have the privilege of hosting Craig McLuckie, a tech industry veteran who has made significant contributions to the cloud computing industry and is currently the…

E19: Overcoming Self-Doubt to Become a Founder with Erik Bernhardsson

Dec 28, 2023 23m

In this episode, I chat with Erik Bernhardsson, co-founder and CEO of Modal, about his journey from Spotify engineer to startup CTO to startup founder. Erik takes us back to his early days as a…

E18: Data Tool Disruption: Barry McCardel on Building Hex

Nov 27, 2023 24m

In this episode, we chat with Barry McCardel, Co-Founder and CEO of Hex, as he shares how honing his leadership skills in college paved the way for his journey to becoming a founder. Barry discusses…

E17: The Visionary Behind Vercel with Guillermo Rauch

Nov 03, 2023 32m

In this episode, we explore Guillermo Rauch's path from a teen hacker in Argentina to the founder of Vercel. We touch on his engineering roots, the role of open-source in his success and Vercel's…

E16: The Future of AI in the Workplace -- A Conversation with Aaron Lee of Smith.ai

Oct 05, 2023 30m

In this episode, Aaron Lee, Founder & CEO of Smith.ai joins me to discuss a variety of topics. First, we delve into the innovative strategies of tech giants like Google, and explore the future of…

E15: Developer Productivity and the Future of Software Development -- A Conversation with Graham Thompson and Debo Ray

Sep 07, 2023 23m

In this episode, we debut a new format where engineer-founders discuss key tech topics. Joined by Graham Thompson of Privacy Dynamics and Debo Ray of DevZero, we dive into modern software…

E14: From Google Engineer to Cockroach Labs Co-Founder -- a Conversation with Spencer Kimball

Aug 01, 2023 29m

In this episode, I have the pleasure of hosting Spencer Kimball, a former Google engineer turned tech entrepreneur, and now the Co-Founder & CEO of Cockroach Labs. Spencer shares his journey from…

E13: The Evolution of Data Science with DJ Patil

Jul 03, 2023 30m

Today on the podcast, I interview DJ Patil, an entrepreneur, investor, scientist and leader in public policy. The former (and first) U.S. Chief Data Scientist, DJ wrote the book on being Data Driven…

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