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Collibra is bringing data governance into the AI era

Maggie Stamets — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:03:33 +0000

With the rise of AI, having accessible, accurate, and organized data is more critical than ever. When it comes to making informed strategy decisions or training a new LLM, having your information in order is the first step. This week on Found, we’re talking with Collibra CEO Felix Van de Maele, whose company is building […]

Waabi is taking generative AI into the physical world with autonomous long-haul trucks

Maggie Stamets — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:51:57 +0000

This week on Found, we’re diving into the future of trucking with Raquel Urtasun, CEO and co-founder of Waabi, a company pioneering driverless, long-haul trucks powered by generative AI. Hosts Dominic-Madori Davis and Becca Szkutak learn about Waabi’s unique simulation-based training and how this approach is intended to minimize mistakes once the massive trucks hit […]

What the Chainsmokers bring to the cap table for cybersecurity startup Chainguard

Maggie Stamets — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:46:44 +0000

For this week’s episode of Found we’re taking you backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Becca Szkutak had the chance to talk with Dan Lorenc, the CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity startup Chainguard, following their conversation onstage with prominent investors, The Chainsmokers. The pair discuss how the EDM duo’s venture fund MANTIS went from being viewed skeptically by […]

Howie Liu on how smart UX led to Airtable’s success

Maggie Stamets — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:48:12 +0000

This week on Found, Dom and Becca talk with Howie Liu, the CEO and co-founder of Airtable to talk about how the Airtable team used smart UX to make app development accessible to even the least technical users. Liu discusses how human-computer interaction is at the core of Airtable’s mission and behind each new product they […]

Why Gusto has stayed focused on serving small businesses

Rebecca Szkutak, Dominic-Madori Davis — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:22:25 +0000

Getting payroll right is hard — especially for small businesses with limited resources. The three founders of payroll and benefits startup Gusto all found that out separately, running small businesses of their own, before linking up to try to fix the broken SMB payroll system in 2013. Josh Reeves, a co-founder and current CEO of […]

Motorway’s Harry Jones on why he co-founded five startups with the same team

Rebecca Szkutak, Kirsten Korosec — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:53:27 +0000

When Harry Jones, Tom Leathes, and Alex Buttle set out to found Motorway, a startup that connects car owners with dealers looking to buy and resell their vehicles, in 2017, it wasn’t the founding teams’ first startup rodeo. Nor was it their second. Motorway was actually the founding team’s fifth startup, Jones said on a […]

Meet Tennibot, the tennis ball Roomba

Rebecca Szkutak, Dominic-Madori Davis — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:53:05 +0000

While some tech companies have lofty goals to transform drug discovery through AI or to mine metals from asteroids, others set out to solve very annoying pain points average people feel everyday. Tennibot falls into the latter category and wants to pick up your tennis balls for you. Tennibot co-founder and CEO Haitham Eletrabi said […]

Prukalpa Sankar on why empathy is her company’s greatest asset

Dominic-Madori Davis, Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:08:47 +0000

Do you remember what life was like before the cloud? Before this AI revolution? Prukalpa Sankar, the co-founder and co-CEO of Atlan, sat down with the team at Found to chat about the evolution of data management. She knows firsthand how things have changed. She and her co-founder launched SocialCops, where they did much work […]

Mira is helping fill the hormone knowledge gap for women and the medical industry

Rebecca Szkutak, Dominic-Madori Davis — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:43:34 +0000

Hormones play a massive role in when and how easily women can get pregnant, but research and resources in this area are lacking. Mira is looking to change that. Mira is an at-home, palm-sized hormone testing device women use to test their urine for their hormone levels. Mira’s corresponding app deciphers their results and spots […]

Sarah Paiji Yoo is working to clean up our macro-microplastic mess

Dominic-Madori Davis, Tim De Chant — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:11:35 +0000

Microplastics are everywhere. Everywhere. They are in our waters, in our food and even crossing blood barriers to enter our brains. Sarah Paiji Yoo launched Blueland in 2019 to help consumers minimize the amount of microplastics they come into contact with each day. This meant creating special tablets that dissolve in water and can be […]

Eric Ly from KarmaCheck shares his entrepreneurial lessons after decades in the industry

Dominic-Madori Davis, Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:01:07 +0000

Eric Ly has a storied career: He started as an engineering intern at IBM, and 20 years later found himself co-starting and serving as the founding CTO of LinkedIn. After that, he went on to start a slew of companies, including his most recent one, KarmaCheck, which uses AI-driven technology to make background checks easier. […]

Etched founder Gavin Uberti thinks his company stands on the ‘shoulders of giants’

Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:29:41 +0000

The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 sparked a new wave of AI companies. It also brought attention to the companies that were already building in the space like Etched. Etched co-founder and CEO Gavin Uberti said on a recent episode of TechCrunch’s Found podcast that his company “stands on the shoulders of giants.” While […]

Parker Conrad doesn’t think Rippling has won — yet

Dominic-Madori Davis, Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:50:42 +0000

The one and only Parker Conrad stopped by TechCrunch’s Found this week to talk to us about his company Rippling, as well as the X spat heard around the Valley. Conrad founded Rippling, an all-in-one workforce management platform, after being ousted from his old company Zenefits — an experience he was not shy to touch […]

Nearly a decade before co-founding Cohere, Nick Frosst thought he was late to AI

Rebecca Szkutak, Dominic-Madori Davis — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:10:07 +0000

When Nick Frosst was in college over a decade ago, he was worried he was a little late to the AI game. Frosst, a co-founder of enterprise AI startup Cohere, said on a recent episode of TechCrunch’s Found podcast that he came to this conclusion in 2012 after Geoffrey Hinton released his research that showed […]

How Back Market built a marketplace of refurbished tech

Dominic-Madori Davis, Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:33:02 +0000

The popularity of refurbishing technology has only increased these past few years and with it, the understanding of how important sustainability is in the industry. Studies estimate that simply throwing away old tech products can contaminate the soil and drinking water, harming the environment and requiring an increase of material products that only further exploit […]

Why the AI industry should want regulation now, not what could come later

Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:54:07 +0000

Since AI started its historic rise in prominence in 2022, the conversations around how the industry could be regulated have swelled at a similar rate. Many startup founders think regulating the industry now could stifle innovation. But others don’t agree and think waiting to implement policy and regulation could bite the industry down the line. […]

Why Tecovas sought out physical sales first despite its DTC dreams

Rebecca Szkutak, Dominic-Madori Davis — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:08:45 +0000

When Paul Hedrick left his private equity career to launch Tecovas in 2015, he knew he wanted to sell the brand’s signature cowboy boots a little differently than other traditional Western wear companies. He wanted to sell the boots direct to consumers online — but unlike many other DTC brands, he wasn’t going to wait around […]

Steve Case on why policy is crucial to make sure AI success isn’t concentrated to a few players

Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:43:00 +0000

Steve Case is no stranger to how policy can help aid innovation. His former company AOL would have been dead in the water if not for the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which required telecoms companies to open access to their tech. Now, Case is hoping the federal government will look to take the same stance […]

Creating cookware that won’t poison you

Dominic-Madori Davis, Rebecca Szkutak — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:04:48 +0000

Perhaps it is not surprising to hear that many of the pots and pans we use are coated in a poisonous chemical called Teflon that could seriously damage our health. Luckily, there is an answer on the market — Caraway, a home goods brand that touts itself as being non-toxic but still high quality. Jordan […]

Sunday is helping people take better care of their lawns — and the environment too

Rebecca Szkutak, Dominic-Madori Davis — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:25:33 +0000

There is estimated to be 40 million acres of lawn or turf grass in the U.S., making the grass in people’s backyards one of the largest crops in the U.S.. And, yet, when Coulter Lewis went to find products to take care of the lawn at his new house, he didn’t like his options. Lewis, […]