Nicholas Rudder explains how he pivoted from a failed edtech startup, closed customers with a Figma prototype, and is building Sphere to solve global tax compliance.

Mattermost CEO Ian Tien explains sovereign AI, how startups can win in defense tech, and the lessons from building an open-source company used in national security.

Olo founder Noah Glass shares how it took nearly a decade to find product-market fit, why persistence matters more than speed, and how to build enduring enterprise SaaS companies.

Emmett Shear discusses AI alignment, continuous learning, and why the future of AI is not about bigger models—but systems that can learn, adapt, and align with humans.