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Why 80% of the Fortune 100 Chose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith
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What It Takes to Build Software for 171,000+ Restaurants | Aman Narang
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What It Takes to Build a Generational Company | Anduril’s Trae Stephens
May 18, 2026
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How AIG Is Reinventing Insurance With AI | Peter Zaffino
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Apr 20, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/15/26 |  Why 80% of the Fortune 100 Chose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith | AI may change software overnight, but company building still takes time.Ryan Smith explains why, despite the pace of AI, “the race is going to be way longer than anyone thinks.”He reflects on Qualtrics surviving multiple market cycles and ultimately being acquired by SAP for $8 billion days before going public.Guest: Ryan Smith, co-founder QualtricsConnect with Ryan SmithXLinkedInConnect with Joubin:XLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comFollow Grit: LinkedInXLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 12m 40s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 |  What It Takes to Build Software for 171,000+ Restaurants | Aman Narang✨ | software developmentrestaurant management+3 | Aman Narang | ToastKleiner Perkins | — | softwarerestaurants+6 | — | 1h 17m 04s | |
| 5/18/26 |  What It Takes to Build a Generational Company | Anduril’s Trae Stephens✨ | founder qualitystartups+3 | Trae Stephens | AndurilFounders Fund+2 | — | foundersstartups+4 | — | 56m 17s | |
| 5/4/26 |  How AIG Is Reinventing Insurance With AI | Peter Zaffino✨ | insuranceAI+3 | Peter Zaffino | AIGKleiner Perkins | — | AIGinsurance+5 | — | 56m 16s | |
| 4/20/26 |  From Airbnb to Linear: How Karri Saarinen Redefined Product Design✨ | product designsoftware development+3 | Karri Saarinen | AirbnbCoinbase+1 | — | LinearKarri Saarinen+5 | — | 1h 17m 18s | |
| 4/6/26 |  How Kevin Mandia Built the Most Trusted Name in Cybersecurity✨ | cybersecurityAI in security+3 | Kevin Mandia | ArmadinKleiner Perkins | — | cybersecurityAI+5 | — | 1h 02m 29s | |
| 3/23/26 |  The Silicon Valley Insider In The Pentagon | DoW Emil Michael✨ | defense technologySilicon Valley+4 | Emil Michael | UberPentagon+1 | — | Emil MichaelPentagon+5 | — | 40m 43s | |
| 3/9/26 |  How Sierra Is Pulling Ahead in the AI Race | Co-founder Bret Taylor✨ | AIcustomer experience+3 | Bret Taylor | SierraGoogle+2 | — | AI agentscustomer experience+5 | — | 1h 12m 38s | |
| 2/23/26 |  The AI Era of Cybercrime: How Malwarebytes Is Evolving Its Security Stack | Marcin Kleczynski✨ | cybersecurityAI threats+3 | Marcin Kleczynski | MalwarebytesKleiner Perkins | — | cybercrimeAI+3 | — | 1h 03m 09s | |
| 2/9/26 |  The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Cresta CEO Ping Wu✨ | customer supportautomation+5 | Ping Wu | CrestaUnited Airlines+2 | — | customer supportautomation+5 | — | 43m 24s | |
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| 1/26/26 |  The Safest Dollar on the Internet | Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire✨ | digital currencyfinance+5 | Jeremy Allaire | CircleKleiner Perkins | — | USDCdigital currency+5 | — | 1h 05m 32s | |
| 1/12/26 |  Why We’re Only Using 1% of AI | Glean CEO Arvind Jain✨ | AIbusiness growth+3 | Arvind Jain | Glean | — | AIGlean+3 | — | 58m 37s | |
| 12/29/25 |  The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond✨ | AIBusiness+4 | David RubensteinYamini Rangan+6 | CarlyleHubSpot+7 | — | AIbusiness+5 | — | 41m 01s | |
| 12/22/25 |  How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader✨ | AIbrand visibility+3 | James Cadwallader | ProfoundEight Sleep+1 | — | AIbrand narrative+3 | — | 50m 25s | |
| 12/15/25 |  How Snap Plans to Win the AR Race | Evan Spiegel on Spectacles | Turning down a $3B offer from Facebook is a bold move for any young CEO.Evan Spiegel shares how Snap’s early dream was to stay independent and give its community an authentic voice, a bet that proved right.He also explains why they are now doubling down on AR glasses and why the anxiety around AI deserves far more attention from tech leaders.Guest: Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. and Bing Gordon, Advisor at Kleiner PerkinsConnect with Evan SpiegelX:https://x.com/evanspiegel?lang=enLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-spiegel/Connect with Bing GordonX: https://x.com/bingfish LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binggordon/Connect with JoubinX: https://x.com/JoubinmirLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854/Email: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins:https://www.kleinerperkins.com/ | 1h 11m 03s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 |  The Pull to Build: Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit and Starting Roadrunner | What does it take to go from advising founders to becoming one?On this week’s special Reverse Grit episode, we flip the script and put our Grit podcast host Joubin Mirzadegan in the guest seat.Joubin recently founded Roadrunner, where he is now co-founder & CEO. Roadrunner is building an AI‑native CPQ to modernize the quote‑to‑cash stack, drawing on years of conversations he’s had with enterprise revenue leaders.Stepping into the host role, Mamoon Hamid joins Joubin to talk about his transition from sales leader to founder, how Roadrunner came together, and why it became our first incubation since Glean.Roadrunner is hiring! Check them out: https://www.roadrunner.ai/Guest: Joubin Mirzadegan, Partner, Kleiner PerkinsConnect with MamoonXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 14m 05s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 |  Building Cloudflare for the Next 50 Years | Co-founder Cloudfare Michelle Zatlyn | Fifteen years in, it can still feel like “we’re just getting started.”Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, returns to Grit with Joubin Mirzadegan to share how Cloudflare secures the internet for millions, with a vision built to last generations.She also shares why staying close to reality and to customers becomes harder as success compounds, and how Cloudflare is helping content creators regain control in an AI driven internet.Guest: Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and President of CloudflareConnect with Michelle ZatlynXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 58m 29s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 |  She Sold Her Startup for $500 Million, Here’s Her Next Idea | Screens have pulled families apart. Brynn Putnam set out to bring them back together with Board, the world’s ‘first face-to-face game console.’On Grit, she tells Joubin Mirzadegan how every venture she’s built, including Mirror, started as a personal need, and how her true edge is the ability to strip an idea down to what actually matters.Guest: Brynn Putnam, founder and CEO of BoardConnect with Brynn PutnamXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 12m 27s | ||||||
| 11/17/25 |  Synthetic Data and the Future of AI | Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez | How do companies like Salesforce and Dell scale intelligence across every cloud?Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Cohere, explains how they’re building AI that works across all enterprise systems and deploys anywhere, giving companies true flexibility and security.He joins Joubin Mirzadegan for a wide-ranging conversation on why synthetic data went from dismissed to indispensable, and how the race among AI labs is really unfolding.Guest: Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of CohereConnect with Aidan: XLinkedInConnect with Joubin: XLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 11m 40s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  From Yext to Roam: Howard Lerman’s Second Act | The hardest company to build is the one you start after you’ve already succeeded.After scaling Yext into a platform powering millions of businesses, Howard Lerman chose to start over with Roam, the “Office of the Future,” where humans and AI work side by side from anywhere.On Grit, he joins Joubin Mirzadegan to talk about the solitude of leadership and what happens when you stop building for Wall Street.Guest: Howard Lerman, co-founder and former CEO of Yext, and founder and CEO of RoamConnect with Howard LermanXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 25m 47s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 |  Rebuilding Front for the AI Era | CEO Dan O’Connell | The hardest part of transformation is knowing what to let go of.Dan O’Connell, now leading Front as CEO and formerly on the board at Dialpad, joins Joubin Mirzadegan to explore the delicate balance between legacy and innovation as he leads a decade old company through the AI revolution.He also reflects on why courage and control can coexist in leadership, and what it means to “make decisions that give you energy.”Guest: Dan O’Connell, CEO of FrontConnect with Dan O’ConnellXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 59m 50s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 |  ElevenLabs’ Vision for Voice Interfaces | CEO Mati Staniszewski | Before AI became a buzzword, a few true believers were already building.Since early 2022, Mati Staniszewski and his team at ElevenLabs have been among them, working to create voices that “actually represent emotions.”He shares with Joubin Mirzadegan how voice AI is transforming diverse fields, from delivering personalized healthcare for different age groups to amplifying creativity in filmmaking.Guest: Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabsConnect with Mati StaniszewskiXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 04m 38s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 |  95% Faster Video Production with Synthesia | Victor Riparbelli | What’s product-market fit like when you give people the power to do what they never thought was possible?On this rerun of Grit from April 2024, Victor Riparbelli, co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, shares how his platform gave billions a new way to create video without cameras, and explores a future where video and audio replace text as the primary way to share knowledge and content.Guests: Victor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia and Josh Coyne, Partner at Kleiner PerkinsConnect with Victor RiparbelliX: https://x.com/vriparbelliLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorriparbelli/Connect with Josh CoyneX: https://x.com/josh_coyneLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuacoyne/Connect with JoubinX: https://x.com/JoubinmirLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854/Email: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins:https://www.kleinerperkins.com/ | 1h 08m 17s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 |  From Idea To Impact: How Gamma Is Redefining Presentations | Grant Lee | Make your product irresistible, and everything else will follow.That’s the philosophy of Grant Lee, co-founder and CEO of Gamma, an AI design platform with an 'anti-PowerPoint approach', used by over 50M people.This week on Grit, he also shares why enduring businesses aren’t one person shows, and how their deliberate hiring process shapes and strengthens company culture.Connect with Grant LeeXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 10m 04s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  Leadership Lessons From Snowflake’s Sales & Marketing Duo | Chris Degnan and Denise Persson | Scaling a business globally comes down to leaders who align teams and drive them forward together.Snowflake serves over 12,000 customers, and early executives Chris Degnan and Denise Persson share how they scaled the company while keeping the unlikely pairing of sales and marketing perfectly aligned through hypergrowth.They join Joubin Mirzadegan to share insights from their new book, Make It Snow, revealing how they built Snowflake’s ‘go-to-market engine’ and fostered a customer-first culture across every function.Guests: Chris Degnan, former CRO and advisor to the CEO at Snowflake, and Denise Persson, CMO at Snowflake.Connect with Chris Degnan LinkedInConnect with Denise PerssonLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins:https://www.kleinerperkins.com/ | 1h 23m 13s | ||||||
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