"1 to 100" | Hypergrowth Startups Worth Joining

This week, Usman Hanif is joined by Sapien co-founders Ron Nachum, Pranav Ravella, and Arya Grayeli to talk about their journey from college dropouts to securing $8.7M in seed funding, creating the first fully autonomous "shadow CFO" for enterprise teams, and attempting to revolutionize financial decision-making for major companies using AI. — 🙏 Help shape our show by taking our quick listener su...

This week, Usman Hanif down with Jared Quincy Davis, Co-founder and CEO of Foundry, an AI cloud platform designed to orchestrate the world's compute capacity, to discuss the challenges of GPU utilization, the economics of AI infrastructure, and how Foundry is making cutting-edge AI capabilities more accessible, while also exploring the future of AI democratization and cloud infrastructure. For ful...

In this episode of 1 to 100, Usman Hanif speaks again with Ankur Goyal, Founder and CEO of Braintrust, about the company's Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, its product development strategy, and hiring needs. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/75dc81b1-1320-4809-80b0-4b0bb28b085b — 🙏  Help shape our show by taking our quick listener survey at https://bit.ly...

In this episode of 1 to 100, Usman Hanif is joined by Dan Wright, Founder and CEO of Armada, who discusses how his company is revolutionizing edge computing, bridging the digital divide, and building scalable, mission-critical infrastructure for remote data processing and application deployment. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/90adf2d2-cec3-4397-8270-f37f6685d3ac — 📰 Be...

In this episode of 1 to 100, host Usman Hanif sits down with Matt McKinney, Co-founder and CEO of Loop, a company transforming the $2T freight supply chain industry with AI-powered data solutions that enhance visibility and automate decision-making. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/6b8cd4bb-2d50-4dd1-bf00-08fd97ecfa7d — 📰 Be notified early when Turpentine drops new public...

Usman Hanif interviews Neal Jean, founder and CEO of Beacons, discussing the company's journey from a simple link-in-bio tool to a comprehensive platform for creators. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/111595a8-c44e-4b5b-b98f-889678679d44  — 📰 Be notified early when Turpentine drops new publication: https://www.turpentine.co/exclusiveaccess   — SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infra...

In this episode of 1 to 100, Usman Hanif sits down with Cornelius Schmitt, Co-founder and CEO of Zellerfeld, a pioneering technology company that produces entire 3D-printed shoes at the push of a button. Schmitt shares his journey from working out of his dorm room to developing the first fully 3D-printed shoe company, now backed by Founders Fund. He discusses Zellerfeld's collaborations with luxur...

In this episode of 1 to 100, host Usman Hanif is joined by Ankur Goyal, Founder and CEO at Braintrust, an enterprise-grade stack for building AI products, from evals to logging to data management. Ankur shares insights on product development strategy in the AI era, getting backed by the likes of Elad Gil and Greylock, and how he sees the future of AI development. 🔥 Apply to join over 400 Founders...

In this episode of 1 to 100, Usman Hanif sits down with Vignan Velivela, Co-founder and CEO at AtoB, a fintech company that provides solutions for the trucking industry. AtoB is focused on building a modern infrastructure for the trucking industry, with a mission to reduce energy usage, improve financial stability for small businesses, and create a more level playing field. Usman and Vignan also d...

In this episode of 1 to 100, Usman Hanif sits down with Brendan Foody, Co-founder and CEO at Mercor, an AI-powered platform that automates the hiring process. Mercor has grown from zero to mid seven-figure revenue in just one year, working with top foundation model and AI companies. Brendan and Usman discuss the technical challenges and groundbreaking technologies behind their AI vetting process,...

This week on 1 to 100, Usman Hanif sits down with Varun Anand, Co-founder and Head of Operations at Clay. Clay is an innovative go-to-market platform that uses AI to help businesses find their target audience, enrich lead data, and automate personalized outreach. They also explore how Clay has revolutionized data aggregation, discover technical challenges and strategies for exponential growth, sup...

In this episode of 1 to 100, host Usman Hanif welcomes Erik Bernhardsson, founder and CEO of Modal Labs. Modal has rapidly scaled by offering high-performance, serverless GPU cloud solutions crucial for gen AI, machine learning, and data applications. The discussion covers their impressive growth, unique infrastructure advantages, and commitment to enhancing the developer experience. Bernhardsson...