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In this episode of Founders' Tales, Chris Hopkins sits down with Russ Martin, Co-Founder of RampRight, to discuss how years of revenue leadership experience led him to identify a major blind spot in employee onboarding and ramping. RampRight is building the first ramp intelligence platform, helping companies move beyond subjective onboarding processes with objective, measurable, real-time insights...

In this episode of Founders' Tales, we speak with Luke Winston-Almanzar, CEO and Co-Founder of Reservoir, a climate technology company developing intelligent electric water heaters designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, and make sustainable living the obvious choice for homeowners. Reservoir is rethinking one of the most energy-intensive yet overlooked systems in the home: water heat...

In this episode of Founders' Tales, we speak with Meghan Joyce, CEO of Duckbill, a company building execution infrastructure that enables AI systems to complete complex real-world tasks through a combination of automation and human support. Drawing on her experience at Uber and Oscar Health, Meghan shares how her career at the intersection of technology and human services inspired the creation of...

In this episode of Founders' Tales, we sit down with Naren Tallapragada, CEO & Co-Founder of Tessel Bio, a biotech company pioneering virtual tissue models to accelerate the discovery of new treatments for complex chronic diseases. Drawing from a deeply personal motivation and a background spanning physics, engineering, and biology, Naren shares how Tessel Bio is combining AI-driven modeling w...

In this episode of Founders Tales, Chris Hopkins sits down with Maria Teigeiro, Co-Founder and CTO of Real Time Taxes, to explore how her team is rethinking one of life’s most frustrating financial moments like unexpected tax bills. Real Time Taxes helps individuals proactively plan for tax season by adjusting withholdings throughout the year, ensuring there are no surprises when filing returns. I...

In this episode of Founders' Tales, we speak with Mariana Vinagre, Co-Founder of NautIQ Technologies, a robotics company developing automation solutions for the boat maintenance industry. With over a decade of entrepreneurial experience, Mariana shares how her journey across multiple industries has shaped her perspective on building mission-driven companies that combine innovation with real-world...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins from Evolution Recruitment speaks with Shilpi Gupta, founder of QYN Labs, a longevity technology company building sensing and intelligence systems to better understand human hormones. Shilpi shares her journey from designing large scale robotics systems at Amazon Robotics to applying systems engineering principles to biology. QYN Labs is focused on...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins from Evolution Recruitment speaks with Daniela Cuellar Zapata, founder and CEO of Wipp.ai, an AI driven civic intelligence platform designed to map networks of influence across government decision making. Daniela shares her journey from studying economics and working at PepsiCo to becoming an AI developer during her time at Harvard Business School...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Simon Taylor breaks down how he built HYCU into a global data protection platform serving thousands of customers across 78 countries. What began as an attempt to simplify scattered backup systems grew into a unified solution that protects data across on-prem environments, public clouds, and countless SaaS applications. Simon explains how the company discovered t...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins from Evolution Recruitment sits down with Jack Porter, Co-Founder of BirdDog, a sales technology company helping teams improve research, deal quality, and overall performance. Jack shares how BirdDog started as an investing platform before an unexpected pivot into sales tech, driven entirely by real user behavior. What began as a failed idea quickl...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Nash Gadre, founder of Camouflage Networks, explains how his company is reinventing cybersecurity by securing networks at layer three of the OSI model. His team is building a system that creates a secure connection between machines and AI agents, giving organizations the ability to shut down threats at their source and prevent high-impact breaches. Nash shares h...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins from Evolution Recruitment speaks with Jack O’Brien, co-founder and CEO of Subconscious, an AI startup building infrastructure for long running, complex tasks to solve themselves efficiently. Jack shares how Subconscious emerged from MIT research after struggling with existing AI agent tools that were slow, expensive, and ineffective on long contex...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins from Evolution Recruitment sits down with Luis Alvear Tesouro, co-founder and CEO of dimensio.ai, a Boston based startup building real time lab data collection tools powered by artificial intelligence. Luis shares his journey from Spain to the United States on a tennis scholarship, studying computer science at Purdue University, and later working a...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, we sit down with Carlos Ezio Garciamendez, Co-Founder of Criocore, a Boston based biotech startup using bioprinting technology to improve pre clinical drug development. Carlos shares how Criocore is building in vitro tissue models designed to better reflect human biology and reduce reliance on animal testing. The conversation explores Criocore’s academic roots a...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins from Evolution Recruitment speaks with David Brown, Co-Founder and COO of Helix Carbon, a Boston based cleantech startup rethinking how carbon dioxide is utilized at an industrial scale. David shares his journey from Army Apache helicopter pilot to startup founder, and how Helix Carbon is developing technology that converts dilute and contaminated...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, we speak with Christopher Grillo, co-founder and CEO of Irnerius, Inc, a Boston based edtech startup focused on helping students and families make more informed college and financial aid decisions. Christopher shares the real problem that sparked the idea, shaped by years in higher education and firsthand exposure to the challenges around student debt, limited c...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, we sit down with Alesia Razumova, founder of Studypop, a mobile first study platform built specifically for students with ADHD. Alesia shares the personal story behind the business, inspired by her brother’s experience navigating higher education with ADHD and the challenges of burnout, procrastination, and executive function. That experience shaped her mission...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Johannes, founder and CEO of Diffraqtion, reveals how his company is transforming space imaging through cutting-edge quantum technology. With their flagship satellite Galileo 1, Diffraqtion is developing one of the world’s first quantum camera satellites. It captures images up to 20 times sharper than current systems while drastically reducing production and lau...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, we sit down with Mark Stiles, founder and co creator of Joze.ai, to explore an ambitious mission that aims to solve conflict for humanity. After spending three decades as an attorney focused on proactive planning, Mark saw firsthand the emotional, financial, and generational damage caused by unresolved conflict. Those experiences inspired him to leave legal prac...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, we explore how Bay State Energy is transforming the future of nuclear power through microreactor innovation. Co-founder Alexander Urbanski shares how their solid-state power conversion system replaces traditional heavy turbines, cutting reactor weight by 90% and costs by 60%. Bay State Energy’s vision is to make nuclear power scalable, affordable, and sustainabl...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, David Bender shares how he built Brickgraph, a data platform designed to solve one of commercial real estate’s biggest pain points: fragmented, hard-to-use information scattered across multiple systems. Drawing from his early career in London’s real estate industry, David explains how the daily struggle of working with disconnected data sparked the idea for a un...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, we sit down with Aaron "Checo" Pacheco, founder and CEO of OtterMon AI, to explore how his team is rethinking website monitoring and reliability in an increasingly complex tech landscape. With more than fifteen years of experience in the Boston tech ecosystem, Checo shares how repeated exposure to alert fatigue, monitoring noise, and preventable outages led him...

n this episode of Founders’ Tales, Chris Hopkins sits down with David Chang, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder of Via AI. With more than twenty five years of startup experience, David shares lessons from building companies in Boston, being the first product manager at TripAdvisor, leading startups through acquisitions, and investing in over one hundred early stage companies. Davi...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, Dale Thomas, CEO and President of Digital Plastics, shares his journey from earning a PhD at MIT to building multiple technology companies at the intersection of AI, engineering, and sustainability. Drawing on his background in chemical manufacturing and venture capital, Dale explains how Digital Plastics is using AI to modernize technical sales in the plastics...

In this episode of Founders’ Tales, an experienced founder and investor shares five decades of hard-earned startup lessons. From his first venture in 1980 to today’s fast-moving tech landscape, he reveals what truly drives startup success by emphasizing the importance of building a sustainable business rather than focusing only on creating the perfect product. He discusses how startup culture and...