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Each week, we feature early-stage startup founders to hear first-hand accounts of the real stories behind startups. Produced by Maggie Stamets. Edited by Kell.

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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…

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

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…

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

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…

Parker Conrad doesn’t think Rippling has won — yet

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…

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

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. …

How Back Market built a marketplace of refurbished tech

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.…

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

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…

Why Tecovas sought out physical sales first despite its DTC dreams

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…

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

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…

Creating cookware that won’t poison you

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…

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