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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO
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Code Story is a startup podcast for technical founders building and scaling software products.

Each episode features SaaS founders, engineers, and product leaders sharing how they built their product, found product-market fit, and navigated early-stage growth.

We explore:

Early engineering decisions and MVP development

Landing the first customers

Pricing and go-to-market experiments

Scaling chall... more

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Latest Episodes

Tim Lidman lives in Denver, CO. He has had an unconventional path to being a Tech CEO. In fact, He moved from London to Sweden when he was 18... to try to be a heavy metal rock star, trying to make it big as a drummer. To earn extra income, he got in... more

Today, we are dropping another episode in our series The AI Control Loop, How enterprises govern the AI they've already deployed - sponsored by our friends at Wallarm.

Wallarm is the AI Control Platform for Enterprise AI, protecting every AI workloa... more

Gregory M. Kurtzer is a veteran open-source pioneer, technologist, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale enterprise infrastructure. He first gained widespread industry prominence as the ... more

Today, we are continuing our series, entitled Developer Chats - hearing from the large scale system builders themselves.

In this episode, we are talking with Pavel Shchekotov, Founding Engineer of specializing in voice-first, conversational AI produ... more

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Recent Guests

Alex Bowcut
Head of Engineering, Sphere
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Episode: S12 E22: Alex Bowcut, Sphere
Ankit Dheendsa
Chief Technology Officer
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Episode: S12 Bonus: Ankit Dheendsa, Morphos AI
Marco Benitez
Co-founder and CEO of Rook
Rook
Episode: S12 E21: Marco Benitez, ROOK
Daulet Amirkhanov
Founding engineer of Bead AI
Bead AI
Episode: Founder Chats - Daulet Amirkhanov
Kunal Bhatia
Co-founder and CEO of Hexo Labs
Hexo Labs
Episode: S12 Bonus: Kunal Bhatia, Hexo Labs
Ofir Stein
CTO and co-founder of Apono
Apono
Episode: S12 E20: Ofir Stein, Apono
Anusha Iyer
CEO and founder of Corsha
Corsha
Episode: S12 Bonus: Anusha Iyer, Corsha
Thomas Schlegel
VP of Engineering and Head of Innovation at Build Technologies
Build Technologies
Episode: S12 E19: Thomas Schlegel, Built
Yoni Avital
co-founder and chief evangelist at ControlUp
ControlUp
Episode: S12 Bonus: Yoni Avital, ControlUp

Host

Noah Laphart
Host of Code Story

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 294 ratings
  • Authentic Narrative

    Insightful deep dive into the real-world experiences of tech entrepreneurs, highlighting both successes and setbacks.

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    Sam Rotbart
    United Statesa year ago
  • Color commentary

    We all hear stories about tech, but they’re sanitized to fit the narrative. Understanding the human journey is so powerful. Good stuff!

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    playa hata 987
    United Statesa year ago
  • Great host!

    Loved the direct and candid conversations!

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    HouraniT
    United Statesa year ago
  • Informative and Entertaining Listen

    Enjoyable podcast that talks building businesses with a wide variety of entrepreneurs.

    Apple Podcasts
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    United States3 years ago
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Listeners appreciate deep, candid conversations that reveal both successes and setbacks of entrepreneurship.
The host asks thoughtful, well-researched questions that draw out practical lessons.

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S12 E22: Alex Bowcut, Sphere
Q: What was the MVP when you joined Sphere and what tools did you use?
I was brought in to focus on the AI features and to build the initial version of T-RAM, a tax review model that first passes tax determinations before human review, enabling faster research and multilingual support.
S12 Bonus: Kunal Bhatia, Hexo Labs
Q: What advice would you give a young entrepreneur on a plane about navigating this era of AI and startup building?
Current playbooks do not apply; the next decade will involve exponential progress and asymmetric bets. Founders should think in terms of asymmetry and prepare for rapid shifts caused by AI, understanding that AI could disrupt many traditional business models.
S12 Bonus: Kunal Bhatia, Hexo Labs
Q: How do you approach building your team for such ambitious work, and what do you look for in early hires?
They hire a mix of top researchers from universities like Stanford, UCSB, and Oxford, and they also value softer skills like willingness to take bets, big-thinking, grit, and a mission-oriented mindset. They use short two-to-three week project trials to gauge fit before longer commitments.
S12 Bonus: Kunal Bhatia, Hexo Labs
Q: I'm curious about what the MVP for Hexo Labs looks like and what the platform to build all the rest of the technologies entails.
The MVP is essentially the self-improving AI paper and the foundational research that demonstrates how such systems could start solving hard problems, rather than a traditional product. The team emphasizes core research with plans to release work publicly and to pursue problems that AI can meaningfully advance, rather than selling an off-the-shelf product yet.
Founder Chats - Daulet Amirkhanov
Q: Two years from now, what piece of agent infrastructure will be considered necessary but not yet existing?
The idea entails an identity and capability registry for individual agents, enabling traceability and accountability for agent actions, potentially regulated by entities like the EU.

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This show centers on technical founders, engineers, and product leaders who share how they built and scaled software products, from early MVPs to go-to-market strategies and infrastructure growth. Across recent episodes, listeners hear deep dives into product strategy, AI tooling, security, and pragmatic lessons from real startups navigating growth, regulatory realities, and team design. Notable is the emphasis on authentic founder journeys, candid lessons from missteps, and practical, implementation-focused takeaways that are valuable for listeners aiming to build scalable SaaS businesses or lead tech-driven teams.

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5. Kunal Bhatia
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