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Dev Propulsion Labs

Evil Martians
Developer Tools
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Dev Propulsion Labs is a podcast about the business of developer tools, hosted by Victoria Melnikova. Victoria is a business and go-to-market expert for developer tools and AI, working with 40+ early-stage startups a year as Head of New Business at Evil Martians. She sits down face-to-face in San Francisco with founders behind companies like Cursor, Sentry, Supabase, Resend, CodeRabbit, WorkOS, El... more

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Matt Biilmann, CEO and co-founder of Netlify (www.netlify.com/), sits down with Victoria Melnikova to talk about why agent experience (AX) is replacing developer experience in developer tools. He also shares how Netlify went from a bootstrapp... more

Max Prilutskiy, CEO and co-founder of Lingo.dev, sits down with Victoria Melnikova to talk about why localization is still far from a solved problem in the age of AI, how a six-person team ships 56 pull requests a week, and what agent experience actu... more

Amir Rustamzadeh, partner at Firestreak Ventures, sits down with Victoria Melnikova to talk about how to spot a force-of-nature founder before anyone else does, why most developer tool ideas are no longer venture scale, and what the current state of ... more

Anuraag Gutgutia, co-founder and COO of TrueFoundry, sits down with Victoria Melnikova to talk about how to sell enterprise AI infrastructure when nobody trusts you yet, how TrueFoundry evolved from an ML deployment platform inspired by Meta's FB Lea... more

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Recent Guests

Matt Biilmann
CEO and co-founder of Netlify
Netlify
Episode: Matt Biilmann of Netlify: why agent experience is the new developer experience | Evil Martians
Max Prilutskiy
CEO and co-founder of Lingo.dev
Lingo.dev
Episode: Lingo.dev co-founder Max Prilutskiy: AI localization, AX, and having a lean team | Evil Martians
Amir Rustamzadeh
Partner at Firestreak
Firestreak
Episode: Firestreak partner Amir Rustamzadeh: what VCs look for in devtools founders | Evil Martians podcast
Anuraag Gutgutia
Founder and CEO of TrueFoundry
TrueFoundry
Episode: Anuraag Gutgutia, co-founder of TrueFoundry: trust closes enterprise deals | Evil Martians podcast
Stas Kelvich
Co-founder Neon; Technical staff at Databricks
Neon / Databricks
Episode: Stas Kelvich, co-founder of Neon: $1B acquisition and databases for agents | Evil Martians podcast
Harjot Gill
CEO and co-founder of CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit
Episode: CodeRabbit CEO Harjot Gill: going viral in Japan and AI code guardrails | Evil Martians podcast
David Gomes
Product engineer at Cursor
Cursor
Episode: David Gomes of Cursor: why half of developers still aren't using AI | Evil Martians podcast
Monica Sarbu
Founder of Xata
Xata
Episode: Monica Sarbu, founder of Xata: rebuilding Xata and why diverse teams win | Evil Martians podcast
Piyush Agarwal
Founder of Rayo.dev
Rayo.dev
Episode: Piyush Agarwal, co-founder of Reo.dev: intent signals and devtool GTM | Evil Martians podcast

Host

Victoria Melnikova
Host focusing on business and GTM for developer tools and AI.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • Useful

    As a founder of a dev tool startup, I find these conversations insightful and inspiring too. Keep it up!

    Apple Podcasts
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    Nonconstant
    United States2 years ago

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Great for understanding GTM nuances in enterprise opportunities for dev tools.
Honest, actionable stories from leadership in the tooling space.
Insightful founder conversations that distill practical playbooks for building in developer tools.

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#200
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Apple Podcasts
#133
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Anuraag Gutgutia, co-founder of TrueFoundry: trust closes enterprise deals | Evil Martians podcast
Q: What was the original pitch for TrueFoundry and how did it evolve with GenAI and customers' needs?
We started with an enterprise AI platform for data scientists to deploy models with strong governance and cost efficiency in a enterprise VPC. After ChatGPT's rise and demand for deploying large language models, we extended to support LM deployment and later to orchestrate all AI components—models, MCP servers, and agents—creating a full AI gateway that covers end-to-end production needs.
Anuraag Gutgutia, co-founder of TrueFoundry: trust closes enterprise deals | Evil Martians podcast
Q: Can you give us your kind of background? What brought you to TrueFoundry?
I came from the hedge fund world where I managed large asset classes and then teamed up with co-founders who were at Meta. We detected a gap between Meta's internal ML platform and what was available publicly, which inspired us to build TrueFoundry to bring similar capabilities to other enterprises at scale.
Firestreak partner Amir Rustamzadeh: what VCs look for in devtools founders | Evil Martians podcast
Q: What do you bring to the table as a hands-on investor?
I focus on being reachable for founders during crises, offering ongoing guidance, and serving as a thought partner across product, GTM, and operations, while ensuring I don't create dependencies that stifle founder autonomy.
Lingo.dev co-founder Max Prilutskiy: AI localization, AX, and having a lean team | Evil Martians
Q: How did your background and experiences influence the way you approach building Lingo.dev?
Max discusses moving from Belarus to Spain and then to SF, early side projects, and learning through bootstrapping and YC to emphasize talking to customers first, validating problems, and building with a lean, high-agency team.
Adam Wenchel, CEO at Arthur AI, on building AI guardrails, the last mile problem, and coaching code bots
Q: What do you think makes the perfect developer tool? What are some maybe top three qualities that a developer tool should have?
A perfect developer tool should prioritize simplicity, cleverness, and perhaps a third quality that hasn't been specified.

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What is Dev Propulsion Labs about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Dev Propulsion Labs focuses on the business of developer tools, with conversations centered on GTM strategies, product-led growth, and enterprise adoption in the developer tooling space. Episodes frequently feature founders and C-suite leaders from tools and platforms targeting developers, discussing go-to-market approaches, architectural decisions for scalable developer-focused products, and the evolving AI-assisted coding landscape. A notable strength is the practical, founder-to-founder lens on building and scaling developer tool companies, often touching on international expansion, remote work dynamics, and community-driven growth. The show likely appeals to builders and operators in developer tools, as well as potential sponsors seekin... more

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