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First Commit

Laura Hamilton
AI Agents
Traversal
MCP
Farsight AI
Voice AI
DEX
Observability
Generative AI
Composio
Memory
Raindrop
SRE
Juicebox
Smithery
Decart
Artificial Intelligence
Vapi
Cloudbots
Real-Time Video Models
Investment Banking

First Commit is where founders tell the story from the start: what they saw, what they risked, and what it actually took to get from zero to something real.

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What if your browser knew your entire workday — and could quietly handle the parts that drain your focus?

In this episode of First Commit, Eliya Elon and Laura Hamilton sit down with Regina Lin, co-founder and CEO of ThirdLayer, the company building... more

This week, we’re joined by Alexis Gauba, Co-Founder of Raindrop, an AI native observability platform built for agents in production.

Alexis breaks down why operating agents is fundamentally different from monitoring traditional software. As systems ... more

This week, we’re joined by Anish Agarwal, CEO of Traversal, an AI-native site reliability platform helping teams detect, diagnose, and remediate incidents before they spiral into prolonged downtime.

Anish shares how Traversal is tackling the full li... more

This week, we’re joined by Ivan Burazin, co-founder of Daytona - a company rethinking developer environments for an AI-native world.

We talk about how Daytona creates real value for developers, why the most advanced agent companies are emerging bott... more

This week, we’re joined by Ishan Gupta, co-founder of Juicebox — a company redefining how recruiting works in an AI-native world.

Ishan shares how they pivoted from earlier ideas to focus on the highest value part of hiring: identifying the right pe... more

This week’s guests are Henry and Ani, co-founders of Smithery. Smithery is building the marketplace and runtime for MCP, making it easier for developers to distribute, discover, and monetize tools in the emerging agent ecosystem. 

 Smithery provides... more

This week’s guest is Dean Leitersdorf, CEO of Decart. Decart is a vertically integrated AI research lab building some of the world’s most advanced audio and video models, including Mirage, a real-time generative video system where users can transform... more

This week’s guests are Samir and Kunal from Farsight. Farsight is transforming how financial firms operate by automating the most time-consuming parts of dealmaking, from drafting pitch decks to generating investment insights, in seconds instead of w... more

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Recent Guests

Regina Lin
CEO and co-founder of Dex
Dex
Episode: The Real Bottleneck in AI Agents Isn't the Tech | Regina Lin, ThirdLayer
Alexis Gauba
Co-founder of Raindrop, AI-native observability platform for agents
Raindrop
Episode: E67: Monitoring the Probabilistic Stack with Alexis Gauba (Raindrop)
Anish Agarwal
CEO of Traversal
Traversal
Episode: E66: From Alerts to Action with Anish Agarwal (Traversal)
Ivan Burazin
Co-founder and CEO of Daytona
Daytona
Episode: E65: Infrastructure for AI-First Teams with Ivan Burazin (Daytona)
Ishan Gupta
Co-founder of Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform
Juicebox
Episode: E64: Reinventing How Teams Find Talent with Ishan Gupta (Juicebox)
Dean Leitersdorf
CEO of Decart
Decart
Episode: E62: Reinventing Consumer AI Through Generative Video with Dean Leitersdorf (Decart)
Jordan Dearsley
Founder and CEO of Vapi
Vapi
Episode: E60: Why Voice is the Next Platform Shift with Jordan Dearsley (Vapi)
Brooke Hopkins
Founder and CEO of Coval
Coval
Episode: E59: Simulation as Strategy with Brooke Hopkins (Coval)
Chris Chedeau
Engineer at Meta; co-creator of React Native and Excalidraw
Meta
Episode: E58: Architecting Developer Experiences with Christopher Chedeau (aka Vjeux)

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Laura Hamilton
Host of First Commit; frequently guides conversations with startup founders.

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E56: Why AI Agents Need Memory with Taranjeet Singh (Mem0)
Q: Why memory? What are the problems today that folks are needing memory for agents or applications?
Memory is needed because current agents are often stateless and forgetful; a strong memory layer enables agents to remember users, interactions, and feedback over time, improving performance and personalization.
E61: AI for Financial Services with Samir and Kunal (Farsight)
Q: How does Farsight price and scale with compute costs and different firm sizes?
Pricing is currently tiered by firm size with a move toward unit-of-work delivery in the future; compute costs are kept modest by a modular task design and targeted model usage, while the pricing structure focuses on value delivery rather than a complex new pricing regime.
E58: Architecting Developer Experiences with Christopher Chedeau (aka Vjeux)
Q: How did the React community evolve differently from React Native and Excalidraw, and what does that say about open source contributions?
Different projects attracted different sets of contributors over time; pillars of one project aren't guaranteed to become pillars of another. This reflects how open source talent emerges based on timing, problem space, and personal career stages, underscoring the importance of welcoming diverse contributors and enabling new leaders to rise as ecosystems evolve.
E58: Architecting Developer Experiences with Christopher Chedeau (aka Vjeux)
Q: What triggered the decision to build React at Meta and eventually open source it?
The decision stemmed from a desire to address core developer experience and scalability problems at Facebook, leveraging an internal PHP-inspired approach to UI updates. Open sourcing followed because it solved Facebook's problems while also propelling the broader ecosystem forward, creating downstream benefits like easier hiring and establishing React as a thought leadership platform.
E66: From Alerts to Action with Anish Agarwal (Traversal)
Q: What assumptions did you have to make about how models would evolve over time, and how did that shape Traversal's architecture?
We assumed model progress would be incremental but transformative in short cycles, so we bet on six-month horizons and designed systems that could re-architect around reasoning models and long-horizon agents, then evolve the stack as capabilities grew.

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What is First Commit about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Founders speak candidly about the early days, bets, and real-world hurdles of building technical startups. Episodes center on product-market fit, go-to-market strategies, and the evolving craft of creating and scaling AI-powered tools. Guests typically share founder journeys, lessons from YC experiences, and practical insights into hiring, memory and observability, developer tooling, and enterprise adoption. The show stands out for its rigorous, founder-focused conversations that balance technical depth with business pragmatics, often weaving in anecdotes about pivots, team-building, and customer milestones. Listeners can expect actionable takeaways for pitching, product strategy, and growth, especially around AI agents, developer experienc... more

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2. Alexis Gauba
3. Anish Agarwal
4. Ivan Burazin
5. Ishan Gupta
6. Dean Leitersdorf
7. Jordan Dearsley
8. Brooke Hopkins

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