
The Infra Pod brings you insightful and thought-provoking discussions on the world of infrastructure software. This podcast is started by two engineers, Ian Livingstone (tech advisor for Snyk) and Tim Chen (General Partner at Essence VC), team up with a rotating cast of guests to dive deep into the latest trends and hot topics in the software infrastructure space.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 62 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||

In this episode of The Infra Pod, hosts Tim Chen (Essence VC) and Ian Livingstone (Keycard) sit down with Benny Chen, co-founder of Fireworks AI, to explore the evolving world of AI inference infrastructure.
Benny shares his journey from Meta — wher... more
Tim (Essence VC) and Ian (Keycard) interviewed Louis Vichy, co-founder of OpenRouter, about why he built OpenRouter to de-risk AI app development (end-user pays LLM costs), how it scaled to processing ~5–6T tokens/week, and what OpenRouter is today: ... more
In this episode of The Infra Pod, hosts Tim Chen (Essence VC) and Ian Livingstone (Keycard) sat down with Catherine Jue, co-founder and CEO of Kernel, to explore the cutting-edge world of browser infrastructure for AI agents.
Catherine shares her j... more
Tim (Essence VC) and Ian (Keycard) sat down with Tejas Bhakta (CEO of Morph) to chat about building infrastructure for the fastest file edit APIs for coding agents. He shares how Morph delivers 10,000 tokens/second through speculative decoding, why c... more
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This show centers on infrastructure software and the evolving tooling, platforms, and practices that power complex systems. Episodes frequently explore cloud-native deployment, developer experience, AI-assisted workflows, and the tradeoffs between managed services and DIY infrastructure. Guests range from startup founders to security leaders and product engineers, offering pragmatic takes on building reliable, scalable systems while navigating evolving technologies and market shifts. A standout aspect is the mix of practitioner-focused stories and high-level industry observations, often tying concrete engineering challenges to broader business implications. The format tends to combine candid journeys, tooling critiques, and forecasts for ho... more
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Recent guests on The Infra Pod include:
1. Louis Vichy
2. Catherine Jue
3. Tejas Bhakta
4. Dexter Horthy
5. Akshay Shah
6. Sammy Sdu
7. Anurag Goel
8. Alex Eagle
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