If you want to make bets about the future, you have to understand the why behind a startupās success. Company Breakdowns from Turpentine is a deep dive with influential tech insiders like Tomasz Tunguz, Alex Clayton, CJ Gustafson, and Tanay Jaipuria, hosted by Erik Torenberg. Weāll be breaking down a particular company's strengths, such as its products or services, growing customer base, business model, and potential for market penetration and domination. Special episodes will dissect S-1 filings. Companies covered this season include: Reddit, Rubrik, Databricks and more.Ā
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If you want to make bets about the future, you have to understand the why behind a startupās success. Company Breakdowns from Turpentine is a deep dive with influential tech insiders like Tomasz Tunguz, Alex Clayton, CJ Gustafson, and Tanay Jaipuria, hosted by Erik Torenberg. Weāll be breaking down a particular company's strengths, such as its products or services, growing customer base, business model, and potential for market penetration and domination. Special episodes will dissect S-1 filings. Companies covered this season include: Reddit, Rubrik, Databricks and more.Ā
Company Breakdowns is a podcast from Turpentine. Learn more: turpentine.co
In this episode of Company Breakdowns, 1 to 100 podcast host Usman Hanif welcomes Erik Bernhardsson, founder and CEO of Modal Labs.
Modal has rapidly scaled by offering high-performance, serverless GPU cloud solutions crucial for gen AI, machine learning, and data applications. The discussion covers their impressive growth, unique infrastructure advantages, and commitment to enhancing the developer experience. Bernhardsson also shares insights on building from scratch, handling cloud resource allocation, and the company's future ambitions.
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LINKS:
Modal Labs: https://modal.com
Hiring: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/modal
Why You Should Join essay on Modal : https://whyyoushouldjoin.substack.com/p/modal
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@usygoosy (Usman)
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@why2join (Why You Should Join)
@turpentinemedia (Turpentine)
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:17) Overview of Modal Labs
(02:26) Deep dive into Modal Labs' technology
(03:39) Developer experience and infrastructure
(07:09) Challenges and innovations in cloud computing
(11:28) Measuring performance
(15:07) Why do people come to Modal?
(20:08) Sponsor: WorkOS
(21:16) High demand for GPUs
(24:51) Early days and business growth
(26:59) Power of developer experience
(29:09) Importance of onboarding and documentation
(32:23) Challenges in developer tools
(34:00) Insights from Spotify and Better.com
(36:33) Hiring the right talent
(40:48) Fundraising and investor relations
(42:02) Insights on the team culture
(44:42) Future of Modal
(49:41) Wrap
"Company Breakdowns"
If you want to make bets about the future, you have to understand the why behind a startupās success. Company Breakdowns from Turpentine is a deep dive with influential tech insiders like Tomasz Tunguz, Alex Clayton, CJ Gustafson, and Tanay Jaipuria, hosted by Erik Torenberg. Weāll be breaking down a particular company's strengths, such as its products or services, growing customer base, business model, and potential for market penetration and domination. Special episodes will dissect S-1 filings. Companies covered this season include: Reddit, Rubrik, Databricks and more.Ā
Company Breakdowns is a podcast from Turpentine. Learn more: turpentine.co
