Slushin toimitusjohtaja Aino Bergius paljastaa Päätös-podin syksyn 2025 jaksossa kuumimmat Slush-vinkit tekoälyn lisäksi. 
Bergius aloitti Slushissa vapaaehtoisena 11 vuotta sitten. Siinä ajassa Suomen kasvuyhtiöiden keräämät sijoitukset ovat seitsenkertaistuneet yi 1,5 miljardiin euroon. Ja se on vasta alkua!

Päätös-podcast: Slushin toimitusjohtaja Aino Bergius

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Grant Lee is the CEO and Co-founder of Gamma, an AI-powered presentation and website design tool that has scaled to 50 million customers and $50 million in annual recurring revenue with fewer than 50 employees. In this conversation with Adjunct Lecturer Ravi Belani, Lee shares how his search for energizing projects and partnerships shaped Gamma’s path, and he gives advice for early-stage entrepreneurs on building conviction, finding good co-founders, and gauging product-market fit.



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Grant Lee (Gamma) - Finding Early-Stage Energy

Chris Holman welcomes Broc W. Edwards, Chief Executive Officer, Pronoia Capital, Traverse City, MI.

Chris had several questions for Broc in this conversation.

You've obviously done a lot and have experienced success early on in your career, what would you say drives you?

You've worked all over, lived in New York and Chicago, etc. why did you decide to come back to Michigan to live and work here?

What has been your biggest struggle as an entrepreneur you've overcome and could speak wisdom into for others following in your footsteps?

What role did Michigan State University play in your development as a professional and shaping your career?

Who has been your biggest mentor or inspiration in your life?

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Michigan Business Beat | Broc W. Edwards, Pronoia Capital on Success, Mentorship & Michigan Roots

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Temperate: The startups building tech that beams heat into space and aims to disrupt the trillion-dollar cooling market
Air conditioning consumes 10% of the world's electricity, a figure set to double by 2050. Is there a better way?
I got the chance to speak with Charlie, founder of Temperate, a UK startup that has developed a revolutionary cooling technology up to 20 times more efficient than standard AC. Their system uses no refrigerants and works by converting heat into light and beaming it directly into space.
Listen to learn how this deep-tech solution, built with materials from a supermarket, is targeting the multi-trillion-dollar data centre and HVAC markets, and why it represents a massive opportunity for early-stage investors.

Temperate: The Tech Beaming Heat Into Space to Disrupt the Cooling Market

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This week, Mike Oitzman recaps the FIRA 2025 Ag Robotics event in Woodland, CA, highlighting the latest innovations in new automation solutions for agriculture. Featured guest this week is Danny Bernstein, founder of The Reservoir, an agtech incubator located in Salinas, CA. Danny takes us through the creation of The Reservoir and the vision for the organization to support new Ag automation startups. 
Also on the show is a brief conversation with Dave Silver, Director of Orchard Autonomy at John Deere, who updates us on the latest orchard solutions from JD.
Companies mentioned in the recap:|
- Bonzai Robotics
- AgScout (vineyard yield management software)
- TensorField (hot oil weeding solution)
- Pittsburgh Robotics
- John Deere
- The Reservoir

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FIRA 2025 Ag robotics recap

In episode 46 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers and Don Marti trace a thoughtful arc from the open source protests of the 1990s to today’s AI-driven world. They explore how large language models blur truth and plausibility, debate ethics in benchmarking and market-based definitions of intelligence, and mourn the loss of the web’s early democratizing promise. Don discusses sustainable open source ecosystems, AI tooling, and practical advice for new graduates navigating an AI-saturated job market.

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In episode 86 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr sit down with Amarilis Campos from Nubank. They explore how Brazil’s largest digital bank uses observability to build resilience and autonomy at scale. Amarilis shares how Nubank’s culture of “acting like owners, not renters” and its journey from metrics and logs to tracing with Honeycomb helped the company grow to over 100 million customers.

o11ycast - Ep. #86, 12 Years and 100 Million Customers with Amarilis Campos of Nubank

In episode 24 of Open Source Ready, Brian Douglas and John McBride sit down with Ivan Burazin, CEO of Daytona, to explore how his company is building runtime infrastructure for AI agents. Ivan shares how Daytona pivoted from developer environments to powering the next wave of autonomous AI systems, and what it takes to make agents fast, secure, and scalable. They also discuss open source licensing, enterprise adoption, and dopamine-driven development.

Open Source Ready - Ep. #24, Runtime for Agents with Ivan Burazin of Daytona

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Angel Insights takes you inside the world of angel investing. Join our host Tom Britton as he chats with the world's most successful investors, to understand their investment strategy, approach to due diligence, and tips that can dramatically improve your approach to investing. 

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Päätös Podcastissa Suomen kovimmat päätöksentekijät pääsevät keskustelemaan omista päätöksistään. Muun muassa Anttonen, Herlin, Suvanto-Harsaae ja Duinhoven ovat Katja Boxbergin ja Samppa Vilkunan vieraina noin 30 minuutin napakoissa jaksoissa. Seuraa Päätös Podcastia, niin saat tiedon uusimmista jaksoista!

Join Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.

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