In episode 44 of Generationship, Rachel speaks with Felipe Huici, CEO and co-founder of Unikraft, about the powerful world of unikernels. Felipe breaks down how these lightweight, specialized VMs can achieve millisecond cold starts, enabling services to truly "scale to zero" without users noticing a delay. Learn how this efficiency is not just about saving money, but also about providing a secure and scalable foundation for the next wave of AI-generated applications.

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Generationship - Ep. #44, Why Unikernels Are Cool with Felipe Huici of Unikraft

In episode 23 of Open Source Ready, Brian Douglas and John McBride sit down with Davanum “Dims” Srinivas to discuss the health and future of the Kubernetes community. They explore how corporate changes impact open source contributions, the importance of onboarding programs, and the challenge of sustaining long-term contributors. Dims also shares insights into Kubernetes’ evolving role in AI and GPU workloads. The discussion is equal parts career advice, technical insight, and open source storytelling.

Open Source Ready - Ep. #23, Kubernetes, AI, and Community Engagement with Davanum Srinivas

On episode 15 of Platform Builders, Christine Spang and Isaac Nassimi sit down with Amrit Dhangal. Together, they explore his journey building Acquire from a scrappy live chat tool to a venture-backed customer service platform. Amrit reflects on scaling challenges, personal sacrifices as an immigrant founder, and the lessons he’s carrying into his new company, Aero.

Platform Builders - Ep. #15, Everything’s Recorded Whether You Know It or Not with Amrit Dhangal

In episode 45 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Allegra Guinan of Lumiera about the trust dynamics and design ethics of voice-based AI. Together they explore how human tendencies to anthropomorphize voice systems can both build and erode trust, underscoring the need for responsible design and diverse perspectives.

Generationship - Ep. #45, Perspective Density with Allegra Guinan of Lumiera

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

In episode 47 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers chats with Dr. Milette Gillow and Sedinam Simpson, co-founders of The Tech Bros, about their mission to make tech more inclusive and inventive. They unpack lessons from their first accelerator cohort, debate the future of AI, and share what it takes to build confidence and community in an evolving industry.

Generationship - Ep. #47, The Tech Bros with Milette Gillow and Sedinam Simpson

In episode 48 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Sarah Novotny. They dig into why AI models fall short of true creativity, how the tech industry drifted into extractive incentives, and what real security and accountability might look like at scale. Sarah highlights lessons from Kubernetes, open source ecosystems, and political science to propose a more trustworthy technological future.

Generationship - Ep. #48, Trusting AI with Sarah Novotny

In episode 25 of Open Source Ready, Brian and John sit down with Rachel-Lee Nabors. They explore how AI agents are reshaping the web, from the decline of traditional browsers to the rise of agentic experiences powered by small language models and MCPs. Rachel-Lee explains why advertising models are collapsing and why the next web may depend on direct payments and open source innovation.

Open Source Ready - Ep. #25, Death of the Web Browser with Rachel-Lee Nabors

In this debut episode of Data Renegades, CL Kao and Dori Wilson dive into the unconventional paths that led them into developer tools, civic tech, and machine learning systems. CL recounts his experience building early open source infrastructure, mobilizing communities through data transparency projects, and now shaping how we design software around LLMs. This episode sets the tone for the show’s mission: celebrating builders who redefine the boundaries of what tools can do.

Data Renegades - Ep. #1, Introducing Data Renegades

Heavybit is the leading early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure. Since 2013, we've helped launch and scale visionary technical startups—from DevSecOps and feature flagging to AI code generation and beyond. We go hands-on from day 0, backing founders as they turn code into companies and build the future of software from the bottom up to the top down.

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