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A clip from our episode "From Wristbands to AI: A New Cancer Playbook | Suzanne Stone, CEO, Livestrong" #livestrong #cancer #cancersurvivor #Austin

How do you go from a cultural icon like the yellow wristbands to building AI products? Livestrong’s CEO Suzanne Stone argues that the through line is a focus on survivorship, the life you live from diagnosis onward. This is the leap from story to community to software and back again.…

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #poppi #wholefoods #startup #cpg

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #austin #startups #founder #missiondriven #authenticity

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #Poppi #fashion #soda #health #healthyliving

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #Poppi #Soda #cpg #pepsi #fashion

Poppi is a fashion brand that happens to be soda. Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder of Poppi, joins us to walk through the operating choices behind turning a vinegar problem into a modern soda badge. It’s how you build, scale, and exit a consumer brand. It’s another signal that Austin’s flywheel is…

From the episode "Autonomy’s Moment Is Now. Austin Is the Autonomy Capital | Jeff Cavins, Outdoorsy Group" #AutonomousVehicles #RoboTaxi #Austin #innovation

From the episode "Autonomy’s Moment Is Now. Austin Is the Autonomy Capital | Jeff Cavins, Outdoorsy Group" #AutonomousVehicles #RoboTaxi #Austin #innovation

From the episode "Autonomy’s Moment Is Now. Austin Is the Autonomy Capital | Jeff Cavins, Outdoorsy Group" #AI #innovation #autonomousvehicles

From the episode "Autonomy’s Moment Is Now. Austin Is the Autonomy Capital | Jeff Cavins, Outdoorsy" #AutonomousVehicles #RoboTaxi #Austin #innovation

Autonomy’s moment is now as the operating stack goes live across software, hardware, availability, and insurance. Outdoorsy Group CEO Jeff Cavins joins the show to unpack how RoboTaxis integrate with marketplaces, city systems, and the consumer experience. Austin’s talent, technology, and risk appetite are making it the Autonomy Capital. Highlights…

A clip from our episode "Reading the Global Rankings | Austin’s Momentum vs the Incumbents" #AustinNext #Austin #StartupEcosystem #Innovation #Startups #VentureCapital

Rankings aren’t just a scoreboard. They’re a map. Dealroom’s Yoram Wijngaarde and StartupBlink’s Eli David Rokah join the podcast to unpack ecosystem momentum, enterprise-value growth, and the business-environment factors that move founders, corporates, and capital. We read the global rankings with Austin as a live case study, setting its momentum…

From our episode "Can AI Really 2X Output and Break Legacy Business Models? | Dru Armstrong, AffiniPay CEO" #Austin #Innovation #Startups #innovationecosystem

From our episode "Can AI Really 2X Output and Break Legacy Business Models? | Dru Armstrong, AffiniPay CEO" #LegalTech, #GenerativeAI, #ProfessionalServices

From our episode "Can AI Really 2X Output and Break Legacy Business Models? | Dru Armstrong, AffiniPay CEO"

How do 100X engineers, cheap development, and AI-everywhere workflows flip slow-moving industries and legacy business models? AffiniPay CEO Dru Armstrong joins to discuss how vertical fintech and generative AI reshape professional services, power the next small-business software stack, and accelerate Austin’s climb into the top five tech cities. Highlights 00:00…

A clip from our episode "Design vs Slop | John Roescher, Raw Materials" #EcosystemDesign #InnovationNarrative #StartupCommunities #CityBuilding #IntentionalDesign #AustinNext

A clip from our episode "Design vs Slop | John Roescher, Raw Materials" #DesignThinking #InnovationStrategy #IntentionalDesign #StartupCulture #UXDesign #AustinNext

A clip from our episode "Design vs Slop | John Roescher, Raw Materials" #GenerativeAI, #Design, #Creativity, #DesignThinking, #AI, #AustinNext

We live in an age of unprecedented creative tools, from generative AI and design platforms to open access to code, capital, and talent. Joining this episode is John Roescher, Founder and CEO of Raw Materials, the design firm behind the public-facing strategies of Anduril, Saronic, and Meta, to explore why…

Get a sneak peek of our episode "Design vs Slop | John Roescher, Raw Materials" #Design #StartupCulture #InnovationEcosystem #GenerativeAI #AustinNext

A clip from our episode "Fungi, Coffee, and Diapers | Tero Isokauppila, Four Sigmatic & HIRO" #AustinNext, #CPG, #Biotech, #StartupFunding, #VentureCapital