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From NVMe Standards to AI Infrastructure: Eran Kirzner's Two-Decade Journey

Eran Kirzner, CEO of Lightbits, shares how his team went from inventing an industry-standard storage protocol to solving one of AI's biggest bottlenecks. In this bonus episode, we explore the deep tech journey that's now powering inference at scale across financial institutions and cloud providers worldwide.

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From Fall Detection to Aging in Place: How Kami Vision is Redefining Senior Care with Privacy-First AI

Mike Link joined Kami Vision to tackle one of healthcare's most pressing problems: the epidemic of senior citizen falls. But what started as a fall detection MVP evolved into something much bigger—a comprehensive vision for helping seniors age in place using edge-based AI that prioritizes privacy and real-world performance.

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From Scraps to Billions: How Intelligence Factory is Solving Robotics' Real Bottleneck

Yash Sinha, founder of Intelligence Factory, is building foundation models that give robots human-level dexterity. In this conversation, he shares why the biggest bottleneck in robotics isn't hardware anymore—it's intelligence—and how a risky bet on deployment over data sales could reshape an entire industry.

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Building the Future of Crypto Infrastructure: Leo Fan's Journey to Scaling Zero-Knowledge Proofs

From academic research to building specialized hardware, Leo Fan pivoted Cysic's approach to become a full-stack compute network for zero-knowledge proof generation. Learn how he navigated the hard decisions that shaped the company's direction and why betting on off-the-shelf hardware over custom chips was the right call.

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Building the AI Operating System for American Manufacturing: Inside Harmony AI's Origin Story

At just 24 years old, Brian McKeown is a founding engineer at Harmony AI, transforming how manufacturers handle their biggest operational headaches. We sat down with him to explore how he went from working at a traditional company in Dallas to building an AI-powered platform that's already closed every single pilot deal it's attempted.

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From $11,000 Loss to Platform: Jeff Emalaba's InvestFusion Brings Transparency to Real Estate Deals

Real estate investing is riddled with hidden risks that investors often don't discover until thousands of dollars are already on the line. Jeff Emalaba, founder of InvestFusion, built a platform that applies the transparency of a CARFAX report to real estate deals—uncovering foundation issues, structural damage, and other red flags before you commit to a property.

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From Investment Banking Frustration to Mogul: How Alex Blackwood Democratized Real Estate

Alex Blackwood went from investment banking at Goldman Sachs to spotting a massive problem in real estate: the process of buying a single rental property involved 10+ middlemen all scraping fees. His solution? Mogul, a fractional ownership platform that lets everyday investors own slices of income-producing properties. Here's how he built it.

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Why Fort Worth's Equity-Free Incubator Model Works Better Than Traditional Accelerators

In this special bonus episode, we sit down with Caitlinn McMinn, Executive Director at TechFW, to explore how a 25-year-old nonprofit incubator is building Fort Worth into a thriving startup hub—without taking a single percent of equity from founders. Discover what makes TechFW's model different and how they're bridging academia and entrepreneurship to create the next generation of world-changing companies.

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From Day Trading to Lead Scoring: How David Moore Built Stalex.ai Using AI Verification

David Moore went from day trading at 16 to building a seven-figure portfolio—then pivoted to entrepreneurship. After being replaced by an offshore resource at a sales job, he and his brother built Stalex.ai, a B2B lead scoring platform that uses AI agents and rigorous verification systems to help small businesses compete with enterprise-level sales operations.

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Six Months to Pilot: How Parachute is Competing with Heavily Funded Legal AI Giants

Dave Berner is back on Code Story, but this time as co-founder and CTO of Parachute—an AI-powered legal operating system built specifically for small to mid-sized law firms. We dive into how he's building a lean, AI-native product that's already competing with heavily funded incumbents just six months in.

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