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Founders

Founders is an investing and business show, hosted by David Senra, with a new episode a few times a week.

12 moments cut from 4 episodes, 3 with an AI builder talking, mostly on big Tech's AI bets and consumer AI.

Also No. 7 of 17 business podcasts.

New episodes
A few times a week
Latest
Oct 18, 2026
Moments cut
12
Episodes cut
4

What its moments are about

  • Big Tech's AI bets3
  • Consumer AI2
  • Building AI products2
  • Coding agents1
  • Evals & benchmarks1

Best moments from Founders

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

  1. Founders · · 4 min

    Meta bet on personal agents while rivals crowded into coding

    “the promise of AGI is that we're going to spend almost none of the time doing things that we have to do”
    Founders10:46
  2. Founders · · 3 min

    Great decisions come from knowing what to give up

    “every great product, every great leader, every great decision comes from understanding that trade-off and realizing what does not matter.”
    Founders16:07
  3. Founders · · 3 min

    How Ari saved the ESPN deal by going crazy on purpose

    “You've got to break stars. You're going to launch stars. You need stars to put it behind the paywall so that people buy the paywall.”
    Founders17:58
  4. Founders · · 4 min

    Misaligned advisor incentives leave clients with less expertise

    “The client doesn't get access to the full benefits of the firm.”
    Founders8:32
  5. Founders · · 3 min

    Muse launched only when every behavior on a 100-row checklist was green

    “We had many checkpoints that were like green on 80 of the rows, but red on 20 of the rows. We knew that wasn't good enough.”
    Founders22:06
  6. Founders · · 2 min

    The Wright brothers won by solving control, not lift

    “The hard problem to solve is control, is once you're in the air, can you stay in the air?”
    Founders18:38

The best Founders episodes

Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar.

  1. 01Building Muse, Working with Mark Zuckerberg & The Future of AI | Alexandr Wang, MetaOct 11, 2026 · 3 moments
  2. 02Lessons from History’s Greatest Leaders & Conquerors | Ben WilsonOct 14, 2026 · 3 moments
  3. 03Building an Empire with Risk, Rage & 200 Phone Calls A Day | Ari Emanuel, WME & TKOOct 7, 2026 · 3 moments
  4. 04Managing $525B & Building the World’s Largest Multifamily Office | Kurt MacAlpine, CorientOct 18, 2026 · 3 moments

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