# Knuckle Up with Nakul

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/knuckle-up/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

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Knuckle Up with Nakul is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Nakul Mandan, with a new episode every two weeks.

3 moments cut from one episode.

- [Nakul Mandan](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)

**New episodes**

Every two weeks

**Latest**

Oct 13, 2026

**Moments cut**

3

**Episodes cut**

1

## Best moments from Knuckle Up with Nakul

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

1. Knuckle Up with Nakul · Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Railway rebuilt its free tier around better infrastructure economics](https://realalpha.app/s/railway-rebuilt-its-free-tier-around-better-infrastructure/)**
   > “we spent like two, three years building out our bare metal offering so that we could go back and offer that like free stuff for those users.”
   Knuckle Up with Nakul [4:35](https://realalpha.app/v/LQNqM1mA2e8/?t=275)
2. Knuckle Up with Nakul · Oct 13, 2026 · 7 min
   **[Railway uses a six-week onboarding to build ownership](https://realalpha.app/s/railway-uses-a-six-week-onboarding-to-build-ownership/)**
   > “Trust, clarity, judgment. That's like two weeks of trust, two weeks of clarity, two weeks of judgment.”
   Knuckle Up with Nakul [37:38](https://realalpha.app/v/LQNqM1mA2e8/?t=2258)
3. Knuckle Up with Nakul · Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Railway says no until the timing and need are clear](https://realalpha.app/s/railway-says-no-until-the-timing-and-need-are-clear/)**
   > “The last line just says, why now? Like, why are we doing this now?”
   Knuckle Up with Nakul [23:10](https://realalpha.app/v/LQNqM1mA2e8/?t=1390)

## The guest we’ve cut

- [Jake Cooper](https://realalpha.app/people/jake-cooper/) Founder & CEO, Railway 8 moments

## Recent episodes

- Knuckle Up with Nakul
  **[How Railway says no to 90% of ideas and keeps winning | Jake Cooper (Founder, CEO)](https://realalpha.app/v/LQNqM1mA2e8/)**
  Jake Cooper · Founder & CEO, Railway
  [3:00](https://realalpha.app/v/LQNqM1mA2e8/?t=180) of 1:16:58 · Oct 13

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