Sand Hill Road Podcast
1) Who Wins When ChatGPT Does the Searching?
Alex Halliday made his first fortune at 15 building fan sites in the early web. Now he’s back at the center of another digital reset — helping brands survive AI-driven search. In this episode, he expl...Show More
2) Brewing Medicine: Christina Smolke and the Race to Reinvent Drug Manufacturing
Dr. Christina Smolke runs a brewery, except the yeast isn’t making alcohol. It’s making medicine. At Antheia, Smolke has turned a long-shot Stanford research project into a new way to manufacture crit...Show More
Brewing Medicine: Christina Smolke and the Race to Reinvent Drug Manufacturing
21:49 | Dec 18th, 2025
3) Dr. Ed Engleman: Vivo Capital’s Cancer Hacker
Legendary Stanford immunologist Dr. Ed Engleman helped create the foundations of modern cancer treatment. From early breakthroughs in immune-cell training to a brand-new discovery, Engleman explains h...Show More
4) The Fastest Startup in Tech: Maria Palma on Lovable
Scott's conversation with Freestyle Capital's Maria Palma ranges from venture capital hype cycles to ethics, engineering creativity, venture regret, and even the art of naming startups (“Cluster Fudge...Show More
5) Design First, Lean Always: The Gamma Playbook
Gamma co-founder and CEO Grant Lee and lead series A investor Vas Natarajan of Accel are building one of the fastest-growing creative-tools startups in tech. With 70 million users, 100M ARR and just 5...Show More
6) Physics & AI: N47’s TJ Rylander Is Reimagining Engineering
TJ Rylander, general partner at N47—the venture arm of Siemens— is exploring the next frontier of artificial intelligence: the physical world. Rylander explains how companies like Luminary Cloud are r...Show More
7) Rewiring the Special Relationship with the UK's AI Minister
Kanishka Narayan isn’t your typical politician. A Stanford GSB grad, he’s now the United Kingdom’s Minister for Artificial Intelligence — a job that didn’t even exist a few years ago. In this episode,...Show More
8) Eugene Malobrodsky's Bet on Immigrant Founders
Eugene Malobrodsky came to the U.S. as a teenager and went on to co-found Hotspot Shield, the VPN that became a symbol of free speech during the Arab Spring. Now he’s a venture capitalist at One Way V...Show More
9) Christina Farr: The Storyteller's Advantage
Startups need an interesting story. Not just for the media, but for investors and clients. Former CNBC reporter turned venture investor turned author Christina Farr explains what makes a great stor...Show More
10) Abhinav Asthana: Building for Developers, Not Headlines
Postman began as a side project by Abhinav Asthana and his two co-founders, and turned into the most widely adopted API collaboration platform, used by millions of developers worldwide. In this conver...Show More