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Media platform for students to engage in conversations with board members from around the world. We feature Founders + C Suites from all the top tech companies in the world: NVIDIA, Palantir, AMD, Cisco, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Wiz, Twilio and Box among others. To learn more check out our website: https://www.boardroomclub.net

2 days ago

The Story of Kahoot! | Chief Solutions Officer at Kahoot!

Exclusive: Sean D'Arcy is the Chief Solutions Officer at Kahoot! - the app we all know, whether from the classroom or the workplace! Sean shares his journey from Opera to Kahoot!, and explains how technology can democratize access to information and create more engaging learning experiences. We also discuss Kahoot!’s evolution from a classroom quiz platform into an increasingly important tool for enterprise learning and engagement. Other topics we cover: • AI and the future of learning - Why Kahoot! sees AI not simply as a way to automate content creation, but as a tool to augment learning and improve outcomes. • From engagement to measurable learning - How Kahoot! is moving beyond quizzes and gamification toward assessment, learning gaps, proficiency, and personalized learning journeys. • The evolution of Kahoot! - How a concept originally called “Lecture Quiz” became one of the world’s most recognizable learning platforms. • Going private - Sean explains how becoming a private company has allowed Kahoot! to focus more deeply on the opportunities ahead. • Re-onboarding after layoffs - Why organizations often underestimate the importance of rebuilding trust, connection, alignment, and skills after major organizational change. • Advice for founders and builders - Sean shares why maintaining a “Day One” mentality, moving quickly, staying resilient, and being willing to pivot are more important than ever. And guess what Sean’s favorite movie is? 🐺🌲⚔️Register to our Newsletter:https://boardroomclub.substack.com/Follow our LinkedIn page:https://www.linkedin.com/company/boardroom-club Check our website:https://www.boardroomclub.net Hosts: Yossi Garmazi & Amado Vargas #ai #tech #quiz #game #learning #norway #oslo #PrincessMononoke Chapters: 00:00 Kahoot! Evolution 00:14 Intro 00:55 From Browser Wars to Kahoot! 03:24 Kahoot! ICP Evolution 05:50 Kahoot! Name meaning 07:37 Going Private 09:18 AI Impact on Kahoot! 12:23 What does Success look like at Kahoot? 14:18 Surprise in Kahoot Usage 16:11 Kahoot Partnerships with Educators 17:52 Gamification & Remediation in Kahoot! 19:21 Onboarding, Layoffs & Kahoot 360 21:56 Kahoot! Game Advice 23:41 Advice for Founders 25:08 Mentorship 26:41 Coffee Questions 27:39 Alternate Career 28:19 Favorite Travel Location 29:12 Favorite Movie
5 days ago

MongoDB CPO: The Secret to Making AI Smarter!

Exclusive: Ben Cefalo, Chief Product Officer at @MongoDB joins us to discuss how AI is fundamentally changing the way companies build, manage, and access data. Benjamin joins us to discuss how AI is fundamentally changing the way companies build, manage, and access #data. From why “Agents speak #JSON” to whether better data retrieval can actually reduce #LLM costs, Ben shares MongoDB’s vision for the AI era and explains why the database is becoming an increasingly important part of the AI stack. Topics we cover: • Why AI agents speak JSON and what that means for databases • How better data retrieval can reduce LLM costs and token usage • Why MongoDB built #Vector Search directly into its database • How AI agents can use databases as their long-term #memory • Why hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure is here to stay • How MongoDB evolved from an #OpenSource project into an enterprise cloud platform • The biggest challenge facing #CIOs: balancing AI adoption, speed, security, and governance Benjamin also shares his #advice for entrepreneurs and who he would love to grab a #coffee with! And What is Benjamin’s favorite #movie? 🎬🗽🍕 Register for our newsletter: https://boardroomclub.substack.com Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Hosts: Yossi Garmazi & Sanat Mouli #ai #agents #database #coding #opensource Chapters: 00:00 Agents & MongoDB 00:35 Intro 01:04 Tokenmaxxing 02:39 MongoDB: Less tokens 04:38 Incumbents needs to reshape their database? 06:45 Building Vector Search 09:09 Managing Memory at Database level 10:29 Acquiring Voyage AI 11:31 MongoDB Evolution & Open Source 15:02 Companies moving to On Premise 17:35 On Premise effect on product development 19:20 Product development strategy at MongoDB 21:04 What keeps CIOs at Night? 24:38 Indie developers Vs Enterprise 25:30 Advice for Entrepreneurs 27:04 Hobbies 27:37 Mentorship 30:08 Coffee Question 31:04 Alternate Universe profession 32:30 Favorite Movie
2 Sept

The Mistake that Changed Hollywood | Snap & Warner Music Chair, Fmr. Sony Pictures CEO

Exclusive: Michael Lynton has sat at the center of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and the media industry for decades. As former CEO of ⁠ Sony Pictures Entertainment⁠ and current Chairman of ⁠ Snap Inc. ⁠ and ⁠ Warner Music Group⁠ he has seen some of the biggest transformations - and crises - in modern media. In this conversation, Michael opens up about the infamous Sony hack surrounding The Interview, the leadership lessons he learned from managing one of the most disruptive crises in Hollywood history, and the biggest mistake he believes he made along the way. Other topics we covered: • Why AI could fundamentally reshape Hollywood, music, and social media• What Silicon Valley misunderstands about Hollywood -and vice versa • How Snap went from 25,000 users to a global platform• The difference between being a CEO and a Chairman • Why great leaders need to know when to keep their hands off the wheel • The future of augmented reality and Snap's smart glasses And Guess Michael' favorite movie? 🎬💻🍿 Register for our newsletter: https://boardroomclub.substack.com Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Hosts: Yossi Garmazi & Jason Woolf #ai #tech #movie #hollywood #snapchat #sonypictures #warnermusic #mistakes Chapters: 00:00 Learning from Mistakes 00:25 Intro 00:59 Writing a book Mistakes 05:50 How to continue after mistakes? 08:29 Private Mistake Vs Public Mistake 10:40 Fail Fast? 12:54 Chairman role 14:51 Becoming Snap Chairman 16:17 Power shift from Publishers to Content Creators? 18:08 Hollywood Vs Silicon Valley 20:22 AI Impact on Movies & Music 23:31 CEO to Chairman 25:30 Super Fan model in Warner Music 27:08 The Creator Economy 28:12 Social Media 29:35 Augmented Reality Future in Snapchat 31:33 Lessons for Founders 33:16 Mentorship 35:19 Coffee Question 36:07 Favorite Book 37:07 Favorite Movie
30 Aug

Dan Ives on Tesla & SpaceX Merger, OpenAI, Anthropic!

Exclusive: Dan Ives is one of the most famous tech analysts on Wall Street. In this exclusive interview, we dive into some of the biggest questions shaping the markets right now: - Tesla and SpaceX: Is a merger inevitable? Dan gives his odds and his timeline. - OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Who has the better position - The AI bubble: Are investors getting carried away, or are we still only in the early stages of a massive AI buildout? - The U.S. vs. China: Why every data center decision in America could have implications for the global AI race. - AI infrastructure: What is the real bottleneck: chips, power, or data centers? - Quantum computing: Is this the next major technology revolution, or are investors getting ahead of themselves?- SpaceX: Can its massive valuation be justified by the opportunity ahead?We also discuss Dan’s next chapter on Wall Street: the launch of Yorkville Ives & Co., his new merchant bank focused on helping ambitious companies scale and reach the next level. Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Host: ⁠Yossi Garmazi⁠ #ai #tech #stockmarket #stock #tesla #spacex #openai #anthropic #wallstreet Chapters: 00:00 Tesla & SpaceX Merger? 00:28 Intro 00:54 Are we in a Bubble? 02:19 AI Debt Problem 03:53 OpenAI Vs Anthropic 06:19 Foundational Models Moat 07:48 AI Bottleneck 09:09 AI PR Issue 11:04 AI & Jobs 12:43 SpaceX Valuation Sustainable? 15:39 Tesla & SpaceX Merger? 17:05 Quantum IPOs: is the Hype Real? 19:40 Launching a bank: Yorkville Ives & Co 21:05 Dan Dress Code! 22:05 CEO: Storytelling Vs. Great Numbers 23:21 Dan Favorite Stock? 24:25 Biggest CEO Mistakes on Wall Street 25:05 Coffee Question 25:50 Favorite Movie
23 Aug

Rubrik CTO: The End of Zero Trust?

Arvind Nithrakashyap is the Co-Founder and CTO of Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) the cybersecurity resilience platform. We started by exploring how Rubrik has evolved from a data backup and protection company into a #CyberResilience and data security platform - and what's next in the new AI era and RAG technology. And indeed the world is changing, Enterprise security was built around deterministic policies: do X if Y happens, while #LLMs are probabilistic - So what happens to the #ZeroTrust principles? We also discussed Rubrik #AgentRewind, which tackles mistakes made by autonomous AI #agents. We dove into how Arvind’s team built the audit trail needed to determine whether an incident was caused by a flawed AI prompt, an autonomous agent’s decision, or a compromised user credential. Other interesting topics we covered: - How Arvind measures #ROI in the new AI era - Cybersecurity & Open Source - Cybersecurity & Quantum computing - Tokenmaaxing And Arvind’s favorite movie? 🤌💼👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Host: Yossi Garmazi #ai #tech #cybersecurity #coding #agent Chapters: 00:00 Cybersecurity & AI Agents 00:32 Intro 01:04 IIT Lessons 03:33 India Rise as a Tech Hub 04:48 Open Source & Cybersecurity 08:34 What's next for Rubrik? RAG Technology & 13:12 OpenAI & Antropic Agents Going Rouge 13:43 Enterprise Security & AI 18:44 Rubrik Agent Rewind 22:32 The future of Zero Trust 26:00 ROI in the AI World 28:57 Quantum & Cybersecurity 32:10 The future of CISOs 35:47 Advice foe Entrepreneurs 38:44 Mentorship 41:16 Coffee Question 42:49 Alternate Universe Question 43:19 Favorite Movie
16 Aug

Chainguard CEO: Can AI Break Open Source?

Dan Lorenc is the Co-Founder of Chainguard, which raised ~$900M to make it Open Source secure to use. We started by discussing the #challenges around the distribution and consumption of open source. It’s free and ubiquitous - but do we really consume the source code itself? Or as Dan phrase it: "It's free as in puppy, not free as in beer" We then explored #ChainguardImages, what the future holds for #containers in the new era of AI, and whether the industry is heading toward a more standardized, centralized system. Other interesting topics we covered: - Was #Mythos a marketing stunt? - Chainguard Agent Skills and agent-to-agent attacks - The beginning of Chainguard And who would Dan would love to grab a coffee with? 🏀🗽👑 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Host: Yossi Garmazi #ai #tech #cybersecurity #coding #agent #knicks #JalenBrunson Chapters: 00:00 Open Source & AI 00:27 Intro 00:58 What is Open Source? 02:46 Agents & Open Source 05:28 Is Open Source broken? 08:08 The Beginning of Chainguard 09:07 Chainguard Base-image & Containers 10:29 Open Source Regularity Pressure 11:34 Mythos: A Marketing Stunt? 12:46 Agent-to-Agent Attack 14:41 Open Source Misconception 16:10 Execution in Startups 17:00 When to Hire Sales? 18:28 Advice for Builders 19:44 Tokenmaaxing 20:56 What is AI Native Company? 21:26 Mentorship 22:08 Coffee Question 23:00 Favorite Movie
4 Aug

Radical AI CEO: Discovering New Materials with AI | Apex Series

One space everyone is excited to see revolutionized by AI is MaterialsScience, and a company at the forefront of it is Radical AI. A key part of materials science is trial & error. We discussed how Radical AI captures valuable “negative data” (the error side) from its self-driving #labs to train #AI models and accelerate discovery. We then explored their unconventional #InverseDesign approach - starting with the desired material properties and working backward to design new materials. Other interesting topics we covered: - How do self-driving labs actually work? - The future of #quantum computing - Different approaches to semiconductor #chip design And guess Joseph’s alternate-universe profession? 🤠🐎🏜️ Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Jacob Chizunza, CA #ai #tech #material #science #chip Chapters: 00:00 Messy date is good? 00:22 Intro 01:10 What led to you starting the company 03:41 How Ai is capturing negative data 07:05 AI Finding New Materials? 09:45 Self Driving Labs 12:44 AI Innovation in New Verticals 16:20 Shortening the R&D time 18:45 Local ecosystem in New York 24:45 AI Impact on Medical 27:45 Quantum Readiness 31:40 Most Excited AI Verticals 38:19 Advice for builders 39:17 Mentors 41:30 Favorite Movie 42:50 Alternate career
2 Aug

Speechify CEO: From Dyslexia to 60M+ Users | Apex Series

From having dyslexia to building a tech powerhouse with 60M+ users! We started by exploring Cliff’s journey - from studying #renewable energy engineering to choosing not to race after a fancy job. Instead, he stayed on campus and started building something completely different: what would become Speechify. #Customer obsession was key: from calling users directly on #FaceTime to running customer support through iMessage, it's all about staying close to customers and continuously improving the product. An interesting fact: today, 10% of Speechify’s user acquisition is already driven by #LLMs search queries! Other topics we covered: - What is Cliff’s biggest accomplishment at Speechify? - His advice on mentorship and building relationships. And Cliff’s favorite #hobby?🥷🥋🥊 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Jason Woolf #ai #tech #speech #agent #gtm Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:59 Cliff Story 07:40 Hurdles along the way 11:50 LLMs as Growth Engines 12:32 Being AI Company in 2015 14:19 Biggest Moment 15:45 Mentorship 16:58 Hobbies

Media platform for students to engage in conversations with board members from around the world. We feature Founders + C Suites from all the top tech companies in the world: NVIDIA, Palantir, AMD, Cisco, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Wiz, Twilio and Box among others. To learn more check out our website: https://www.boardroomclub.net

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Boardroom Club
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

103
Rating

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