Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill

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In venture capital, being oversubscribed means everyone wants in, too much demand, not enough room. It’s what happens when a vision, a founder, or a company becomes undeniably magnetic. That’s the energy behind this show. Oversubscribed is where Australia’s most ambitious founders and investors sit down for unfiltered, in-person conversations about building through chaos, from near-death moments and brutal pivots to the art of hiring killers, raising capital, and scaling conviction. Think All-In, Flagrant, and Full Send, but for the next generation of Australian startups. No theory. No polished PR. Just raw, honest insight from the people actually doing the work. Oversubscribed is proudly supported by our sponsor Vanta 🦙 Vanta is the all-in-one solution for startups to become compliant quickly and build a security foundation with ease. Startup customers get $1000 off Vanta at https://www.vanta.com/oversubscribed Hosted by Brendan Hill, Oversubscribed is a Day One show. Day One is the podcast network dedicated to founders, investors, and operators.

Season 1

  1. Inside the Playbooks of Australia’s Million-Dollar Founders

    EPISODE 1

    Inside the Playbooks of Australia’s Million-Dollar Founders

    Every great startup is an act of alchemy, turning panic into progress, chaos into clarity, and conviction into something that can’t be killed. Welcome to the first episode of Oversubscribed, where Brendan Hill brings together Thomas Kelly (Co-Founder and CEO at Heidi Health), Liam Millward (Co-Founder and CEO at Instant), and Charlie Gearside (Co-Founder at Eucalyptus), to dissect the decisions that separate endurance from extinction. They talk about near-death pivots, hiring A-players, and why distribution so often beats product. No theory. No vanity metrics. Just the real psychology of building under pressure. The Day One Network Oversubscribed is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors.

    1h 36m
  2. Inside the Startups Powering the Physical AI Revolution ($100 Trillion Opportunity)

    EPISODE 2

    Inside the Startups Powering the Physical AI Revolution ($100 Trillion Opportunity)

    Episode SummaryIs AI in the Physical World the next $100 Trillion Opportunity? In this episode of Oversubscribed, we go deep into the "Hard Tech" revolution. From defence-grade autonomy to data infrastructure for robots, we dive deep into the frontier of hard tech with the founders building it. Brendan Hill sits down with Michael Irwin (Co-Founder at Breaker), Joe Harris (Founder at Alloy), and returning guest Charlie Gearside (Co-Founder at Eucalyptus / Build Australia) for a wild conversation about robotics, physical AI, national ambition, and why Australia needs to start making things again. They talk building AI that lives on the edge, the ethics of defence, hiring A-players for impossible problems, and why the next industrial revolution might start right here. It’s an unfiltered look at the people shaping Australia’s place in the age of autonomy. Time Stamps00:00 – Intro: Founders, frontier tech, and Australia’s new wave of builders 02:00 – Breaker’s origin story: building robots that act on human intent 05:00 – From drones to defense: autonomy, privacy, and life on the edge 08:20 – The hardest problems left to solve (and why easy ones are gone) 10:40 – Sponsor: Vanta – building trust and compliance for startups 12:00 – Alloy’s story: from Eucalyptus to building the data brain for robots 16:00 – Why Joe left a rocket ship to start from zero 19:30 – Building for the age of robotics: data, telemetry, and the next frontier 23:00 – Finding A-players: how ambitious missions attract ambitious people 25:00 – Culture, conviction, and what passion really looks like inside startups 27:00 – The defense dilemma: ethics, values, and the post-Ukraine mindset 30:00 – Going global: why Australia’s best founders build beyond its borders 34:00 – Build Australia: a new movement for ambition and national pride 38:00 – Manufacturing, energy, and why we stopped making things 43:00 – How robotics could solve Australia’s affordability crisis 46:00 – The humanoid debate: specialized vs. general intelligence 50:00 – Life in 2035: what robots at home might really look like 52:00 – Data, autonomy, and the next AI arms race 56:00 – How Breaker and Alloy could power each other’s missions 59:00 – Skynet, manipulation, and the ethics of AI power 1:03:00 – Competition, collaboration, and the Cambrian explosion of robotics 1:06:00 – Founder stories: from CB radios to humanoids in hack houses 1:09:00 – Building the next industrial revolution from Australia 1:10:00 – Final pitches: why you should join Breaker, Alloy, and Build Australia 1:11:00 – Outro: Vanta, Ten13, and building what comes next Oversubscribed is proudly supported by our sponsor Vanta 🦙 Vanta is the all-in-one solution for startups to become compliant quickly and build a security foundation with ease. Startup customers get $1000 off Vanta at vanta.com/oversubscribed The Day One Network Oversubscribed is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors.

    1h 12m
  3. Pain is a Moat: How Australia’s Top AI Founders Are Building Global Giants

    EPISODE 3

    Pain is a Moat: How Australia’s Top AI Founders Are Building Global Giants

    What does it take to build world class AI companies out of Australia, and why does San Francisco still move 6 to 9 months faster? In this episode, Brendan sits down with three of the most ambitious technical founders in the country: Pasha Rayan (CEO & Co-Founder at A1Base), Anshul Jain (Co-Founder at Everlab) and Jacky Koh (Founder at Relevance AI). They break down the rise of agentic AI, how engineering culture in SF accelerates innovation, and why the next generation of founders need to think in $100B outcomes. They dive into everything from 10 to 20 times engineering productivity gains, to building autonomous healthcare, to creating the communication layer for AI coworkers that everyday people will talk to like friends. They also unpack what Australia must do to stay competitive, how to build teams that love hard problems, and why ambition, pace and hands-on founders matter more than ever. It’s a rare inside look at the operators defining the next era of AI infrastructure, agent orchestration and human health. If you want to understand where AI agents are really going, and how Australia can catch up to the frontier, get subscribed. Oversubscribed is proudly supported by our sponsor Vanta 🦙 Vanta is the all-in-one solution for startups to become compliant quickly and build a security foundation with ease. Startup customers get $1000 off Vanta at vanta.com/oversubscribed The Day One Network Oversubscribed is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors.

    1h 22m
  4. This is Oversubscribed

    10/26/2025

    This is Oversubscribed

    In venture capital, being oversubscribed means everyone wants in, too much demand, not enough room. It’s what happens when a vision, a founder, or a company becomes undeniably magnetic. That’s the energy behind this show, Where Australia’s most ambitious founders and investors sit down for unfiltered, in-person conversations about building through chaos, from near-death moments and brutal pivots to the art of hiring killers, raising capital, and scaling conviction. Think All-In, Flagrant, and Full Send, but for the next generation of Australian startups. No theory. No polished PR. Just raw, honest insight from the people actually doing the work. This is Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill

    1 min
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In venture capital, being oversubscribed means everyone wants in, too much demand, not enough room. It’s what happens when a vision, a founder, or a company becomes undeniably magnetic. That’s the energy behind this show. Oversubscribed is where Australia’s most ambitious founders and investors sit down for unfiltered, in-person conversations about building through chaos, from near-death moments and brutal pivots to the art of hiring killers, raising capital, and scaling conviction. Think All-In, Flagrant, and Full Send, but for the next generation of Australian startups. No theory. No polished PR. Just raw, honest insight from the people actually doing the work. Oversubscribed is proudly supported by our sponsor Vanta 🦙 Vanta is the all-in-one solution for startups to become compliant quickly and build a security foundation with ease. Startup customers get $1000 off Vanta at https://www.vanta.com/oversubscribed Hosted by Brendan Hill, Oversubscribed is a Day One show. Day One is the podcast network dedicated to founders, investors, and operators.

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