The AI Front Lines

In this episode of Category Visionaries, we explore PolyAPI's journey to revolutionize enterprise middleware. As a category maker in the integration space, PolyAPI is challenging traditional low-code/no-code approaches by enabling developers to build robust enterprise integrations using native programming languages. Through conversations with Darko Vukovic, we learn how his deep industry experience and strategic focus on developer-...

Stellar is revolutionizing mobile connectivity by solving one of technology's most persistent challenges: reliable internet access in moving vehicles. With $9.3M in funding, Stellar has developed innovative software that seamlessly aggregates multiple networks (cellular, WiFi, and satellite) to ensure consistent connectivity, laying the foundation for the autonomous vehicle revolution. In this episode of Category Visionaries, D...

illumex is pioneering the future of enterprise data access through their generative semantic fabric platform, which enables self-service data analytics for every employee within large organizations like banks, insurance companies, and pharma corporations. In a recent episode of Category Visionaries, Inna Sela shared how with $13 Million in funding, illumex is transforming how business users interact with enterprise data by providin...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Ofer Ronen, CEO & Co-Founder of Tomato.ai, an accent softening platform that's raised $12 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• AI in contact centers: Ofer has built three startups focusing on contact center AI, ...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Alon Talmor, CEO & Founder of Ask-AI, an AI technology company that's raised $20 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• AI's Impact on SaaS: Alon believes AI will eventually disrupt and consolidate the SaaS indust...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Matt Theurer, CEO & Co-Founder of HyperSpectral, an AI-powered spectral intelligence solution that's raised $8.5 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• AI-Driven Pathogen Detection: HyperSpectral combines AI and s...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Mike Conover, CEO and Co-Founder of Brightwave, an AI-powered investment research platform that has raised $6 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Brightwave’s Core Mission: Mike explained how Brightwave leverages A...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Ryan Alshak, CEO & Founder of Laurel, a Gen AI timekeeping platform that has raised $55.7 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Laurel's Core Offering: Laurel automates timekeeping for professional service firms ...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Jonathan Corbin, CEO & Co-Founder of Maven AGI, a customer experience platform that's raised $28 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• The Maven AGI Vision: Jonathan discusses how Maven AGI was founded to revolut...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Alex Sambvani, CEO & Co-Founder of Slang AI, a voice AI tool for restaurants that's raised $20 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• From Robotics to Voice AI: Alex’s journey began in high school with a passion f...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Dan Lorenc, CEO & Founder of Chainguard, a software supply chain security platform that has raised $250 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Focus on Open Source Security: Chainguard aims to provide a secure sou...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Joe Witt, CEO & Co-Founder of Datavolo, a pioneering company in the AI data ingestion space that has raised $21 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• NSA to Commercial World: Joe transitioned from working at the ...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with David DeWolf, CEO & President of Knownwell, a commercial intelligence platform that's raised $2 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Accidental Entrepreneur: David's journey began as a software engineer who acci...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Nikola Borisov, CEO & Co-Founder of Deep Infra, an AI company that has raised $9 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Inception and Focus: Deep Infra was founded in September 2022, focusing on hosting top open s...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Daniele Grassi, CEO at Axyon AI, an AI platform for financial markets that has raised $5.5 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Early Passion for AI and Finance: Daniele's journey into the intersection of AI and fin...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Malte Pietsch, CTO & Co-Founder of Deepset, an enterprise LLM platform that has raised over $45 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Deepset's Mission: Deepset aims to enable the transformation towards intellige...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. Today, we're speaking with Anand Gopalan, CEO & Co-Founder of Vayu Robotics, a groundbreaking robotics company that's secured $12.7 Million in funding. 

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Anand's Journey of Constant Reinvention: From his beginnings as a semiconductor d...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Ashley Montanaro, CEO & Co-Founder of Phasecraft, a quantum software company that has raised over $22 Million in funding. 

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Transition from Academia to Quantum Computing: Ashley shares his journe...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Jonathan Schneider, CEO & Co-Founder of Moderne, a code remediation platform that has raised $20 Million funding. 

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Jonathan's Transition from Military to Tech: Before entering the tech world, Jo...