Boardroom Club

QM CEO: AGI? Quantum is Bigger | Apex Series

Watch our exclusive interview with Itamar Sivan, Ph.D. [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#], Co-Founder and CEO of Quantum Machines [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]. The quantum space is having some serious momentum, and one of the companies at the center of it is Quantum Machines [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]. We started by discussing what #quantum computing is all about, and how Quantum Machines [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] is changing the game with its #orchestration layer for quantum processors. One of their latest product launches, the #OPX1000, signals a shift toward the kilo-qubit era. As such, we explored some of the key challenges involved, particularly the need to perform large-scale computations at low latency. And this is #complex, In fact, quantum processors with 300 qubits, from a potential data storage perspective, are like a classical processor with more bits than the atoms (!) in the universe. And people are paying attention, as we also touched on their #DGX Quantum collaboration with NVIDIA [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] and what it signals about the future direction of Quantum Machines [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] and the broader ecosystem. Since quantum technology is still evolving, we also discussed the #business side of the field: - How to communicate ROI to investors - How to evaluate progress in milestones rather than immediate revenue Lastly, we asked for #advice for entrepreneurs building in deep tech. And Itamar [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]’s favorite #movie franchise? 🛸⚔️🪐 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] & Amado Vargas IV [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] #ai #tech #agent #qbit #compute Chapters: 00:00 Quantum Vs Classical Computer 00:51 Intro 01:45 Human experience in 50 years? 05:10Quantum world Misconception 08:25 Quantum Machines Platform 12:47 Latency Challenges 17:25 DGX Quantum collaboration with NVIDIA 22:25 Communication with Investors 26:20 The future of Quantum computers 27:50 Advice to Entrepreneurs 29:59 Influential mentor? 32:01 Alternative career path? 33:38 Favorite Movie series 34:23 Data centers in space?

Intercom President: From New AI Roadmap to $3.6B Acquisition by Salesforce | Apex Series

Watch our exclusive interview with Archana Agrawal [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#], President at Intercom [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] (Fin [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]). Intercom [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] has transformed its whole sales motion, shifting from selling seats to selling #outcomes. We started by discussing how this change has reshaped the company's #GTM and customer success strategies, and why understanding #customers has become more critical than ever. From there, we explored how #brand marketing is evolving now that AI interfaces are increasingly becoming the first touchpoint with customers-and the notion thereof of humans in the loop. We also touched why Intercom [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] is doubling down on a #SingleAgent framework instead of deploying multiple specialized AI agents. Other interesting topics we covered include: - The distinction between Product, Sales, and Support in the AI era - Intercom's recent launches of Monitors and Custom Scorecards And guess Archana [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]'s favorite #TV series? 🏞️💵 🛶 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewer: Yossi Garmazi #ai #tech #agent #GTM #Sales  ⁨@salesforce⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCUpquzY878NEaZm5bc7m2sQ] Chapters: 00:00 Intercom New GTM 00:32 Intro 01:04 Outcome based pricing 03:41 How was the GTM transition 04:20 Retention mode 06:20 Customer success 08:45 Brand Market 11:18 Agents vs Humans 12:50 Product sales and support 15:02 Product Road map 16:55 Why this path (Fin franchise) 18:59 Ai reshape the human in role 20:45 How do ship the product 23:30 Competitive mode come from? 26:14 Customer use case 27:41 Advise for builders 29:51 AI Native Company 31:05 Mentors 32:01 Grab Coffee 33:02 Alternative career 33:52 Favorite TV Series

Texas Instruments CTO: Our Innovation is Everywhere | Apex Series

Watch our exclusive interview with Dr. Ahmad Bahai [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#], CTO at at Texas Instruments [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] (NASDAQ: TXN). We could find Texas Instruments [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] innovation everywhere, from #datacenters chips, to embedded processors and even calculators. We started by discussing #KilbyLabs and how they decide what to develop, including how they evaluate whether an idea has enough moat to justify the required R&D investment and time. From there, we explored several of their innovations, including the new bulk acoustic wave #BAW clock technology, cutting-edge isolation solutions, and radar technologies. We then discussed their recent breakthrough in creating the world’s smallest microcontroller #MCU and how this development could reshape the semiconductor space. But of course, as a formidable #Chess player, we compared chess strategy to the semi industry - highlighting both similarities and differences, especially in a field where time-to-market can span up to five years. And guess who Dr. Ahmad [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]’s favorite #book is about? 💡⚡🔬 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewer: Yossi Garmazi [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] #ai #tech #agent #chips #semiconductor Chapters: 00:00 Researchers & Innovation 00:34 Intro 01:06 From Startup to Texas Instruments (TI) 04:43 Academia Vs Industry 07:22 Kilby Labs: Deciding What to Develop 11:01 Kilby Labs: New Clock & Isolation & Radar 16:05 The Worlds Smallest MCU 20:00 AI: Keeping the Innovative Spark 23:50 Motivating Engineers 25:36 Silicon Labs Acquisition 28:04 Playing Chess & Business 30:35 Holdings 40 Patents 31:18 Mentorship 33:00 Coffee Question 33:57 Hobbies 34:45 Favorite Movie

Open Source Models Could Outperform Frontier Models | Fireworks AI Co-Founder | Apex Series

Watch our exclusive interview with Benny Yufei Chen [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#], Co-Founder of Fireworks AI [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]. Fireworks raised ~$327M, most recently at a $4B valuation to change the AI space, enabling the enterprises to own the model themselves. We started by exploring Fireworks AI [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]'s mission of enabling companies to access, fine-tune, and deploy #AI models through a simple platform - and the significant #cost savings potential. We then shifted to the #developer perspective, exploring how teams should choose a base model for Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (#RFT) and the impact considering the customization thereafter. As many organizations still rely on closed-source models, we dove into the advantages of #OpenSource alternatives and the key tradeoffs involved. We discussed the launch of #FireFunctionV2 and how it has changed the game for function-calling models and AI applications. Other interesting topics we covered: -  Can open-source models outperform frontier models? - The tradeoff between cost, latency, and model quality and does it depend on the vertical? - Advice for Founders And guess what's is Benny [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#]'s favorite #movie is? 🛸🌌🪐 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] & Ellie Bleiberg [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] #ai #tech #agent #RFT #OpenSource Chapters: 00:00 Why Open Source? 00:34 Intro 01:14 From Meta to Fireworks 03:13 What is RFT? 04:39 Raising Money in the AI era 06:54 Fireworks Customers 08:48 Developers & RFT 11:02 Why move from Closed-Source to Open Source? 13:10 FireFunction V2 15:19 Open Source to outperform Frontier models? 16:33 Lessons from Meta Vs the new AI world 19:17 Tradeoff between Cost, Latency and Model 20:26 Lessons from the AI World 23:28 Maintaining rigorous valuation & Startup speed 25:09 Principles by Ray Dalio 26:48 Advice for Product Leaders 28:29 Mentors 29:11 Hobbies 30:02 Coffee Question 30:44 Favorite Movie

Glean CEO: Save 50% of Tokens Using Glean | Apex Series

Watch our exclusive interview with Arvind Jain [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#], Founder and CEO at Glean [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#]. Glean [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#] has raised over $770M and is valued at $7.2B, with a mission to unlock enterprise knowledge. As they cracked the enterprise #search space, we started by discussing Glean [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#]'s early #contrarian bets - from defining the problem differently to building a single-tenant architecture that could be easily deployed within a customer's environment. And #growth is booming. We explored the key differentiators that helped Glean scale from roughly $100M ARR at the beginning of 2025 to more than $300M today. But besides being a search tool, we discussed how Glean [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#] is also reshaping the AI #token economy by providing critical context to AI models, helping customers reduce token consumption by as much as 50% in some cases. We then dove into Glean [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#]'s #AgenticEngine2, and touched on why product they give users direct control over AI reasoning power. Other topics we covered: • How AI has changed hiring at Glean • What launching Google [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#] #MapMaker in #India taught Arvind about building and scaling data platforms And Arvind [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#]'s favorite #movie? 🔒⛏️🌅 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#] & Sanat Mouli [https://www.linkedin.com/company/102144486/admin/page-posts/published/#] #ai #tech #agent #token #search Chapters: 00:00 How Glean works? 00:48 Intro 01:30 From Rubrik to Glean 03:49 Glean Early Beginning 06:12 Contrarian Bets 08:36 Explosive Growth 11:04 Token Economy 14:54 Saving 30% Less Tokens 17:07 Agentic Engine 2 19:32 Enterprise Search Future 22:27 AI Impact on Glean Hiring 23:38 Assessing Candidate AI Skills 25:39 Building Google Map Maker in India 28:14 AI Impact on New Tech Hubs 29:40 Advice for Founders 30:58 What is AI Native Company? 32:47 Mentorship 32:47 Hobbies 34:28 Coffee Question 35:28 Favorite Movie