A clear look at how an AI infrastructure platform learns from its earliest users.
RunPod's pitch comes through clearly: it is trying to help AI developers move from tinkering to scale without getting buried in infrastructure work.
The DTC Enterprise Tech Podcast
Dell Technologies Capital
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Conversations between the venture investors and operators at Dell Technologies Capital and the people who are building what's next in enterprise technologies.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Founder interviews and CISO conversations turn enterprise AI and security into practical questions about scaling, hiring, automation, and risk.
The DTC Enterprise Tech Podcast follows enterprise technology through the decisions that shape companies and security programs. Its one-on-one interviews move comfortably between product strategy and operating detail: Zen Liu explains how RunPod turns early developer pain into a…
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A CISO's RSA calendar meets a founder's hiring decisions; your enterprise buzzwords finally have a job.
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- hear how an AI platform founder turns early developers' problems into a product built to scale
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Best episodes of The DTC Enterprise Tech Podcast
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Hiring early is less about brilliance than trust, culture fit, and keeping the company objective first.
Benny Porat treats the earliest stage of a security company as a test of judgment: who gets hired, what gets built, and how much structure the company can absorb before it hardens too soon.
A practical RSA conversation about security leadership, tradeoffs, and what matters most on the floor.
The conversation lands on a familiar RSA tension: AI is still a major theme, economics is shaping the pressure, and security keeps competing with availability and delivery.
A practical RSA conversation about real security problems, not conference wallpaper.
This RSA episode keeps its attention on the issues that matter once the conference floor gets crowded: which startup ideas deserve a CISO's attention, why non-human identity keeps rising, and how AI could change incident response, testing, and runbooks.
RSA through the lens of a CISO balancing time, stakeholder pressure, and practical security priorities.
RSA Conference is framed as a working field guide, not a ritual. It focuses on how CISOs choose where to spend time, what startups can realistically take from a meeting, and why automation is moving up the list as leaders are asked to do more with less.
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Episodes
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Twine Security CEO Benny Porat on Hiring & Building in the Earliest Days
Benny Porat, CEO of Twine Security and co-founder of Clarity, shares lessons from his entrepreneurial journey, including hiring strategies, product-market fit challenges, and leadership insights.
·29m·2 clips - 2
Special RSAC Episode with Karl Mattson
Investor Deepak Jivankumar interviews Karl Mattson, CISO of Endor Labs, about the 2025 RSA Conference.
·18m·1 clip - 3
Special RSAC Episode with Renee Guttmann
Hidden gemDeepak Jivankumar opens a special RSA Conference conversation with Renee Goodman.
·25m·1 clip - 4
Special RSAC Episode with Ben Carr
Hidden gemThis special RSA conference episode brings Deepak Jivankumar into conversation with Ben Carr, the Chief Security and Trust Officer at Halcyon Security.
·24m·1 clip - 5
Scaling for AI Devs: How RunPod is Growing and Evolving with its Community
Radhika Malik interviews Zen Liu, co-founder and CEO of RunPod, about building a platform for AI developers to scale projects from tinkering to production.
·35m·3 clips - 6
Balaji Parimi: From Category Creation to Acquisition
The DTC podcast's Exit Interview with Balaji Parimi examines how CloudNox created cloud infrastructure entitlement management before customers had a dedicated budget.
Dec 17, 2024·22m·1 clip - 7
Exotec CRO Arthur Bellamy on Scaling Globally
Arthur Bellamy starts with a simple product choice: Exotec did not try to customize everything.
Jul 26, 2024·44m·2 clips - 8
Lindsay McKinley - Comms from Startup to IPO
Hidden gemLindsay McKinley recounts moving from ClassDojo's 15-person startup to Samsara's 900-person global organization as its first communications lead.
Jun 27, 2024·41m·2 clips - 9
Exit Interview with Slavik Markovich
May 20, 2024·35m - 10
Rick Berends on Startup Innovation for the Enterprise
Mar 19, 2024·33m - 11
Exit Interview with Geeta Schmidt co-founder of Humio
Mar 19, 2024·31m - 12
Ankit Gordhandas - a Founder's Journey
Mar 19, 2024·34m - 13
Exit Interview with Varun Badhwar, co-founder of RedLock and Endor Labs
Mar 18, 2024·37m - 14
Julie Crabill on Building Marketing Teams at the Early Stage
Mar 18, 2024·29m - 15
Introducing The DTC Podcast
Mar 15, 2024·1m