Founded & Funded

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caleb@madrona.com

jeff@madrona.com

foundedandfunded@madrona.com

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The Legal Decisions Every AI Founder Needs to Get Right

October 14, 2026

Who is responsible when an AI agent does something its user never intended? Janel Thamkul, former deputy general counsel at Anthropic, explains why the answer depends on your contracts, your product design, and the records you keep. In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona General Counsel Joanna Black talks with Janel about the legal decisions every AI founder needs to get right, including: 1) Why AI's constrained supply changes how you incentivize go-to-market teams 2) How a product's UI...

Is AI a Bubble? What PitchBook's Head of Research Sees in the Data

August 13, 2026

Recorded live at Seattle Tech Week, this episode of Founded & Funded brings together two people who track the AI capital markets from different vantage points:  ⁨Pitchbook⁩  EVP of Research & Market Intelligence Nizar Tarhuni, and Madrona Partner Sabrina Albert. These two dig into where AI venture capital is actually landing across the model, infrastructure, and application layers, why AI "harnesses" are becoming a winner-takes-most category, and where vertical AI applications may hold an edg...

Why AI Made Your Buyers Harder to Sell To

July 23, 2026

After leaving a long sales career, David Rubenstein spent a year meeting more than 300 founders across 41 countries and turned what he heard into a framework for how companies sell now. In this episode of Founded & Funded, David sits down with Madrona's Anna Baird and Eric Wong to dig into why AI left buyers with more information and less clarity, why deals stall out of fear rather than disinterest, and how founders can cut through. The conversation covers selling against build-it-yourself AI...

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Founded & Funded is hosted by Anna Baird and Eric Wong. Its publicly listed emails are caleb@madrona.com, jeff@madrona.com, and foundedandfunded@madrona.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Founded & Funded?

The publicly listed emails for Founded & Funded: caleb@madrona.com, jeff@madrona.com, and foundedandfunded@madrona.com.

How many listeners does Founded & Funded have?

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Who is an ideal guest for Founded & Funded?

Founded & Funded typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Venture-backed founders, senior technology executives, infrastructure pioneers, artificial intelligence researchers, and experienced operators with direct, substantive company-building or commercialization expertise. Common among recent guests: Founded or led a notable technology company; Created or commercialized widely adopted technology; Established expertise in artificial intelligence, infrastructure, enterprise software, or go-to-market strategy. Recent guests include David Rubenstein, Craig McLuckie, and Joe Beda.

How hard is it to get booked on Founded & Funded?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

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