The Room Podcast

Claudia Laurie, Madison McIlwain

Booking Overview

A founder-and-investor interview show focused on technology startups, venture capital, and the stories behind company and fund formation, it typically features established tech founders, venture firm founders, and senior technology executives. Strong candidates include founders with substantial product or market traction, investors with differentiated theses, and former leaders who can discuss scaling technology businesses; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold prominent leadership roles in technology and venture capital.

Metrics

Episodes: 147

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 876 subscribers

Instagram: 455 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Claudia Laurie - Co-host of The Room Podcast, interviewing technology founders and funders about the experiences and decisions behind building companies and venture firms.

Madison McIlwain - Co-host of The Room Podcast, interviewing technology founders and funders about the experiences and decisions behind building companies and venture firms.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established technology founders, venture capital firm founders and partners, senior executives from major technology companies, and investors with substantial experience building companies, products, or funds.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led a recognized technology company, Built or managed a venture capital firm, Held senior roles at major technology companies, Invested in category-defining or high-growth technology companies, Developed a distinctive perspective on AI, infrastructure, software, or venture capital

Recent Guest Discussions

Russ d'Sa - Building Infrastructure For Voice AI, The Evolution Of Livekit From An Open-source Project, Founding And Scaling Technology Companies, And The Differences Between Voice And Text AI Agents.

Jai Das - Building An Enterprise Venture Firm, Corporate Venture Capital, Investment Strategy, Fund Formation, Developer-focused Software, And The Impact Of AI On Venture Investing.

Packy McCormick - Turning Content Into An Investing Advantage, Building A Venture Firm Around A Personal Platform, Investing In Complex Technology Businesses, And The Future Of Venture Capital.

Sunil Dhaliwal - Backing Technical Founders, Founding And Differentiating A Venture Firm, Infrastructure Software, Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, AI, And Investing Through Technology Cycles.

Ben Ling - Moving From Technology Operating Roles Into Venture Capital, Building A Founder-focused Seed Fund, Evaluating Startups And Fund Managers, Product Distribution, And Investing For Large-scale Outcomes.

Recent Topics

Technology, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Startup Funding, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Room Podcast

S15E3: Building the Future of Sleep with Hatch Co-Founder & CEO Ann Crady Weiss

October 06, 2026

In this episode of The Room Podcast, we sit down with Ann Crady Weiss, co-founder and CEO of Hatch, to trace the path from her Silicon Valley upbringing and early career in law and technology to building one of the most recognizable names in sleep. Ann shares how her family’s connection to Intel shaped her entrepreneurial ambition, what she learned at Wilson Sonsini and Yahoo, and how the acquisition of her first startup prepared her to build again.Hatch began with a personal problem and evol...

S15E2: Secure AI Agents for the Future of Work with NanoCo Co-Founder & CEO, Gavriel Cohen

September 29, 2026

In this season 15 opener of The Room Podcast, we speak with Gavriel Cohen, co-founder and CEO of NanoCo and creator of NanoClaw, an open-source framework designed to make powerful AI agents safer and more practical for real-world use.NanoClaw emerged from Gavriel’s own experience using AI agents to run an AI-native marketing agency. After connecting an agent he called “Andy” to his company’s sales pipeline, Gavriel saw the potential for agents to operate less like chatbots and more like persi...

S15E1: Building the Infrastructure for Voice AI with Russ d'Sa, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveKit

September 22, 2026

In this season 15 opener of The Room Podcast, we speak with Russ d'Sa, co-founder and CEO of LiveKit, a platform for building real-time voice, video, and AI agents. LiveKit began as an open-source project for live audio and video. As developers adopted it, the team built cloud infrastructure to help them scale. A second turning point came when OpenAI used LiveKit to build a voice interface for ChatGPT, revealing how technology built to connect people could also connect people with AI.Russ tra...

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