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"1 to 100" | Hypergrowth Startups Worth Joining

Welcome to 1 to 100, where every week Usman Hanif, the co-author of the Why You Should Join substack, sits down with the founders of some of the most notable hyper-growth startups. Our goal is to give you the inside story, alongside empirical analysis, of breakout early stage, series A, and series B...

Recent Episodes

Dec. 11, 2024

1 to 100: Sapien

This week, Usman Hanif is joined by Sapien co-founders Ron Nachum, Pranav Ravella, and Arya Grayeli to talk about their journey from college dropouts to securing $8.7M in seed funding, creating the first fully autonomous fin…
Nov. 26, 2024

1 to 100 Jared Quincy Davis, Founder & CEO Foundry

This week, Usman Hanif down with Jared Quincy Davis, Co-founder and CEO of Foundry, an AI cloud platform designed to orchestrate the world's compute capacity, to discuss the challenges of GPU utilization, the economics of AI…
Nov. 13, 2024

a16z leads Braintrust's $60M Series A

In this episode of 1 to 100, Usman Hanif speaks with Ankur Goyal, Founder and CEO of Braintrust, about the company's recent Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, its product development strategy, and growth traj…
Nov. 7, 2024

1 to 100: Armada

In this episode of 1 to 100, host Usman Hanif is joined by Dan Wright, Founder and CEO of Armada, who discusses how his company is revolutionizing edge computing, bridging the digital divide, and building scalable, mission-c…
Oct. 31, 2024

1 to 100: Loop

In this episode of 1 to 100, host Usman Hanif interviews Matt McKinney, Co-founder and CEO of Loop, a company transforming the freight supply chain with AI-powered data solutions that enhance spend visibility and automate de…
Oct. 23, 2024

1 to 100: Beacons

Usman Hanif interviews Neal Jean, founder and CEO of Beacons, discussing the company's journey from a simple link-in-bio tool to a comprehensive platform for creators.