Archive - We The Builders

Evan Burns on Building State Affairs, Backed by Khosla Ventures & Founders Fund, The Business of Policy Markets and State of Media

Intro This is my first conversation with Evan Burns, CEO of State Affairs.

Aug 29 • Suffiyan Malik

1:11:17

Mike Solana of Founders Fund on Creating Celebrity Mafia featuring Tech Elite

Intro Mike Solana is the CMO of Founders Fund and Founder of Pirate Wires.

Aug 27 • Suffiyan Malik

35:40

Justin Lopas on the Business of Base Power and Lessons from SpaceX & Anduril

Intro I had a conversation with Justin Lopas on building Base Power a few months back, last week they announced $1B in new funding at a $13B valuation.

Aug 12 • Suffiyan Malik

53:01

Scott Kupor on A16Z Origin Story, White House Role and Office of Personnel Management

Intro Scott Kupor was the first employee at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the largest venture capital firms in the arena today with over $90B in AUM.

Aug 8 • Suffiyan Malik

1:11:04

July 2026

Ian Cinnamon on Building a $2.3B Satellite Manufacturing Campus, Palantir Alumni & The Apex Space Thesis

Intro Ian Cinnamon is the Cofounder and CEO of Apex Space.

Jul 20 • Suffiyan Malik

30:12

E41: Austen Allred on X Posting, Lambda School, Getting Sued, ISAs, Lobbying & Future of Education

Intro Austen Allred is the Cofounder and CEO of Gauntlet AI which is running an AI training school which through its intensive bootcamp makes engineers…

Jul 15 • Suffiyan Malik

1:46:44

Brian Hooks, CEO of Stand Together & President of Charles Koch Foundation on Venture Philanthropy

Intro Brian Hooks is the CEO of Stand Together, President of Charles Koch Foundation and co-author of “Believe in People” with Charles Koch.

Jul 13 • Suffiyan Malik

42:04

In Conversation with Dan Wright, Cofounder & CEO of Armada ($2B neo-hyperscaler for the edge)

Intro This is a special edition of our show from Reagan National Economic Forum where I interviewed Dan Wright, Cofounder and CEO of Armada, a…

Jul 8 • Suffiyan Malik

31:25

E33: Elon Musk's Most Useful Ideas, The Alpha in Long Form Writing and Investing with Eric Jorgenson

Intro Eric Jorgenson started a nights and weekends projects compiling the most useful ideas Naval Ravikant had publicly shared, this has sold five…

Jul 8 • Suffiyan Malik

1:24:25

June 2026

E32: Chauncey Hamilton, GP at XYZ on Media, Apprenticeship, Conviction and Founder Networks

Intro Chauncey Hamilton is a General Partner at XYZ, a firm which was started with the thesis of backing Palantir alumni.

Jun 30 • Suffiyan Malik

1:20:39

E31: David Ulevitch on Creating the $1.776B A16Z American Dynamism Practice

Intro David Ulevitch is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the largest venture firms by AUM with $90B.

Jun 24 • Suffiyan Malik

1:50:31

May 2026

E30: Sunil Dhaliwal, Founder of Amplify Partners on Lessons from 27 Years in VC

Intro Sunil Dhaliwal has been in investing for 27 years, he was a General Partner at Battery Ventures for 14 years before starting Amplify Partners.

May 21 • Suffiyan Malik

1:58:10

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts