
Open Source Startup Podcast
Hosted by Robby and Tim · Robby (MTF); Tim (Essence VC)
4.9from 49 ratings
- 203
- Episodes
- 88
- Transcribed
- 49
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 2K
- YouTube views
About Open Source Startup Podcast
The leading podcast on how to build a successful open source company. Learn from the founders of HashiCorp, Chronosphere, Vercel, MongoDB, DBT, mobile.dev and more!
- Publisher
- Robby (MTF); Tim (Essence VC)
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 9 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
88 of 203 episodes have a transcript.

9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
E203: From Sentry to Modem - Rethinking How Product Teams Listen

3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
E202: How the Largest MLOps Community Was Built

3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
E201: Building Your Agent Army with Paperclip
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E203: From Sentry to Modem - Rethinking How Product Teams Listen
Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Obviously, like, you know, the product and everything's been fleshed out quite a bit, but maybe let's talk about what Modem is exactly. Then we can get into like, why not open source it? But like, what is Modem? Who is it for? It's your AI product teammate. Like what, what all does that actually mean in Compass? Yeah. Yeah, today we market it as your AI product teammate. And you can think about it as, you know, modem exists in your Slack or your MS Teams or your Discord. And you can talk to it. You can go on the web and talk to it. It has an agent experience, much like many other products right now. […]
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- Ben Vinegar
- Demetrios Brinkmann
- Dotta (Nate)
- Zach Lloyd
- Lloyd
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,515
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 17 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 32 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Open Source Startup Podcast?
Robby and Tim host the show. Published by Robby (MTF); Tim (Essence VC).
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Does Open Source Startup Podcast take guests?
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