by Kartik Sathappan
Before the hype, before the funding—Kartik & Jack interview founders in the trenches, year one. Learn from the raw, unfiltered start. Follow us on X: Kartik - https://x.com/sathaxe Jack - https://x.com/jackndwyer Presented by Families Fund: wwww.families.fund
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September 4, 2025
<p>Join Kartik Sathappan and Jack Dwyer as they sit down with <strong>Chris Samra</strong>, co-founder of <a href="https://www.waveglasses.com/">Waves</a>, the viral camera glasses built for creators. We explore how Waves went from a Black Mirror-inspired idea to a launch video with 30M+ views, the privacy debate, and why Chris wants Waves to be more like Ray-Ban than “smart glasses.”</p><p>𝕏 Follow Chris: <a href="https://x.com/crsamra">https://x.com/crsamra</a><br>🔗 Waves: <a href="https://www.waveglasses.com/">https://www.waveglasses.com/</a></p><p>🎧 Subscribe to Out of Office:<br>X – <a href="https://x.com/outofofficepodx">https://x.com/outofofficepodx</a><br>Spotify – <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDg9z0aCNyS6L0YVbEIMD">https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDg9z0aCNyS6L0YVbEIMD</a><br>Apple – <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1789052920">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1789052920</a><br>YouTube – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@OutOfOfficePodcastX">https://www.youtube.com/@OutOfOfficePodcastX</a></p><p>𝕏 Follow Kartik: <a href="https://x.com/sathaxe">https://x.com/sathaxe</a><br>𝕏 Follow Jack: <a href="https://x.com/jackndwyer">https://x.com/jackndwyer</a></p><p>Sponsored by Families Fund — backing founders rebuilding education and health for American families.<br><a href="https://www.families.fund">https://www.families.fund</a></p><h3>Chapters:</h3><ul><li>00:00 Meet Chris & Waves</li><li>05:37 Design that looks good</li><li>10:45 Privacy debate</li><li>20:46 From Black Mirror to clips IRL</li><li>25:25 Capturing human moments</li><li>30:44 Brand > hardware</li><li>35:03 Creators as GTM</li></ul>
August 28, 2025
<html> <body> <p>Join us on this inspiring episode of Out of Office, where Kartik Sathappan and Jack Dwyer sit down with <strong>Clayton Mooney</strong>, founder of <a href="https://claytonfarms.com">Clayton Farms</a>, to explore the future of healthy fast food and the fight against the lifespan crisis caused by America’s eating habits.</p> <p>Clayton shares his unlikely journey—from growing up on an Iowa farm, to a career in professional poker, to building indoor farms that now power a profitable restaurant model. His mission? To give back millions of years of life to humanity by changing the way we eat, one healthy fast food meal at a time.</p> <p>We cover how Clayton is competing with giants like Sweetgreen, why transparency and open-source food systems matter, and the bold vision of scaling to a thousand restaurants over the next two decades.</p> <p>🌱 Check out Clayton Farms: <a href="https://claytonfarms.com">claytonfarms.com</a></p> <p>🎧 Subscribe and listen to new episodes of Out of Office:<br> X - <a href="https://x.com/outofofficepodx">https://x.com/outofofficepodx</a><br> Spotify - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDg9z0aCNyS6L0YVbEIMD">https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDg9z0aCNyS6L0YVbEIMD</a><br> Apple - <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1789052920">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1789052920</a><br> YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@OutOfOfficePodcastX">https://www.youtube.com/@OutOfOfficePodcastX</a> </p> <p>𝕏 Follow Kartik: <a href="https://x.com/sathaxe">@sathaxe</a><br> 𝕏 Follow Jack: <a href="https://x.com/jackndwyer">@jackndwyer</a><br> 𝕏 Follow Clayton: <a href="https://x.com/MooneyMillions">@MooneyMillions</a> </p> <p><strong>Sponsored by Families Fund</strong> — Backing founders rebuilding education and health for American families.<br> <a href="https://www.families.fund">https://www.families.fund</a> </p> <p>Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to stay updated with future conversations!</p> <p><strong>Chapters:</strong><br> 00:00 From Iowa Farm to Poker Pro<br> 06:02 Tackling Food Waste with Kinosol<br> 08:46 Building Clayton Farms: Indoor Farming Innovations<br> 11:26 From Delivery Service to Restaurant Model<br> 19:53 Competing with Sweetgreen & Scaling Healthy Fast Food<br> 30:49 Health, Entrepreneurship & Building a Mission-Driven Brand<br> 44:33 Fundraising, Transparency, and Open Sourcing the Farm<br> 59:21 The Future of Nutrition & Adding 70 Million Years of Life </p> </body></html>
August 21, 2025
<div> <p><strong>Out of Office — Ep.20</strong></p> <p> Kartik Sathappan and Jack Dwyer sit down with <strong>Sarv</strong>, founder of <strong>Origami Computing</strong> — a playful “sidekick computer” aiming to make our relationship with tech healthier. We cover the journey from scrappy, screenless prototypes to a colorful device that feels human, why phones exhaust us, and what it really takes to learn hardware, raise a round, and build something people love. </p> <p> 🧭 Links: <br />𝕏 Follow Sarv: <a href="https://x.com/SarvasvKulpati" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://x.com/SarvasvKulpati</a> <br />🔗 Learn more about Origami: <a href="https://origamicomputing.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://origamicomputing.com/</a> </p> <p> 🎧 Subscribe and follow: <br />X — <a href="https://x.com/outofofficepodx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://x.com/outofofficepodx</a> <br />Spotify — <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDg9z0aCNyS6L0YVbEIMD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/show/2oDg9z0aCNyS6L0YVbEIMD</a> <br />Apple — <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1789052920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1789052920</a> <br />YouTube — <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@OutOfOfficePodcastX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@OutOfOfficePodcastX</a> </p> <p> 👤 Hosts: <br />𝕏 Follow Kartik: <a href="https://x.com/sathaxe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://x.com/sathaxe</a> <br />𝕏 Follow Jack: <a href="https://x.com/jackndwyer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://x.com/jackndwyer</a> </p> <p> 💡 Sponsor: <br />Sponsored by <strong>Families Fund</strong> — the first VC fund backing founders rebuilding education and health for American families. <br /><a href="https://www.families.fund" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.families.fund</a> </p> <h3>Chapters</h3> <ol> <li><strong>00:00</strong> Meet Sarv and the birth of Origami Computing</li> <li><strong>02:35</strong> What makes a device “healthy”</li> <li><strong>05:12</strong> The digicam prototype and retro tech’s comeback</li> <li><strong>07:46</strong> A silent rebellion against social media</li> <li><strong>10:50</strong> From screenless experiments to sidekick computers</li> <li><strong>12:57</strong> Why cute eyes went viral</li> <li><strong>15:00</strong> AI as self-actualization, not autocomplete</li> <li><strong>19:59</strong> Moving to SF: from scarcity to abundance</li> <li><strong>22:27</strong> Teaching himself hardware and PCB design</li> <li><strong>26:29</strong> Mentors, suffering, and the hard truths of hardware</li> <li><strong>28:18</strong> Staying true in a hype-driven Silicon Valley</li> <li><strong>30:56</strong> GTM, social media virality, and the weight of followers</li> <li><strong>33:38</strong> Building a tiny but mighty team</li> <li><strong>34:11</strong> Berkeley lessons: liberal arts, CogSci, and POV</li> <li><strong>39:11</strong> Almost dropping out, Tech Twitter, and finding direction</li> <li><strong>43:27</strong> Early curiosity: clubs, skateboards, and coding hands</li> <li><strong>44:53</strong> Creativity beyond tech: music, writing, and art</li> <li><strong>45:34</strong> Social media, hermits, and healthier online spaces</li> <li><strong>47:41</strong> Origami’s vision: a phone that feels human</li> <li><strong>49:09</strong> The future of AI-native devices</li> </ol></div>
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Before the hype, before the funding—Kartik & Jack interview founders in the trenches, year one. Learn from the raw, unfiltered start.
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