Fortune 500

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8 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Oct 8, 2023 by Karri Saarinen · said 20 times in 18 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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2026 1 mention in 1 episode

How to be a CEO when AI breaks all the old playbooks | Sequoia CEO Coach Brian Halligan Feb 15, 2026 · 1 mention · from 23:18
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2025 7 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode

Inside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord Aug 24, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 1:24
Why securing AI is harder than anyone expected and guardrails are failing | HackAPrompt CEO Dec 21, 2025 · 1 mention · from 7:17
Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody Sep 18, 2025 · 1 mention · from 25:33
Inside ChatGPT: The fastest growing product in history | Nick Turley (OpenAI) Aug 9, 2025 · 1 mention · from 42:49
How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir) May 11, 2025 · 1 mention · from 14:22
Building a magical AI code editor used by over 1m developers in 4 months: Inside Windsurf Apr 20, 2025 · 1 mention · from 37:30
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2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about SAFe and the product owner role | Melissa Perri Nov 10, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:23
Inside Canva: Coaches not managers, giving away your Legos, and embracing AI | Cameron Adams Jun 2, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:00:11
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2023 9 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode

How to measure and improve developer productivity | Nicole Forsgren (Microsoft Research, Github) Jul 30, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 2:29
Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more Dec 17, 2023 · 1 mention · from 14:41
Brian Chesky’s new playbook Nov 12, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:11:53
Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO) Oct 8, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:17:34
The power of strategic narrative | Andy Raskin May 28, 2023 · 1 mention · from 21:29
The ultimate guide to adding a PLG motion | Hila Qu (Reforge, GitLab) Apr 2, 2023 · 1 mention · from 29:07
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable) Feb 12, 2023 · 1 mention · from 44:57
Lessons from Airtable’s unconventional growth strategy | Zoelle Egner Jan 29, 2023 · 1 mention · from 50:26
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2022 1 mention in 1 episode

How to hit revenue targets in a recession | Sahil Mansuri (Bravado) Dec 4, 2022 · 1 mention · from 6:57
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Oct 8, 2023 neutral

Disclosure

Linear admits it still lacks product-market fit for Fortune 500 companies

“If a fortune 500 company came to us then, or even, like, today, we might not be, like, I don't think we can, like, provide them the solution today that works for them. So I don't think the fit is there.”

Karri Saarinen Oct 8, 2023 ▶ 1:17:34 Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO)

Jun 2, 2024 bullish

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Adams: 95% of Fortune 500 companies use Canva

“We've got 95% of the Fortune 500 using Canva.”

Cameron Adams Jun 2, 2024 ▶ 1:00:11 Inside Canva: Coaches not managers, giving away your Legos, and embracing AI | Cameron Adams

Aug 9, 2025

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ChatGPT organically reached 90% of Fortune 500 companies early on

“We were pretty quickly in, you know, organically in, like, 90% of Fortune 500 companies”

Nick Turley Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 42:49 Inside ChatGPT: The fastest growing product in history | Nick Turley (OpenAI)

Aug 24, 2025 bullish

Assertion Supported

Lord: 100% of the Fortune 500 uses Handshake

“There's like a million companies that use Handshake. Like we have 101 hundred percent of the Fortune 500 uses Handshake.”

Garrett Lord Aug 24, 2025 ▶ 24:56 Inside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord

Sep 18, 2025 negative

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Foody: Some Fortune 500s fear evaluating AI automation in their businesses

“There are certain enterprises we talk to that are almost like fearful, not wanting to engage, not wanting to, you know, eval their businesses because that'll provide the evidence that their value chain is being automated. And there's others that, I mean, liter…”

Brendan Foody Sep 18, 2025 ▶ 25:12 Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody

Dec 21, 2025

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Schulhoff: HackAPrompt Dataset Is Used by Every Frontier AI Lab

“The paper and the data set are now used by every single frontier lab and most fortune 500 companies to benchmark their models and improve their AI security.”

Sander Schulhoff Dec 21, 2025 ▶ 7:17 Why securing AI is harder than anyone expected and guardrails are failing | HackAPrompt CEO

Mar 15, 2026 negative

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Warwick: Replacing Fortune 500 executives costs millions in lost IP

“The company now has to go back and replace that person. This usually costs hundreds of thousands. And in some of the realms that we navigate in the Fortune 500, it will cost millions, if not tens of millions to replace the lost IP there.”

Jacob Warwick Mar 15, 2026 ▶ 12:36 He's negotiated $1B+ in executive compensation. Here's his playbook. | Jacob Warwick

Mar 15, 2026

Disclosure

Warwick: Negotiated a $10M+ pay increase for a Fortune 500 team

“Some recently were in, in the realm of ten million plus on increases in compensation across a team of just a handful of folks. Again, fortune 500.”

Jacob Warwick Mar 15, 2026 ▶ 13:18 He's negotiated $1B+ in executive compensation. Here's his playbook. | Jacob Warwick

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