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Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth

Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth

Marina Mogilko 58 episodes Latest May 29, 2026

Silicon Valley Girl is a weekly AI and technology podcast hosted by female founder and angel investor Marina Mogilko. It features interviews with top CEOs and AI founders discussing what's coming next in tech. The show covers practical strategies for career growth, mastering AI tools, entrepreneurship, and making money with AI. It is aimed at startup founders, professionals, and creators who want to stay ahead in the AI era.

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$2.1B AI CEO: From "The Worst Idea" to a $2.1B Company | Grant Lee, Co-Founder and CEO Gamma Jun 12, 2026 00:44:03 Grant Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Gamma — the $2.1B AI tool that turns one prompt into a finished presentation, now used by 100 million people.We covered:How Gamma hit $100M in revenue with a team of just 50 — profitably, on only $23M of fundingThe two signs you have product-market fit before the money shows up, and why "your friends will lie to you" about your productHow to run a f
Your Next Cofounder Is an AI | Edward Kim, Co-Founder & CTO of Gusto ($10B) Jun 11, 2026 00:34:34 Eddie Kim is the co-founder and CTO of Gusto — the $10B payroll and HR platform that millions of small businesses run on.Gusto just launched Gusto Cofounder — an AI teammate for small businesses: payroll, compliance, and daily ops handled before they become problems.Learn more about cofounder here -> https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2  We covered:The two levels of using AI in a business,
The 5-Layer System to Make Your Business Run on AI Jun 10, 2026 00:14:37 In 5 years the most valuable companies will run as a closed AI loop — every call, email, and content metric feeding back into one system that acts faster than any human team. In this video I walk through the 5 levels we're building inside my own company, from the foundation layer to the part most founders skip. If you're a founder, creator, or operator trying to make this real in your own
$1.5B CEO: How to Build in a Crowded AI Market Without Marketing | Christopher Pedregal, Granola May 29, 2026 00:44:55 📌 Head to https://granola.ai/marina and enter the code MARINA for 3 months off.Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in 3 years, in a category where Zoom and Google already had similar features before he launched.In this conversation he hands over the exact playbook for breaking out of a crowded market with a tiny team and a small marketing budget — a playbook anyone can use to win in the AI
Airtable CEO: AI Will Make You Almost Superhuman | Howie Liu May 27, 2026 00:30:45 Howie Liu co-founded Airtable in 2012, the no-code app builder used by over 80% of Fortune 100 companies. After scaling Airtable into one of the biggest software businesses on the planet, he's now building HyperAgent: a platform where anyone can deploy AI agents into their team chats, email, and calendar without writing code.In this conversation, Howie asked me a question I couldn't answer
Head of ChatGPT & Codex: AI Agents for Everyone Are HERE | Thibault Sottiaux OpenAI May 25, 2026 00:29:21 Thibault Sottiaux is the head of ChatGPT and Codex at OpenAI. He told me that in a few months, people who don't use AI at all will get the same benefits as those who've spent two years figuring it out. So what's actually going to be your edge in a market this competitive? Thibault opened up and shared a few of his secrets — he showed me how his own agents work and how anyone can set th
Google I/O 2026: A New Era of Work Just Started | Josh Woodward May 22, 2026 00:31:43 Josh Woodward runs Google Labs, AI Studio, and the Gemini app — basically every AI product Google ships. Google just launched Gemini Spark, the AI agent that works for you 24/7 in the background.In this episode, Marina sits down with Josh during Google I/O to talk about:— Why we're moving from "doing" to "directing"— Why human judgment and taste are becoming more valuable,
$4B Box CEO Aaron Levie: The Next 3 Years Are the Best Time to Build — Here's How to Use This Window May 15, 2026 00:50:36 Aaron Levie built Box into a $4 billion company used by 64% of the Fortune 500. Now he says we're at the best moment to build an AI company in 15 years — and the window is 3 years.In this episode, Marina sits down with Aaron to talk about what's actually happening inside enterprise AI, why younger founders have a surprising advantage right now, and which jobs are genuinely at risk vs. whic
"In 6 Months, We'll Start Losing Jobs to AI" — Alpha School Founder MacKenzie Price May 10, 2026 00:57:16 MacKenzie Price built Alpha — an AI-first school where kids do academics for 2 hours a day, score in the top 1% nationally across every grade, and learn from AI tutors instead of teachers.She also has a prediction. In the next 6 months, our friends, the people we work with, maybe even ourselves — will start losing jobs to AI. Which is why she's so urgent about this. The school we grew up in wa
6 AI Businesses You Can Start in 2026 — No Code, No Funding, Real Advice from Reid Hoffman, 11Labs CEO & Google's VP of Search May 7, 2026 00:21:36 In this episode, Marina breaks down 6 AI business models you can actually start in 2026 — from the easiest (zero tech skills required) to the most scalable (think: automated SaaS with 50% margins). No fluff, no theory. Just specific ideas with action steps you can take this week.You'll hear directly from:Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder, legendary investor) on how to double your income right now
Mo Gawdat, Allie Miller, Gary Vee: The 6 AI Tools They Use Daily to Earn More | AI Tools 2026 Apr 30, 2026 00:29:39 What 6 AI tools are the smartest people in the room actually using every day? I asked the same question to dozens of founders, investors, and AI leaders this year — which AI tool changed your income the most? Six tools kept coming up.In this compilation, Mo Gawdat (former Chief Business Officer at Google X), Allie K. Miller (former Global Head of ML at AWS), and Gary Vaynerchuk (CEO of VaynerMedia
How to Build a $10K AI Business Solo — No Code, No Funding Apr 26, 2026 00:14:38 What would you build today if you had to start from zero? I asked 6 founders the same question: with just a laptop, AI, and no funding — what would get you to $10,000 a month in 90 days?In this podcast they share how they'd build a business today from scratch: what to build, how to choose a niche, marketing advice, and how to get your first paying customer by day 30. Gary Vee, Amjad Masad (Rep

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