July Podcasts: 9 Episodes on Technologies, AI Agents, and Startups

How do startups attract millions without profitability, why are AI agents changing the market, what should entrepreneurs learn today, and how to build a world-class company? We’ve gathered the most interesting podcasts from July featuring founders, investors, and leaders of the tech industry.

“Venture Capital: How Startups Raise Millions Without Earning a Dollar”

In the new episode of KAST, we explored how the venture capital market works and why investors fund companies without profitability. The podcast featured two experts from the Central Asian venture capital market: Alim Khamitov, Managing Partner of MOST Ventures, and Abai Absamet, entrepreneur and venture capital investor, expert on helping startups enter international markets from Silk Road Innovation Hub and Silk Road Angels. We specifically discussed why one successful project in a portfolio can cover all other investments and whether it’s possible to enter venture capital with a small check.

“AloqaVentures Two Years Later”

In an interview with AloqaBank, Abdullaev Mirolim Bakhtiyor ugli, Deputy Director for Investments at AloqaVentures, shared what has changed in the company’s operations over the past two years and what results the team has achieved. We also discussed new opportunities and changes currently taking place in Uzbekistan’s startup ecosystem.

“$20 Million for Delever: How It All Started”

The guest on the StartupBase podcast is Fahridin Yusupov, founder of the delivery service Delever. Today, the company processes over a million orders annually, and its valuation has reached $20 million. In the conversation, we explored the journey from a local logistics problem to a platform connecting hundreds of services, the challenges of digitizing the food delivery market, expansion into the Kazakh market, and the experience of building a startup in Uzbekistan.

“How to Survive Business in the Era of Vibe Coding and Artificial Intelligence”

This episode of the “Q&A with Margulan” podcast was recorded during a trip with students to Balkhash. We discussed how artificial intelligence and vibe coding are changing the approach to business, which skills will be in high demand in the coming years, and how entrepreneurs can adapt to new realities. We also touched upon the labor market, investments, and why developing independent thinking is especially important today.

How Gamma pulled off their AI pivot

In this episode of the In Depth podcast, John Noronha, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of the AI presentation platform Gamma, shared about several stages of finding product-market fit—from nearly closing the company to sudden explosive growth after pivoting to AI. The guest explained why he bet on a horizontal product despite most investors’ advice, how daily registrations grew to over 100,000 without paid marketing, and what the company’s testing of three pricing plans achieved.

Sam Altman — How to Start a Startup

In his speech at Y Combinator Startup School, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared how to launch a company in a rapidly changing market. The speaker discussed trusting exponential growth, working under uncertainty, investing in computing power, and how the artificial intelligence industry has changed since the launch of ChatGPT.

“Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA”

At Startup School 2026, Y Combinator head Garry Tan spoke with NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang. The speaker shared how the company started with a failed technology, independently explored new directions, and how resilience helped NVIDIA achieve key technological breakthroughs. We also discussed the role of artificial intelligence in job creation and the future of AI agents within companies.

“The Main Threat of the Decade Is Not AI, But the Degradation of Human Intelligence”

A weekly news review from nFactorial Intelligence. In this episode, we discussed the new Kimi K3 model from Moonshot, Anthropic’s attempts to lobby for a ban on model distillation, and Jensen Huang’s letter supporting open AI models. We also discussed the competition between OpenAI and Anthropic with their own clients, a list of startup ideas from Y Combinator, and the valuation of the Genius startup, which reached one billion dollars. We also touched upon the topic of cognitive debt—the degradation of human thinking as the main threat of the coming decade.

“How to Build a Global AI Company and Create World-Class Products”

As part of the Silkway Accelerator program, implemented by Astana Hub in collaboration with Google for Startups, a meeting with Alexander Mashrabov, co-founder and CEO of Higgsfield AI, took place at Almaty Hub. The discussion was moderated by Magzhan Madiev, head of Astana Hub. The speaker shared about creating a global AI company, the development of generative artificial intelligence, and competition in the global technology market.