Research Radio

Feb 24 2025 20 ep. 43 mins 7

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Diving deep on the world's most exciting private tech companies. Join Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary, in conversation with the founders, leaders and thinkers building the future of tech.

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Epirus: High Power Energy Weapons

Feb 24 2025 52 mins

Drone swarms in warfare are becoming more common. Epirus is building high power energy weapons as a response. In a word? What they've created is force fields. In this episode, we sat down with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery.⁠Read our full memo on Epirus' business.⁠Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter⁠Legal: https://www.contrary.com/legal

Base Power: The Modern Power Company

Nov 21 2024 45 mins

Base Power aims to become the “modern power company of the electric era” by offering its customers a home energy service powered by a network of batteries. In this episode, we sat down with Base Power co-founders Zach Dell (CEO) and Justin Lopas (COO). ⁠Read our full memo on Base Power's business. ⁠Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter⁠ Legal: https://www.contra

Lumafield: Building Industrial X-Ray Vision

Nov 01 2024 50 mins

Lumafield provides low-cost industrial scanners. Its goal is to build the world's best database of manufactured objects to help "take humans out of the loop" and enable fully autonomous manufacturing. In this episode, we sat down with Eduardo Torrealba, the CEO and co-founder of Lumafield. Read our full memo on Lumafield's business. Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter Le

Hadrian: The Factory of the Future

Aug 22 2024 66 mins

America's industrial base could be on the verge of collapse. Hadrian is setting out to build an automated solution to unlocking the manufacturing capacity in the US. We sat down with CEO and Founder of Hadrian, Chris Power. Read our full memo on Hadrian's business. Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter Legal: https://www.contrary.com/legal

JumpCloud: Future-Proofing The Identity Stack

Jun 10 2024 53 mins

JumpCloud is offering companies a cloud-native solution to manage their identity directory without having to “sell their soul”, so to speak, by becoming a wall-to-wall Microsoft stack. We sat down with CTO and Co-founder of JumpCloud, Greg Keller. Read our deep dive on the identity security world. Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter Legal: https://www.contrary.com/leg

Stytch: Developer-First Identity

Apr 18 2024 42 mins

Stytch* is building a developer platform for companies to implement frictionless authentication methods. The company’s APIs and SDKs streamline user onboarding and bolster retention by eliminating passwords and replacing them with secure, lower-friction authentication options. We sat down with CEO and Co-founder of Stytch, Reed McGinley-Stempel. *Contrary is an investor in Styt

Highnote: Molding a Modern Card Platform

Mar 19 2024 40 mins

Highnote is a full-stack card issuance platform with the intention of owning the entire stack, rather than sitting on top of another gateway or middle layer. So how are companies thinking about using a tool like Highnote today? We sat down with CEO and Co-founder of Highnote, John Macllwaine, to unpack that process. Read our deep dive on the evolution of fintech infrastructure. S

Zip: Building a Financial Intake Machine

Feb 27 2024 38 mins

Zip provides a platform for the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, covering new purchase order management, accounts payable (AP) automation, and global B2B payments. Zip makes it easy for employees to request purchases and provides visual workflows for approvals across finance, legal, procurement, IT, and security teams. Zip Co-Founder and CEO, Rujul Zaparde, joined Research Radio

Sardine: The Fraud Fighter's Toolkit

Jan 18 2024 39 mins

Sardine is a company that helps companies prevent fraud. Sardine has focused their product around a fraud prevention system. This is made up of a few key parts: (1) a fraud detection algorithm, (2) a no-code rule builder, and (3) an all-in-one dashboard and case manager for risk operations teams Sardine Co-Founder and CEO, Soups Ranjan, joined Research Radio to talk about the risin

What's Next for Databases?

Dec 19 2023 30 mins

MongoDB develops and provides a popular NoSQL database program which is designed for managing and storing large sets of varied data. MongoDB Ventures is the investment arm of MongoDB, focusing on supporting early-stage companies that are innovating in the developer productivity, data management, and SaaS markets. Its position gives MongoDB Ventures a really fascinating perspective