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.contrary.com/legal

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 Legal: https://www.contrary.com/legal

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 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/legal

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 Stytch through one or more affiliates. Read our memo on the Stytch's business Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter Legal: https://www.contrary.com/legal

CEO and Co-founder of Highnote, John Macllwaine, discusses the evolution of fintech infrastructure with a focus on Highnote's full-stack card issuance platform. Topics include the impact of marketplaces on brands, enabling brands to own customer experience and finance capabilities, and innovative financial solutions for business growth, such as consumer credit expansion and future growth opportunities in the FinTech sector.

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 to talk about the reason for focusing specifically on intake as they tackle trillions of dollars in business spend. Read our full memo on Zip. Subscribe to the Contrary Research Newsletter Legal: https://www.contrary.com/legal

Soups Ranjan, CEO of Sardine, discusses fraud prevention in online transactions, introducing Sardine's fraud detection algorithm, no-code rule builder, and all-in-one dashboard. They talk about the challenges of combating fraud with generative AI and the application of behavior biometrics. The discussion also addresses future risks, opportunities, and trends in the anti-fraud industry.

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 on the tech industry and what's coming next. Today we're joined by Suraj Patel, who heads up MongoDB Ventures. He talks about the firm and what it invests in, and where it fits in the future of databases and generative AI. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠ to the Contrary Research newsletter. Legal: ⁠⁠https://contrary.com/legal⁠

Bo Jiang, Lithic co-founder and CEO, discusses the process of card issuing and transaction processing for startups and fintechs. Topics include payment stack, fintech companies in customer service, challenges and rebuilding infrastructure, unique perspective, and evolving pricing model.