Dare to Disrupt Episode 30: Developing the Future of AI with poolside Co-founder Jason Warner

Jason Warner is co-founder and CEO of poolside, a generative AI company building the world’s most capable AI for software development & the applications to unlock the potential of developers. Prior to founding poolside, Jason was the Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures. He also served as the CTO at GitHub, where he was responsible for bringing products like GitHub Actions, Packages, Advanced Security, Connect, and Codespaces to market.

In this episode, Jason discusses the business challenges and successes he experienced as GitHub’s CTO and delves into the unique hurdles faced by a generative AI company. He also shares his philosophy on the future of AI and its potential impact on various aspects of our lives.

At the end of the episode, current Penn State student Stephen Leshko joins the conversation. Stephen is a senior at Penn State studying computer science. He is the co-founder and CTO of OfferPilot, an AI-powered toolkit to help college students secure jobs more efficiently. Stephen is currently participating in Invent Penn State’s Summer Founders Program. He talks to Jason about customer retention best practices, as well as how AI will impact the future of job searching.

Episode Chapters

0:00 – 8:34 Penn State experience, learning coding 

8:34 – 16:03 Experience as CTO of GitHub 

16:03 – 30:18 poolside, how AI is going to transform the world 

30:18 – 42:17 Student section 

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About Jason Warner

Jason is the co-founder and CEO of Poolside. He graduated from the Penn State College of Engineering with a bachelor’s in computer science and received a master’s of science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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