Podcast:This Week in Startups Published On: Mon Aug 05 2024 Description: This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Oracle - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI, is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Save up to 50% on your cloud bill at https://www.oracle.com/twist Intercom - Intercom’s AI-first service is the best thing to happen to your customers since you. TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist Lemon.io - Hire pre-vetted remote developers, get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist * Todays show: We are kicking off our coverage of the TWiST500 with three fantastic founders: Kyle Hanslovan of Huntress (11:44), Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi of TollBit (36:40), and Tamar Bar-Ilan of Cyera (56:44). * Timestamps: (0:00) Introducing three founder interviews from our TWiST500! (1:23) Huntress CEO, Kyle Hanslovan joins Alex. (2:04) Celebrating a milestone in ARR and discussing growth strategies (4:19) Impact of cybersecurity incidents on Huntress (10:30) Oracle - Try OCI and save up to 50% on your cloud bill at at https://www.oracle.com/twist (11:44) Huntress's services for SMBs and endpoint detection and response (20:09) Intercom - TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist (21:46) Selling to SMBs: Challenges, strategies, and early lessons (29:05) Addressing internal IT departments and IPO considerations (35:12) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist (36:40) TollBit’s Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi join Alex. (37:38) Tollbit's early development and fundraising journey (41:03) Media readiness and increasing publisher onboarding (50:31) Flexible pricing models and expanding data types for AI partners (56:44) Tamar Bar-Ilan of Cyera joins Alex. (57:23) Cyera and its data security mission (1:04:07) Overview of Cyera’s data platform and recent funding (1:08:53) Company growth, AI adoption, and demand drivers (1:17:52) Encryption's role in data security and future IPO plans * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Check out Huntress: https://www.huntress.com/ Check out TollBit: https://tollbit.com/ Check out Cyera: https://www.cyera.io/ * Follow Olivia from TollBit: X: https://x.com/oliviajoslin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-joslin-13a9a4a2/ * Follow Toshit from TollBit: X: https://x.com/tollbitofficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toshit-panigrahi-a6496076/ * Follow Kyle from Huntress: X: https://x.com/KyleHanslovan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylehanslovan/ * Follow Tamar from Cyera: X: https://x.com/cyera_io LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamar-bar-ilan-67bb481a7 * Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm * Thank you to our partners: (10:30) Oracle - Try OCI and save up to 50% on your cloud bill at https://www.oracle.com/twist (20:09) Intercom - TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist (35:12) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist * Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916