Zillow, the real estate technology company, doesn’t get one conversation with its customers. They move from a phone screen to a loan officer to a real estate agent, sometimes over months or years, and expect the context to follow them. A single chatbot could never carry that thread. At VB Transform 2026, Zillow SVP of…
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Robert Patton is the Founder and CEO of SHEATH, a premium men’s underwear brand he conceived while serving as a U.S. Army Sergeant in the scorching heat of the Iraqi desert. After two combat deployments, Robert left the military with a mission: to create performance-driven underwear built around a patented dual pouch system that delivers…
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On today’s episode, we welcome Brynn MacLennan, Co-Founder and CEO of Slate Flosser — a women-led oral care company on a mission to transform flossing from an overlooked chore into one of the most important habits in preventive health. A product designer, entrepreneur, and mother of five, Brynn built Slate after recognizing that flossing wasn’t a motivation problem—it was a design problem. What started as a Kickstarter project evolved into a seven-figure company and the #1 dentist-recommended electric flosser on the market.
In this episode, Brynn shares how purchasing a dental practice opened her eyes to the connection between oral health and overall health, and why she believes the mouth is one of the most overlooked gateways to longevity. We discuss the three-year journey of developing Slate’s patented 3-in-1 electric flosser, the challenges of disrupting a stagnant category, and how thoughtful product design can change consumer behavior. Brynn also opens up about scaling from a garage invention to a nationally recognized brand, building a women-led company culture, balancing entrepreneurship with raising five children, and why a simple 60-second daily habit can have a meaningful impact on long-term health outcomes.
A must-listen for founders, product innovators, health enthusiasts, and anyone interested in prevention, behavior change, and building a brand that solves a real-world problem.
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For many U.S. retail startups, expanding international distribution is the ultimate goal to establish themselves as a truly global brand.In the era of digital storefronts and globalized social media presence, selling a product in foreign countries could pay off exponentially. But betting on this global growth means navigating all the friction that cross-border retail can…
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Capital One on Thursday released VulnHunter, an open-source, agentic AI security tool that scans source code for exploitable vulnerabilities, maps out how an attacker would reach them, and proposes targeted fixes — all before a single line ships to production. The tool, built internally and now available on GitHub under an Apache 2.0 license, is…
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Intuit was an early pioneer in the usage of agentic AI, but its path to success has hardly been a straight line. At VB Transform 2026, Intuit VP of AI Nhung Ho described how the company rebuilt its agent architecture twice in the span of about four months, first moving from a fleet of specialist…
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