The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast

The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosted by i-GATE Innovation Hub Executive Director Yolanda Fintschenko, PhD, and other co-hosts from the Tri-Valley Startup Ecosystem, features in-depth conversations with the leaders making the Bay Area’s Tri-Valley region the go-to ecosystem for science-based startups. Listeners can expect to hear from local founders, investors, and other domain experts whose insight can help science-based companies go from startup to scale.

The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Startup Tri-Valley, with 28 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Startup Tri-Valley hosts The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, a business show with 28 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  LLNL’s “AI in Eight Pages” Team on Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence

  Jun 9, 20261h 28mS7

  <p>Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, sits down with Cindy Gonzales, Brian Giera, and Caspar Donnison of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to discuss AI in Eight Pages, a recently released report designed to make artificial intelligence more understandable for broader audiences.</p><p>In this wide-ranging conversation, the guests discuss AI literacy, model limitations, workforce impacts, policymaking, and the importance of human agency in shaping how AI is developed and used. They also explore why the conversation around AI should include not only technologists, but also...

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  Episode #3

  Meet Daybreak Labs Advisor and Capital Factory Senior Venture Associate, Luis Martinez, PhD

  Oct 28, 20251h 19mS6

  <p>Host Yolanda Fintschenko, Executive Director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, sits down with Luis Martinez, PhD, Senior Venture Associate with Capital Factory and Daybreak Labs advisor. In this inspiring conversation, Luis shares his remarkable 25-year journey from a synthetic organic chemist at Harvard to a management consultant, university professor, ecosystem builder, and now venture capitalist.</p><p>Luis offers invaluable insights for technical founders on what VCs really look for: capital efficiency, velocity, and the courage to be "bold crazy." He explains why not every company should pursue venture capital...

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  Episode #2

  Meet Daybreak Labs Commercial Real Estate Advisor: Brian Wilson, Vice President, Colliers

  Sep 9, 202550 minS6

  <p>Host Yolanda Fintschenko, Executive Director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, sits down with Brian Wilson, Vice President of Office R&D and Clean Facilities for Colliers International and Commercial Real Estate Advisor for Daybreak Labs. In this compelling conversation, Brian shares his unique journey from practicing real estate and construction law in Silicon Valley to becoming a key architect of the Tri-Valley's hard tech and life sciences startup ecosystem.</p><p>Tune in or watch the link to YouTube to learn about the unique advantages of the Tri-Valley startup ecosystem.<...

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  Episode #1

  Meet Daybreak Labs Operations Advisor: Janelle Muranaka, COO and Co-Founder, EazeBio

  Aug 5, 20251h 2mS6

  <p>In this episode of the Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosts Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Janelle Muranaka, COO and Co-founder of EazeBio and Operations Advisor for Daybreak Labs. It focuses on Muranaka's journey into the startup world, her passion for the Tri-Valley life sciences ecosystem, and the unique role of operations executive.</p><p>Tune in or watch the link to YouTube to learn about the unique advantages of the Tri-Valley startup ecosystem.</p>

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  Episode #6

  Industrializing Biology: Meet LifeFoundry COO and Co-Founder, Sam Rad

  Jun 17, 202541 minS5

  <p>In this episode of the Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosts Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, and Lisa Adamos, Economic Development Manager for the City of Pleasanton,  sit down with Sam Rad, Co-Founder and COO of LifeFoundry, Inc. </p><p>Sam, a chemical and biomolecular engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shares his vision for transforming chemical production, discusses the role of AI in accelerating scientific breakthroughs, and reveals how LifeFoundry is tackling some of the biggest challenges in sustainable manufacturing today. </p><p>T...

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