The Beat: Austin's tech and startup podcast
Episodes
Exploring Austin’s suburban tech and startup scene with Justin Sayers
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Sayers, a senior reporter at the Austin Business Journal, sits down with The Beat Podcast to discuss the rapid growth of advanced manufacturing...
Building Trust in AI: A Conversation with AxonIQ CEO Jessica Reeves
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Reeves, CEO of AxonIQ, shares insights from her journey from HR to leading a fast-growing AI infrastructure company. Learn how she helped scal...
Inside the Humanoid Robotics Race with Apptronik CEO Jeff Cardenas
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humanoid robots aren’t science fiction anymore—they’re being built right here in Austin.Join us for a conversation with Apptronik co-founder and...
Revolutionizing Sports Nutrition: Doss Cunningham's Journey
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Beat podcast, Doss Cunningham, CEO and chairman of NutriBolt, shares his journey into the sports nutrition industry, the evolut...
How Lucas Martell turned a fun idea into a hit VR game
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucas Martell was a music major in school, but he taught himself animation, which led to a career in film that later ignited an interest in gaming. No...
Why Nasdaq’s Rachel Racz is all in on Texas
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With about 600 publicly traded companies in Texas, the Southern U.S. and Latin America, Rachel Racz has a lot to keep track of. As head of listings fo...
Inside Austin’s CPG scene with ABJ reporter Sahar Chmais
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Austin is known as a tech town, but some of its most recognizable brands come from the world of consumer packaged goods. In our latest episode, we t...
The Beat Podcast: Matt Stephenson on internships, workforce development and AI
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s installment of the Beat podcast, we sit down with Code2College co-founder and CEO Matt Stephenson to discuss how paid tech company i...
Ups and downs: How Austin’s startup scene is changing
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Beat Podcast, we take a deep dive into Austin’s evolving startup and venture ecosystems with one of the metro’s top v...
Xebec's Alex Levine on navigating huge tariff bills
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Xebec co-founder Alex Levine tells the detailed story of how his company navigated an ever-changing set of tariffs on products being shipped from Chin...
Firefly’s Jason Kim on our lunar future, plus Austin’s next tech IPO and mammoth mice
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Beat, we chat with Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim to learn more about the company’s recent lunar mission and how it might se...
Introducing: The Beat
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stay on top of Austin’s booming startup and tech scene with The Beat podcast. Host Brent Wistrom, editor of Austin Inno and The Beat, leverages hi...