Dani Grant (CEO of Jam.dev)

In this episode, I spoke to Dani Grant, CEO of Jam.dev, a tool that reimagines the way software teams communicate about and fix bugs.Dani brings an infectious energy to her work. Before starting Jam, she worked at Cloudflare and was an analyst at USV, where we first crossed paths.For Dani, Jam isn’t just about making software teams more efficient—it’s about unlocking human potential and bringing the future closer, faster.I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.Chapters:00:00 Cold open 03:23 What Dani is building at Jam 05:15 Reflections on her time at Cloudflare 08:11 On the joy of building 09:36 Why bug reporting matters 12:50 On AI and the future of software development 16:04 Why crafting beautiful products is important 19:23 On building trust with AI products26:21 Building products using decentralized data 30:21 Life growing up in Mountain View 37:26 The power of cold emails 42:44 How learning the flute influenced Dani 48:28 Finding meaning in the startup journey 51:24 The importance of team dynamics 56:04 Nick’s reflections as an investorThe Slow Hunch is produced by the team at Spectral.

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The Slow Hunch explores how big ideas form over long periods of time. Big innovations are often characterised as single “eureka” moments, when in fact they're often the culmination of many smaller ideas coalescing over a long period of time. On this podcast, USV's Nick Grossman explores how those ideas took shape, and the nonlinear paths of the people behind them.