Ep 18 - Richard Blythman - Founder & CEO of Naptha AI

In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Richard Blythman, Founder & CEO of Naptha AI.

Richard shares his journey building Naptha AI, from predicting the rise of AI agents before MCP was even mainstream, to the hard lessons of fundraising, pivoting, and finding product-market fit in one of the fastest-moving spaces in tech. They discuss what it really takes to build in AI, why the old rules of startups are changing fast, and how founders need to think differently to stay relevant.