{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9e43eee2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5398,"description":"What if your tools shared context like your team does?\nThis week on Grit, Shishir Mehrotra shares how the Coda and Grammarly collaboration unlocks context as a “superpower,” reflects on his early days at Google and YouTube, and hints at a future where tools anticipate intent and amplify how we work.\nHe also shares how this paves the way for agent-based workflows and AI-native communication, beginning with Superhuman’s email experience.\nGuest: Shishir Mehrotra, co-founder of Coda and CEO of Grammarly\nConnect with ShishirXLinkedIn\nChapters: \n00:00 Trailer\n01:24 Introduction\n02:09 Zoo vs safari\n12:02 A TV ahead of its time\n21:25 Product decisions\n31:25 The data behind the algorithm\n37:26 The AI native productivity suite\n48:06 Agents are digital humans\n57:55 Pressure trade-off\n1:12:50 Insulated from judgment\n1:25:19 Who Grammarly is hiring\n1:25:51 What “grit” means to Shishir\n1:29:30 Outro\nMentioned in this episode: \nYouTube, Ray William Johnson, Spotify, Twitch, MTV, Chris Cox, Facebook, TikTok, Google TV, Centrata, Google Chrome, Android, Gmail, Microsoft, Super Bowl, Mosaic, Panasonic, Sony, Susan Wojcicki, Rishi Chandra, Apple TV, Amazon Firestick, Comcast, LoudCloud (Opsware), Quest Communications, AT&T Southwestern Bell, Salar Kamangar, Patrick Pichette, Eric Schmidt, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms, Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Hamilton, Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Tesla, Waymo, Airtable, Notion, Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, Superhuman, Duolingo, Luis von Ahn, Khan Academy, MrBeast, Facebook Messenger, Snap (Snapchat), WhatsApp, Google+, Meta LLaMa, Satya Nadella, Tim Cook, Daniel Gross\nConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com\nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}