Madison McIlwain is the Co-Founder and Co-Host of The Room Podcast, a top technology 5% podcast named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Media. She began her career in product management before joining Defy.VC, where she became a Partner leading the firm’s seed practice. Today, she leads startup ecosystems at Vercel after recently graduating Harvard Business School. Since 2020, Madison has interviewed leading entrepreneurs and executives, including the CEOs and founders of Snowflake, Perplexity, Mercury, Vanta, Cloudflare and more across 13 seasons.