**Executive Interview** is CB Insights' signature conversation series in which startup leaders—founders, CTOs, CMOs, and COOs—walk readers through how they define their markets, understand customer needs, and position themselves against competitors. For investors, analysts, and corporate strategists, these interviews cut through the noise of press releases, offering a direct, unfiltered channel into executive thinking before a company's story hardens into public narrative. Recent installments paint a vivid picture of where founder confidence is concentrating. The series spans healthtech and AI infrastructure alike: Genomate Health's CMO on market definition and fit, TMRW's Head of PR on market framing, Chalk co-founder Elliot Marx detailing his AI feature-engineering startup's competitive stance, Turaco's COO on underserved customer needs, and AskMedi CTO Kasper Tikjøb—whose team stakes a striking claim to a $100B total addressable market. The actionable takeaway? Treat these interviews as a benchmarking tool. Compare how leaders size opportunities, note where claims like AskMedi's $100B TAM are backed by numbers versus narrative alone, and watch which sectors attract the most vocal executive storytelling. Patterns across these conversations often signal where venture attention—and capital—will flow next.