Steph Smith

Steph Smith is a growth leader, writer, and technologist currently serving in a growth role at NVIDIA. [1][2] She previously led growth at the AI chip startup Groq and spent several years as the host of the a16z Podcast for venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Smith is widely recognized for her expertise in identifying emerging technology and business trends, a skill she honed as the head of the Trends product at The Hustle and later as a Director of Marketing at HubSpot. She is the author of the self-published book Doing Content Right, which has generated over $250,000 in sales by distilling her systems for creating and scaling digital content. [1][2] A proponent of building in public, she has developed several independent projects including Internet Pipes and the Digits Database, which provide data-driven insights into the digital economy. Smith holds a degree in chemical engineering and is a self-taught developer who has visited over 50 countries as a digital nomad.