How Wade Foster Is Rebuilding Zapier for the Age of AI Agents
June 12, 2026
In this episode 53 of Get Paid, Manny Medina welcomes Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, to explore what it takes to build an AI-native organization. Wade explains how companies can move beyond individual AI productivity toward institutional transformation, redesign operations around AI agents, hire for learning velocity, and balance innovation with execution to stay competitive in an increasingly automated future.
In this episode 53 of Get Paid, Manny Medina welcomes Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, to explore what it takes to build an AI-native organization. Wade explains how companies can move beyond individual AI productivity toward institutional transformation, redesign operations around AI agents, hire for learning velocity, and balance innovation with execution to stay competitive in an increasingly automated future.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to build an AI fluency framework that identifies where each employee stands on AI
- Why the shift from individual AI to institutional AI is the real unlock
- The "Game One, Game Two" operating model
- How to apply first-principles thinking to organizational structure
- Why curiosity and learning velocity now matter more than domain expertise
- The case for bootstrapping and capital efficiency
- How to maintain brand relevance in a crowded competitive landscape
Wade Foster is the co-founder and CEO of Zapier, the automation platform that has connected millions of users to thousands of applications over the past 15 years. Known for his bootstrapping philosophy and customer-obsessed approach, Wade has grown Zapier to over $500 million in revenue while raising only $1.8 million in initial funding.
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