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From Chrome extension to $5B platform | Postman’s journey | Abhinav Asthana (Co-founder & CEO)
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- Aug 28, 2025
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Summary
Abhinav Asthana is the co-founder and CEO of Postman, the world's leading API collaboration platform used by millions of developers and thousands of companies. What began as a personal itch, a simple Chrome extension Abhinav built to make his own API work easier, became a global phenomenon within weeks. In this episode, we discuss: Making the leap from India to Silicon Valley The moment Abhinav realized Postman could win His principles behind building for developers and non-developers alike The early monetization experiments that led to their SaaS model The value of progressive complexity in product design How community building became a powerful growth lever And much more… References: Abhijit Kane: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhijitkane/ Adobe: https://www.adobe.com/ Ankit Sobti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-sobti/ Figma: https://www.figma.com/ Kong Inc.: https://konghq.com/ National University of Singapore: https://nus.edu.sg/ Postman: https://www.postman.com/ Ram Gupta: : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ram-gupta-39b9711/ Slack: https://slack.com/ Stripe: https://stripe.com/ Stewart Butterfield: https://www.linkedin.com/in/butterfield/ Yahoo: http://yahoo.com/ Where to find Abhinav: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinavasthana/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/a85 Where to find Brett: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson Where to find First Round Capital: Website: https://firstround.com/ First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/firstround YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRoundCapital This podcast on all platforms: https://review.firstround.com/podcast Timestamps: (01:18) Why early computer access changed everything (03:39) The first taste of the entrepr…