Episode

How Superhuman Took Over Silicon Valley Email

Podcast: The a16z Show
Published: May 21, 2026
Duration seconds: 3359
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Summary

Rahul Vohra is the founder and CEO of Superhuman, the premium email client for power users. He previously built the Gmail plug-in Reportive and sold it to LinkedIn. He began somewhere unexpected though, as a game designer on RuneScape. In this conversation, Rahul breaks down why most founders misunderstand product market fit, why premium can actually hurt your business, and how deliberate constraint can become your biggest advantage.