About The Platform Journey
The Platform Journey is a podcast series that dives deep into how the world's most transformative software companies built category-defining platforms and ecosystems.
Each episode features a candid conversation with a senior technology leader — from CTOs and CEOs to Chief Ecosystem Officers — sharing hard-won lessons, strategic frameworks, and the pivotal decisions that shaped their platform story.
The podcast has grown to 37 episodes across five seasons, covering companies including HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Cloud, Atlassian, Canva, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Freshworks, and many more.
Avanish Sahai is one of the foremost experts on platform ecosystems in enterprise software. He has led ecosystem and platform strategy at Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Google Cloud, and serves as a Tidemark Fellow and board member at Birdie.ai, Blip.ai, Flywl, Meta IT, and Plum. Through The Platform Journey, Avanish brings together the leaders who shaped some of the most important platforms in the industry.