S12 E11: Brian Carbaugh, Andesite

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Brian Carbaugh has a non-standard path to being a CEO in the startup world. He was in the marine core for 5-6 years in active duty, before attending Georgetown for school. Eventually, he joined the CIA and spent 23 years, serving the country in multiple different roles and facets, primarily in para military and covert operations. While he was there, he also started to see areas where the agency could innovate, and got curious about how they could partner with private companies. Outside of tech, he is a father of 3 girls and a boy. He enjoys working out, skiing and riding on road bikes. He used to do triathlons in the past, but startup life has taken up any time he could dedicate to that. Shortly after he retired from the CIA, Brian got a call from some prior folks he knew still in the industry. He started digging into the cybersecurity world, specifically into why there was so much attrition amongst the employees themselves. He was asked the question about how he could 10x this workers, and optimize these individuals using the latest tech? This is the creation story of Andesite. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Shortly after I retired from CIA, I got a phone call from some colleagues back inside the U.S. intelligence community.
0:06.3	I was asked to come in and sit down and talk with some digital and cyber leaders who were trying to solve hard problems.
0:11.9	And one of those problems was workforce retention, just losing people out of the socks and out of the cyber workforce.
0:18.7	That is, they got experience and off they go and they end up
0:22.4	being poached by private sector companies. The questions that started coming at me from some
0:26.9	teammates back inside the intelligence community were really centering around how can we maximize
0:31.5	the efficiency and the speed of our workforce. And the real number that was thrown down was,
0:36.4	hey, Brian, what do you think we could do to sort of 10x the impact of our workforce?
0:40.6	My name is Brian Carball, and I'm the CEO and co-founder of Andesite.
0:46.8	This is Code Story.
0:49.4	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.4	It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.7	There's nothing on the backhand. Who share what it takes to change in industry. I don't exactly know what to do next. She took many goes to get right. Who built the teams that have their back. A company is its people. The teams help each other achieve more. Most proud of our team. Keeping scalability top of mind. All that infrastructure was a pain. Yes, we've been fighting it as we grow. Total waste of time. The stories you don't read in the headlines. It's not an easy thing to achieve, my dear. Took off the shelf and dusted it off and tried it again. Dry the ups and downs of the startup life. You need to really want it.
1:27.6	It's not just about technology.
1:29.1	All this and more on Code Story.
1:32.4	I'm your host, Noah LabPart, and today how Brian Carball is building the sock driven by
1:38.6	AI, empowering cybersecurity teams to remain at the helm.
1:46.7	Today's episode is brought to you by dot-tech domains, and this one hits close to home.
1:51.0	Back in 2016, I was building my startup and went hunting for that perfect.com and found next to nothing.
1:56.9	So I did what every founder does, settled.
1:59.8	Here's what I wish someone had told me.
2:01.7	You're building a tech startup.
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