Solving a puzzle with Meridian readers

Across

4. A daily morning ritual — Coffee
8. An -ism that can mean jumping on a hype cycle — Bandwagonism
10. A breeding grounds for bright ideas — Hackdays
12. Ryan Hoover’s home state, south of Wash — Oreg
13. Sophia Amoruso’s fun —Trust
14. It rises and sets — Sun
15. Chamber where cycles of cooling and heating transform clay — Kiln
17. “When you live a ___ life, you uncover secrets...” — Curious
19. Parts of the bicycle — Gears
22. Key component of the election cycle — Poll
23. Charles Hudson’s alma mater — Stanford
24. A sudden spike in a cycle (and an expensive time to get an Uber) — Surge
26. “Getting from IQ 100 to 300 is exponentially harder than getting from IQ ___ to one hundred.” –Emmett Shear — Fifty
29. A conclusion — End
30. A molecule of genetic information — DNA
33. A planet’s course — Orbit
34. When you’re feeling hot, it goes ’round and ’round to cool you down — Fan
35. Opposite of 33 down — Off
36. Pioneers of 20% time — Google

Down

1. Former nasty gal, first initial and surname — Samoruso
2. Noor Siddiqui’s preference for procreation — IVF
3. Category rooted in cutting-edge research — Deep tech
5. Trend cycles in and out of popularity — Fad
6. “___ ___ prefer to be among optimists.” – Ryan Hoover — And I
7. Season of sun and long days — Summer
9. A long period of time — Aeon
11. Where Byrne Hobart earned a full-ride — ASU
15. Icy object circle the sun beyond Neptune — KBO
16. Dwarkesh Patel’s ___ Society Podcast — Lunar
18. Your Slack status when you’re taking a reprieve from the work cycle — OOO
19. A person’s pattern of walking, including their rhythm and stride — Gait
20. How Product Hunt came to be (hint: there was no business plan) — Accidentally
21. Nicknamed “Cerebral Valley” — Hayes
22. Traditional embryo screening — PGT
25. A faction that asks “is it so bad if AI wipes out humanity?” — EACC
27. Co-founder of Hustle Fund — Yin
28. A chatbot, a poet — Bard
31. Renewal that happens on repeat (also a word for “car”) — Auto
32. A newsletter read by many a VC, The ___ — Diff
33. “My experiences have given me a lot of perspective ___ what matters and what doesn’t.” – Sophia Amoruso — On