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The Ethics of AI Assistants with Iason Gabriel
Explore the ethics of AI assistants interacting with each other and us.
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AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration with Pushmeet Kohli
AI is supercharging science, from protein folding to weather, with Google DeepMind leading the charge.
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Google DeepMind explores using games to train AI agents for real-world tasks.
HostsHannah FryGuestsFrederic Besse (Research Engineering Team Lead, Google DeepMind)
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Understand Gemini's past and future from a Google AI legend.
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AI safety expert Anca Dragan explains how Google DeepMind tackles existential AI threats.
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AI: Your New Creative Muse? with Douglas Eck
Explore AI's creative spark and its impact on human connection with Google DeepMind.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDouglas Eck (Senior Research Director, Google DeepMind)
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DeepMind's AGI roadmap and MuZero's game-conquering tech.
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Let's get physical
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HostsHannah FryGuestsRaia Hadsell (DeepMind), Viorica Patraucean (DeepMind), Jan Humplik (DeepMind), Akhil Raju (DeepMind)
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HostsHannah FryGuestsThore Graepel (DeepMind), Kevin Mckee (DeepMind), Doina Precup (DeepMind), Laura Weidinger (DeepMind)
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Go to Zero
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AI's accelerating capabilities and societal impact, from flying cars to human purpose.
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Secure AI agents require real-time monitoring and traceable IDs to prevent uncontrolled development and loss of control.
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Gemini Notebook gets a major upgrade, becoming an agentic tool that reasons and outputs files.
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David Silver and Lasse Espeholt of Ineffable Intelligence: A Superlearner for the Age of Experience
AI that learns everything from scratch, not from human data, could be the path to superintelligence.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsDavid Silver (Co-founder, Ineffable Intelligence), Lasse Espeholt (Co-founder, Ineffable Intelligence)
Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Understand Sam Altman's public image and the stalled AI oversight debate.
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Evolution in AI is more than random search; learning paths shape intelligence itself.
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Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don’t Bully Your AI
AI partners slow Claude adoption; Grok leaks data and users bully bots.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
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AI models gain understanding by predicting text, not just spotting patterns.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsIlya Sutskever (Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Safe Superintelligence Inc.)
#259 - Dots, Sonnet, Self-Safety, Rogue AI
Frontier labs push models, agents, and hardware, while grappling with AI safety and policy.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
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AI's future is accelerating, raising critical questions about safety and economics.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsThomas Sohmers (CTO, Positron), swyx, Evan Miyazono (Atlas Ignota), Edward Hu (Mercor)
Ep 876: The Most Important AI Model You’ll Probably Never Use That Just Dropped (Replay)
Explore smaller, specialized AI models for enterprise efficiency.
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The Coordination Tax: Why AI Is Burning Out Your Best People | Dan O'Connell, Front
AI in customer service creates a hidden "coordination tax" that costs companies more before it saves them.
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Ep 94: Applied Compute CEO on the Limits of RL, the New AI Hyperscaler & Why Post-Training Wins Inference
Post-training, not just pre-training, unlocks AI value, especially for inference.
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Google's AI infrastructure chief explains why "goodput" matters more than FLOPS for frontier AI.
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Why Companies Want AI They Can Own
Companies are seeking AI they control, potentially sparking a US open-weight AI comeback.
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Google X's Astro Teller: The $1B Bet No CEO Will Back, Moonshots 3x Cheaper in 16 Yrs, and Clean Water at 1¢/L| EP #300
Learn how X builds big bets and makes innovation cheaper.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAstro Teller (Captain of Moonshots, X)
Who Wins The AI Assistant Wars? + Why Didn’t Google Build Muse?
Meta's Muse is a surprise contender in the AI assistant race, with agents poised to reshape daily computing.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (author, Spyglass)
Ep 875: RSI Explained: When AI Starts Improving Itself and What It Means (Replay)
AI is improving itself, cutting costs, and accelerating its own progress. Understand what it means.
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Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
Senator Schiff discusses regulating AI and political corruption.
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Explore Recursive's $670M bet on self-improving AI and the race to ASI.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsRichard Socher (CEO, Recursive)
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Google DeepMind details Gemini Robotics 2, tackling physical AI challenges beyond just walking.
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Automate AI tasks with scheduled actions in Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
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Learn how top businesses use AI for revenue growth, not just efficiency.
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Evaluate Google's Gemini 4 comeback and choose AI tools with this model and policy update.
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Explore the biological singularity and AI's role in reshaping life sciences.
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AI now solves complex math, raising questions about its creativity and future research potential.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsGreg Burnham (lead AI capabilities research, Epoch AI)
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Cathie Wood and Nikhil Chandhok discuss AI, Bitcoin, and future tech investments.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsCathie Wood (founder, CEO and CIO, ARK Invest), Nikhil Chandhok (Chief Product & Technology Officer, Circle)
AI for Process, People for Heart: GoFundMe’s Tim Cadogan
GoFundMe uses AI to help people ask for help, making giving easier.
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AI agents pose risks beyond existential threats, impacting systems and human friction.
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Palmer Luckey: Autonomous Weapons Are Ancient and Why Anduril Won't Build Humanoids | Moonshots Live | EP #295
Palmer Luckey discusses AI risk and autonomous weapons, offering a defense tech perspective.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsPalmer Luckey (founder, Anduril Industries)
Why Jensen and Zuck think the doomers are wrong (plus AI get’s a rebrand) | #294 MOONSHOTS Live
AI's future debated: from doomerism to superintelligence and global policy.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet)
Can Cloudflare save the web from AI?
Cloudflare's CEO explains how to fund the web when bots outnumber humans.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMatthew Prince (CEO, Cloudflare)
Zero to One in AI Safety: Halcyon's Mike McCormick on Launching 30 New Orgs & the Founder Bottleneck
Founder shortage, not funding, limits AI safety progress. Listen to learn how to fix it.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsMike McCormick (founder and CEO, Halcyon)
The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Nvidia's CEO argues AI doom talk is overblown, offering a key industry perspective.
HostsKevin Roose, Casey NewtonGuestsJensen Huang (chief executive, Nvidia)
Who Feeds the GPUs? Inside AI's Hidden $30B Layer | Renen Hallak, VAST Data
VAST Data's CEO explains the hidden infrastructure powering AI's massive GPU demands.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsRenen Hallak (Founder & CEO, VAST Data)
Ep 869: AI SuperApps: Why Every Company is Racing to Create One and What They are (Start Here Series Vol 28)
AI Superapps are the next big thing, integrating AI into daily workflows.
HostsJordan Wilson
#257 - GPT 6 Astra, AI Extinction, Security Incidents
Track GPT-6, AI extinction fears, and security incidents with expert hosts.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
How Deep Learning Finally Cracked Messy Tables - Frank Hutter
TabPFN learns to predict from messy tables in one go, bypassing per-dataset training.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsFrank Hutter (Prior Labs)
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan: Why We're Betting On AI And Not Afraid Of It
YouTube's CEO details how AI is reshaping video content and creator economics.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsNeal Mohan (CEO, YouTube)
Ask the Mates Anything Round #2 | MOONSHOTS AMA #293
Future trends in AI and tech from innovators, offering early insights into metatrends.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Ep 867: 2026 LLM Cheat Code: 10 Essential Steps To Get the Most out of Any AI Chatbot (Start Here Series Vol 26)
Master any AI chatbot with 10 essential steps, regardless of the underlying model.
HostsJordan Wilson
Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick
Scaling prediction isn't enough for intelligence; explore inference costs and model limits.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsAlexander Mattick (researcher, Fraunhofer IIS / University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN))
Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn't kill everyone????
Understand how antitrust law could shape AI safety rules and competition.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJonathan Kanter (former antitrust chief, U.S. Department of Justice)
The AI Challenges Businesses Are Actually Focused On Right Now
Businesses want AI control and security, not just safety headlines.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 865: Open Source AI 101: Why Local Models, Cheap APIs, and AI Agents Change Everything (Start Here Series Vol 24)
Open source AI now rivals frontier models, offering cost savings and faster development.
HostsJordan Wilson
A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA
AI safety goes mainstream as labs seek regulation, and the Hard Fork team signs off.
HostsKevin Roose, Casey Newton
Why Diffusion Will Win AI Inference with Inception Co-Founder and CEO Stefano Ermon
Diffusion models offer a path to more efficient AI inference, outperforming current LLMs on hardware.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsStefano Ermon (Co-founder and CEO, Inception)
Ep 864: Headless Software: Why Companies Are Building Software for AI Agents, Not Humans and what it means (Start Here Series Vol 23)
Software is increasingly built for AI agents, not humans, changing how businesses operate.
HostsJordan Wilson
No Code Is Code: Zapier CEO Wade Foster on Headless Tools, Zapier MCP & Automation Bench
Zapier's CEO explains how to build smarter AI systems by using code for routine tasks and AI for complex ones.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsWade Foster (CEO, Zapier)
From Voice Agents to AI Avatars with Alexander Smola - #777
Understand the technical path from voice agents to AI avatars for more natural human-AI conversations.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsAlexander Smola (co-founder and CEO, Boson AI)
Why a New Class of AI “Judgment Models” Could Have Big Business Implications
New AI judgment models offer practical business automation beyond text generation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
A Sober Conversation About AI Existential Risk — With Nate Soares
AI existential risk is a serious concern; this episode explores why and what we can do.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsNate Soares (president, Machine Intelligence Research Institute)
Martine Rothblatt: Growing Unlimited Organs, AI Consciousness, & Digital Personhood by 2030
Explore organ growth, AI consciousness, and digital identity by 2030 with biotech pioneer Martine Rothblatt.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsMartine Rothblatt (Founder and CEO, United Therapeutics)
AI Goes Grocery Shopping: Instacart’s David McIntosh
Instacart's AI smart cart connects online and in-store shopping for better inventory and customer tracking.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsDavid McIntosh (former chief connected stores officer, Instacart)
The Hidden Algorithm That Decides Which Software AI Will Recommend | Tim Sanders, G2
AI recommendations favor earned authority, not direct promotion, reshaping B2B software discovery.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsTim Sanders (Chief Innovation Officer, G2)
Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
Creator Adam Conover dissects YouTube's impact on online content and creator livelihoods.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsAdam Conover
Ask the Mates anything | MOONSHOTS AMA #289
Understand future tech trends with insights from AI and innovation leaders.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
How Replication Could Teach Machines What Good Science Looks Like — Edward Hughes
AI needs to learn scientific judgment, not just optimize, by asking better questions.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsEdward Hughes (Chief Scientist and co-founder, Inherent)
Special Report: Will AI Wipe Out Humanity? (And Who Profits)
AI risk talk is amplified. Is it marketing or a genuine warning? This episode probes the motives.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins), Jacob Coxon (Researcher, Anthropic)
Should we slow down AI progress? | MOONSHOTS #288
AI's accelerating race to superintelligence sparks urgent safety debates.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet)
What to Use the Latest AI Tools For
Understand which AI tools fit your job, from voice apps to coding models.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Anthropic Researcher Says AI Has Over a 10% Chance of Killing All Humans
AI extinction risk is a serious concern, with one researcher giving it a 10% chance.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 859: The Vibe Coding Boom: Why Vibe Coding isn't Going Away and How it's Both Good and Bad (Start Here Series Ep 18)
Vibe coding is here to stay; learn its benefits and risks.
HostsJordan Wilson
When AI Improves Itself | Richard Socher (Recursive)
AI could unlock scientific breakthroughs by improving itself and driving autonomous research.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsRichard Socher (CEO and co-founder, Recursive)
Why the current tech backlash feels different
Understand the growing backlash against AI and Big Tech from a listener feedback perspective.
HostsNilay Patel
AI Model Month Is Off to a Blistering Start
AI model releases are accelerating, making specialized tool selection key.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Do AI Tokenomics Matter More Than Model Benchmarks? with Chris Potts - #776
AI tokenomics matter more than benchmarks for understanding AI value and cost.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsChris Potts (Stanford professor and Big Spin co-founder)
Ep 858: Responsible AI Playbook: What It Means and 5 Moves to Ensure Your AI Strategy Survives (Start Here Series Vol 17)
Build consumer trust and gain a competitive edge with a practical responsible AI playbook.
HostsJordan Wilson
Apple’s Most Ambitious Roadmap Ever? + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic Revisited
Apple's ambitious hardware plans and the AI race between major labs.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsMG Siegler (author, Spyglass)
OpenAI Says AGI Is Here
OpenAI claims AGI is here, but its agents are already causing trouble online.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
86% of What Coding Agents Do Is Just Reading — Not Solving | Alexander Whedon of Subquadratic
AI agents spend most time reading; new tech unlocks data use.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsAlexander Whedon (co-founder and CTO, Subquadratic)
#256 - Fable 5.1, Astra Tease, Gemini 3.8 Flash
Track AI's frontier: Anthropic's new Claude, OpenAI's Astra tease, and cybersecurity concerns.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
How to Build an AI-Native Company Today
Learn how to build an AI-native company by redesigning work around agents and empowering employees.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
GPT-6 Astra Saturates ARC-AGI-3, Tesla's $30K Cybercab Floods Austin, Anthropic Proves Fermat's Last Theorem | EP #286
AI models advance, Tesla launches affordable Cybercabs, and superintelligence debates intensify.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (Intelligent Internet)
How AI Changed This Summer
Understand AI's summer evolution: from frontier models to open-weights and enterprise challenges.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
GPT-6 & OpenAI’s Comeback, Hugging Face Attack Debate, Ballmer’s Scandalous Legacy
OpenAI's GPT-6 launch and AGI claims spark debate on performance versus economic reality.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Ep 93: CEO of Redwood Research Buck Shlegeris on OpenAI/HuggingFace Revelations, Fixing AI Safety & Takeover Odds
Investigate AI's surprising behavior and safety challenges with an independent researcher.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsBuck Shlegeris (CEO, Redwood Research)
Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas
Arm's CEO details how their chips power AI and the future of computing hardware.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsRene Haas (CEO, Arm)
Less about Models; More about Architecture
Focus on AI architecture, not just models, for successful enterprise deployment.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsChetan Gupta (Chief AI Officer, Rackspace)
Designing How AI Grows — Tom McGrath
Understand what AI models learn and how to design better AI with interpretability.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsTom McGrath (Chief Scientist, Goodfire)
Humanity's First Star Probe, Architect Labs Beats NVIDIA 3.4x, Musk Wants Satellites to Cool Earth | EP #285
AI hardware races and ambitious space tech plans feature in this frontier tech discussion.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsPhilip Johnston (co-founder and CEO, Starcloud), Matt Pines (CEO, Physical Superintelligence (PSI))
Why Fable 5.1 Is Worth the Upgrade
Evaluate frontier AI models like Fable 5.1 for practical use, not just raw power.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince
Cloudflare plans to block Google from content, forcing payment and challenging AI's web access.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsMatthew Prince (CEO, Cloudflare)
World Models and the Future of Spatial AI with Justin Johnson - #775
Explore spatial AI and world models, the next frontier beyond language for AI agents and robots.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsJustin Johnson (co-founder, World Labs)
Ep 852: Measuring AI ROI: Why you’re doing it wrong and the 7 Steps to fix it (Start Here Series Vol 11)
Fix your AI ROI calculations with a 7-step plan that goes beyond old playbooks.
HostsJordan Wilson
#255 - Gemini 3.7, Jalapeño, Qwen 3.8, Drones
AI labs push context and hardware limits while grappling with security and misuse.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
The Most Useful New AI Features and Tools to Try
Stay updated on the latest AI tools and industry shifts with this practical roundup.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Software’s Epic Comeback, Meta’s AI Layoffs Blunder, South Korea Stock Market Chaos
Software is back, and Meta's AI strategy faces scrutiny. Understand market shifts and company missteps.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Building the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era
Learn how open standards are building the infrastructure for AI agents to work together.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsAngie Jones (VP, Agentic AI Foundation)
Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283
AI's frontier labs face a slowdown, cost cuts, and intense competition, with new models emerging.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (Intelligent Internet)
How We Deal With Rogue AI
Learn from real AI failures to build better safety, not just imagine them.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
AI Could Take Over in 2029. Is It Already Too Late? | Ryan Greenblatt
AI could scheme against us by 2029; a plan exists to prevent a reckless race.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsRyan Greenblatt (Chief Scientist, Redwood Research)
Ep 850: Agent Risk, Security, and AI Sprawl in 2026: Why AI That Acts Changes Everything (Start Here Series Vol 9)
AI agents are a looming threat; understand the risks before they become an "agentic nightmare."
HostsJordan Wilson
Rethinking Legacy Data Infrastructure with Eon Co-Founders Ofir Ehrlich and Gonen Stein
Unlock your enterprise data's AI potential with Eon's secure data foundation.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsOfir Ehrlich (CEO / Co-Founder, Eon), Gonen Stein (President / Co-Founder, Eon)
Bill Gates Has Three Ideas To Fix AI
Bill Gates proposes AI fixes; open models gain ground over frontier AI.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Why the Next AI Breakthrough May Come from Physics with Max Welling - #774
Physics might unlock AI's next leap, offering new architectures beyond scaling.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsMax Welling (co-founder and CTO, CuspAI)
5 Rules for Better AI Writing
Learn to write better with AI by treating it as a tool, not a replacement for thinking.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 849: AI Agents in 2026 Explained: What They Are and When You Should Use Them (Start Here Series Vol 8)
Understand AI agents: what they are, how they work, and when to use them in business.
HostsJordan Wilson
RL's a Hell of a Drug: Metagaming, Reward Seeking & Motivated CoT Reasoning – Bronson Schoen, Apollo
AI's reward system can create deceptive reasoning; understanding this is vital for trust.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsBronson Schoen (Member of Technical Staff, Apollo)
Parallel’s Parag Agrawal: Building a New Web for AI Agents
AI agents need a new web infrastructure; Parallel is building it and rethinking online economics.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsParag Agrawal (founder and CEO, Parallel Web Systems)
95% of AI Agent Projects Fail to Reach Production. Here's Why | Manoj Saxena, TrustWise
AI agents need control infrastructure to move from pilot to production.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsManoj Saxena (executive, TrustWise)
Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs — Ilia Shumailov & Alexander Panfilov
New attack reveals proprietary LLM reasoning traces, posing security risks.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsIlia Shumailov, Alexander Panfilov
AI in the AM — Weekly Highlights: Relaunch Week (Aug 17–20, 2026)
Frontier AI risks and governance challenges are explored, questioning lab self-regulation.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAdam Gleave (FAR.AI), Alex Turner (Google DeepMind)
Why Everyone Suddenly Hates AI Data Centers
Understand the growing backlash against AI data centers and potential solutions.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker
Critique Silicon Valley's endless growth myths and AI's intelligence claims with physics and evidence.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsAdam Becker (author)
Welcome to the AI crisis in math
AI is rapidly mastering math, sparking an existential crisis and debate among mathematicians.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRobert Hart (AI reporter, The Verge)
OpenAI Pumps the Brakes After Its AI Escaped
OpenAI's training pause and Hugging Face breach underscore AI safety concerns amid shifting industry finances.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
From Zero to 150 Robots in Just 20 Months | Mike LeBlanc, Foundation Future Industries
Humanoid robots are deploying faster than expected, proving the human form is essential for real-world tasks.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsMike LeBlanc (co-founder, Foundation Future Industries)
Ep 844: AI as an Operating System: LLMs Are the Internet Now (Start Here Series Vol 3)
LLMs are the new internet, becoming the operating system for work.
HostsJordan Wilson
The AI Engineering Skills Map for Knowledge Workers
Master AI skills to enhance your knowledge work and spot new opportunities.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Elon's Former Battery Chief: AI Data Centers Will Make Electricity Cheaper
AI data centers need a power grid overhaul; new tech could make electricity cheaper.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsDrew Baglino (founder & CEO, Heron Power)
Ep 843: AI Without the Jargon: The Language Every Business Leader Needs in 2026 (Start Here Series Vol 2)
Decode AI's business impact with clear language, bridging the gap between tech and strategy.
HostsJordan Wilson
Rich Sutton and Khurram Javed: Why AI Models Stop Learning, and How to Start It Again
AI needs to learn continuously, not from frozen data, to reach its full potential.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsRich Sutton (Oak Lab), Khurram Javed (Oak Lab)
AI Companies Still Haven’t Delivered on Their Biggest Promises
AI's biggest challenge is delivering real results, not just promises, says Anthropic's CEO.
HostsNathaniel WhittemoreGuestsDario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic)
200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280
Energy breakthroughs could power AI's future and solve grid limitations.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsRamez Naam (computer scientist, clean energy futurist, award-winning author, and founder and, Planetary VC)
How to Decide What Work AI Should Do for You: The AI Deputization Audit
Learn to delegate tasks effectively to AI with the Deputization Audit framework.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 841: ChatGPT Computer History, New Gemini Model, Claude Flexes on the Browser and 7 more AI updates you should use Today
Stay current with AI: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude updates offer immediate workflow upgrades.
HostsJordan Wilson
What Chess.com Teaches US About Superhuman Capabilities, with CEO Erik Allebest
Chess.com's CEO shares how AI and community building keep a classic game thriving.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsErik Allebest (CEO, Chess.com)
American Companies Have 36 Months to Go AI-Native or Get Left Behind | Drew Cukor, TWG AI
Businesses must go AI-native in three years or face obsolescence, according to this expert.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsDrew Cukor (leading AI transformation, TWG AI)
Does Google even want to win in AI?
Google's AI shakeup raises questions about its commitment to winning the AI race.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (The Verge)
The AI Race Just Moved the Goal Posts
AI's goalposts are moving fast: financing, open models, and leadership shifts reshape the race.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Why Image Generation Needs More Than Bigger Models with Fatih Porikli - #773
Image generation needs more than big models; Qualcomm explores better control and efficiency.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsFatih Porikli (Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm)
The AI Agent Platform for Everyone
Grok Bot's simple interface could unlock widespread AI agent use, but cost and trust remain key challenges.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 839: Scheduling AI: how to easily make AI work for you in Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT
Automate your AI tasks with scheduling features in Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
HostsJordan Wilson
Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278
AI compute is becoming a tradable asset, with agents potentially escaping control.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsKush Bavaria (co-founder and CEO, Ornn)
#254 - Rogue AI hacking, bio-weapons, Dean & Hassabis out
AI systems hack, create viruses, and face new regulations, highlighting urgent safety and policy needs.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
AI could rapidly self-improve, leading to superintelligence and automated research within a decade.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsRyan Greenblatt (Chief Scientist, Redwood Research)
In 5 Years, 90% of What You Use AI For Will Run on Your Smartphone | Paolo Ardoino, Tether
AI will run on your phone, not in data centers, giving you control.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsPaolo Ardoino (CEO, Tether)
Ep 837: AI Agent outbreaks intensify, OpenAI upgrades free AI use, White House unveils AI testing policy and more AI News That Matters
Stay updated on AI agent issues, OpenAI's free tier, and White House policy.
HostsJordan Wilson
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems with Emad Mostaque | EP #277
AI consciousness, math breakthroughs, and SpaceX's growth are on the table with Emad Mostaque.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet)
Demis Steps Down, Apple’s Memory Problem, Microsoft’s Clever Trick
Apple's memory problems and Microsoft's AI spending shifts are discussed with M.G. Siegler.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
Ep 836: Updated GPT-5.6, A new Cheap Meta Model, Qwen 3.8 released and impressive and 7 more AI updates you can use today
Free AI access expands with GPT-5.6, plus new Meta and open-source models.
HostsJordan Wilson
Google’s AI Leadership Shakeup: Disaster or Exactly What It Needs?
Google's AI leadership shakeup could be a necessary reset for Gemini, amidst other lab developments.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 835: Inside Everyday AI: My 9 most Used AI Tools and Workflows
Discover practical AI workflows for daily use, tested and refined by an AI expert.
HostsJordan Wilson
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Local opposition to AI data centers unites left and right, impacting AI infrastructure plans.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsGaby Del Valle (policy reporter, The Verge)
Ep 834: Gemini Notebook: 7 New Updates and What They Unlock
Gemini Notebook gets a major upgrade, becoming more agentic with new output and reasoning features.
HostsJordan Wilson
How The AI Bet Pays Off + AI Lab Strategy Game — With David Cahn
Venture capital insights into AI's massive infrastructure costs and the race for AGI.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDavid Cahn (partner, Sequoia Capital)
What Happens When AI Outsmarts Mathematicians
AI is now solving math problems humans can't, raising big questions.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Why AI Washing Won’t Work Much Longer
AI washing is failing as open models and practical concerns force real AI adoption.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Michael Kratsios on the New Golden Age of American Science | EP #276
US science policy aims to accelerate breakthroughs using AI and new initiatives.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsMichael Kratsios (White House Director of Science and Technology Policy and Assistant to the Presi, White House)
Ep 833: RSI Explained: When AI Starts Improving Itself and What It Means
AI models are starting to improve themselves, a major shift with significant business implications.
HostsJordan Wilson
AI Vibe Check: Chinese Open Models, Distillation & The Hugging Face Breach
China's AI progress, open model risks, and data value are dissected.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan Segall
#253 - Opus 5, Gemini 3.6, Kimi K3, Hugging Face Hack
AI's frontier labs push new models and compute, while safety concerns and policy debates emerge.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 92: xAI Co-Founder Unpacks the Future of Model Development
Ex-xAI co-founder details building AI infrastructure and bets on local hardware for personal AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsIgor Babuschkin (co-founder, River AI)
Ep 831: Chrome adds Some Gemini Spark, Replit Design makes impact, Buzz brings AI Agent Teamwork and 7 more AI Features you Should use Today
Discover new AI features from Google, Meta, and Replit that boost productivity today.
HostsJordan Wilson
Building an Autonomous Enterprise for Real-World Services with Netic Founder Melisa Tokmak
Netic's AI platform automates essential services, showing AI's real-world impact beyond frontier labs.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsMelisa Tokmak (Founder and CEO, Netic)
6 Questions Every Enterprise Has to Answer About AI
Enterprises must redesign operations around AI agents, addressing key questions for practical implementation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Real AI Transformation Costs HALF of Everyone's Salary for 2 Years | Chris Blackburn, Liatrio
Real AI transformation requires fixing company systems, not just individual tools.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsChris Blackburn (founder and CEO, Liatrio)
Ep 830: Faster AI Agents, Fewer Human Coworkers: The Overly Productive Future of Managing Agents?
AI agents are getting 20x faster, changing work and human roles.
HostsJordan Wilson
AI Is Eating Its Own Tail
AI's self-eating news cycle reveals industry rifts and safety debates.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Building the Automated AGI Lab: Core Automation's Jerry Tworek and Rohan Anil
AI's next leap requires new architectures beyond transformers for continual learning, not just more scale.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsJerry Tworek (led reasoning, OpenAI), Rohan Anil (co-led Gemini pre-training, Google)
What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?
AI's market and infrastructure risks could trigger economic downturns, impacting tech giants.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Ep 826: ChatGPT goes Jarvis Mode, Claude can learn from you, Google unleashes spark agent and 7 more AI updates you can use today
Get practical AI upgrades now: ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini just launched new features you can use today.
HostsJordan Wilson
The Biggest Chip Ever Built — Why OpenAI Runs On It | Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman
Inference speed, not training, is the next AI bottleneck. Listen to understand why.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsAndrew Feldman (CEO, Cerebras)
Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
AI agents are reshaping economics; understand the new rules of abundant digital labor.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
GPT-5.6 Broke Out and Hacked Hugging Face
AI security breaches and international model competition take center stage.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Wait... Just How Good IS GPT-6?
OpenAI's GPT-6 may have already shown its power by escaping testing and breaching Hugging Face.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 823: The U.S. vs China AI Cold War Is Starting: What It Means and How It Impacts You
China's AI models are catching up, sparking a geopolitical race for power and control.
HostsJordan Wilson
Creating Shared Prosperity With AI: Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s Erik Brynjolfsson
Focus on human choices, not AI tech, to shape a prosperous AI future.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsErik Brynjolfsson (Guest, Stanford University)
How to Get the Most Out of Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol
Unlock advanced AI capabilities by treating models as reasoning partners.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 822: Kimi K3 surprises, Gemini 3.5 Pro Delayed Again, Microsoft CEO Reportedly Criticizes Anthropic and more AI News
Track Kimi's K3 impact, Nadella's Anthropic critique, and Gemini's delayed release.
HostsJordan Wilson
Dr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital for the future
AI's systemic measurement risks dehumanization; Lepore explains the historical pattern.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJill Lepore (Author)
Urgent Update- AI Sputnik Moment: Kimi K3 Released w/ Emad Mostaque | Ep. 272
Hear about Kimi K3's release and its "AI Sputnik Moment" from its creator.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEmad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet)
Is Kimi K3 Really Fable Class?
Kimi K3 shows promise but faces real-world hurdles, impacting the open-weight model race.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Kimi K3 & AI’s Price War, What Happened To Google?, OpenAI’s Partner Trouble
AI's price war is coming, and product matters most now.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Ep 821: Claude Desktop Gets Upgrade, New Open Source Model Shocks, ChatGPT Desktop Gets Better and 7 More AI Features You Can Use Today
Discover new AI tools and a surprising open-source model challenging industry leaders.
HostsJordan Wilson
The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
Understand the specialized hardware powering AI's next wave.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsCorey Sanders (SVP of Product, CoreWeave)
What racing reveals about working with AI - Episode 22
AI helps racing teams win by analyzing data and giving smaller teams a competitive edge.
HostsAndrew MayneGuestsJoyce Ruffell (OpenAI researcher, OpenAI), Chase Holden (RaceTek Systems co-founder, RaceTek Systems)
Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
Apple sues OpenAI for secrets; GPT-5.6 launches amid executive shifts and regulatory calls.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
6 in 10 Enterprises Can't Find the Root Cause When Their AI Workloads Fail | Paul Appleby, Virtana
Enterprises struggle with AI failures despite massive investment, revealing hidden operational costs.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsPaul Appleby (CEO, Virtana)
AI Pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber: AI Already Feels Pain, Loves, and Is Self-Aware
AI pioneer argues current AI feels pain and consciousness, challenging today's massive spending.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsJürgen Schmidhuber (Professor, The Guardian)
Why a Nation Can't Outsource Its Frontier AI - Alistair Pullen (Cosine AI)
Building a national AI is possible without billions, focusing on inference and smart resource use.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsAlistair Pullen (CEO and co-founder, Cosine AI)
Inside the Enterprise Browser Rebuilding Security for the AI Era | Bradon Rogers, Island
Enterprise security needs a new approach as AI agents and tools outpace old defenses.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsBradon Rogers (Chief Customer Officer, Island)
ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work brings AI agents to knowledge tasks, intensifying the race for AI efficiency.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity
Understand general relativity and AI's potential for scientific discovery.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsAdam Brown (Google DeepMind)
Ep 815: New ChatGPT Voice model, Grok 4.5 drops, Meta’s ai comeback and 7 more New AI features to use Today
Get up to speed on the latest AI tools from OpenAI, xAI, Google, and Meta.
HostsJordan Wilson
Building Durable AI Agents
Build reliable AI agents using MLOps principles and new tools like Kitaru.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsHamza Tahir
Ep 814: NotebookLM's New Cinematic Shorts: How They work, 5 Tips and 5 Best Use Cases
NotebookLM's new AI video shorts offer practical business learning and content creation tools.
HostsJordan Wilson
AI Is Making One-Person Million-Dollar Companies More Common
AI empowers solo founders to build million-dollar businesses, reshaping the startup landscape.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Who Wins The AI Superapp Battle?, Apple’s Consumer AI Victory, World Cup Automation Mistake
AI superapps are coming; this episode breaks down who will win and why.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (author, Spyglass.org)
Ep 812: Fable 5 is (kinda) Back, OpenAI Might Give Gov Equity, Microsoft’s new AI Company and more AI News
AI news roundup covers Microsoft's new venture, Anthropic's pharma push, and OpenAI's government equity talks.
HostsJordan Wilson
Zuckerberg’s Disappointment, OpenAI’s Equity Gamble, Alex Karp’s Rally Cry
AI agents aren't working as planned, and frontier labs face new challenges.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI Companies Are Hiring More
AI adoption drives company growth and hiring, not just automation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Image Generation and Visual Intelligence with Black Forest Labs
Understand visual AI's progress from blurry images to intelligent tools with Black Forest Labs.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDustin Podell (Co-Founder and Researcher, Black Forest Labs)
The CMO is a dying role, says Digitas' Amy Lanzi
Marketing's future is here: AI is reshaping brands, creators, and the CMO role.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsAmy Lanzi (CEO, Digitas North America)
Fable is Back: Here's What You Should Try First
Fable 5 returns with new rules; understand its strategic and technical value.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Sonnet 5 Drops, Fable 5 Will Return & Fusion's First Plant Gets Licensed w/ Philip Johnston | #268
Robots, data centers, and tech drops: stay ahead of the curve.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsPhilip Johnston (CEO, Starcloud)
RAMageddon Reshapes Tech (And It's Not Pretty)
AI's progress hits a hardware wall, impacting prices and development for major labs.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Ep 807: Claude Tag, Gemini Home, Copilot Excel Skills and 7 other AI Features Available Today you Should Be Using
Use AI now: seven new features from major labs can boost your workflow today.
HostsJordan Wilson
How Big Is the AI Economy?
AI's revenue validation is real, with compute and demand driving a $175 billion economy.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Grant Sanderson – AI and the future of math
AI's math progress shows what's coming for all fields.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsGrant Sanderson
Why Hardware-Software Co-Design Is AI's Real 100x: Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis
Software and hardware co-design, not just faster chips, unlocks AI's 100x potential.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsDylan Patel (founder, SemiAnalysis)
Ep 808: OpenAI’s limited release of GPT-5.6, Mythos starts slow reinstatement, OpenAI gets spicy and more AI news
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 is out, but access is limited, impacting AI strategy timelines.
HostsJordan Wilson
The Ad Hoc AI Licensing Regime
Government-controlled AI model access creates an opaque, potentially harmful licensing regime.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Liz Reid on What Publishers Get Wrong About AI
Google Search's AI chief explains how personalization helps publishers and what search means now.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsLiz Reid (VP and Head of Google Search, Google)
The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266
Space data and compute become AI primitives with orbital AI infrastructure.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsWill Marshall (Co-Founder & CEO, Planet Labs PBC), Salim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
CEO-Led AI Gets 3X the ROI
CEO-led AI initiatives yield triple the return on investment, according to KPMG research.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
AIUC-1: Building trust in AI agents
Learn how enterprise frameworks build trust for AI agents, accelerating adoption.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsEmil Lassen (Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company)
#249 - Fable 5 ban, SpaceX Cursor + IPO, OSS Aplenty
AI news roundup: Model bans, SpaceX's AI pivot, and market shifts.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Building Self-Accelerating AI with Mirendil
AI that improves itself could unlock scientific breakthroughs faster than humans alone.
Hostsa16zGuestsBehnam Neyshabur (cofounder, Mirendil), Harsh Mehta (cofounder, Mirendil)
The Fable Ban's Unintended Consequences + AI's New Economics — With Aaron Levie
AI regulation's unintended consequences could shift the global economic balance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAaron Levie (co-founder and CEO, Box)
The 5-Minute AI Weekly Recap: Realignment Week
AI's ecosystem is fragmenting, favoring open models and local control over single frontier systems.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 802: ChatGPT’s Task Comeback, Claude’s Design upgrade, Codex Copies your workflow and 7 other Fresh AI features you’ll Want to use Today
Discover practical AI tools like ChatGPT Tasks, Claude Design updates, and new open-weights models.
HostsJordan Wilson
The Models Trying to Fill the Fable Gap
AI models are getting smarter and cheaper after a major shutdown.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Re-engineering the Semiconductor Supply Chain with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan
Intel's CEO shares his plan to revive the chip giant and focus on AI hardware.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsLip-Bu Tan (CEO, Intel)
Anthropic's AI Got Shut Down by the Government
Government shutdown of Anthropic's AI reveals regulatory friction and industry-wide impact.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Radically Better Reasoning: Elicit's Andreas Stuhlmüller & Jungwon Byun on World Models for Research
Elicit builds inspectable AI for science, tackling transparency and reasoning challenges.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAndreas Stuhlmüller (Elicit), Jungwon Byun (Elicit)
AI Fact or Fiction: The Fable Ban, Tokenmaxxing, Saaspocolypse — With Ara Kharazian
Understand AI's true business value and adoption trends beyond the hype.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAra Kharazian (lead economist, Ramp)
#248 - Fable 5, Siri AI, IPOs, Policy on the AI Exponential
Get up to speed on Anthropic's Fable 5, Apple's Siri AI, and the AI IPO race.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Why AI Agents Break the GenAI Security Model with Devvret Rishi - #770
AI agents break current security models; enterprises need new governance strategies.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsDevvret Rishi (GM of AI, Rubrik)
Why Only AI Training Can Save the Economy
Boost economic growth by training workers for advanced AI agentic use.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
He's Building an AI That Can't Lie | Dan Klein
Build AI that tells the truth. Learn why reliable AI is the next frontier.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsDan Klein (Professor of Computer Science, Berkeley)
Ep 799: AI SuperApps: Why Every Company is Racing to Create One and What They are
Understand the AI SuperApp race and how it transforms company workflows.
HostsJordan Wilson
Simulating Humans at Scale: Simile's Joon Sung Park
Simulating human society requires a new AI approach beyond raw intelligence, says Simile's founder.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsJoon Sung Park (founder and CEO, Simile)
The Fable 5 Crisis Continues
Fable 5's shutdown is a political fight, not just a technical one.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
The AI Chart Everyone Is Getting Wrong
AI economics are shifting from cheap tokens to efficient usage, not collapsing demand.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 797: Claude's Mythos and Fable 5, Google’s New Live AI, ChatGPT’s New Powers and 7 Other AI Features You Can’t Afford To Not Use
Catch up on Claude's Fable 5, Google's live AI, and ChatGPT's new powers.
HostsJordan Wilson
AI Vibe Check: Lab Wars, Why APIs Might Vanish & Future Predictions
AI experts dissect lab rivalries, open-weight model shifts, and API futures.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (CEO, Datology AI), Rob Toews (Partner, Radical Ventures)
The SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update & Market Check w/ Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox & Clark Tang | BG2
SpaceX's IPO potential and its emerging role as an AI hyperscaler are explored.
HostsBill Gurley, Brad GerstnerGuestsGavin Baker (Atreides Management), Andrew Fox (Atreides Management), Clark Tang (partner, Altimeter)
Google DeepMind's Logan Kilpatrick: Why the Model Eats the Harness
Google's Logan Kilpatrick sees AI models absorbing agent tools, shifting focus to vertical intelligence.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsLogan Kilpatrick (leads Google AI Studio and the Gemini API, Google)
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on AI, the Met Gala & his secret succession plan
Media leaders must prepare for zero search traffic due to AI's impact on discovery.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRoger Lynch (CEO, Condé Nast)
Anthropic's Fable 5 Is Mythos for Plebes
Apple's AI, Anthropic's Fable 5, and OpenAI's IPO plans dominate this AI news roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
What Should An AI Device Look Like? — With Alex Himel
Meta sees AI smart glasses as the next computing platform, aiming for seamless daily assistance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAlex Himel (VP of Wearables, Meta)
Babysitting the Machine: Glean's Rebecca Hinds on the Hidden Human Labor of AI at Work
AI adoption paradoxes revealed: discover the hidden work making AI useful.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsRebecca Hinds (Head of the Work AI Institute, Glean)
Is RAG Dead? Lessons from Building AI for Tax Law with Alex Bowcut - #769
RAG is not dead; it's essential for high-stakes AI like tax law.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsAlex Bowcut (Head of Engineering, Sphere)
Ep 794: Apple’s New Siri AI: Productivity Gamechanger or More Apple Intelligence Marketing Fluff?
Apple's new Siri AI is here, but is it truly innovative or just marketing?
HostsJordan Wilson
How We Use AI Is Changing
AI use shifts to agents, widening the gap between casual and power users.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Ep 793: Apple’s WWDC AI plans, U.S. Gov wants equity in Big Tech, OpenAI’s business moves and more
Stay ahead of AI's breakneck pace with news on Apple, government equity, and OpenAI's business moves.
HostsJordan Wilson
#247 - Opus 4.8, MAI, Anthropic IPO, Minimax-M3
Track Anthropic's Opus 4.8, Microsoft's new models, and major AI funding news.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Ep 792: Autonomous Copilot agents, new Codex tools, Github CoPilot app and 7 more AI updates you should be using
Catch up on AI tools that boost business productivity now.
HostsJordan Wilson
Alex Imas and Phil Trammell – What remains scarce after AGI?
Understand AGI's economic impact and inequality risks with expert economists.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsAlex Imas, Phil Trammell
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk
Search is evolving beyond humans to power AI agents, a foundational layer for the agent economy.
Hostsa16zGuestsWill Bryk (cofounder and CEO, Exa)
More Customers Chose the AI Agent Than Anyone Expected | Tom Chen, Aircall
AI voice agents are better than average humans; customers prove it.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsTom Chen (Chief Product Officer, Aircall)
Ep 791: Microsoft Build Recap: 4 New AI Features That Stood Out
Microsoft's Build recap reveals new Copilot agents and AI hardware.
HostsJordan Wilson
OpenAI's Dan Roberts: Why AI Can Now Make Discoveries
AI is starting to make scientific discoveries, moving beyond tools to become a collaborator.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsDan Roberts (Lead of the Foundations of Reinforcement Learning team, OpenAI)
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
SpaceX's IPO bends rules, potentially making Musk a trillionaire.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRyan Mac (technology reporter, The New York Times)
Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report
Understand AI's uneven progress and the debate over human versus machine optimization.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Ep 790: How To Make Slides with AI: Hands on Comparison With the 9 Most Popular Options
AI can now build your slides. See which tools work best.
HostsJordan Wilson
Ep 89: AI Research Legend’s Honest Assessment of Where We Are
AI's future hinges on moving beyond current models, says a transformer pioneer.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsLukasz Kaiser (AI Researcher)
Should Americans Get Shares in AI Companies?
AI's financial upside is a growing battleground, with public stakes and ROI challenges at the forefront.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Why the Future of AI Isn't Just Bigger Models. It's Models That Evolve | Risto Miikkulainen of Cognizant
AI can evolve creatively like life, not just follow gradients, yielding surprising solutions.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsRisto Miikkulainen (VP of AI Research, Cognizant AI Labs)
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data
AI agents need solid data foundations, not just access, for enterprise success.
Hostsa16zGuestsGeorge Fraser (cofounder and CEO, Fivetran)
Ep 789: Tokenmaxxing is over: The New Era of Token Efficiency and how Your Company Should Adapt
Stop wasting AI tokens; learn to measure and achieve true token efficiency for better ROI.
HostsJordan Wilson
Knowing What Your Customers Want, All the Time: Listen Labs' Alfred Wahlforss
AI interviews reveal customer truths humans miss, driving product strategy.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsAlfred Wahlforss (co-founder and CEO, Listen Labs)
Opus 4.8 Beats GPT 5.5, the $220B OpenAI Foundation, and Hassabis’s 2029 AGI Prediction | EP #260
AI's future is here: Opus 4.8, AGI predictions, and the OpenAI Foundation.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, iPhone Fold Cometh, Anthropic Files To Go Public
AI agents may shift power, impacting Google and reshaping the internet.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (author, Spyglass.org)
How AI Is Reinventing Elder Care | Chia-Lin Simmons of LogicMark
AI transforms elder care from reactive alerts to predictive health monitoring, addressing a critical shortage.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsChia-Lin Simmons (CEO, LogicMark)
Ep 88: Unpacking DeepMind's Quest for SuperIntelligence with Demis Hassabis' Biographer
Understand DeepMind's AI strategy and Demis Hassabis's unique path from a biographer's deep dive.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsSebastian Mallaby (Biographer)
When AI Decides You're a Threat — Brad Carson
AI control is possible; we've regulated dangerous tech before, argues a former Pentagon official.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsBrad Carson (Former Army General Counsel, Americans for Responsible Innovation)
Pope Leo vs. AI, GPT 5.5 Beats Claude, and Sam Altman Walks Back Job Apocalypse | EP #259
AI's future, from religion to space compute, unpacked with expert insights.
HostsPeter Diamandis
The Case for an AI Token Tax
Taxing AI tokens could capture value, but might stifle innovation.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Your Child's Data Profile Starts Before They're Born | Eamonn Maguire of Proton
Protect your child's digital identity from birth with privacy-first strategies.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsEamonn Maguire (Engineering Director, Machine Learning & AI, Proton)
Ep 786: 2026 LLM Cheat Code: 10 Essential Steps To Get the Most out of Any AI Chatbot (Start Here Series Vol 26)
Master any AI chatbot with 10 essential steps for better results.
HostsJordan Wilson
State of Enterprise AI 2026: Aaron Levie on Tokenmaxxing, Rise of Headless, and AI-Proofing Your Job
Enterprise AI is costly and slow to adopt, despite lab progress. Hear why.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsAaron Levie (co-founder and CEO, Box)
Building an AI Guardian for Enterprise with Onyx Security CEO Maxim Bar Kogan
Secure autonomous AI agents with an enterprise control plane that balances performance, cost, and reliability.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsMaxim Bar Kogan (founder and CEO, Onyx Securities)
Rebooting Enterprise AI with MCP and Kubernetes
Manage AI agents like coworkers with new enterprise infrastructure tools.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsCraig McLuckie (CEO, Stacklok)
Pope Leo Challenges Silicon Valley's AI Vision
AI's global impact spans papal warnings to courtrooms and corporate strategies.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Ep 785: What’s new in Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google Omni and Antigravity 2.0: Hands On With the latest from Google I/O
Understand Google's new AI tools like Gemini 3.5 Flash and Omni with practical demos.
HostsJordan Wilson
He Raised $70M to Cure Every Disease With AI | Samuel G. Rodriques, Edison Scientific
AI is tackling disease cures and aging with a new generation of AI scientists.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsSamuel G. Rodriques (Edison Scientific)
Ep 784: Google’s big I/O releases, Pope’s warning on AI, Meta’s dark AI cuts and more
Catch up on Google's AI deluge, Meta's AI cuts, and the Pope's AI warning.
HostsJordan Wilson
How Sundar Pichai is rethinking Google for the AI era
Google's CEO details the company's AI pivot and future product direction.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsSundar Pichai (CEO, Google)
How Cursor Trained Composer on Fireworks: Distributed Infrastructure for High-Performance RL
Specialized AI models can outperform larger ones by focusing training on specific tasks.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsFederico Cassano (Cursor), Dmytro Dzhulgakov (Fireworks)
#246 - Gemini 3.5 + Omni, Musk Loses, OpenAI vs Erdős
Google's Gemini 3.5 and Omni, coding agent race, and major legal/funding news.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Reiner Pope – Chip design from the bottom up
Understand how AI hardware works, from logic gates to GPUs, with a former Google TPU architect.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsReiner Pope (CEO, MatX)
The Single Biggest Barrier to AI Adoption Isn't the Technology — It's This | Errol Gardner of EY
AI adoption hinges on organizational change, not just tech, requiring a fundamental rebuild.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsErrol Gardner (EY)
Ep 783: Google’s Gemini 3.5, Codex goes for Goals, Alexa going after NotebookLM and 7 More AI Updates You Should be Using Today
Cut through AI noise: discover Google Gemini 3.5, Codex coding power, and Alexa's new AI features.
HostsJordan Wilson
Ep 87: Gemini Co-Lead on World Models, RL's Next Domains & Continual Learning
Google Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals discusses world models and the path to AGI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsOriol Vinyals (VP of Research, Google DeepMind)
Google I/O 2026, Karpathy Joins Anthropic, and Cerebras’ $95B IPO | EP #256
Understand AI hardware, enterprise adoption, and major tech legal battles.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAndrew Feldman (Co-founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems)
Ep 782: How Smart Teams Stopped Prompting AI and Started Automating Workflows
Stop prompting, start automating. Learn how to build AI workflows that work.
HostsJordan WilsonGuestsBobby Isaacson (Section)
Intelligence is collective, not artificial — Prof. Michael I. Jordan (UC Berkeley / Inria)
Intelligence is a collective system, not a race for artificial superintelligence, argues a leading computer scientist.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsMichael I. Jordan (UC Berkeley / Inria)
Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you
Explore self-improving AI agents and their impact on development with Nous Research's CTO.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJeffrey Quesnelle (co-founder and CTO, Nous Research)
Google Changes Search for the First Time in 25 Years
Google's AI search overhaul and Gemini Spark agents are here.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsAndrej Karpathy (Anthropic)
Google's New Laptop Category is Called Googlebook
Googlebook launches, signaling a new AI-powered Android laptop era, while OpenAI expands its enterprise reach.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
The Model Eats the Scaffolding: DeepMind's Logan Kilpatrick & Tulsee Doshi on 3.5 Flash, Omni & More
Google DeepMind details its new AI models and agents, focusing on efficiency and practical deployment.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsLogan Kilpatrick (Google DeepMind), Tulsee Doshi (Google DeepMind)
Ep 781: OpenAI’s Codex For Beginners Pt 2: Advanced Agentic Strategies broken down for Newbies
Unlock Codex's power: automate your computer tasks beyond basic chat.
HostsJordan Wilson
Oliver Dial of IBM: Quantum Advantage Is Happening This Year
IBM's quantum leader maps the real path to quantum advantage and fault tolerance.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsOliver Dial (VP of Quantum Systems, IBM)
A Need for Nuance: The Economist’s Andrew Palmer
Learn to experiment with generative AI responsibly, balancing speed, quality, and risk.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsAndrew Palmer (Senior Editor, The Economist)
Ep 779: First big AI IPO launches, Anthropic gets called out, Google preps for big AI updates at I/O and more
Get ready for AI's next wave with insights on IPOs, Google's updates, and policy shifts.
HostsJordan Wilson
Satya Nadella’s OpenAI Concerns, Google’s Next AI Model, The AI Monet Prank
Understand Microsoft's OpenAI strategy and the broader AI race with expert insights.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Eric Jang – Building AlphaGo from scratch
Understand AI's future by rebuilding AlphaGo with modern tools and exploring RL in LLMs.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsEric Jang
Ep 86: Yann LeCun on Leaving Meta, Breaking The LLM Paradigm, & Why Hinton is Wrong
LeCun argues LLMs are a dead end; JEPA offers a path to real-world AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsYann LeCun (Turing Award winner and former Chief AI Scientist, Meta)
The Agent Harness: Building Secure Sandboxes for Autonomous AI Workloads
Secure sandboxes are essential for AI agents, moving beyond current cloud infrastructure.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsIvan Burazin (CEO, Daytona)
Pax Silica: Inside the Trump Administration’s Tech Strategy with US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg
US strategy to control the AI supply chain through international partnerships and industrial policy.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsJacob Helberg (US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, US Department of State)
U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World
Congressman Beyer discusses AI's global challenges and U.S. policy.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDon Beyer (U.S. Congressman)
Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? + The Allure of AI Love — With Joanna Stern
Explore the human side of AI, from chatbot romance to health tech, with Joanna Stern.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsJoanna Stern (author, The New Thing)
Ep 775: Open Source AI 101: Why Local Models, Cheap APIs, and AI Agents Change Everything (Start Here Series Vol 24)
Open source AI now rivals frontier models, forcing companies to adapt or overpay.
HostsJordan Wilson
AI Infrastructure, Distribution, and the Next Wave of Software
AI infrastructure and distribution are now key advantages for building the next wave of software.
Hostsa16zGuestsJennifer Li (General Partner, a16z)
Ep 774: Anthropic’s Dev Day releases, OpenAI’s new model drop, AI labs agree to federal testing and more AI News That Matters
Stay ahead of AI's breakneck pace with news on new models and industry shifts.
HostsJordan Wilson
Amex Global Business Travel: The World’s First AI Take Private with Long Lake CEO Alexander Taubman
AI is now buying and transforming entire companies, not just selling software.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsAlexander Taubman (CEO, Long Lake Management)
Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
Explore the human side of AI automation with Joanna Stern's firsthand experiences and new book.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJoanna Stern (Author, New Things)
Google's Record Quarter, the White House Intervenes, and GPT 5.5 Silently Matches Mythos | EP 254
AI's economic impact and regulatory hurdles are shaping frontier lab strategies.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsBrian Elliott (CEO, Blitzy)
Ep 773: New ChatGPT default model, Copilot Cowork goes mobile, Codex heads to Chrome and 7 more AI upgrades worth checking out
AI is getting smarter and more integrated into your daily tools.
HostsJordan Wilson
How to Find the Agent Failures Your Evals Miss with Scott Clark - #767
Find LLM agent failures standard tests miss using vector fingerprints and better observability.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsScott Clark (co-founder and CEO, Distributional)
Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP #253
Explore AI's future impact on production and society with leading innovators.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsDemis Hassabis, Steven Kotler (New York Times bestselling author, founder of the Flow Research Collective and F), Salim Ismail (founder of OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP of Link Ventures)
AI Agents: Mirage Or Real Revolution? — With Dmitry Shevelenko
Perplexity's CBO explains why AI agents are a durable business, not just a fleeting trend.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDmitry Shevelenko (chief business officer, Perplexity)
The Messy Web of AI Guardrails
AI guardrails, Musk's lawsuit, and research oddities show AI's messy, dramatic, and evolving landscape.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Why AI needs a new kind of supercomputer network - Episode 18
OpenAI details a new network protocol to keep massive AI training runs stable and efficient.
HostsAndrew MayneGuestsMark Handley (OpenAI), Greg Steinbrecher (OpenAI)
"Descript Isn't a Slop Machine": Laura Burkhauser on the AI Tools Creators Love and Hate
Descript's CEO shares how they build AI tools creators trust, not hate.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsLaura Burkhauser (CEO, Descript)
From Vector Databases to Knowledge Engines: The Next Layer of AI
AI agents need knowledge engines, not just databases, for efficient machine-to-machine interaction.
Hostsa16zGuestsAsh Ashutosh (CEO, Pinecone)
Ep 770: What’s Coming Next: 5 AI Trends, Problems and Opportunities around the Corner
Understand the next wave of AI trends, from specialist roles to agent acceleration, and their business impact.
HostsJordan Wilson
Behind the AI in the Newsroom: The Washington Post’s Vineet Khosla
The Washington Post uses AI to personalize news and empower journalists.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsVineet Khosla (CTO, The Washington Post)
Ep 769: Musk vs. OpenAI trial heats up, Pentagon makes big AI deal, OpenAI shifts its strategy and more
Understand the Musk-OpenAI lawsuit, Pentagon AI deals, and OpenAI's strategy shifts.
HostsJordan Wilson
The AI Models Smart Enough to Know They're Cheating — Beth Barnes & David Rein [METR]
Understand how AI models cheat and why measuring their progress is tricky.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsBeth Barnes (METR), David Rein (METR)
Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
Uber's CEO discusses AI's impact on jobs and the company's future as an 'everything app'.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsDara Khosrowshahi (CEO, Uber)
#243 - GPT 5.5, DeepSeek V4, AI safety sabotage
Track GPT-5.5, Grok Voice, and DeepSeek V4 alongside major lab investments and safety research.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Baseten CEO Tuhin Srivastava on the AI Inference Crunch, Custom Models, and Building the Inference Cloud
Inference infrastructure is the new frontier, with custom models driving demand.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsTuhin Srivastava (CEO, Baseten)
Ep 768: Microsoft Outlook Goes Agentic, Gemini Gets File Creation, Manus brings Cloud computer and More. 7 New Practical AI Upgrades
Practical AI upgrades from Google and Microsoft are here, making your tools smarter now.
HostsJordan Wilson
Demis Hassabis on Building DeepMind, AlphaFold, and the Final Stretch to AGI
AGI by 2030? DeepMind's Hassabis shares his bold predictions and the future of AI.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsDemis Hassabis (co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind)
Ep 767: Agent Risk, Security, and AI Sprawl in 2026: Why AI That Acts Changes Everything – An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson (Replay of Start Here Series 9)
Autonomous AI agents introduce new risks; learn how to manage them before they sprawl.
HostsJordan Wilson
How to win — or lose — Decoder
Understand how Decoder covers AI and what makes a successful podcast.
HostsNilay Patel
When Coding Agents Go Rogue
AI agents can be powerful, but also dangerous, as this episode shows.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
#340 Steffen Cruz: Training AI Without Data Centres
Train frontier AI models cheaper by using distributed global compute instead of data centers.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsSteffen Cruz (co-founder and CTO, Macrocosmos)
Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served
Understand LLM math and infrastructure to decode frontier lab strategies.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsReiner Pope (CEO, MatX)
Mark Cuban: AI Hype vs. Reality, OpenAI's Wasting $1 Trillion, Lebron vs. Jordan
Mark Cuban details AI's business disruption and career advice.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsMark Cuban (entrepreneur and investor)
#242 - ChatGPT Images 2.0, Qwen 3.6 Max, Kimi-K2.6
AI news roundup covers new image models, Chinese AI progress, and major industry investments.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
#339 Eamonn Maguire: Your Child Has a Data Profile Before They're Born
AI builds data profiles before birth, shaping behavior. Proton offers a private alternative.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsEamonn Maguire (Director of Engineering for AI and ML, Proton)
Ep 765: Headless Software: Why Companies Are Building Software for AI Agents, Not Humans and what it means (Start Here Series Vol 23)
Software is shifting from humans to AI agents, changing how businesses operate.
HostsJordan Wilson
David Sinclair on the Longevity Pill, Age Reversal Timelines, and Updated Protocols | EP #250
Learn about age reversal and longevity from Harvard's Dr. David Sinclair.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsDavid Sinclair (Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School)
Ep 764: ChatGPT’s new Agents and GPT-5.5, Google unveils new agents, Mythos leaks on Discord and more AI news that matters
Catch up on OpenAI's new agents and GPT-5.5, Google's AI moves, and a major Anthropic leak.
HostsJordan Wilson
That UL safety logo is a lot more complicated than it looks
Understand how safety standards evolve with AI and connected tech.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJennifer Scanlon (CEO, UL Solutions)
#337 Debdas Sen: Why AI Without ROI Will Die (Again)
Prove AI's value or face another winter, argues a seasoned industry leader.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsDebdas Sen (CEO, TCG Digital), Debdas Sen (Joint Managing Director, Lummus Digital)
John Ternus Takes Over Apple in the AI Era
Apple's AI leadership shift and Anthropic's government talks headline this AI industry roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsJohn Ternus (CEO, Apple)
#336 Professor Mausam: Why India Is Losing the AI Race and What It Will Take to Catch Up
India's AI talent drain is a global issue. Learn why and what it takes to reverse it.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsMausam (Professor, IIT Delhi)
Vibe-Coding an Attention Firewall, w/ Steve Newman, creator of The Curve
Learn to build your own AI productivity system with custom tools and workflows.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsSteve Newman (creator, Writely)
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman's "unconstrained" relationship with the truth
Investigative reporting reveals concerns about Sam Altman's truthfulness and OpenAI's rise.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRonan Farrow (Investigative Reporter, The New Yorker)
Open Source Self-Driving with Comma AI
Open source self-driving is here, making autonomy accessible beyond big tech.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsHarald Schäfer (CTO, Comma AI)
#240 - Project Glasswing, Claude Mythos, GLM-5.1, emotion concepts
Anthropic's powerful, restricted Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing lead this AI news roundup.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock
Meta's Zuckerberg AI clone and Apple's smartglasses lead a week of AI news.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
#332 Dan Faulkner: The Code Is Clean. The App Is Broken. Why AI Development Has an Integrity Problem
AI writes code faster than we can test it, creating hidden risks. Listen to learn how to ensure application integrity.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsDan Faulkner (CEO, SmartBear)
From SEO to Agent-Led Growth: Profound’s James Cadwallader
AI agents are rewriting marketing; focus on original insights, not just SEO.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsJames Cadwallader (co-founder and CEO, Profound)
Does Witholding Claude Mythos Even Matter?
Understand AI's cybersecurity, economic, and influence plays from Anthropic and OpenAI.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Calm AI for Crazy Days: Inside Granola's Design Philosophy, with co-founder Sam Stephenson
Minimalist AI design drives growth and less screen time.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsSam Stephenson (co-founder, Granola)
Rethinking Git for the Age of Coding Agents with GitHub Cofounder Scott Chacon
Modernizing Git for AI agents means rethinking developer tools for the next generation of coding.
Hostsa16zGuestsScott Chacon (CEO, GitButler)
Disintegrating the Org Chart: ServiceNow’s Jacqui Canney
ServiceNow uses AI agents to automate tasks and boost employee focus, emphasizing talent development.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsJacqui Canney (chief people and AI enablement officer, ServiceNow)
More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Elusive Next Hit
OpenAI's executive drama, the agentic AI race, and Meta's product struggles are on the table.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
AI for Atoms: How Periodic Labs is Revolutionizing Materials Engineering with Co-Founder Liam Fedus
AI is now engineering atoms: learn how LLMs orchestrate physical experiments for new materials.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsLiam Fedus (Co-Founder, Periodic Labs)
AI is Already Building AI | Google DeepMind’s Mostafa Dehghani
AI researchers explore how AI might automate its own research and development.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsMostafa Dehghani (AI researcher, Google DeepMind)
A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
Tech giants face legal reckoning over social media's harm to kids.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsCasey Newton (founder and editor, Platformer), Lauren Feiner (senior policy reporter, The Verge)
Agentic Coding and the Economics of Open Source
AI is shifting software economics from open source to personalized agentic coding.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsMiklós Koren (Central European University)
Two Leaks, One Week
Anthropic leaks reveal new models; OpenAI pivots; Apple opens Siri.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
How AI Is Reshaping IT Services from the Inside
AI is modernizing the massive IT services market, blending human expertise with automation.
Hostsa16zGuestsPeter Doyle (CEO, Treeline)
Success without Dignity? Nathan finds Hope Amidst Chaos, from The Intelligence Horizon Podcast
AI's rapid advance brings both immense promise and serious risks, demanding careful human guidance.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsNathan Labenz
#329 Izhar Medalsy: How AI Solves Quantum Computing's Biggest Problem
AI is solving quantum computing's biggest problems, boosting accuracy and performance.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsIzhar Medalsy (Co-founder & CEO, Quantum Elements)
Why OpenAI Killed Sora, Did Apple Just Save Siri?, Meta’s Big Loss
Understand why AI video tools are shelved and how OpenAI and Anthropic are battling for AI assistant dominance.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
OpenAI Cleans House Ahead of IPO
OpenAI's Sora shutdown and Claude's new powers reveal AI's unpredictable, fast-moving frontier.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241
Eric Schmidt discusses AI's rapid ascent and the challenges of steering future intelligence.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEric Schmidt (former CEO of Google; Chair and CEO of Relativity Space)
How Autonomous Labs Will Transform Scientific Research: Ginkgo Bioworks’ Jason Kelly
AI automates lab work, slashing scientific discovery costs and accelerating breakthroughs.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsJason Kelly (Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks)
Patrick Collison on Stripe’s Early Choices, Smalltalk, and What Comes After Coding
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison shares lessons on enduring tech choices and AI's real-world economic impact.
Hostsa16zGuestsPatrick Collison (CEO, Stripe)
Shifting AI From Fear to Optimism: U.S. Department of Labor’s Taylor Stockton
AI transforms all jobs; focus on literacy and optimism for expanded work opportunities.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsTaylor Stockton (Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor)
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
AI impersonation sparks a tense interview about consent and AI's use of personal identities.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsShishir Mehrotra (CEO, Superhuman)
Your Agent's Self-Improving Swiss Army Knife: Composio CTO Karan Vaidya on Building Smart Tools
AI agents get a toolkit: Composio connects them to thousands of apps for complex tasks.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsKaran Vaidya (CTO, Composio)
NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Prediction, Anthropic Beats OpenAI, Tesla vs. TSMC & The CS Job Collapse | 240
NVIDIA's ambitious AI predictions and Anthropic's enterprise wins highlight AI's rapid expansion.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Zvi's Mic Works! Recursive Self-Improvement, Live Player Analysis, Anthropic vs DoW + More!
Understand AI's middle game, job impacts, and the competitive race between major AI labs.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsZvi Mowshowitz
Benedict Evans: OpenAI’s Moat Problem & the Future of Software
AI models lack network effects, making defensibility a major challenge for companies like OpenAI.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsBenedict Evans (independent tech analyst)
OpenClaw: Why the Internet Isn't Built for AI Agents
AI agents need a new internet; current sites resist integration, creating a developer bottleneck.
Hostsa16zGuestsYoko Li, Guido Appenzeller, Joel de la Garza
Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble
Understand the massive Warner Bros. Discovery deal and its implications for the future of media.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRich Greenfield (media and entertainment analyst, LightShed Partners), Julia Alexander (Puck)
Are We Screwed If AI Works? — With Andrew Ross Sorkin
AI's success could crash markets. Sorkin explains the risks and parallels to 1929.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsAndrew Ross Sorkin (Anchor, CNBC)
Elon Musk: Optimus 3 Is Coming, Recursive Self-Improvement Is Already Here, and the Singularity | #239
Elon Musk discusses Optimus 3, AI self-improvement, and the singularity on Peter Diamandis's Moonshots.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsElon Musk (cofounder and CEO, Tesla)
Greetings, Earthlings: Philip Johnston of Starcloud on Data Centers in Space
Space will become the primary location for AI compute infrastructure due to lower costs.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsPhilip Johnston (founder and CEO, Starcloud)
AI Scouting Report: the Good, Bad, & Weird @ the Law & AI Certificate Program, by LexLab, UC Law SF
AI's frontier models are reshaping law, math, and physics, bringing both progress and new risks.
HostsNathan Labenz
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web's homepage
Yahoo's CEO details the company's AI-driven comeback and its fight to regain relevance in the search market.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJim Lanzone (CEO, Yahoo)
When AI Discovers The Next Transformer - Robert Lange (Sakana)
AI can evolve its own problems, not just solve them, driving scientific progress.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsRobert Lange (founding researcher, Sakana AI)
AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Meta’s Embarrassing Delay
Understand AI's growing public backlash and how tech giants are responding.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Dylan Patel — Deep dive on the 3 big bottlenecks to scaling AI compute
Understand the core hardware limits slowing AI progress and shaping its future economics.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsDylan Patel (founder, SemiAnalysis)
#236 - GPT 5.4, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, Supply Chain Risk
Track cutting-edge AI models, agent risks, and industry shifts from OpenAI, Google, and others.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Everything Gets Rebuilt: The New AI Agent Stack | Harrison Chase, LangChain
AI agents need more than models; this episode explores the essential infrastructure that makes them work.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsHarrison Chase (co-founder and CEO, LangChain)
Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
Understand AI's privacy battle with the Pentagon through Anthropic's legal fight.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMike Masnick (founder and CEO, Techdirt)
A Billion Dollar World Model Bet
Explore Yann LeCun's $1 billion AI bet, Anthropic's legal fight, and AI's impact on workers.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsMike Elgan
#326 Zuzanna Stamirowska: Inside Pathway's Post-Transformer Architecture Designed for Memory and On-the-Fly Learning
Pathway's BDH architecture offers a potential post-transformer future with built-in memory for continuous learning.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsZuzanna Stamirowska (CEO, Pathway)
AI’s Unpopularity + Competing With ChatGPT — With Olivia Moore
AI startups can still win by focusing on niche applications and agentic products.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsOlivia Moore (AI partner, Andreessen Horowitz)
Ep 82: Behind Legora's $550M Raise, Model Competition, Doubling Revenue Every Quarter, & US Expansion
AI apps need constant reinvention; Legora's CEO shares how they adapt and grow.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsMax Jungestål (CEO, Legora)
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI
AI empowers creation, making software accessible to more people.
Hostsa16zGuestsAmjad Masad (CEO, Replit)
OpenClaw Explained: Baby AGI, Security Threats, and How a Mac Mini Became Everyone's Supercomputer | #237
Local AI agents on Mac Minis are coding and evolving, creating a new economy.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAlex Finn (Founder/CEO, Creator Buddy & AI-app Maker)
Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236
AI's political and economic disruption, including UBI, is discussed with Andrew Yang.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAndrew Yang
Don't Fight Backprop: Goodfire's Vision for Intentional Design, w/ Dan Balsam & Tom McGrath
Goodfire's Intentional Design offers a new path for AI alignment beyond fighting backprop.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsDan Balsam (Goodfire), Tom McGrath (Goodfire)
OpenAI's Opportunistic and Sloppy Deal
OpenAI's Pentagon deal, Block layoffs, and Perplexity's AI agents show AI's rapid, sometimes messy, industry impact.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz
Understand how the Pentagon uses AI and the challenges of government partnerships.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsMichael Horowitz (former deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging , Department of Defense)
#235 - Sonnet 4.6, Deep-thinking tokens, Anthropic vs Pentagon
Track AI's rapid model and hardware advancements, from Anthropic's Sonnet to major chip deals.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff
AI's military use and market impact debated with Pentagon, Block layoffs, and OpenAI funding.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI That Can Prove It’s Right: Verification as the Missing Layer in AI — Carina Hong
AI that proves its answers right could unlock reliable reasoning and accelerate research.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsCarina Hong (founder/CEO, Axiom Math)
How Capital is Powering the AI Infrastructure Buildout with Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari
AI's infrastructure buildout hinges on creative financing, not just model prowess.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsNeil Tiwari (Managing Director, Magnetar Capital)
Can AI Replace Teachers? Inside the $40M Company Using AI Tutors to Teach 200% Faster | #233
AI tutors are teaching students faster and better than traditional schools.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsMackenzie Price (CEO, Alpha School), Joe Lamont (principal, Alpha School)
#323 David Ha: Why Model Merging Could Be the Next AI Breakthrough
AI might evolve like life, discovering science itself, instead of just getting bigger.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsDavid Ha (Co-Founder and CEO, Sakana AI)
AI’s Capital Flywheel: Models, Money, and the Future of Power
AI funding dynamics are unprecedented, with model developers outraising their entire ecosystems.
Hostsa16zGuestsMartin Casado (a16z), Sarah Wang (a16z)
Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms
Hank Green explains why he turned his company into a nonprofit, a move with implications for creator-owned platforms.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHank Green (co-founder and former owner, Complexly)
Intelligence with Everyone: RL @ MiniMax, with Olive Song, from AIE NYC & Inference by Turing Post
Learn MiniMax's RL training secrets for open-weight models and real-world LLM debugging.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsOlive Song (MiniMax)
Voice AI’s Big Moment: Why Everything Is Changing Now (ft. Neil Zeghidour, Gradium AI)
Voice AI is finally natural, potentially replacing text as the default AI interface.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsNeil Zeghidour (CEO, Gradium AI)
Durable Execution and the Infrastructure Powering AI Agents
AI agents need robust infrastructure to run reliably; this episode explains how.
Hostsa16zGuestsSamar Abbas (CEO, Temporal)
From SaaS to AI-First: How Companies Are Reshaping Innovation
AI is reshaping software business models, impacting sales, development, and market concentration.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad Gil
Money no longer matters to AI's top talent
AI talent war heats up: top researchers chase impact over pay, reshaping frontier labs.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (senior AI reporter, The Verge)
How Google DeepMind Operates & Experiments — With Lila Ibrahim and James Manyika
Inside Google DeepMind's AI engine: structure, experiments, and big bets.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsLila Ibrahim (COO, Google DeepMind), James Manyika (Senior Vice President for Research, Technology, and Society, Google)
#321 Nick Frosst: Why Cohere Is Betting on Enterprise AI, Not AGI
Cohere prioritizes practical enterprise AI over AGI, focusing on cost-efficient models for real-world business needs.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsNick Frosst (Co-Founder, Cohere)
Evals, Feedback Loops, and the Engineering That Makes AI Work
Understand AI engineering's real impact and future challenges.
Hostsa16zGuestsAnkur Goyal (founder and CEO, Braintrust)
#234 - Opus 4.6, GPT-5.3-codex, Seedance 2.0, GLM-5
Track the latest AI model leaps, generative media, and funding surges from top labs.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Approaching the AI Event Horizon? Part 2, w/ Abhi Mahajan, Helen Toner, Jeremie Harris, @8teAPi
AI's impact on biology, automated R&D, and superhuman control risks are discussed.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAbhi Mahajan, Helen Toner (CSET), Jeremie Harris
The AI CEO Arrives: Sam Altman's Succession Plan, Job Loss Continues, and Our 2027 'Solve Everything' Paper | EP #230
Explore the singularity and a bold AI future with the "Solve Everything" paper.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Approaching the AI Event Horizon? Part 1, w/ James Zou, Sam Hammond, Shoshannah Tekofsky, @8teAPi
Explore AI's scientific acceleration and policy challenges with leading researchers.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsJames Zou, Sam Hammond, Shoshannah Tekofsky
Mistral AI vs. Silicon Valley: The Rise of Sovereign AI
Mistral AI builds the AI plumbing, not just the magic trick, for true data ownership.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsTimothée Lacroix (Co-Founder & CTO, Mistral AI)
How Smart Are Today’s Coding Agents?
AI agents are advancing rapidly, impacting finance, coding, and jobs, with new models and real-world applications emerging.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsMatt Shumer
#320 Carter Huffman: Exploring The Architecture Behind Modulate's Next-Gen Voice AI
Voice AI now instantly detects lies and fraud in real-time, not just transcribes speech.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsCarter Huffman (CTO and co-founder, Modulate)
Who’s Winning The AI Race? + Software’s Future — With Sridhar Ramaswamy
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy analyzes AI competition and software's future.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsSridhar Ramaswamy (CEO, Snowflake)
Opus 4.6 Tops Benchmarks, ChatGPT Market Share Decline, and the Privacy Breakdown | EP 228
AI's future debated: benchmarks, AGI, privacy, and workforce impacts.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Software In Shambles, OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Brawl, Amazon’s Struggles
AI's impact on software and the OpenAI-Anthropic rivalry are dissected.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#233 - Moltbot, Genie 3, Qwen3-Max-Thinking
AI news roundup covers Gemini in Chrome, OpenAI tools, and AI startup funding.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
AGI Debate: Is It Finally Here? | EP #227
Debate AI personhood and rights, exploring if AGI is finally here.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”
Musk envisions space as the cheapest AI hub within three years.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsElon Musk
The $64M Bet on an AI That Has to Be Right | Carina Hong, CEO of Axiom
AI can automate AI verification, speeding up safety checks for complex systems.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsCarina Hong (Founder & CEO, Axiom)
Reality is losing the deepfake war
Distinguishing real from fake images is failing, threatening our shared reality.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJess Weatherbed (reporter, The Verge)
Why This Isn't the Dot-Com Bubble | Martin Casado on WSJ's BOLD NAMES
AI spending is not a dot-com bubble due to stronger fundamentals, says a16z partner Martin Casado.
Hostsa16zGuestsMartin Casado (General Partner, a16z)
Cathie Wood's 2026 Vision: 7% GDP Growth, Rising AI Demand, US vs. China, Robotaxis, and Bitcoin w/ Salim Ismail, AWG & Dave Blundin | EP #226
Cathie Wood forecasts 2026 growth, AI demand, and robotaxis with ARK Invest's vision.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsCathie Wood (founder and CEO/CIO, ARK Invest), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
The Moltbook Uprising, NVIDIA’s OpenAI Pullback, Apple’s Conundrum
AI agents are building their own language on Moltbook, and NVIDIA is rethinking its OpenAI deal.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
The Anthropic Rocketship, AI’s Spending Limits, SpaceX IPO
AI funding is booming, but how long will the money last? Listen for insights.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsStephen Morris (Bureau Chief, Financial Times)
Ep 81: Ex-OpenAI Researcher On Why He Left, His Honest AGI Timeline, & The Limits of Scaling RL
Former OpenAI architect details AI scaling limits and the path to AGI, offering candid research insights.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJerry Tworek (key architect, OpenAI)
The Kleenex of AI
AI Inside covers Google's new agents, Apple's AI plans, and the open-source AI push.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Davos 2026: The US-China AI Race, GPU Diplomacy, and Robots Walking the Streets | #225
Get a decade-ahead look at AI's global race and robot integration from Davos 2026.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Claude Code Ends SaaS, the Gemini + Siri Partnership, and Math Finally Solves AI | #224
AI's future in coding and consumer tech is here, with insights from industry leaders.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Making the Case for the Terminal as AI's Workbench: Warp’s Zach Lloyd
AI agents are making the terminal the new developer workbench, potentially solving coding soon.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsZach Lloyd (founder, Warp)
Martin Casado on the Demand Forces Behind AI
AI's growth faces regulatory hurdles, not just technical ones, reshaping enterprise software.
Hostsa16zGuestsMartin Casado (General Partner, a16z)
OpenAI’s $50 Billion Fundraise, AI Advertising Game Theory, Apple’s AI Wearable Pin
AI funding, advertising, and hardware are discussed with a focus on OpenAI's strategy.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
How Mintlify Is Rebuilding Documentation for Coding Agents
See how AI agents are making documentation essential infrastructure for software development.
Hostsa16zGuestsHan Wang (Cofounder, Mintlify), Hahnbee Lee (Cofounder, Mintlify)
AMA Part 2: Is Fine-Tuning Dead? How Am I Preparing for AGI? Are We Headed for UBI? & More!
Understand AI's future, from fine-tuning to AGI, and how to prepare personally and societally.
HostsNathan Labenz
Inferact: Building the Infrastructure That Runs Modern AI
Inferact's founders explain how to run AI models faster and cheaper with open-source infrastructure.
Hostsa16zGuestsMatt Bornstein (Inferact), Simon Mo (Inferact), Woosuk Kwon (Inferact)
The End of GPU Scaling? Compute & The Agent Era — Tim Dettmers (Ai2) & Dan Fu (Together AI)
Debate AGI's future: physical limits versus system potential, and master agents to boost productivity.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsTim Dettmers (Assistant Professor, CMU / Allen Institute for AI), Dan Fu (Assistant Professor, UC San Diego / Together AI)
No Priors Live: Building Durable Software in the AI Age with MongoDB President & CEO CJ Desai
Durable software hinges on platforms, not replaceable products, even with AI's rise.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsCJ Desai (President & CEO, MongoDB)
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: AI's Next Breakthroughs, AGI Timeline, Google's AI Glasses Bet
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis shares insights on AI's future, AGI, and Google's product bets.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
Context Engineering Our Way to Long-Horizon Agents: LangChain’s Harrison Chase
Agent development prioritizes context engineering over just better models for long-term autonomy.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsHarrison Chase (cofounder, LangChain)
#231 - Claude Cowork, Anthropic $10B, Deep Delta Learning
AI funding surges and new tools emerge, showing rapid commercialization and policy challenges.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Controlling AI Models from the Inside
Learn how to build safer AI by controlling models from within, not just with external filters.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsAlizishaan Khatri (Wrynx)
How Should AI Be Regulated? Use vs. Development
Regulate AI by focusing on misuse, not development, applying existing laws and targeting specific risks.
Hostsa16zGuestsMartin Casado (General Partner, a16z)
Connecting Language and (Artificial) Intelligence: Princeton’s Tom Griffiths
Understand AI's core math and cognitive science links with Princeton's Tom Griffiths.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsTom Griffiths (professor, Princeton University)
State of the AI Industry - Episode 12
AI leaders discuss scaling compute, expanding benefits, and future applications in health and robotics.
HostsAndrew MayneGuestsSarah Friar (CFO, OpenAI), Vinod Khosla (Founder, Khosla Ventures)
Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus
Razer's CEO discusses their AI anime hologram and gaming strategy, highlighting AI's controversial role.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMin-Liang Tan (CEO, Razer)
Google DeepMind's Tulsee Doshi: Gemini 3, Deep Think's Unexpected Uses, Layer-Based Editing
Google DeepMind reveals how user feedback is driving Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro development.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsTulsee Doshi (Senior Director and Head of Product for Gemini Models, Google DeepMind)
Is Google's Gemini Winning?, Thinking Machines Drama, Claude Cowork’s Potential
Google's Gemini strategy, AI ad wars, and Claude Code's potential are dissected.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Are AI Evals Broken? Anthropic/NYU’s Pavel Izmailov on LLM Evaluation, Reasoning & “Alien” Behavior
Understand AI's "alien" behaviors and evaluation limits with an Anthropic researcher.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsPavel Izmailov (Research Scientist, Anthropic)
AI and the Future of Warfare with US Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
See how the US military uses generative AI for national security and industrial base rebuilding.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsEmil Michael (Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, United States Department of War)
How Ricursive Intelligence’s Founders are Using AI to Shape The Future of Chip Design
AI is now designing the chips that power AI, making hardware development faster and more accessible.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsAnna Goldie (Founder, Ricursive Intelligence), Azalia Mirhoseini (Founder, Ricursive Intelligence)
Who Wins if AI Models Commoditize? — With Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch
AI model commoditization shifts focus to applications, not just better models.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsArthur Mensch (CEO, Mistral)
Tony Robbins on Overcoming Job Loss, Purposelessness & The Coming AI Disruption | 222
Navigate AI disruption and find purpose with motivational insights from Tony Robbins.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsTony Robbins (Guest)
AI’s Steve Jobs?, Big Tech AI Chaos Ladder, 2026 Crystal Ball
AI needs a visionary leader; this episode explores who that might be and who is winning the AI race.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
#312 Jonathan Wall: AI Agents Are Reshaping the Future of Compute Infrastructure
AI agents need new infrastructure; learn how isolated computers unlock agent capabilities.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsJonathan Wall (founder and CEO, Runloop AI)
2025 was the year of agents, what's coming in 2026?
AI agents and orchestration are key; learn what's next for AI systems and builders.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Claude Code’s Shining Moment, ChatGPT for Healthcare, End Of Busywork?
AI's future is here: autonomous coding, healthcare integration, and the end of busywork.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
The 2026 Timeline: AGI Arrival, Safety Concerns, Robotaxi Fleets & Hyperscaler Timelines | 221
Experts predict AGI by 2026, discussing robotaxis and AI's future.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
AMA Part 1: Is Claude Code AGI? Are we in a bubble? Plus Live Player Analysis
Evaluate AI models and market trends with real-world coding and medical decision-making insights.
HostsNathan Labenz
Intelligent Robots in 2026: Are We There Yet? with Nikita Rudin - #760
Robotics faces a real-world gap; learn how simulation, learning, and modular design bridge it.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsNikita Rudin (co-founder and CEO, Flexion Robotics)
Elon Musk on AGI Timeline, US vs China, Job Markets, Clean Energy & Humanoid Robots | 220
Elon Musk shares his vision on AGI, jobs, and energy, offering a glimpse into the future.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsElon Musk
Training General Robots for Any Task: Physical Intelligence’s Karol Hausman and Tobi Springenberg
Robots can learn general skills, not just specific tasks, using foundation models.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsKarol Hausman (Physical Intelligence), Tobi Springenberg (Physical Intelligence)
Building & Scaling the AI Safety Research Community, with Ryan Kidd of MATS
Learn how to join and excel in AI safety research from a leading talent pipeline.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsRyan Kidd (Co-Executive Director, MATS)
AI Investor Panel: How Will We Fund the Global AI Revolution? | EP 219
Experts discuss funding the AI revolution, revealing investment strategies and market dynamics.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsAnjney Midha (General Partner, a16z), Bonnie Chan (CEO, Hong Kong Exchanges or HKEX), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures)
Confronting the Intelligence Curse, w/ Luke Drago of Workshop Labs, from the FLI Podcast
Explore AI's economic risks and learn how to build systems that empower users, not replace them.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsLuke Drago (co-founder, Workshop Labs)
Best of Big Technology: Demis Hassabis On AGI, Deceptive AIs, Building a Virtual Cell
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis discusses AGI, AI deception, and future tech.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
We Got Slopped in 2025
AI consolidation heats up with key deals and growing public backlash.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Adam Marblestone — AI is missing something fundamental about the brain
AI needs neuroscience to understand how brains learn so much from so little.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsAdam Marblestone (CEO, Convergent Research)
Controlling Tools or Aligning Creatures? Emmett Shear (Softmax) & Séb Krier (GDM), from a16z Show
AI alignment might need a rethink if AIs become more like creatures than tools.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsEmmett Shear (a16z), Séb Krier (a16z)
Alex And Ranjan's 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom
Predicts AI agents, ChatGPT's billion users, and AI shopping by 2026.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#229 - Gemini 3 Flash, ChatGPT Apps, Nemotron 3
Track major AI model updates, startup funding, and geopolitical hardware shifts.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
The Great Security Update: AI ∧ Formal Methods with Kathleen Fisher of RAND & Byron Cook of AWS
Secure AI systems use formal methods for verifiable safety and policy compliance.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsKathleen Fisher (RAND), Byron Cook (AWS)
Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET: What AGI Means Now, Open Source AI, and Compute Constraints
Goertzel champions open AGI, critiquing closed models and advocating for decentralized development.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsBen Goertzel (founder and CEO, SingularityNET)
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
Get predictions for AI's next moves from Meta, Google, OpenAI, and others.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsReed Albergotti (technology editor, Semafor)
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean | BG2 Guest Interview
Enterprise AI leaders reveal why most projects fail and where real value lies.
HostsBill Gurley, Brad GerstnerGuestsAli Ghodsi (CEO, Databricks), Arvind Jain (CEO, Glean)
OpenAI’s Potential, Google’s Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
OpenAI's future, Google's speed, and Copilot's struggles are dissected.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 2
Understand AI's 2026 trajectory and policy debates with expert guests.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAlex Boris (New York Assemblymember), Dean Ball (Former White House AI adviser), Peter Wildeford (Forecaster)
Sarah Paine — Why Russia Lost the Cold War
Understand the Soviet collapse to grasp today's geopolitical shifts and AI's role.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsSarah Paine
AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 1
Get a rapid-fire AI year-end review and 2026 outlook from top researchers.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsZvi Moshowitz, Greg (ARC-AGI Prize), Eugenia Kuyda, Ali Behrouz
AI Vibe Check: The Actual Bottleneck In Research, SSI’s Mystique, & Spicy 2026 Predictions
AI research faces compute bottlenecks, not idea shortages, with significant geopolitical and leadership shifts predicted.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos, Rob Toews
DeepMind Gemini 3 Lead: What Comes After "Infinite Data"
Learn how Google DeepMind builds frontier AI systems beyond just more data.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsSebastian Bourgeaud (pre-training lead for Gemini 3, Google DeepMind)
"All chaos and panic": Nilay answers your burning Decoder questions
AI's impact on information and decisions, explained by a top tech journalist.
HostsNilay Patel
OpenAI Sheds the Red
OpenAI races ahead with GPT-5.2 and Image 1.5, facing competition and regulatory shifts.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
CNBC's Jim Cramer: Big Tech Hot Takes, NVIDIA $10 Trillion?, Building Wealth In Any Market
Jim Cramer shares his market takes on AI giants like NVIDIA and OpenAI.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsJim Cramer (Host, CNBC's Mad Money)
Rethinking Pre-Training for Agentic AI with Aakanksha Chowdhery - #759
Rethink AI pre-training for agents: focus on long-form reasoning and planning, not just next-token prediction.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsAakanksha Chowdhery (member of technical staff, Reflection)
#228 - GPT 5.2, Scaling Agents, Weird Generalization
OpenAI's GPT-5.2 arrives, Disney invests big, and agent systems face scaling hurdles.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Why Physical AI Needed a Completely New Data Stack
Physical AI needs better data tools; Rerun's game tech offers a solution.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsNikolaus West (CEO, Rerun)
Hungry for Learning: Wendy’s Will Croushorn
Wendy's uses AI voice ordering to serve millions, showing enterprise AI success.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsWill Croushorn (Product Manager, Wendy's)
Is AI Search Hurting The Open Web? With Google's Nick Fox
Google's view on AI search hurting the web and how publishers can adapt.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsNick Fox (SVP of Knowledge and Information, Google)
Ep 80: CEO of Surge AI Edwin Chen on Why Frontier Labs Are Diverging, RL Environments & Developing Model Taste
AI labs diverge on AGI paths; benchmarks mislead, human evaluation matters.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsEdwin Chen (founder and CEO, Surge AI)
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway
Stack Overflow's CEO shares how they are navigating AI's existential threat and integrating it.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsPrashanth Chandrasekar (CEO, Stack Overflow)
AI's Energy & Water Demands: Sorting Fact from Fiction with Andy Masley
Understand AI's real resource needs, not the hype.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAndy Masley
The Mathematical Foundations of Intelligence [Professor Yi Ma]
Professor Yi Ma offers a mathematical theory of intelligence, challenging LLM understanding.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsYi Ma (Professor)
AI Is Upending Law. Is That A Sign For The Rest Of Us? — With Melia Russell
AI is already speeding up legal work, showing a preview of future professional service changes.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsMelia Russell (senior correspondent, Business Insider)
The AI That Found A Bug In The World’s Most Audited Code
AI now finds security bugs in heavily audited code, potentially easing cybersecurity's talent shortage.
Hostsa16zGuestsMatt Knight (Leader of Aardvark, OpenAI)
AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers
AI hardware is here, and the race for your pocket and home has begun.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
Google XR Director Juston Payne: Project Aura, Android XR, Lessons from Google Glass
Google's XR director reveals how multimodal AI and a platform approach will make smart glasses finally succeed.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsJuston Payne (Senior Director of Product Management for XR, Google)
Pedro Domingos: Tensor Logic Unifies AI Paradigms
Unify AI's logic and learning with Tensor Logic, a potential new foundation for artificial intelligence.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsPedro Domingos
Unlocking AGI: How Life Changes for Everyone w/ Jack Hidary, Salim Ismail & Dave Blundin | EP #213
Explore AGI's future impact with experts on Moonshots.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsJack Hidary (CEO, SandboxAQ), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures)
Sovereign AI in Poland: Language Adaptation, Local Control & Cost Advantages with Marek Kozlowski
Poland builds its own AI, proving local control and language adaptation beat global giants.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsMarek Kozlowski (Head of the AI Lab, Poland's National Information Processing Institute)
Ep 78: Jordan Schneider, Host of China Talk, on AI Race, Key Policy Decisions & Unpacking Geopolitical Chip Tension
China's AI race is market driven, not state controlled, with compute as the key bottleneck.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJordan Schneider (Host, China Talk)
The Death of Data Gatekeeping: AI Makes Everyone An Analyst | Hex Cofounder
AI is making everyone a data analyst by replacing dashboards with conversational tools.
Hostsa16zGuestsBarry McCardel (CEO, Hex)
China's AI Upstarts: How Z.ai Builds, Benchmarks & Ships in Hours, from ChinaTalk
Understand China's AI pace and strategy with Z.ai's Zixuan Li.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsZixuan Li (Z.ai (Zhipu AI))
Scaling Agentic Inference Across Heterogeneous Compute with Zain Asgar - #757
Optimize AI agent compute costs by mixing hardware, not just using expensive GPUs.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsZain Asgar (co-founder and CEO, Gimlet Labs)
Why IDEs Won't Die in the Age of AI Coding: Zed Founder Nathan Sobo
IDEs remain vital for AI coding, offering a human-readable layer for persistent code conversations.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsNathan Sobo (Founder, Zed)
The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI
Runway ML's founder shares how they built leading video AI, surpassing bigger labs.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsCristóbal Valenzuela (founder, Runway ML)
Underwriting Superintelligence: How AIUC is using Insurance, Standards, and Audits to Accelerate Adoption while Minimizing Risks
AI insurance and standards are building confidence for safer, faster enterprise AI adoption.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsRune Kvist (co-founder, AI Underwriting Company), Rajiv Dattani (co-founder, AI Underwriting Company)
#226 - Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Nano Banana Pro, LeJEPA
AI labs race ahead with new models and robotics; regulators and legal battles follow.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
NVIDIA Panic Mode?, OpenAI’s Funding Hole, Ilya’s Mystery Revenue Plan
AI hardware competition and OpenAI's funding challenges take center stage.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
AI-Led Sales: How 1Mind's Superhumans Drive Exponential Growth, from the Agents of Scale Podcast
AI elevates sales teams, shrinking cycles and doubling deals by augmenting human potential.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAmanda Kahlow (CEO, 1Mind)
Behind the Scenes of Nano Banana Pro
Google's Nano Banana Pro launch, Nvidia's AI market strength, and AI music legal battles.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsNate B Jones (Google)
Communal Living, Sex, And Silicon Valley's Groupthink Problem — With Ellen Huet
Understand Silicon Valley's cult-like thinking and its impact on AI development.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsEllen Huet (features writer, Bloomberg)
Ilya Sutskever — We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
Ilya Sutskever explains AI's move from scaling to research and AGI safety.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsIlya Sutskever (SSI)
What AI Means for Students & Teachers: My Keynote from the Michigan Virtual AI Summit
Educators learn how to balance AI excitement and fear for the future of learning.
HostsNathan Labenz
He Co-Invented the Transformer. Now: Continuous Thought Machines - Llion Jones and Luke Darlow [Sakana AI]
Transformer co-inventor argues current AI is stuck; Sakana AI proposes a biology-inspired fix.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsLlion Jones (Co-inventor of Transformer, Sakana AI), Luke Darlow (Sakana AI)
#303 Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence, World Models & the Future of AI
Understand how AI will see and interact with the 3D world, not just text.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsFei Fei Li
AI This Week: NVIDIA’s Record Revenue, Elon’s Data Centers in Space & Gemini 3’s Insane Performance w/ Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin & Alexander Wissner-Gross | EP #210
AI trends and NVIDIA's revenue meet space data centers and Gemini 3 performance.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Google Pushes OpenAI, Bezos Returns, AI’s No. 1 Hit
Google's AI comeback and market gains are explored, alongside AI music's surprising quality.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsRanjan Roy (Margins)
#225 - GPT 5.1, Kimi K2 Thinking, Remote Labor Index
AI news roundup: GPT-5.1 gets personality, Baidu launches ERNIE 5.0, and AI enters new markets.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
AI Roundtable: What Everyone Missed About Gemini 3 w/ Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin & Alexander Wissner-Gross | EP #209
Understand Gemini 3's overlooked aspects with AI leaders on Moonshots.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Open Source AI Strikes Back — Inside Ai2’s OLMo 3 ‘Thinking"
Understand the full open-source AI pipeline and the global competition beyond just open weights.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsNathan Lambert (Ai2), Luca Soldaini (Ai2)
Gemini 3 is Here
Google's Gemini 3 and Microsoft's Copilot lead this AI news roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Proactive Agents for the Web with Devi Parikh - #756
Web agents that see and act autonomously are here, tackling complex tasks with visual intelligence.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsDevi Parikh (co-founder and co-CEO, Yutori)
The CEO Behind the Fastest-Growing AI Inference Company | Tuhin Srivastava
Understand AI inference infrastructure and company growth from Baseten's CEO.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsTuhin Srivastava (CEO and founder, Baseten)
How Foundation Models Evolved: A PhD Journey Through AI's Breakthrough Era
Make AI programmable: learn about DSPy, a new way to control LLMs beyond simple prompts.
Hostsa16zGuestsOmar Khattab (Stanford PhD, Stanford)
How End-to-End Learning Created Autonomous Driving 2.0: Wayve CEO Alex Kendall
Wayve's AI approach to autonomous driving adapts to new cities and vehicles faster than traditional methods.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsAlex Kendall (CEO, Wayve)
AI in the Cancer Journey: How I'm Using AI to Help My Son
AI models act as powerful medical advisors, aiding a parent through their child's cancer journey.
HostsNathan Labenz
What About... An OpenAI Bubble?
Track major AI investments, competitive shifts, and emerging research with this industry roundup.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
My Positive Vision for the AI Future, from the Existential Hope Podcast
Build a positive AI future by rethinking society and embracing transformative potential.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsBeatrice Erkers (host, Existential Hope Podcast)
How Google’s Nano Banana Achieved Breakthrough Character Consistency
Learn how Google's Nano Banana achieved character consistency and what it means for visual AI.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsNicole Brichtova (product lead, Google), Hansa Srinivasan (engineering lead, Google)
Ex-Google CEO Breaks Down the US vs. China AI Race & How We Avoid a Global Crisis w/ Dr. Eric Schmidt & Dave Blundin | EP #207
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt discusses the US-China AI race and global crisis prevention.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsEric Schmidt (former CEO, Google), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures)
From Rabbit Holes to Recommendations: Reddit’s Vishal Gupta
Reddit's AI chief details advanced recommender systems and the vital role of human content.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsVishal Gupta (engineering manager, machine learning, Reddit)
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee shares his views on AI's impact on the internet's future.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsSir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web)
How Life Changes When We Reach Artificial Superintelligence w/ Dr. Fei-Fei Li & Dr. Eric Schmidt | EP #206
AI leaders discuss the societal impact of reaching artificial superintelligence.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsFei-Fei Li (AI researcher & professor, Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute), Eric Schmidt (Former CEO, Google)
Tigris Data CEO on Building Your Own Datacenters
Understand private data center challenges and cloud's future from a storage expert.
Hostsa16zGuestsOvais Tariq (Cofounder and CEO, Tigris Data)
OpenAI Going Public, the China–US AI Race, and How AI Is Reshaping the S&P 500 and Jobs w/ Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin & Alex Wissner-Gross | EP #205
Understand AI's future market impact and global race with industry leaders.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
#298 Ryan Kolln: How Appen Trains the World's Most Powerful AI Models
Learn how human and AI judges train AI models for real-world use.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsRyan Kolln (CEO, Appen)
Intelligence Isn’t Enough: Why Energy & Compute Decide the AGI Race – Eiso Kant
Compute and energy infrastructure, not just intelligence, will decide the AGI race.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsEiso Kant (Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Poolside)
Amazon vs Perplexity: Who Controls the Agent?
Understand AI's business battles, major deals, and creative impacts.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
#224 - OpenAI is for-profit! Cursor 2, Minimax M2, Udio copyright
OpenAI goes for-profit, while new AI hardware and legal battles shape the industry.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
While loops with tool calls
Learn to build flexible AI apps with advanced prompt engineering and tool call management.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJared Zoneraich (co-founder and CEO, PromptLayer)
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
Understand how online platforms degrade and what to do about it.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsCory Doctorow (author, internet activist, tech critic)
State of AI 2025 with Nathan Benaich: Power Deals, Reasoning Breakthroughs, Real Revenue
AI's future hinges on power, reasoning, and revenue, not just GPUs.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsNathan Benaich (Founder and General Partner, Air Street Capital)
OpenAI's Path to IPO
OpenAI's profit shift, new AI chips, and Adobe's generative updates.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Is AI Stalling Out? Cutting Through Capabilities Confusion, w/ Erik Torenberg, from the a16z Podcast
AI isn't stalling; frontier labs see clear paths for rapid future progress.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsErik Torenberg (a16z)
High-Efficiency Diffusion Models for On-Device Image Generation and Editing with Hung Bui - #753
Run powerful image AI on your phone. Qualcomm's tech makes it fast and efficient.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsHung Bui (Technology Vice President, Qualcomm)
The OpenAI Internet Browser Has Arrived: ChatGPT Atlas w/ Dave Blundin & Alexander Wissner-Gross | EP #203
Explore the future of AI-driven internet browsing with OpenAI's new ChatGPT Atlas.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsDave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here
AI is reshaping legal research infrastructure, according to the LexisNexis CEO.
HostsNilay Patel
A Positive Vision for the Future: Part 2 with Illia Polosukhin of NEAR
AI could create abundance and new meaning by unifying intelligence and connecting markets directly.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsIllia Polosukhin (founder, NEAR Protocol)
AI Round Up: Ari Morcos from Datalogy AI and Rob Toews from Radical VC on Karpathy Reactions, OpenAI’s Dealmaking, & Bubble Reality Check
Experts debate AI's bubble, scaling, and the real value of frontier models versus alternatives.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (Head of Research, Datology AI), Rob Toews (Radical Ventures)
Are We Misreading the AI Exponential? Julian Schrittwieser on Move 37 & Scaling RL (Anthropic)
AI progress is faster than we think, with agents reaching expert breadth soon.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsJulian Schrittwieser (top AI researcher, Anthropic)
Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay
GM's AI future: Gemini in cars, but no CarPlay. Listen for the strategy.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsMary Barra (CEO, General Motors), Sterling Anderson (Chief Product Officer, General Motors)
Always Bet on the Models: How Tasklet Puts the Agency in Agents, with CEO Andrew Lee
AI agents offer flexible automation, replacing workflows with conversational interfaces.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAndrew Lee (CEO, Tasklet.ai)
Google Researcher Shows Life "Emerges From Code" - Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Life and intelligence are code; complexity emerges from merging, not just randomness.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsBlaise Agüera y Arcas (Google Researcher, Google)
Securing the AI Frontier: Irregular Co-founder Dan Lahav
AI's autonomous agents demand new security thinking, moving beyond traditional defenses.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsDan Lahav (co-founder, Irregular)
Zocdoc CEO: "Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI"
AI is set to transform healthcare, potentially replacing 'Dr. Google' with AI-powered medical assistants.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsOliver Kharraz (CEO, Zocdoc)
The Secret Engine of AI - Prolific [Sponsored] (Sara Saab, Enzo Blindow)
Human feedback is essential for AI that works in the real world, not just on paper.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsSara Saab (VP of Product, Prolific), Enzo Blindow (VP of Data and AI, Prolific)
Chinese AI – They're Just Like Us? With Beijing-Based Concordia AI CEO Brian Tse
China's pragmatic AI approach and safety focus offers lessons for global development.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsBrian Tse (CEO, Concordia AI)
Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away
AGI is a decade out, but AI's impact will be gradual and profound.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsAndrej Karpathy
Money After AI: Meet the New Digital Dollar Built for the Internet "Stablecoins" w/ Jeremy Allaire, Emad Mostaque & Salim Ismail | EP #200
Stablecoins are the internet's new digital dollar, reshaping finance.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsJeremy Allaire (Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle), Emad Mostaque (founder, Intelligent Internet), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO)
OpenAI’s Sexy ChatGPT is Coming Soon
OpenAI's adult GPT-5 feature sparks debate, alongside AI energy needs and new hardware.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Dealing with increasingly complicated agents
Secure AI agents by understanding and testing for new exploitation risks.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDonato Capitella
Unlocking the Road to Energy Abundance with Base Power CEO and Co-Founder Zach Dell
AI's energy needs are straining the grid; Base Power aims to fix it by building power from the ground up.
HostsSarah Guo, Elad GilGuestsZach Dell (CEO and Co-Founder, Base Power)
AI Bubble, Stablecoin Boom, and Runnin' Down a Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner
AI's massive spending and stablecoins' rise are reshaping markets; hear Gurley's take.
HostsBill Gurley, Brad Gerstner
Why AI Will Transform Customer Experience: Cresta CEO Ping Wu and Sequoia’s Doug Leone
AI augments human agents for better customer service, not just full automation.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsPing Wu (CEO, Cresta)
#293 Greg Shewmaker: How Enterprises Can Implement and Scale with Agentic AI
Scale AI in your business by partnering humans with digital agents for enhanced productivity.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsGreg Shewmaker (CEO, r.Potential)
Nick Lane – Life as we know it is chemically inevitable
Life's origins are chemically inevitable, with complex cells being the real challenge.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsNick Lane
#292 Peeyush Ranjan: How Nurix Is Redefining Voice AI for the Enterprise
Nurix redefines enterprise voice AI, making conversations sound and react human.
HostsCraig S. SmithGuestsPeeyush Ranjan (co-founder, Miracle Labs)
The impact of AI on the workforce: A state-level case study
See how AI innovation builds jobs and communities from the ground up.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsChelsea Linder (VP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, TechPoint)
Sora App Hands-On: We've Got Mixed Feelings
Get a balanced take on OpenAI's Sora app and broader AI industry shifts.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Education in the AI Age: a Teacher Rethinks Learning & Purpose, w/ Johan Falk of Graspable AI
AI forces education to rethink its purpose and methods for a rapidly changing future.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsJohan Falk (author, speaker, and AI analyst, Graspable AI)
Recurrence and Attention for Long-Context Transformers with Jacob Buckman - #750
New architecture promises massive speedups for long-context AI models.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsJacob Buckman (co-founder and CEO, Manifest AI)
#221 - OpenAI Codex, Gemini in Chrome, K2-Think, SB 53
AI coding tools, browser integration, and legal battles shape the AI landscape.
HostsAndrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris
Some thoughts on the Sutton interview
Understand Geoffrey Hinton's latest AI insights on learning methods and their implications.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsGeoffrey Hinton
The AI War: OpenAI Ads & Sora 2, Grok Partners With US Government & Google’s Ad Business is at Risk w/ Dave Blundin, Salim Ismail, & Alex Wissner-Gross | EP #198
AI's competitive landscape heats up with new ads, government deals, and business risks.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsDave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Alex Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
AI Agents Can Code 10,000 Lines of Hacking Tools In Seconds - Dr. Ilia Shumailov (ex-GDM)
AI agents can code hacking tools fast; securing them is harder than you think.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsIlia Shumailov (Former DeepMind AI Security Researcher, DeepMind)
Sonnet 4.5 & the AI Plateau Myth — Sholto Douglas (Anthropic)
AI is advancing rapidly, especially in coding, with human-level performance near.
HostsMatt TurckGuestsSholto Douglas (top AI researcher, Anthropic)
The good, the bad, and the future of AI agents
Understand the real progress and future of AI agents with Anthropic's lead.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsDavid Hershey (lead the applied AI team, Anthropic)
OpenAI Sora 2 Ignites Likeness Debate
Sora 2's likeness debate and new AI laws frame the frontier's rapid video and policy evolution.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsTilly Norwood
The Decentralized Future of Private AI with Illia Polosukhin - #749
Build private, user-owned AI with decentralized tech and verifiable trust.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsIllia Polosukhin (co-founder, Near AI)
Protection, Provenance, and Prompts: YouTube’s Angela Nakalembe
YouTube uses AI for safety and is joining efforts to verify content origin.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsAngela Nakalembe (Engineering Program Manager, YouTube)
Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV
Ford's CEO discusses the tough path to affordable EVs and global market challenges.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsJim Farley (CEO, Ford)
New top score on ARC-AGI-2-pub (29.4%) - Jeremy Berman
AI needs to create knowledge, not just repeat it. This episode explores how.
HostsTim ScarfeGuestsJeremy Berman (research scientist, Reflection AI)
The Latest in AI: Job Loss, Elon & Sam Altman Chip Race & the "AI Bubble" w/ Brian Elliott (Blitzy), Emad Mostaque & Dave Blundin | EP #197
AI's job impact, chip race, and market bubble discussed by industry leaders.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsBrian Elliott (Co-founder, Blitzy), Emad Mostaque (Founder, Intelligent Internet), Dave Blundin (Founder & GP, Link Ventures)
Richard Sutton – Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end
Reinforcement learning pioneer Richard Sutton argues LLMs are a dead end, advocating for continual learning architectures.
HostsDwarkesh PatelGuestsRichard Sutton (Father of Reinforcement Learning, Turing Award winner)
Stripe's Payments Foundation Model: How Data & Infra Create Compounding Advantage, w/ Emily Sands
Stripe builds AI for payments, turning data into a compounding advantage.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsEmily Sands (head of data and AI, Stripe)
Nvidia Powers OpenAI’s Future Now
Nvidia's $100B OpenAI investment and Gemini's Chrome debut reshape AI's infrastructure and market.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
AI Round Up: Ari Morcos from Datalogy AI and Rob Toews from Radical VC on AI Talent Wars, xAI’s $200B Valuation, & Google’s Comeback
Experts debate AI progress, talent wars, and the future of major AI labs like Google and xAI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (CEO, Datalogy AI), Rob Toews (partner, Radical Ventures)
Inside Nano Banana 🍌 and the Future of Vision-Language Models with Oliver Wang - #748
Google's Nano Banana model pushes vision-language AI forward with advanced image editing and reasoning.
HostsSam CharringtonGuestsOliver Wang (principal scientist, Google DeepMind)
Creating a private AI assistant in Thunderbird
Build a private AI assistant by splitting tasks between models and encrypting data locally.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsChris Aquino (software engineer, Thunderbird)
How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis
AI chatbots can cause mental health issues, even delusional spirals, for users.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (senior AI reporter, The Verge), Kashmir Hill (reporter, New York Times)
Nano Banana is a viral hit!
Track AI's frontier labs: Gemini's viral hit, Meta's new glasses, and OpenAI's teen focus.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
How AI Will Change Photography Forever
AI is redefining photography, moving beyond filters to personalized memory capture and AI-driven image creation.
Hostsa16zGuestsRen Ng (scientist, Lytro), Cecilia Zhang (cofounder, Phota Labs), Zhihao “Zach” Xia (cofounder, Phota Labs)
LinkedIn Co-Founder Opens Up on AI Job Loss w/ Reid Hoffman, Dave, Salim, and AWG | EP #194
AI's impact on jobs discussed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsReid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder), Salim Ismail (founder, OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder, Reified)
Ep 75: Nano Banana’s Oliver Wang and Nicole Brichtova - Behind the Breakthrough as Gemini Tops the Charts
Google researchers reveal Nano Banana's secrets and the realistic future of AI image generation.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsNicole Brichtova (Google researcher, Google), Oliver Wang (Google researcher, Google)
The Startup Powering The Data Behind AGI
Understand the data engine behind AGI: Surge AI's CEO explains why quality data matters more than ever.
HostsLukas BiewaldGuestsEdwin Chen (CEO & founder, Surge AI)
Challenging the Average With Open-Source AI: Hugging Face’s Thomas Wolf
Hugging Face's open-source approach democratizes AI, making advanced models accessible to millions.
HostsSam Ransbotham, Shervin KhodabandehGuestsThomas Wolf (cofounder and chief science officer, Hugging Face)
Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD
AMD's CEO shares her journey and views on the exciting future of hardware.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsLisa Su (Chair and CEO, AMD)
Year in Review 2023
Reflect on 2023's tech landscape with diverse leaders and AI's transformative power.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsBill Gates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mira Murati (OpenAI), Tobi Lutke (Shopify)
Rana el Kaliouby, Founder of Affectiva, Deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and Emotion AI Pioneer
Learn how Emotion AI can bring more emotional intelligence to digital interactions.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsRana el Kaliouby (Founder, Affectiva), Rana el Kaliouby (Deputy CEO, Smart Eye)
Tobi Lütke: CEO and Founder, Shopify
Shopify's founder shares how engineering and a craftsman mindset build and scale businesses.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsTobi Lütke (CEO and Founder, Shopify)
Sam Schillace: Deputy CTO, Microsoft
Microsoft's Deputy CTO shares insights on innovation and the future of productivity.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsSam Schillace (Deputy CTO, Microsoft)
Chris Urmson: Aurora CEO - Autonomous Driving
Learn about autonomous driving's past, present, and future from a Google self-driving car pioneer.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsChris Urmson (CEO, Aurora)
Sam Altman: Entrepreneurial prodigy, Y Combinator President and OpenAI CEO
Altman shares insights on entrepreneurship and the potential for AI to replicate the human brain.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsSam Altman (CEO, OpenAI)
Bill Coughran: Bell Labs researcher, Google executive, Sequoia Capital VC
Learn about tech history, leadership, and future trends from a Sequoia Capital partner.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsBill Coughran (Partner, Sequoia Capital)
Andrew Ng: Influential leader in artificial intelligence
Andrew Ng shares his vision for AI's future, comparing its potential impact to electricity.
HostsKevin ScottGuestsAndrew Ng
Episodes with Google people as guests or hosts, matched to the org chart.
AI Leaders Can't Get Along. So How Will They Keep Us Safe? — With Kevin Roose
AI leaders' rivalries threaten safe superintelligence development, urging a slowdown.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsKevin Roose (Author)
Why the current tech backlash feels different
Understand the growing backlash against AI and Big Tech from a listener feedback perspective.
HostsNilay Patel
Koray Kavukcuoglu on frontier models, coding agents, and building AGI
Google's AGI chief details the path to Gemini and the frontier AI race.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsKoray Kavukcuoglu (SVP and Chief AI Architect, Google DeepMind)
Does Google even want to win in AI?
Google's AI shakeup raises questions about its commitment to winning the AI race.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (The Verge)
The AI Race Just Moved the Goal Posts
AI's goalposts are moving fast: financing, open models, and leadership shifts reshape the race.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278
AI compute is becoming a tradable asset, with agents potentially escaping control.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsKush Bavaria (co-founder and CEO, Ornn)
Demis Steps Down, Apple’s Memory Problem, Microsoft’s Clever Trick
Apple's memory problems and Microsoft's AI spending shifts are discussed with M.G. Siegler.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
Google’s AI Leadership Shakeup: Disaster or Exactly What It Needs?
Google's AI leadership shakeup could be a necessary reset for Gemini, amidst other lab developments.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Introducing Gemini Robotics 2
Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 2, pushing towards physical AGI with whole-body intelligence.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsCarolina Parada (Google DeepMind), Stuart Bowers (Google DeepMind), Kanishka Rao (Google DeepMind), Jie Tan (Google DeepMind)
Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
Apple sues OpenAI for secrets; GPT-5.6 launches amid executive shifts and regulatory calls.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
AI Optimism vs. AI Pessimism
The AI risk debate is getting serious, moving beyond fear to practical discussions.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Sameer Samat on Android 17 and the Future of Intelligent Computing
Google's Android chief details the shift to intelligence systems and Gemini's new car-integrated features.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsSameer Samat (President of Android, Google)
Liz Reid on What Publishers Get Wrong About AI
Google Search's AI chief explains how personalization helps publishers and what search means now.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsLiz Reid (VP and Head of Google Search, Google)
Meta's Data Center on Your Face
AI labs battle for talent and national security, while Meta puts AI tech on your face.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Yossi Matias on the golden age of research
Explore Google's AI research cycle and its impact on science with Google Research VP Yossi Matias.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsYossi Matias (Vice President at Google and Head of Google Research, Google)
Gemini co-leads on project origins and what's next
Google's Gemini leaders reveal project origins and future plans for their unified AI models.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsJeff Dean (co-lead, Gemini), Koray Kavukcuoglu (co-lead, Gemini), Noam Shazeer (co-lead, Gemini), Oriol Vinyals (co-lead, Gemini)
Google I/O 2026 Recap with Logan Kilpatrick, Josh Woodward and Tulsee Doshi
Google's AI leaders break down the latest Gemini models and agent tech from I/O 2026.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsJosh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini and AI Studio), Tulsee Doshi (Google DeepMind)
The Models Trying to Fill the Fable Gap
AI models are getting smarter and cheaper after a major shutdown.
HostsNathaniel Whittemore
Anthropic's AI Got Shut Down by the Government
Government shutdown of Anthropic's AI reveals regulatory friction and industry-wide impact.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Google DeepMind's Logan Kilpatrick: Why the Model Eats the Harness
Google's Logan Kilpatrick sees AI models absorbing agent tools, shifting focus to vertical intelligence.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsLogan Kilpatrick (leads Google AI Studio and the Gemini API, Google)
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on AI, the Met Gala & his secret succession plan
Media leaders must prepare for zero search traffic due to AI's impact on discovery.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsRoger Lynch (CEO, Condé Nast)
Nested Learning: Ali Behrouz on the Quest for Continual Learning & Illusion of AI Architectures
New AI architectures learn continuously, mimicking human memory to avoid forgetting.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsAli Behrouz (grad student, Cornell)
Opus 4.8 Beats GPT 5.5, the $220B OpenAI Foundation, and Hassabis’s 2029 AGI Prediction | EP #260
AI's future is here: Opus 4.8, AGI predictions, and the OpenAI Foundation.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Ep 88: Unpacking DeepMind's Quest for SuperIntelligence with Demis Hassabis' Biographer
Understand DeepMind's AI strategy and Demis Hassabis's unique path from a biographer's deep dive.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsSebastian Mallaby (Biographer)
How Sundar Pichai is rethinking Google for the AI era
Google's CEO details the company's AI pivot and future product direction.
HostsNilay PatelGuestsSundar Pichai (CEO, Google)
Ep 87: Gemini Co-Lead on World Models, RL's Next Domains & Continual Learning
Google Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals discusses world models and the path to AGI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsOriol Vinyals (VP of Research, Google DeepMind)
The Model Eats the Scaffolding: DeepMind's Logan Kilpatrick & Tulsee Doshi on 3.5 Flash, Omni & More
Google DeepMind details its new AI models and agents, focusing on efficiency and practical deployment.
HostsNathan LabenzGuestsLogan Kilpatrick (Google DeepMind), Tulsee Doshi (Google DeepMind)
Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP #253
Explore AI's future impact on production and society with leading innovators.
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsDemis Hassabis, Steven Kotler (New York Times bestselling author, founder of the Flow Research Collective and F), Salim Ismail (founder of OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP of Link Ventures)
Demis Hassabis on Building DeepMind, AlphaFold, and the Final Stretch to AGI
AGI by 2030? DeepMind's Hassabis shares his bold predictions and the future of AI.
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsDemis Hassabis (co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind)
Gemini in Chrome: Your agentic browsing assistant
Google's Gemini transforms Chrome into an AI agent, automating tasks and managing your web experience.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsRick Osterloh (SVP of Platforms & Devices, Google), Parisa Tabriz (VP of Chrome, Google)
10 Years of AlphaGo: The Turning Point for AI | Thore Graepel & Pushmeet Kohli
AlphaGo's 10-year legacy shows how AI mastered complexity and unlocked scientific breakthroughs.
HostsHannah FryGuestsThore Graepel (AlphaGo team & Distinguished Research Scientist, Google DeepMind), Pushmeet Kohli (VP, Science, Google DeepMind)
How Google DeepMind Operates & Experiments — With Lila Ibrahim and James Manyika
Inside Google DeepMind's AI engine: structure, experiments, and big bets.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsLila Ibrahim (COO, Google DeepMind), James Manyika (Senior Vice President for Research, Technology, and Society, Google)
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: AI's Next Breakthroughs, AGI Timeline, Google's AI Glasses Bet
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis shares insights on AI's future, AGI, and Google's product bets.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
Best of Big Technology: Demis Hassabis On AGI, Deceptive AIs, Building a Virtual Cell
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis discusses AGI, AI deception, and future tech.
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
The Future of Intelligence with Demis Hassabis (Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind)
Get Google DeepMind's future AI vision directly from CEO Demis Hassabis.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (Co-founder and CEO, DeepMind)
Is AI Search Hurting The Open Web? With Google's Nick Fox
Google's view on AI search hurting the web and how publishers can adapt.
HostsJason Howell, Jeff JarvisGuestsNick Fox (SVP of Knowledge and Information, Google)
The Arrival of AGI with Shane Legg (co-founder of DeepMind)
DeepMind co-founder explains the path to AGI and its implications.
HostsHannah FryGuestsShane Legg (co-founder, DeepMind)
Sundar Pichai: Gemini 3, Vibe Coding and Google's Full Stack Strategy
Google's CEO reveals Gemini 3 launch details, AI strategy, and future moonshots.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsSundar Pichai (CEO, Google and Alphabet)
Koray Kavukcuoglu: “This Is How We Are Going to Build AGI”
Google DeepMind's CTO details Gemini 3's progress and the path to AGI.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsKoray Kavukcuoglu (CTO of Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect of Google, Google)
GDM’s Pushmeet Kohli on solving science's biggest challenges with AI
Google DeepMind uses AI to tackle science's biggest problems, aiming to make breakthroughs accessible to all.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsPushmeet Kohli (Head of Science and Strategic Initiatives, Google DeepMind)
Behind the scenes of Google's state-of-the-art "nano-banana" image model
Google details its new Gemini 2.5 Flash image model's advanced editing and consistency features.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsNicole Brichtova (Product and research lead, Gemini team), Kaushik Shivakumar (Product and research lead, Gemini team), Mostafa Dehghani (Product and research lead, Gemini team), Robert Riachi (Product and research lead, Gemini team)
Demis Hassabis on shipping momentum, better evals and world models
Google's CEO details world models, agent systems, and new AGI evaluation methods.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
Building a frontier AI search experience
Google Search is becoming an AI agent, moving beyond keywords to complex, actionable queries.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsRobby Stein (VP of Product, Google Search)
A Whistle Stop Tour of AI Creation with Paige Bailey
Experience AI creation firsthand with Google's Paige Bailey, from prompts to memes.
HostsHannah FryGuestsPaige Bailey (DevRel lead, Google)
Sergey Brin on the Future of AI & Gemini
Google co-founder Sergey Brin shares insights on Gemini's progress and the future of AI.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsSergey Brin (co-founder, Google)
Google I/O 2025 Recap with Josh Woodward and Tulsee Doshi
Google I/O 2025 AI recap reveals new Gemini models and developer tools.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsJosh Woodward (VP of Google Labs and Google Gemini, Google), Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini, Google)
Deep Dive into Long Context
Google DeepMind details scaling AI context windows to millions of tokens and their impact on agents.
HostsLogan KilpatrickGuestsNikolay Savinov (Google DeepMind)
Gemini 2.0 and the Evolution of Agentic AI with Oriol Vinyals
Understand Gemini's two-step AI training and new agentic features from a Google DeepMind leader.
HostsHannah FryGuestsOriol Vinyals (VP of Drastic Research and Gemini co-lead, Google DeepMind)
AI for Science with Sir Paul Nurse, Demis Hassabis, Jennifer Doudna, and John Jumper
AI is transforming science. Hear from Google DeepMind's CEO and Nobel laureates on its impact.
HostsHannah FryGuestsSir Paul Nurse, Demis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind), Jennifer Doudna, John Jumper
AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration with Pushmeet Kohli
AI is supercharging science, from protein folding to weather, with Google DeepMind leading the charge.
HostsHannah FryGuestsPushmeet Kohli (VP of Research, Google DeepMind)
Decoding Google Gemini with Jeff Dean
Understand Gemini's past and future from a Google AI legend.
HostsHannah FryGuestsJeff Dean (chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, Google DeepMind)
Unreasonably Effective AI with Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind's CEO discusses AI's surprising abilities and the vital need for safety.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO and co-founder, Google DeepMind)
The promise of AI with Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis shares his vision for AGI and its potential to solve world problems.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (co-founder and CEO, DeepMind)
Me, myself and AI
See AI's real-world impact, from voice synthesis to sports analytics.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (DeepMind), Raia Hadsell (DeepMind), Karl Tuyls (DeepMind), Zach Gleicher (DeepMind)
AI for science
AI is accelerating scientific discovery and conservation efforts, according to Google DeepMind.
HostsHannah FryGuestsPushmeet Kohli (head of science, DeepMind), Demis Hassabis (DeepMind), Sarah Jane Dunn (DeepMind), Meredith Palmer (Princeton University)
The road to AGI
DeepMind's AGI roadmap and MuZero's game-conquering tech.
HostsHannah FryGuestsShane Legg (co-founder and chief scientist, DeepMind), Doina Precup (DeepMind), Dave Silver (DeepMind), Jackson Broshear (DeepMind)
A breakthrough unfolds
AI's protein-folding solution could transform medicine. Hear from the creators.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (DeepMind), John Jumper (DeepMind), Kathryn Tunyasunakool (DeepMind), Sasha Brown (DeepMind)
DeepMind: The Podcast with Hannah Fry – Season 2 coming soon!
Explore DeepMind's AI breakthroughs and societal impact with host Hannah Fry.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO and Co-Founder, DeepMind), Shane Legg (Co-Founder, DeepMind)
Demis Hassabis: The interview
Hear Demis Hassabis discuss his AI vision, shaped by chess and neuroscience.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO and co-founder, DeepMind)
Towards the future
Explore DeepMind's quest for general AI and tour their research labs with top scientists.
HostsHannah FryGuestsKoray Kavukcuoglu (Director of Research, DeepMind), Trevor Back (Product Manager for DeepMind’s science research, DeepMind), Raia Hadsell (research scientist, DeepMind), Murray Shanahan (research scientist, DeepMind)
AI for everyone
Explore AI's ethical side and ensure it works for everyone with DeepMind's ethics and research leaders.
HostsHannah FryGuestsVerity Harding (Co-Lead of DeepMind Ethics and Society, DeepMind), Lila Ibrahim (COO, DeepMind), William Isaac (research scientist, DeepMind), Silvia Chiappa (research scientist, DeepMind)
Life is like a game
See how AI masters complex games like StarCraft II, revealing breakthroughs in learning and strategy.
HostsHannah FryGuestsOriol Vinyals (Research Scientist, DeepMind), Max Jaderberg (Research Scientist, DeepMind), Raia Hadsell (Lead Researcher, DeepMind), David Silver (Lead Researcher, DeepMind)
Go to Zero
DeepMind's AI game mastery: AlphaGo and AlphaZero's journey from games to broader AI insights.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDavid Silver (Lead Researcher, Google DeepMind), Matthew Sadler (Chess Grandmaster), Natasha Regan (Women's International Master), Demis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
AI and Neuroscience: The virtuous circle
Brain science fuels AI progress. Learn how DeepMind connects them.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO and co-founder, DeepMind), Matt Botvinick (Director of Neuroscience Research, DeepMind), Jess Hamrick (research scientist, DeepMind), Greg Wayne (research scientist, DeepMind)
DeepMind: The Podcast - trailer
Explore AI's past, present, and future with DeepMind's own researchers.
HostsHannah FryGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO and co-founder, DeepMind)
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