
The episode dissects leaked documents exposing the sizable payments OpenAI makes to Microsoft, highlighting that these outflows contribute to the company’s ongoing lack of profitability. It examines how the financial terms reveal challenges in OpenAI’s current business model and raises questions about its long‑term sustainability. The host also discusses the broader implications for investors and the AI industry, emphasizing the need for a viable revenue strategy.

The episode explores Google’s new AI agent that can call local shops to retrieve live information, highlighting its speed, accuracy, and human‑like interaction. It explains how the tool provides real‑time confirmations, transforming the shopping experience by enabling instant verification of...

The episode discusses the rapid growth of AI development tools, focusing on Cursor’s recent $2.3 billion funding round and its role in boosting developer productivity. It highlights how Cursor’s AI‑powered code assistant differentiates itself by offering seamless integration and real‑time assistance,...

In this episode, the host explains Google’s new Auto‑Call Shopping feature, an AI‑driven agent that eliminates the need for human phone calls by handling store communications automatically. The discussion highlights how the technology streamlines the purchasing process, improves efficiency, and...

The episode discusses Cursor’s recent $2.3 billion funding round, which equips the company to accelerate development of its AI‑powered integrated development environment. Hosts highlight how the capital will enable faster rollout of new features and position Cursor as a potential industry‑standard...

The episode outlines the new features of ChatGPT 5.1, highlighting faster response times, enhanced reasoning capabilities, and a smoother user interface. It then explains the Group Chats functionality, showing how multiple participants can collaborate in real time and streamline workflow automation....

In this episode, Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das recounts his transition from building Glean into a $7 billion AI‑native enterprise search firm to investing early in Anthropic and managing the $100 million Ontology Fund. He explains how Anthropic’s rapid growth and products...

The episode explores three distinct tech stories: the technical and economic challenges of building data centers in orbit, the emerging right‑wing push to shape AI regulation and policy, and a puzzling historical mystery surrounding the Gemini space program. Experts discuss...

In this episode, licensing and legal advisor Roanie Levy of CCC explains how generative AI is reshaping copyright risk management for regulated industries, highlighting challenges such as Shadow AI, input‑output risk, and common fair‑use misunderstandings. She outlines practical strategies—including collective...

In this episode, host Kyle Polich and postdoc researcher Alberto Carlo Mario Mancino discuss DataRec, a Python library that automates dataset downloading, checksum verification, and standardized filtering for recommender‑system benchmarks such as MovieLens, Last.fm, and Amazon reviews. They highlight how...

The episode explores how AI’s rapid advancement—evident in tools like Claude 4.5 writing most code—creates dangerous outcomes and is driven by market‑dominance incentives rather than purely subscription revenue. Tristan Harris argues that AI companies prioritize user engagement and data collection to...

In this episode, Michael Walrath, CEO of Yext, explains how brands must adapt to a "post‑human" web where AI‑driven answer engines dominate search. He outlines strategies such as using structured data, intent‑based optimization, and granular content to ensure AI discoverability,...

In this episode, Sarah Guo talks with Benchling co‑founder and CEO Sajith Wickramasekara about the systemic bottlenecks in drug development and how Benchling’s AI‑driven platform is reshaping biotech R&D. Wickramasekara explains how AI agents and simulation can speed up experiments,...

The episode dissects Wonderful’s recent $100 million funding round, outlining how the capital will accelerate the deployment of autonomous AI agents for customer support. It highlights the technology’s potential to streamline service operations, reduce costs, and improve response times, while also...

In this episode, Runloop AI founder Jonathan Wall shares his founder journey and the challenges of building AI infrastructure, emphasizing the need for a new compute primitive designed for AI agents and the role of reinforcement learning in boosting performance. He...

In episode #755, Robin Braun of HPE and Luke Norris of Kamiwaza explore how AI orchestration can automate complex workflows for smart cities and enterprises, showcasing their Agentic Smart City project in Vail, Colorado, which tackles 508 web‑accessibility remediation, deed‑restriction...

In this episode, Mayor Matt Mahan and NVIDIA’s Jumbi Edulbehram discuss how San Jose is leveraging AI to make city operations smarter, from optimizing transit routes and providing real‑time meeting translation to upskilling municipal staff. They highlight concrete examples of AI‑driven...

In this episode the hosts explore AI’s growing influence and oddities, from two U.S. judges mistakenly citing AI‑generated case law to a Chinese humanoid robot dramatically shedding its skin onstage, and Toyota’s unsettling walking chair. They discuss Google’s plan to...

The episode examines Apple’s decision to pay Google $1 billion for a custom Gemini model to revive Siri after a series of generative‑AI missteps, high failure rates, and talent drain. It highlights how Apple’s lagged AI strategy hurt its market cap...

The episode dives into the controversy over OpenAI’s proposed government "backstop" policy, debates Microsoft’s push for a human‑centric superintelligence, and examines Google’s new approach to learning and education. It also highlights how AI is accelerating layoffs across industries and discusses...

In this episode, host explores how AI can automate repetitive marketing and social‑media tasks, freeing entrepreneurs to focus on strategy and growth. Guest Brittany Long, an AI coach, shares practical tools and workflows for content creation, scheduling, and analytics, emphasizing...

In this episode, Raúl Monroig, VP of People Organization for Bristol Myers Squibb’s Intercontinental region, discusses how global HR teams can harness enterprise AI to address workforce development challenges at scale. He highlights the rapid acceleration of AI adoption and argues...

In this episode, Vishal Gupta, Reddit’s engineering manager for machine learning, explains how the platform’s recommender systems have evolved from simple collaborative filtering to deep‑learning and large‑language‑model‑driven multimodal models that power both user feeds and ad relevance. He discusses the...

The episode explores how AI is bridging the gap between digital intelligence and physical action in robotics and manufacturing, highlighting NVIDIA’s role in enabling real‑time perception, simulation, and generative design for production lines. Industry pioneers discuss the integration of large...

In this 34‑minute pre‑game episode, NVIDIA’s GTC DC team explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping scientific research, highlighting its role as a core discovery tool in labs worldwide. They discuss concrete examples of AI accelerating breakthroughs in fields such as...

In this 34‑minute pre‑game episode, NVIDIA’s GTC DC series spotlights the AI infrastructure ecosystem, featuring leaders from energy, data‑center, and power‑system sectors who explain how the physical backbone—servers, cooling, electricity, and partner networks—enables today’s AI breakthroughs. The discussion highlights emerging...

The episode explores how agentic AI—intelligent systems that can plan, reason, and act—is transitioning from research labs to practical applications across diverse industries. Experts discuss real‑world use cases such as autonomous manufacturing optimization, AI‑driven drug discovery, and dynamic supply‑chain management,...

The episode surveys the current landscape of AI innovation, highlighting how emerging models, research breakthroughs, and open‑source collaborations are reshaping the field. Investors and startup founders discuss where the next durable wave of AI growth will originate, emphasizing sectors such...

In this episode, Jared Palmer—GitHub’s SVP and Microsoft’s VP of CoreAI—discusses the rapid evolution of coding agents, the launch of Agent HQ as a collaborative hub, and the breakthrough Next.js coding agent v0 that emerged from tight platform constraints. He...

The episode examines the evolving debate over government involvement in AI, sparked by OpenAI’s recent "backstop" comments and its AI Progress and Recommendations report. It breaks down arguments for and against bailouts, industrial policy, and compute subsidies, featuring perspectives from...

In this episode Dan and Chris examine the rapid expansion of AI across enterprises, manufacturing, healthcare and research, debating whether it represents a sustainable shift or a speculative bubble reminiscent of the dot‑com era. They highlight how AI is reshaping...

In this episode, Grant Lee, CEO of Gamma, explains how his team built the "anti‑PowerPoint" by treating presentations as a design problem rather than a slide‑deck upgrade, leveraging a culture of rapid A/B testing inherited from his Optimizely days. He...

In this episode, AI strategist Chris Duffy explains that successful AI adoption begins with people‑first governance rather than piling on tools. He outlines how to pinpoint genuine business bottlenecks, craft AI policies that are actually used, and leverage fractional Chief...
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In this episode, Google Labs product lead Jed Borovik walks through the creation of Jules, Google’s Gemini‑powered autonomous coding agent, and how it sits at the crossroads of DeepMind model research and product engineering. He explains how Google moved from...

The episode breaks down the rapidly expanding AI agent market, distinguishing true AI agents from chatbots and large language models, and outlines seven core categories of agents that businesses should know. It then highlights the top ten AI agents poised...

In this episode, Michael and Chris debate whether the current hype around AI constitutes a bubble while defending Sam Altman’s role and the practical value of AI in enterprise settings. They share personal experiments, from AI‑generated music to prank calls,...

Ellis and Alex open with a discussion about the Sources launch party and the challenges of late-stage extractionism before bringing on Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela. Valenzuela explains that the toughest hurdle in AI is aligning massive world models with human...

In the episode, Helen Toner, director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology and former OpenAI board member, explains that the United States and China are barely communicating on AI, hampering any joint governance of emerging AGI risks. She...

In this episode, Sonja Rincon, founder of MenoTracker, explains how AI-driven analytics and real‑world data are closing the gender gap in medical research by detecting overlooked women’s health patterns, building inclusive datasets from apps and wearables, and reducing perimenopause diagnosis...

In this episode, Vercel CTO Malte Ubl walks through the company’s AI‑first infrastructure, highlighting the new AI SDK 6.0, the agent ecosystem, and the Workflow Development Kit that makes serverless functions durable and human‑in‑the‑loop ready. He explains Vercel’s “dogfooding” philosophy, how...

In this episode, Emily Glassberg Sands, Stripe’s Head of Data & AI, explains how Stripe leverages AI at scale—using domain‑specific payment embeddings to boost fraud detection from 59% to 97% and launching the Agentic Commerce Protocol with OpenAI, now adopted...

In this episode, Holden Karnofsky explains how AI safety has shifted from abstract theorizing to a surge of concrete, shovel‑ready projects, highlighting 39 specific initiatives ranging from deceptive‑AI detection to AI‑human relationship policies. He argues that working inside frontier AI...

Ellis and Alex explore the concept of turning everyday life into an RPG video game before welcoming Eugenia Kuyda, CEO of Replika and Wabi, to discuss her new hyper‑personal app that lets users create custom AI experiences in five minutes....

In this episode, Remi Koscielny, CEO and co‑founder of Shen.AI, explains how AI and computer‑vision turn ordinary smartphone cameras into clinical‑grade, non‑invasive health monitors using remote photoplethysmography and ballistocardiography. He details the science behind detecting heart rate, blood pressure, stress...

Ellis and Alex discuss their weekend adventures and OpenAI's Atlas browser before interviewing Google Android chief Sameer Samat, who explains how headsets are a stepping stone toward AR glasses and how Gemini could evolve into a Jarvis-like AI assistant. Samat...

In this episode, SEO Optimisers founder Brandon Leibowitz explains how AI is reshaping digital marketing, covering AI‑driven SEO, content creation, predictive analytics, and personalized campaigns. He highlights top tools such as SurferSEO, Ahrefs, Keywords Everywhere, ChatGPT, and Google Gemini, and...

In this episode Paul and Martin cut through AI hype for marketers, emphasizing that generative search demands high‑quality, well‑structured content and strong distribution rather than chasing fleeting "AI SEO" tricks. They review Anthropic’s new Haiku 4.5 and Claude Skills, note Claude’s...

Kyle Corbitt, co‑founder and CEO of OpenPipe (recently acquired by CoreWeave), explains the industry’s shift from supervised fine‑tuning to reinforcement‑learning‑based agent training. He argues that 90% of AI projects stall not because of capability limits but due to reliability gaps,...

The episode explores the escalating battle between AI and cybercrime, highlighting how artificial intelligence serves as both a powerful defense tool and a new vulnerability. Guest Grant McCracken, founder of Dark Horse Security, explains how AI-driven detection, automated threat analysis,...

In this episode, Harrison Wade, co‑founder of Succession Bio, discusses how AI can transform sales and marketing in the life‑sciences sector, emphasizing that AI is not a shortcut but a tool that requires deep context, human creativity, and a new...