No Need for Ctrl+C when You Have MCP
In this episode, Ryan Donovan interviews David Soria Parra, co‑creator of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and a technical staff member at Anthropic. They discuss the origin of MCP as a solution to the copy‑paste friction when using LLMs, its evolution into an open protocol that lets AI applications seamlessly connect to diverse data sources, and the design of its primitives—prompts, resources, and tools—along with challenges around authentication, OAuth, and security. David explains how the protocol balances flexibility for AI models with deterministic client behavior, and how the community is shaping its future through open‑source implementations and gateways. The conversation also touches on the broader implications for AI safety and trustworthy data handling.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+, S26, Buds4, and Buds4 Pro Hands-On and First Impressions with Nirave Gondhia of House of...
In this episode of the Mobile Tech Podcast, host Mariam Joir and Samsung expert Nirav Gondhia dive into hands‑on impressions of the newly unveiled Galaxy S26 lineup—including the Ultra, Plus, standard S26, Buds4, and Buds4 Pro. They highlight the Ultra’s...
The AI Trade Is Global: Derek Yan on Dollar Weakness, EM Tech, and Hidden Concentration Risk
In this episode, host Melanie Schaefer and CraneShares senior investment strategist Derek Yan discuss how the concentration of U.S. mega‑cap stocks is driving investors to seek diversification in emerging markets (EM), especially as the dollar shows signs of weakening. Yan...
Perplexity Max Debuts Multi-AI Agent Tool
The episode breaks down Perplexity's new Max plan, a cloud‑based multi‑AI agent that can orchestrate up to 19 different models and even spawn sub‑agents to complete complex, multi‑step tasks like financial analysis or legal research. While the tool is aimed...
Mike White: Academia and Genomics in the 21st Century
In a recent Unsupervised Learning episode, Razib Khan interviews Washington University genetics professor Mike White about his lab’s work on the biophysical architecture of regulatory DNA. White’s interdisciplinary approach combines functional genomics, synthetic biology, computational biology and deep‑learning to predict...
Suno Hits $300M ARR: AI's Impact on the Music Industry
The episode explores the rapid rise of AI-generated music, spotlighting Suno's milestone of 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue, as well as Google's new Lyria 3 model. It discusses how tools like Suno enable creators to generate full...
Suno Hits $300M ARR: AI's Impact on the Music Industry
The episode explores the rapid rise of AI-generated music, focusing on Suno's milestone of 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million ARR, and Google's new Lyria 3 model. The host explains Suno's user-friendly tools for creating full tracks from simple prompts or vocal...
ISS Demonstration: A Tow Truck for Space.
In this episode of T‑Minus, host Maria Varmazas interviews Troy Morris, CEO and co‑founder of KMI, about the company’s successful in‑space demonstration of its articulated “tow‑truck” arms aboard the ISS. The demo involved over 200 days of testing, capturing unprepared...
AI's Role in the Future of Robotics: Insights From 3Laws
In episode 233 of The Robot Report, hosts Steve Crow and Mike Oitzman discuss the explosive growth of AI funding, highlighted by OpenAI’s $110 billion raise, and its implications for robotics. They interview Andrew Singletary and Amir Sharif of Three Laws...
Circuit Breakers: The First Responders of the Grid
In this episode of Schweitzer Drive, Dave Whitehead talks with Kylan Robinson, Engineering Director at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, about circuit breakers—the essential devices that isolate and clear faults in power systems. They explain how breakers work, from household bimetallic and...
Your Creators Aren’t Lazy — Your Incentives Are Broken
In this episode, Brywin (CMO) and Parker (CEO) dive into the biggest challenge brands face on TikTok Shop: how to properly incentivize creators. They outline a four‑layer incentive framework—GMV leaderboard rewards, volume completion bonuses, fast‑mover contests, and daily raffle draws—to...
Airbnb Integrates AI Features & Customer Support Overhaul
The episode explores Airbnb's rollout of AI-driven features across search, discovery, and customer support, with hosts Jamie and Jane discussing how conversational AI could transform property searches into natural language queries and enable sponsored listings. They highlight competitive pressures from...
7MS #711: How to Secure Your Community
In this inaugural episode of the "How to Secure Your Community" series, host Brian Johnson recounts his personal experience with Operation Metro Surge, a massive federal ICE deployment in the Twin Cities that began in December 2025. He describes the...
#717 Unifying Rural Fire Districts with Reno County, KS
Reno County, Kansas officials County Administrator Randy Partington and Emergency Management Director Adam Weishar discuss the decade‑long effort to consolidate eight rural fire districts into a single, county‑wide fire service. They explain how volunteer shortages, inconsistent training, equipment disparities, and...
SAF Insights: Introducing Argus' SAF & HVO Fob Straits Assessments
In this episode, Argus’s Sarah and VP of Business Development Alfonso introduce the new FOB Strait of Malacca price assessments for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in the Asia‑Pacific region. They explain why the assessments are...
Collective Altruism in Recommender Systems
In this episode, Data Skeptic talks with MIT PhD student Kat about how users can collectively manipulate recommender systems and why such coordinated actions can actually benefit the platforms. Kat explains her research that frames recommender algorithms as multi‑agent games,...
AI Agents and the Future of Global Trade with Alibaba’s Kuo Zhang - Ep. 291
In this episode, Kuo Zhang, President of Alibaba.com, explains how the platform’s new AI agent, Axio, is transforming global B2B trade by handling complex sourcing tasks, from interpreting natural‑language requests to managing compliance, logistics, and supplier communication. He highlights real‑world...
AI for Scientists, FDA Reverses Course, and Advances in Cancer Therapeutics
The episode covers three main business stories: Tamarin Bio’s $13.6M Series A to build an AI model‑coordination platform that makes tools like AlphaFold accessible to wet‑lab biologists; the FDA’s reversal on Moderna’s mRNA‑1010 seasonal flu vaccine, spurring a modest stock...
Episode 146: Embodied AI on the ISS - Jamie Palmer
In this episode, Claire Asher talks with Jamie Palmer, co‑founder and CTO of Icarus Robotics, about developing free‑flying, dexterous robots to assist astronauts on the ISS and future commercial stations. Palmer explains how the robots—essentially microgravity drones with manipulators—are being...
Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School
In this episode, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, and their panel dissect the accelerating impact of AI on the labor market, highlighting concerns that automation is displacing jobs across sectors. They also unpack recent developments: the Pentagon’s legal clash with Anthropic,...
Nvidia Dumps: A Big Signal or Just an Options Vol Crush? Also, a Rare Earth Rabbit Hole.
The episode dissected Nvidia's post‑earnings sell‑off, debating whether the drop reflects a broader warning about AI‑driven capex sustainability or simply a volatility crush from massive call‑option exposure ahead of expiration. Hosts highlighted divergent market moves, with large‑cap AI names falling...
Using AI to Train Space Warfighters
In this episode, Tom Patton talks with Dr. Belinda Merchan, Chief Scientist at Slingshot Aerospace, about how AI is transforming space warfare training. Traditional training relied on scripted scenarios, but Slingshot’s agentic AI uses physics‑based models and proprietary tracking data...
AI for Better Customer Connections in CX - with Joe Atamian of Comcast
In this episode, Joe Atamian, VP of Inside Sales at Comcast, explains how contact centers lose customer context when interactions jump across IVR, chat, and voice, leading to frustration, longer handle times, and eroded trust. He advocates an AI‑first approach...
Can We Build Data Centers Fast Enough? | Episode 3 - Live at KickStart Europe 2026
In this live episode from KickStart Europe, Greenscale’s senior procurement director Miriam van Koperen and Unica Data Centers’ VP of sales and marketing Luke Spin discuss the intense pressure to deliver data centers within 12‑14 months, highlighting supply‑chain bottlenecks, the need for...
No Fault, No Claims Adjuster, No Friction: Randel Bennett on the Future of Guarantees
In this episode, InsurTech Leadership host Josh interviews Randall Bennett, CEO and co‑founder of Quixen, about the company’s embedded, parametric production guarantees for commercial solar projects. Bennett explains how Quixen partners with solar installers and prime contractors to offer a...
507: When Org Design Shapes Strategy
In this episode, Charles Groom (VP of Marketing at Insightful) and Heather Atkins (CMO of Trimble) discuss how modern CMOs can design marketing organizations that stay agile amid rapid tech change, shifting buyer behavior, and tighter budgets. They introduce a...
Nano Banana 2 Is Here! Gemini-3 Shutdown & The AI Layoff Myth | EP99.36
The episode dives into Google’s new image generation model, Nano Banana 2, highlighting its roughly 50% lower cost and faster performance compared to its predecessor, especially for high‑resolution outputs. Hosts discuss real‑world usage, noting improvements in instruction following, the usefulness...
Better Satellite World: From Classroom to Community, Episode 4: What Makes the Signal Hold?
In this episode, Tamara Bond‑Williams talks with Vaibhav Magal, VP of the International Division at Hughes, about what makes satellite‑based school connectivity reliable, scalable and sustainable across emerging markets. They explain why schools are prioritized as community hubs, the technical...
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[LIVE] Anthropic Distillation & How Models Cheat (SWE-Bench Dead) | Nathan Lambert & Sebastian Raschka
In this live SAIL episode, Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka discuss the recent Anthropic blog post about distributed distillation attacks, where Chinese labs allegedly used Anthropic's APIs to generate synthetic data for training competing models. They explain the concept of...
How States Can Best Prepare for the Approaching DOJ Accessibility Deadline
In this episode, NACIO policy analyst Kalia Young‑Gibson outlines how states can prepare for the DOJ’s upcoming accessibility compliance deadline on April 24, 2026. She highlights the recent accessibility officer summit, a forthcoming NACIO guide that maps policy through different...
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman
In this episode, Jared Gaiman, co‑founder of Boxed and current CEO of Spresso, recounts the rise of Boxed from a $187 M e‑commerce business to its Chapter 11 filing and subsequent pivot to a $5 M ARR SaaS model focused on enterprise software...
🎥 MSCI's Luke Flemmer - "Bringing Clarity to Investment Decisions"
In this episode, Luke Flemmer, head of private assets at MSCI, explains how standardizing and normalizing data can unlock transparency, price formation, and liquidity in private markets, drawing parallels to past evolutions in bonds, FX, and equities. He argues that...
The Good Robot Podcast: The Role of Designers in AI Ethics with Tomasz Hollanek
In this episode, research fellow Tomasz Hollanek explains critical design studies, showing how it encourages both users and designers to question power dynamics and the assumptions behind AI systems. He argues that "good" technology is context‑dependent and that purposeful friction—or...
Drug Dealin Ep. 9: Using AI to Find Novel Treatment Options
In Episode 9 of Drug Dealin, hosts Kenny and Shibu demonstrate how patients can use publicly available tools like ClinicalTrials.gov and AI language models to uncover novel treatment options, focusing on a hypothetical Parkinson’s disease case inspired by a TV...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Surviving the AI Slop-Pocalypse
In this episode, hosts discuss the looming impact of AI-driven automation on white‑collar work, referencing a viral speculative essay about a 2028 AI crisis and its economic fallout. They explore how agentic AI could collapse B2B SaaS models, reduce demand...
Nuclear Fuel: The Most Sophisticated Industrial Product You've Never Learned About
In this episode, host decouple talks with nuclear fuel expert Michael Seeley about the unique nature of nuclear fuel, its manufacturing, and the evolution of fuel reliability. They explain how uranium dioxide pellets and zirconium cladding work together to contain...
What Are True to the Core Deep Dives at TDX?
In this episode of the Salesforce Admins Podcast, host Kate Lessard explains the new "True to the Core" deep‑dive sessions debuting at TDX, which are built from community feedback to explore core platform topics like Flow, Automation, and Lightning Web...
#199: AI Answers - Do Custom GPTs Still Matter? AI Output Validation, 2026 Job Disruption, Preventing Burnout, and Build Vs....
In this AI Answers episode, hosts Paul Reitzer and Kathy McPhillips field 15 live questions from their Intro to AI class, covering topics such as structured prompting, the relevance of prompt libraries, and the practical value of custom GPTs. They...
Employment Rights Act 2025 - Why HR Should Review Its Probationary Process Before July 2026
In this episode of the Bright Mind Podcast, host Robert Shaw and Brightmine Principal Editor Stephen Simpson break down the Employment Rights Act 2025, focusing on the reduction of the unfair dismissal qualifying period from two years to six months...
How Capital Is Powering the AI Infrastructure Buildout with Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari
In this episode, Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari explains how his firm finances the massive AI compute infrastructure boom, leveraging its expertise in private credit, real‑estate, and energy assets. He details innovative financing structures—such as SPV debt backed by...
Defining, Measuring, and Communicating the Value of AI
In this Technovation episode, a panel of CIOs discusses how to define, measure, and communicate AI value, sharing real‑world approaches from Ally Financial and Avery Dennison. Satish Muthukrishnan describes Ally’s cautious, 18‑month rollout of Ally.ai, emphasizing risk‑based governance, human‑in‑the‑loop design, and...
Ecommerce: Your Ads Are Boring And Facebook Is Punishing You
In this episode of the Hammersley Brothers e‑commerce podcast, Mark and Ian dissect why many e‑commerce ads fail to scale, focusing on the concept that "your ads are boring." They explain that both Meta (Facebook) and Google act as "gorilla"...
The ERP Minute Episode 226 - February 24th, 2026
In this brief episode, host Rebecca McCabe highlights Sage Intacct's new AI-powered features for finance teams, including a finance intelligence agent, close automation, cash intelligence, and a data cloud, aimed at reducing system switching and enhancing decision‑making. She also covers...
SeedDance 2.0: AI Video Generator
The episode dives into ByteDance's new AI video generator, SeedDance 2.0, highlighting its impressive quality, lack of copyright filters, and the backlash from Hollywood over potential trademark and deep‑fake violations. Hosts discuss practical uses—from filmmakers and advertisers to YouTubers and...
Legal Speak Presents "The Supreme Court Brief Spotlight" - Adam Unikowsky
In this episode of Legal Speak, Supreme Court litigator Adam Unikowski discusses the rapid adoption of AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude in high‑court advocacy. He describes experiments where AI generated oral arguments and answered justices’ questions, highlighting AI’s speed,...
David’s Bridal Is Turning 300 Wedding Tasks Into One Click | eTail West 2026
In this OmniTalk Retail interview at eTail West 2026, David’s Bridal CEO Kelly Cook outlines the company’s “Aisle to Algorithm” strategy, an AI‑driven, asset‑light approach that condenses the 300‑task wedding planning process into a single click. She describes the “tech...
Solving Furniture Decision Fatigue Through AI and Retail Partnerships at Furniture.com | eTail West 2026
In this episode, Ann Mazinga chats with Alex Seaman, SVP and co‑founder of Furniture.com, about the platform’s AI‑driven solution to furniture‑shopping decision fatigue. Furniture.com aggregates dozens of trusted retailers into a single, agentic checkout experience, using AI to standardize product...
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[Episode #270] – View From the Energy Transitions Commission
In this episode, host Chris Nelder talks with Lord Adair Turner, co‑chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), about the commission’s role as a cross‑sector coalition that produces techno‑economic roadmaps for net‑zero pathways. Turner explains how the ETC balances diverse...
BREAKING: Inside Nooks’ Launch: Why AI-Native Sales Tools Are Challenging Legacy Platforms, with Co-Founder & CEO Dan Lee
In this episode, Dan Lee, co‑founder and CEO of Nooks, unveils the new Agent Workspace and AI Sequences, explaining how AI‑native tools are reshaping the top‑of‑funnel sales process. He contrasts Nooks with legacy sequencing platforms, highlighting its ability to automate...
Building a Global Legal Operations Community With Anne Graue & Colin McCarthy
In this episode, hosts Mark and Pepe talk with legal operations veterans Colin McCarthy and Anne Graue about launching OLC, a new global legal‑operations community. They discuss their complementary backgrounds—Colin’s experience building the Legal Operators community in the U.S. and...
