Today's Top Episodes
How Humans Will Earn in the AI Economy with Jordan Gray from Public AI
Will AI steal your job or create new opportunities? Discover how humans will thrive in the evolving AI economy.
Introducing: The Mishal Husain Show
Go beyond the headlines with Mishal Husain as she uncovers the ideas shaping our world, featuring exclusive interviews with global power players.
A Tiny Plot to Call Home
Discover how tiny homes are making a huge difference, offering hope and a fresh start for homeless veterans.
How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren
Are your developer productivity metrics outdated? Learn how to accurately measure and boost your team's performance in the AI era.
Version History: Sony Watchman
Remember the Sony Watchman? Take a trip down memory lane and rediscover the iconic personal TV that changed how we watched on the go.
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Inside The $2.2B AI Research Accelerator | Turing
Duration: 00:49:57
October 10, 2025
- Turing is positioned as the leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs, moving beyond traditional data labeling to strategically advance models in multimodality, reasoning, tool use, and coding.
- The company emphasizes that the industry has shifted from needing simple data to requiring hard, realistic, and diverse data that can break models and mirror real-world usage.
- Touring is also helping enterprises build proprietary intelligence, using custom models fine-tuned with their data and human expertise to automate workflows and gain a competitive edge.
Base Power Raises $1B led by Addition, with Trust Ventures, Valor Equity, Thrive, Lightspeed, a16z, Altimeter, Stepstone, Elad Gil
Duration: 00:37:37
October 8, 2025
- Base has secured a billion-dollar Series C led by Addition, which will be used to scale operations, build new factories, and further develop their vertically integrated, capital-intensive business.
- A key aspect of Base's culture is its "chop wood, carry water" mentality, emphasizing hard work, hands-on involvement from leadership, and a bias towards action over excessive strategizing.
- Base addresses the growing energy bottleneck in AI by rapidly deploying battery storage without traditional interconnection queues, offering innovative solutions like "speed to power" to provide faster access to megawatts for data centers.
Epirus & Galvanick CEOs on the Future of Defense & Cyberattacks
Duration: 00:53:45
October 5, 2025
- America's strength lies in its ability to be an "underdog comeback king," requiring clever strategies rather than simply trying to match China's manufacturing volume.
- The increasing militarization of consumer electronics, particularly drones, highlights the need to re-industrialize in America and address supply chain gaps, especially for components like high-powered amplifiers.
- Galvanic addresses the critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in operational technology (OT) by providing real-time data analysis and threat detection, essential for protecting the U.S. industrial base.
Keith Rabois: Lessons from the PayPal Mafia
Duration: 00:38:23
September 19, 2025
- The key to success, as illustrated by the PayPal Mafia, is identifying your comparative advantage and relentlessly focusing on being "the only one who does what you do".
- A crucial factor in both mentoring and investing is identifying individuals with a non-zero chance of changing the world, who possess a rare combination of traits or excel exceptionally in a specific attribute.
- Building an elite company culture requires intentionally creating a "cult" with a unique worldview, prioritizing an Olympian work ethic, and emphasizing the importance of being physically present and collaborative.
Keith Rabois on Fixing Opendoor ($OPEN)
Duration: 00:24:00
September 15, 2025
- Open Door is initially focusing on markets outside the Bay Area, such as Phoenix, Portland, and Dallas, because the Bay Area's real estate dynamics (e.g., quick sales, high median home values) make it an unsuitable testing ground for their model.
- While Open Door can draw some high level conceptual learnings from companies like DoorDash, the company's business model is different from the on-demand economy, so they are not directly applying city expansion strategies from other startups.
- One surprising challenge for Open Door is already encountering complications with office space; securing suitable space with flexible terms is proving difficult and strategically important due to the significant financial and cultural impact of long-term real estate commitments.
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on their Blockbuster Comeback
Duration: 01:00:14
September 12, 2025
- Klarna's CEO emphasized the company's move towards becoming a broader retail banking and digital financial assistant, aiming to disrupt the excess profits in the current market.
- A key to Klarna's restructuring success with AI involved empowering employees to experiment and identify valuable applications, rather than dictating solutions from the top, leading to improved productivity by harmonizing information.
- The company's distinctive branding and marketing, including the "smooth" aesthetic and celebrity endorsements, are intended to build trust with a new generation that is wary of traditional banking.
EXCLUSIVE: Quantumโs SpaceX Moment? Ashlee Vance on PsiQuantumโs Moonshot
Duration: 00:25:39
September 11, 2025
- Ashley highlights that quantum computing has made significant progress in cubit production, moving from a rare achievement to a more common capability.
- Pete emphasizes that Scyquantum's mission to build a truly useful quantum computer and their unwavering commitment to this goal, attracts top talent and investment.
- The conversation touches upon the challenges of transitioning from academic research to product development in quantum computing, noting the difficulty in knowing when to stop engineering and start building.
PsiQuantumโs $1B Series E, Nvidia, & the Race to 1 Million Qubits
Duration: 01:57:47
September 10, 2025
- SciQuantum secured nearly $2 billion in funding by rejecting incremental approaches and focusing exclusively on developing technologies for a commercially viable, million-qubit quantum computer.
- The company aims to revolutionize industries like pharmaceuticals, materials, and energy by creating a quantum "oracle" capable of solving problems that conventional supercomputers cannot.
- SciQuantum is leveraging existing semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure, epitomized by its collaboration with Global Foundaries, to accelerate development and scale to a million qubits by the end of 2027.
Ashlee Vance: Stories from Elon, Palmer Luckey, Bryan Johnson & Priscilla Chan
Duration: 00:30:32
September 8, 2025
- The guest highlighted that persistence and focus on high-impact priorities were key lessons learned from observing Elon Musk's work ethic.
- The conversation explored Brian Johnson's evolution from a "thin-skinned" individual to someone who embraces criticism as part of his transhumanist lifestyle.
- Quantum computing and fusion were identified as areas where it's exceptionally difficult to distinguish genuine progress from hype, even for tech reporters.
The CEOs Behind Americaโs Next Frontier in Air & Sea Travel
Duration: 01:12:31
September 7, 2025
- Archer is capitalizing on the creation of a new FAA aircraft category to build a rapidly scalable industry with both civilian and defense applications.
- Regent Defense is expanding its Sea Glider business to provide the military with a stealthy, eight-times-faster transportation alternative for contested logistics in critical theaters.
- Ark Boats is re-industrializing the maritime industry by focusing on vertically integrated, electric power trains, software integration, and AI-powered manufacturing to create higher-performing boats with enhanced user experiences.