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AI Podcasts

January 14, 2026

Identity for AI Agents - Patrick Riley & Carlos Galan, Auth0

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from interactive chat to autonomous "task runners" requires a shift from session-based identity to delegated, long-term authorization.
  2. Implement the Token Vault pattern to decouple your agent logic from the mess of OAuth token refreshing.
  3. In the next year, the "Agentic Web" will live or die by trust. If you cannot prove an agent is authorized to act, it is just a fancy toy.
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January 15, 2026

AI and the Future of Warfare with US Under Secretary of War Emil Michael

No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: The Great Re-Shoring. National security now depends on domestic production of critical minerals and semiconductors.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Build for Scale. Prioritize manufacturing competence over pure software features to win government contracts.
  3. The Bottom Line: The defense industrial base is being rebuilt from the ground up. The next decade belongs to the builders who can merge Silicon Valley speed with the Pentagon's scale.
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January 15, 2026

Ben & Marc: Why Everything Is About to Get 10x Bigger

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from software eating the world to AI reinventing the computer means every existing market cap is a floor.
  2. Prioritize the non-fungible creator by providing monetization tools that bypass legacy gatekeepers.
  3. We are entering a period of asymmetric payoffs where the art of picking original thinkers matters more than historical data.
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January 13, 2026

Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle | Lex Fridman Podcast #489

Lex Fridman

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: Biological Sovereignty. As global systems destabilize, the Amazon remains the most critical piece of biological infrastructure on the planet.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Support Jungle Keepers. Direct capital to organizations that convert loggers into rangers to secure land concessions.
  3. The Amazon is a finite asset under active siege. Protecting it requires a blend of primitive survival skills and high-tech surveillance over the next 18 months.
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January 12, 2026

Jensen Huang says robots will have human capabilities this year! The Robots at CES Had.. Other Plans

Turing Post

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Pivot: As generative AI masters simulation, the physical world becomes a high-fidelity playground for software.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Invest in the "brain" layer rather than the "limb" layer. Software that can generalize across different hardware forms will capture the most value.
  3. The next decade belongs to embodied AI that reasons in real time. If you are waiting for the hardware to look perfect before paying attention, you will miss the moment the software takes over the physical world.
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January 12, 2026

Your MCP Server is Bad (and you should feel bad) - Jeremiah Lowin, Prefect

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Pivot: Context as Product. We are moving from raw data transport to opinionated context delivery.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Prune your endpoints. Remove any tool that requires more than one step to achieve a business result.
  3. The Bottom Line: The winners of the agentic era will be those who build the best Agentic Interface Guidelines.
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January 12, 2026

OpenAI + @Temporalio : Building Durable, Production Ready Agents - Cornelia Davis, Temporal

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The industry is moving from "Agent as a Script" to "Agent as a Durable Service" where state management is handled by the infrastructure.
  2. Wrap your existing API tools in the `activity_as_tool` function to gain automatic retries and execution history.
  3. Reliability is the only moat in the agentic economy. If your agent cannot survive a server restart during a three-day task, it is not ready for the enterprise.
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January 13, 2026

How Ladder Became #1 Strength Training App

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: The move from fragmented content libraries to integrated health systems where AI synthesizes biomarkers and movement.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Construct internal LLM tools to categorize qualitative feedback. This turns thousands of raw reviews into a precise roadmap.
  3. The Bottom Line: Building a $100M ARR consumer app requires mastery of both growth loops and product retention. Solve for the daily habit to win the long game.
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January 13, 2026

Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from general-purpose AI to specialized application layers. As foundation models commoditize, value migrates to the "fat tail" of human-centric complexity.
  2. Prioritize building or investing in "DNA of the future" companies that incumbents must eventually acquire to survive. Focus on winning the "point of attack" by staying deep in the technical details.
  3. We are in a unique market where demand growth justifies high valuations. Success over the next year depends on identifying founders who are the absolute best in the world at one specific thing.
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Crypto Podcasts

February 17, 2026

FTX Changed Finance — Now Institutions Want What Crypto Built

The DCo Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Investigate platforms offering regulated perpetual futures on traditional assets. These venues are positioned to capture significant institutional flow by combining crypto's product innovation with TradFi's risk management.
  2. The global financial system is bifurcating, with a clear trend towards regulated, institutional-grade venues for all tradable assets, including novel ones like compute power.
  3. The future of finance involves crypto-native products like perpetuals, but their mass adoption by institutions hinges on robust regulation and superior risk management.
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February 17, 2026

AI Capex Meets SaaS Apocalypse, 18-Month Bear Market & Bitcoin vs Quantum

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: AI's productivity gains are consolidating power and profits within vertically integrated tech giants, fundamentally altering the competitive landscape for software and infrastructure providers.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Re-evaluate SaaS investments, favoring mega-cap tech companies poised to absorb former SaaS revenues through internal AI-driven development. For crypto, identify and accumulate projects with genuine revenue generation during the bear market.
  3. The Bottom Line: Position your portfolio for a world where AI drives corporate insourcing, crypto valuations reset to fundamentals, and core digital assets like Bitcoin undergo necessary technical upgrades to survive future threats.
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February 17, 2026

VVV, CFTC and Morpho | Livestream

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Traditional finance is integrating with crypto, but often on its own terms, demanding more transparency from protocols while VCs continue to deploy significant capital into specific, high-potential crypto and AI intersections.
  2. Scrutinize institutional "partnerships" for concrete terms and evaluate protocols based on their true moat against easy forks or platform risk.
  3. The market is bifurcating: clear regulatory wins for specific crypto applications (like prediction markets) and innovative AI/crypto plays are attracting capital, while opaque TradFi deals and general L1 infrastructure face increased scrutiny. Position for clarity and genuine value accrual.
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February 17, 2026

RWA Looping, Crypto Market Structure Bill, & Vaults - Sean Kelley

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The digitization of finance is accelerating, with institutional capital now actively seeking onchain yield and efficiency. This is creating a competitive pressure cooker for traditional banks, while opening vast opportunities for nimble DeFi protocols.
  2. Focus on protocols building robust RWA infrastructure and those providing deep liquidity for tokenized treasuries. These are the picks and shovels for the coming institutional capital wave.
  3. The fight for stablecoin yield and institutional adoption will define the next 6-12 months. Position yourself to capitalize on the inevitable flow of capital from TradFi to transparent, yield-bearing onchain assets, even if it's just a fraction of the total.
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February 17, 2026

Neo Finance 'N7' Outperforming, Apollo x Morpho, Frax Joins The Show, Bullet Mainnet & Gmoney Calls

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Explore DeFi protocols in the N7 index (Morpho, Frax, Aave, etc.) for early exposure to institutional capital flows and RWA looping opportunities.
  2. Experiment with AI agents to automate content creation, research, and even software development, drastically cutting operational costs.
  3. The financial system is bifurcating into a "Neo Finance" layer where tokenized real-world assets are integrated with DeFi primitives, and an "AI-augmented" layer where autonomous agents supercharge individual and small team productivity.
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February 16, 2026

Doug Sillard: Taostats, Bittensor Dynamic TAO, Chain Buys, MEV Bots & TaoFlow Explained | Ep. 82

Ventura Labs

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Bittensor is transitioning from a purely experimental decentralized AI network to a performance-driven marketplace, demanding real-world utility and robust economic models from its subnets.
  2. Builders launching subnets must secure initial TAO liquidity and a clear, executable product roadmap from day one to navigate the competitive landscape and achieve emission.
  3. The network's continuous adaptation, from chain buys to MEV mitigation, signals a commitment to long-term stability and value.
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