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AI Podcasts

December 18, 2025

AI Consulting in Practice – NLW, Super ai

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Agent Economy is Here: Enterprises are moving past pilots with AI agents. Builders should focus on orchestration layers and human-agent interaction design.
  2. ROI Measurement is the Next Frontier: Investors should look for solutions that help organizations accurately track and attribute AI value beyond traditional metrics.
  3. Strategic AI, Not Spot Solutions: The biggest wins come from systematic, cross-organizational AI strategies that target new capabilities and revenue growth, not just incremental time savings.
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December 18, 2025

How to build an AI native company (even if your company is 50 years old) – Dan Shipper, Every

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The 100% AI adoption threshold is a step-function change, not incremental. Companies that commit fully will outpace those with partial integration.
  2. Builders should prioritize "compounding engineering" by codifying knowledge into reusable prompts. This builds an organizational memory that accelerates future development exponentially.
  3. Re-evaluate team structures and roles. Single engineers can own complex products, and even technical managers can contribute code, shifting how organizations operate.
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December 17, 2025

“How We Can Eliminate Crime” | Ben Horowitz and Garrett Langley

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Effective crime reduction requires a shift from reactive punishment to proactive, intelligence-driven deterrence, making it highly probable for criminals to be caught.
  2. The market for AI-powered public safety technology, particularly solutions that integrate data for precision and accountability, presents a significant opportunity. Public-private partnerships are a key funding mechanism.
  3. Over the next 6-12 months, expect to see more cities adopt advanced surveillance and AI tools, driven by private funding, as they seek to improve safety and address staffing shortages without resorting to ineffective, broad-stroke policies.
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December 18, 2025

Two Futures | Runtime 2025

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The next decade will be defined by who builds the core infrastructure for intelligence. This is where the most significant value and influence will accrue.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Direct capital and talent towards foundational AI components—chips, models, and interoperable systems. Avoid the temptation to only build at the application layer.
  3. The So What?: The window for shaping the future of intelligence is now. Engage in the deepest, most complex challenges to secure a footprint in this new era.
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December 18, 2025

The EU and the not-so-simple macroeconomics of AI – Luis Garicano

Epoch AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The global AI race is a zero-sum game for foundational models. Europe's best strategy is a "smart second mover" approach, focusing on the implementation layer by ensuring interoperability and data portability.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Invest in AI that achieves true autonomy and enhances expert productivity. Be wary of markets stifled by over-regulation, which can impede AI adoption and growth.
  3. The "So What?": Europe faces a critical juncture. Without embracing AI-driven growth, its demographic and debt problems will worsen, leading to higher interest rates without the corresponding economic expansion.
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December 18, 2025

SAM 3: The Eyes for AI — Nikhila & Pengchuan (Meta Superintelligence), ft. Joseph Nelson (Roboflow)

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Vision AI Democratization: SAM 3 lowers the barrier for sophisticated vision tasks, making advanced segmentation and tracking accessible for a wider range of applications.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Focus on domain-specific adaptations and tooling that enhance human-AI interaction for ambiguous visual concepts. The "last mile" of user intent is a key differentiator.
  3. The "So What?": SAM 3 accelerates the development of multimodal AI, particularly in robotics and video analysis, by providing a robust, scalable visual foundation for the next generation of intelligent systems.
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December 16, 2025

Humanoid Robots: Hype vs Reality in 2026 | Rerun CEO

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Shift: The next frontier in robotics is less about pure algorithmic breakthroughs and more about building robust, scalable data infrastructure and full-stack product systems that can handle the messy physical world.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Prioritize companies solving the "boring" but critical data and systems problems. Look for practical, "scrappy" companies deploying robots in specific industrial niches, rather than just those with flashy, general-purpose demos.
  3. The "So What?": The gap between impressive demos and deployable products will narrow over the next 6-12 months as data pipelines mature and product-focused companies gain traction. Expect to see more robust, self-correcting robots performing longer, more complex tasks in controlled environments.
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December 16, 2025

Nvidia's Generative AI ecosystem supporting Japan's sovereign AI

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Ecosystem Dominance: NVIDIA's strategy extends beyond hardware; they are building an end-to-end ecosystem of software, open-source models, and direct support, making them indispensable for national AI initiatives.
  2. Builder Opportunity: Leverage NVIDIA's open-source Blueprints for agentic AI and Nemotron models for high-performance, customizable solutions. Prioritize local context in model training and data.
  3. Strategic Imperative: Sovereign AI is a growing global trend. Nations and companies that can build and control AI tailored to their specific cultural, linguistic, and regulatory environments will gain a significant advantage in the coming years.
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December 16, 2025

Build reliable AI agents using W&B Training

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The democratization of RL fine-tuning will accelerate the development and deployment of more reliable and sophisticated AI agents across industries.
  2. Builders should explore open-source LLMs combined with RL fine-tuning as a cost-effective strategy to achieve specific performance benchmarks, especially where latency and cost are critical.
  3. Platforms abstracting infrastructure complexity and providing integrated tooling for the entire AI development lifecycle are crucial for the next phase of AI agent deployment.
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Crypto Podcasts

November 13, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 144 - SCORE Subnet 44

Hash Rate pod - Bittensor $TAO & Subnets

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Privacy is Paramount. SCORE’s use of TEEs for a private data track is the key that unlocks enterprise adoption, proving that decentralized networks can handle sensitive information securely.
  2. The 1/10th Price Model Wins. Leveraging Bittensor’s incentive structure allows subnets to radically undercut legacy competitors on price without sacrificing quality, opening up previously inaccessible markets.
  3. Tie Rewards to Revenue. The most sustainable tokenomic model directly links network emissions to real-world cash flow, ensuring the subnet's economy is grounded in tangible business success, not just speculation.
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November 12, 2025

Lean Ethereum: How L1 Reaches 10k TPS | Beast Mode & Fort Mode

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Ethereum's New Offense:** Lean Ethereum marks a strategic pivot from a defensive, decentralization-first posture to an offensive "Beast Mode," targeting 10,000 TPS on L1—a 500x increase—to become the settlement layer for all of finance.
  2. **The Validator Role is Evolving:** The future validator will verify tiny cryptographic proofs on cheap hardware (like a smartphone), not execute massive blocks. This radical shift, enabled by ZK-EVMs, simultaneously boosts scale and decentralization.
  3. **L1 Scaling is Now Possible Without Centralization:** Unlike competitors who scale by using powerful hardware in data centers, Ethereum's use of SNARKs allows it to scale L1 while *decreasing* hardware requirements, reinforcing its core value proposition.
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November 11, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 142 - Targon (Subnet 4) Update

Hash Rate pod - Bittensor $TAO & Subnets

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Proof-of-Work Is Now Verifiable. Targon’s TVM introduces a new primitive for Bittensor, making "proof of useful work" cryptographically verifiable. This technology could become the network’s standard, eliminating fraud and ensuring capital flows to genuine contributors.
  2. The Internal Economy Is the Main Event. The focus has shifted from attracting external enterprise clients to building a robust, circular economy within Bittensor. The success of one subnet directly benefits others, creating a powerful collaborative incentive structure.
  3. Bittensor Is Playing the Long Game Against Centralized AI. The strategy is clear: build a resilient, hyper-efficient decentralized alternative while centralized AI players burn through unsustainable amounts of capital. When the market turns, Bittensor aims to be the "black hole" that absorbs the distressed compute assets.
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November 7, 2025

Finding Alpha In Crypto, Mamdani Wins & The AI Gold Rush | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Ditch the Alts, Buy the Adopters.** The most compelling risk/reward is no longer in L1 tokens but in publicly traded companies effectively integrating blockchain. Think Stripe and Robinhood, not the 25th-largest token on CoinMarketCap.
  2. **Follow the Gamble.** The "gambling energy" from disillusioned younger generations is a powerful market force. That capital has pivoted from crypto to AI. The best trades lie in narratives that capture this retail attention.
  3. **Conviction Over Diversification.** In a market with no consensus, holding a portfolio of "pretty good" assets is a losing strategy. Raise cash by cutting low-conviction plays and concentrate firepower in your highest-conviction ideas.
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November 7, 2025

Bull Market or Fakeout Top? Haseeb’s Crypto Cycle Take

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI Is The Only Game In Town: The crypto market is currently a passenger in a macro environment dictated by AI. Until that capital rotation shifts, crypto will likely remain highly correlated and susceptible to sell-offs when equities show weakness.
  2. Bitcoin’s Handover Is Bullish: Don't mistake consolidation for a bear market. Bitcoin is undergoing a healthy ownership transfer from early believers to new institutions, building a stronger, deeper foundation for its next leg up.
  3. Decentralization Is About Coercion, Not Paralysis: The ability of a chain’s validators to collectively intervene in a catastrophic hack is a feature, not a bug. True decentralization is measured by a network's ability to resist external pressure, not its inability to make collective decisions.
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November 6, 2025

Massive Selloff, Mamdani Wins, & Jonah Ditches His CryptoPunk

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. System Over Gut. Max’s systematic models correctly identified the top and signaled a buy on the recent dip. In volatile markets, outsourcing conviction to an algorithm removes emotion and highlights clear entry/exit points.
  2. Turn Losses Into Liquidity. Jonah’s CryptoPunk sale demonstrates a crucial strategy: use tax-loss harvesting to turn underwater positions into immediate, deployable capital. A paper loss can become a real financial gain.
  3. Watch Politics, Not Just Charts. The biggest long-term threat to your portfolio isn’t a broken chart pattern; it’s a political paradigm shift. The rise of redistributionism is a slow-burn risk that could eventually dwarf any market cycle.
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