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AI Podcasts

January 9, 2026

Spec-Driven Development: Sharpening your AI toolbox - Al Harris, Amazon Kiro

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from "vibe coding" to "spec-driven" engineering.
  2. Implement EARS-formatted requirements in your AI prompts.
  3. Determinism is the ultimate feature for AI-assisted development.
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January 8, 2026

Post-training best-in-class models in 2025

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Intelligence is decoupling from scale. As reasoning becomes a commodity, the value moves from the size of the model to the proprietary nature of the training data.
  2. Use TRL or Unsloth for single-GPU fine-tuning. Prioritize cleaning your instruction sets over increasing your training iterations.
  3. The future belongs to those who own their data pipelines. If you can distill elite reasoning into a 350M parameter model, you win on latency, cost, and privacy.
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January 8, 2026

Intelligent Robots in 2026: Are We There Yet? [Nikita Rudin] - 760

The TWIML AI Podcast with Sam Charrington

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Moving from Blind Locomotion to Semantic Navigation defines the next frontier.
  2. Prioritize modular architectures that use off-the-shelf VLMs for task orchestration.
  3. Expect the first value-positive humanoid deployments in late 2026.
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January 8, 2026

Automating Large Scale Refactors with Parallel Agents - Robert Brennan, AllHands

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Software maintenance is moving from a manual craft to an industrial process. As agents handle the toil of migrations and security, human engineers will focus entirely on high-level system design.
  2. Batch by Dependency. Use the OpenHands SDK to visualize your codebase as a graph and deploy agents to solve the leaf nodes first.
  3. Companies that master agent orchestration will clear their tech debt backlogs in weeks instead of years, creating a massive competitive advantage in product velocity.
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January 8, 2026

DSPy: The End of Prompt Engineering - Kevin Madura, AlixPartners

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: Software is moving from imperative instructions to declarative goals.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Port your most expensive GPT-4 prompts to DSPy signatures and run them through a BootstrapFewShot optimizer.
  3. The Bottom Line: Brittle prompts are the new technical debt. Building with a declarative framework ensures your system improves as models get cheaper.
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January 9, 2026

Spec-Driven Development: Sharpening your AI toolbox - Al Harris, Amazon Kiro

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. We are moving from probabilistic prompting to neurosymbolic reasoning where the LLM is a component of a larger structured system.
  2. Install MCP servers for your specific documentation and task trackers. Ground your agent in reality to reduce the manual verification loop.
  3. Engineering rigor is returning to the AI era. Builders who adopt structured workflows will outpace those stuck in the "prompt and pray" cycle.
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January 8, 2026

AI, markets, and power: A conversation with Paul Krugman

Azeem Azhar

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Capital is replacing labor as the primary driver of productivity.
  2. Prioritize investments in incumbents with massive distribution or lean startups that swap payroll for compute.
  3. The US remains the primary engine of growth but the internal divide between tech hubs and the hinterland will widen as AI concentrates wealth.
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January 9, 2026

Artificial Analysis: The Independent LLM Analysis House — with George Cameron and Micah Hill-Smith

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The decoupling of parameter count from active compute via sparsity means intelligence is becoming a software optimization problem as much as a hardware one.
  2. Audit your agentic workflows for turn efficiency rather than just cost per token.
  3. In a world of infinite tokens, the winner is the one who can verify the truth the fastest.
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January 7, 2026

Marc Andreessen's 2026 Outlook: AI Timelines, US vs. China, and The Price of AI

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from "adding machines" to "human cognition" models is an 80-year correction finally hitting the vertical part of the S-curve.
  2. Prioritize application-specific models that backward-integrate into the stack.
  3. AI is a physical and digital build-out that will define the next decade of global power.
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Crypto Podcasts

June 15, 2025

VCs Weigh In On Crypto Treasury Companies

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Treasury Strategies: High-Risk, Short-Term Plays: These vehicles are built for quick flips, not lasting value, with a high chance of premiums vanishing and values dropping below NAV.
  2. Beware the "Mania": The proliferation of treasury vehicles with increasingly lax terms signals a speculative fever; MicroStrategy is an outlier, not the rule.
  3. VCs Bet on Endurance: True crypto investing, from a venture perspective, demands patience and a focus on fundamental, long-term growth, distinct from chasing fleeting treasury premiums.
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June 14, 2025

The Next Crypto Companies To IPO

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Scale is King:** Sub-$3 billion valuation companies will struggle for analyst attention and institutional investment post-IPO.
  2. **SaaS Sells:** Crypto firms with predictable, recurring revenue (like Fireblocks, Chainalysis) have a stronger IPO narrative than those riding crypto price waves.
  3. **Trust is Currency:** For select businesses like Anchorage, an IPO isn't just about capital; it’s a strategic move to bolster their fundamental value proposition—trust.
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June 14, 2025

Solana ETFs coming?

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Solana's ETF = Major Validation: If approved, a Solana ETF isn't just another fund; it's a significant nod to Solana's legitimacy and a big win for its community.
  2. Beyond Single Assets - Think Indices: The success of individual crypto ETFs (like a potential Solana one) could fuel demand for broader market products, such as crypto index funds on traditional stock exchanges.
  3. Staking in ETFs - Tax Clarity Coming?: Watch for regulatory updates on staking within ETFs. Positive guidance could unlock new product structures and resolve key tax concerns for investors.
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June 13, 2025

0xResearch | Friday, June 13th

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Meme Wisely:** ETH's narrative power is potent, but sustainable value needs a bedrock of technological strength and real-world utility.
  2. **Stablecoins are King:** This is the crypto sector attracting serious institutional capital and big tech attention; the growth runway is immense.
  3. **Regulation is Warming:** Positive signals from the SEC on self-custody and staking offer tailwinds, potentially de-risking significant parts of the crypto ecosystem.
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June 13, 2025

Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable and Privy Acquisition | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Regulatory Thaw: The SEC’s new leadership signals a more accommodating stance on crypto, potentially unlocking significant growth for DeFi in the US.
  2. Market Structure Evolution: Tokenization is increasingly viewed as the key to modernizing capital markets, with on-chain IPOs and improved secondary market liquidity on the horizon.
  3. Infrastructure is King: Acquisitions like Privy by Stripe highlight the race to build and control the foundational layers of the crypto economy, especially around wallets and stablecoins.
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June 13, 2025

Institutions Pour Billions into Crypto! Stripe’s Bold Move & Genius Act Explained

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Institutional FOMO is Real: Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs are magnets for capital, and Circle's IPO success signals massive pent-up demand.
  2. Regulation is Maturing: The Genius Act is poised to legitimize stablecoins, while the Clarity Act could reshape token classifications.
  3. Adoption Accelerates: Stripe's crypto acquisitions and Poly Market's X integration show crypto moving beyond niche use cases.
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