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AI Podcasts

December 15, 2025

Coding Evals: From Code Snippets to Codebases – Naman Jain, Cursor

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Dynamic Evaluation is Non-Negotiable: Static benchmarks are dead. Future AI development demands continuously updated, contamination-resistant evaluation sets.
  2. AI Needs AI to Judge AI: As models grow more sophisticated, LLM-driven "hack detectors" become essential for ensuring code quality and preventing adversarial exploitation of evaluation systems.
  3. User Experience Drives Adoption: For interactive AI coding tools, prioritize low latency and human-centric design; technical prowess alone will not guarantee real-world usage.
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December 15, 2025

Building in the Gemini Era – Kat Kampf & Ammaar Reshi, Google DeepMind

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The value in software development shifts from manual coding to high-level architectural design and prompt engineering.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Experiment with AI Studio's agentic and design capabilities. Focus on describing desired functionality rather than low-level code.
  3. The "So What?": The next 6-12 months will see a surge in AI-powered, full-stack applications built by a broader range of creators, disrupting traditional development paradigms.
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December 16, 2025

What We Learned Deploying AI within Bloomberg’s Engineering Organization – Lei Zhang, Bloomberg

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Shift: AI's impact extends beyond simple productivity. The real opportunity lies in fundamentally changing the cost function of engineering, making previously expensive or undesirable tasks cheap and feasible.
  2. Platform Imperative: For large organizations, a "golden path" platform is not optional. It's how you manage complexity, ensure quality, and scale AI adoption safely and efficiently.
  3. Human-Centric Adaptation: Technology is only half the battle. Investing in cultural adaptation, community building, and leadership training is crucial for realizing AI's full potential.
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December 16, 2025

Your Support Team Should Ship Code – Lisa Orr, Zapier

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: Companies integrating AI-driven code generation into non-engineering roles will see significant efficiency gains and improved product reliability.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Focus on building AI tools that deeply embed into existing workflows. Orchestration of multiple AI tools into an agent-like system is key for adoption and value.
  3. The "So What?": The next 6-12 months will see a redefinition of "support" from reactive reporting to proactive, code-shipping problem-solving, unlocking new talent pools and accelerating development cycles.
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December 16, 2025

Finding The 1% of Stocks That Matter | Henry Ellenbogen Interview

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The AI era will disproportionately reward existing businesses that deeply integrate AI to create unassailable cost structures, not just new AI-native ventures.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Seek out resilient "Act II" leaders who embrace the "and" business—growth, innovation, and profitability—and are willing to navigate public market scrutiny for long-term alignment.
  3. The "So What?": Over the next 6-12 months, expect market volatility to create opportunities to invest in disciplined companies leveraging AI for fundamental operational shifts, rather than just hype.
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December 15, 2025

The Renaissance of the American Factory | a16z 2026 Big Ideas

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The next wave of industrial growth will come from applying manufacturing principles to large-scale infrastructure, not just consumer goods.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Focus on companies that are standardizing designs and processes for physical assets, particularly those leveraging AI to navigate regulatory complexity and accelerate deployment.
  3. The "So What?": The rapid build-out of data centers is a live experiment for a broader industrial renaissance, providing a blueprint for how America can rebuild its capacity to build at scale over the next 6-12 months.
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December 16, 2025

⚡️Jailbreaking AGI: Pliny the Liberator & John V on Red Teaming, BT6, and the Future of AI Security

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The "AI safety" narrative is shifting from content moderation to systemic security. Focus on hardening the entire AI ecosystem, not just restricting model outputs.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Be wary of "AI security" products that claim to "secure the model" through guardrails. These are likely security theater. Invest in full-stack AI security solutions, red teaming services, and platforms that facilitate open-source adversarial research.
  3. The "So What?": The future of AI security is not about building higher walls around models, but about understanding and hardening the entire ecosystem in which they operate. Open collaboration and adversarial testing are the fastest paths to robust AI.
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December 15, 2025

Evolving Large Language Model Evaluation: Practices and Insights from the Swallow Project

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Strategic Implication: The quality and sophistication of LLM evaluation frameworks are now as critical as the models themselves. This is a foundational layer for AI progress.
  2. Builder/Investor Note: Builders must adopt adaptive evaluation. Investors should scrutinize how LLM performance is measured, not just the headline numbers.
  3. The "So What?": As LLMs gain complex reasoning and instruction-following abilities, evaluation frameworks that can accurately measure these capabilities will be essential for identifying true innovation and avoiding misallocated resources in the next 6-12 months.
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December 15, 2025

LLM Research and Development Initiatives at the National Institute of Informatics

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Sovereign AI is Real: Nations are investing in domestic AI capabilities to counter linguistic bias and ensure data control. This creates opportunities for specialized models and infrastructure.
  2. Builder's Edge: Meticulous parameter tuning, high-quality data curation, and innovative architectures like MoE are crucial for achieving top-tier LLM performance.
  3. The Agentic Future: AI agents are rapidly becoming indispensable tools in research and education, demanding robust, reliable, and culturally relevant LLM backbones.
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Crypto Podcasts

March 24, 2025

Buy The Dip Or Sell The Rip? | Felix Jauvin

1000x Podcast

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

  1. Bitcoin remains a strong long-term investment due to increasing institutional adoption and its potential as a global, non-sovereign asset.
  2. Macroeconomic trends, particularly those driven by political decisions, significantly influence Bitcoin's price.
  3. The altcoin market needs a fundamental shift away from speculative trading towards projects with genuine utility and long-term value propositions.
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March 24, 2025

How To Position For 2025 | Jonah Van Bourg & Avi Felman LIVE from DAS

Forward Guidance

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

  1. The crypto market is bifurcating, with institutions favoring Bitcoin for the long term while retail interest in altcoins wanes.
  2. Macroeconomic uncertainty under Trump creates volatility but also opportunities for Bitcoin investors.
  3. Bitcoin’s decentralized nature positions it as a key asset in an increasingly multipolar world.
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March 24, 2025

From Techno-Optimism to Memecoins: What Happened to Crypto?

The DCo Podcast

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

  1. The crypto landscape has shifted dramatically from its idealistic beginnings to a more financially driven environment.
  2. While the rise of memecoins and speculation has tempered the initial techno-optimism, there's still significant development happening.
  3. The future of crypto hinges on the continued efforts of the "builders," who maintain a belief in the transformative power of blockchain technology.
  4. The initial promise of crypto was about technological disruption, not just financial gains.
  5. The current focus on memecoins and speculation represents a departure from this original vision.
  6. The continued presence of "builders" suggests that the potential for positive change still exists within the crypto space.
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March 24, 2025

Live From DAS: JitoSOL, Staked ETFs, and the Future of Solana Governance | Lucas Bruder

0xResearch

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

  1. Regulatory clarity is improving, with a potential shift towards more constructive dialogue between regulators and the crypto industry.
  2. Staked ETFs are on the horizon, offering investors a superior product compared to existing non-staking ETFs.
  3. Solana's governance is evolving but requires further development to ensure adequate staker representation and participation.
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March 24, 2025

What It Takes To Build In Crypto | Stani Kulechov & Jack O'Holleran

Empire

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

  1. Building in crypto presents unique challenges related to novel tech, tokenomics, and community dynamics.
  2. Successful founders must balance long-term vision with the fast-paced, narrative-driven nature of the market.
  3. Capital efficiency is becoming increasingly important, with community fundraising offering a powerful alternative to traditional VC rounds.
  4. Crypto founders face a triple threat: building the product, managing tokenomics, and running a community like a rock band. Buckle up.
  5. Tokens can be a blessing and a curse.  Nail the community aspect and you’ve got a rocket. Mess it up and it’s a dumpster fire.
  6. Raise smart, not big. Find investors who get it, not just those who write checks.  Community rounds might be your secret weapon.
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March 24, 2025

Why Privacy Matters For Solana | Yannik Schrade

Lightspeed

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

  1. Archium represents a shift from basic transactional privacy to a more robust and versatile approach leveraging encrypted shared state, paving the way for complex applications on Solana.
  2. Archium’s stateless design and integration with Solana through CPI calls provide a seamless development experience and ensure efficiency.
  3. The Archium token incentivizes network participation and enables a dynamic supply and demand mechanism for computing power, while computations are paid for in SOL.
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