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

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

Your guide to the AI revolution, co-hosts Elad Gil and Sarah Guo talk to the world's leading engineers, researchers and founders about the biggest questions: How far away is AGI? What markets are at risk for disruption? How will commerce, culture, and society change? What’s happening in state-of-the-art in research? Email feedback to [email protected]. Sarah Guo is a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an investment firm purpose-built to serve intelligent software, or "Software 3.0" companies. She spent nearly a decade incubating and investing at venture firm Greylock Partners. Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur and a startup investor. He was co-founder of Color Health, Mixer Labs (which was acquired by Twitter). He has invested in over 40 companies now worth $1B or more each, and is also author of the High Growth Handbook.

Episodes

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No Priors Ep. 113 | With OpenAI's Eric Mitchell and Brandon McKinzie

01 May 2025
38m
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In this episode of No Priors, Sarah and Elad interview Brandon McKinzie and Eric Mitchell from OpenAI about their O3 reasoning model. The discussion covers the advancements in O3, including its enhanced ability to think before responding and utilize tools like web browsing and code execution to solve complex tasks. The...

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No Priors Ep. 112 | With OpenAI Deep Research, Isa Fulford

24 Apr 2025
30m
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This episode explores the development and capabilities of OpenAI's Deep Research, a new agentic product released in February. Against the backdrop of advancements in reinforcement learning algorithms, the creators sought to apply these to everyday user tasks, focusing initially on online browsing and research tasks ra...

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No Priors Ep. 111 | With KoBold Metals Co-Founder and President Josh Goldman

17 Apr 2025
40m
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This episode explores the challenges and innovations in mineral exploration, specifically focusing on KoBold Metals' AI-driven approach. Against the backdrop of dwindling success rates in traditional mineral exploration, KoBold leverages a vast dataset encompassing historical records, satellite imagery, and geophysica...

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No Priors Ep. 110 | With Mercor CEO and Co-Founder Brendan Foody

10 Apr 2025
41m
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This episode explores the evolving landscape of AI model training data acquisition and talent assessment, featuring Brendan Foody, CEO of Mercor. Against the backdrop of Mercor's rapid growth in recruiting individuals to train AI models, the discussion delves into the skills currently sought by leading AI labs—ranging...

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No Priors Ep. 109 | With Sarah and Elad

03 Apr 2025
27m
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This episode explores the rapid advancements in AI image generation and their implications for various industries. Against the backdrop of recent market fluctuations, the hosts discuss the ongoing evolution of image generation technology, highlighting milestones like the GAN wave and the emergence of models like Midjo...

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No Priors Ep. 108 | With Abridge Founder and CEO Shiv Rao, MD

27 Mar 2025
38m
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In this episode of No Priors, Shiv Rao, CEO and founder of Abridge, discusses how his company uses AI to alleviate the clerical burden on clinicians, allowing them to focus more on patient care. Rao explains Abridge's evolution, its focus on conversations as the primary signal in healthcare, and its strategic decision ...

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No Priors Ep. 107 | With Physical Intelligence Co-Founder Chelsea Finn

20 Mar 2025
35m
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This episode explores the challenges and opportunities in building general-purpose AI for robotics, featuring Chelsea Finn, co-founder of Physical Intelligence. Against the backdrop of robotics' historical focus on narrow applications, Finn discusses her company's ambitious goal of creating a single neural network mod...

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No Priors Ep 106 | With GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke

13 Mar 2025
50m
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No Priors Ep. 105 | With Director of the Center of AI Safety Dan Hendrycks

05 Mar 2025
36m
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No Priors Ep. 104 | With Flagship Pioneering CEO and Co-Founder Noubar Afeyan

27 Feb 2025
40m
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This podcast interviews Noubar Afeyan, founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering, a firm behind Moderna and other biotech companies. The discussion covers Afeyan's entrepreneurial journey, his company's approach to fostering emergent innovation (emphasizing variation, selection, and iteration over rigid goal-setting), an...

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No Priors Ep. 103 | With Vevo Therapeutics and the Arc Institute

25 Feb 2025
57m
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The release of Tahoe-100, the world’s largest single-cell drug-perturbed dataset, marks a pivotal shift toward building virtual cell models that simulate biological responses to drugs and genetic edits. By providing 100 million single-cell data points across 50 cancer models and 1,200 drug treatments, this resource ena...

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No Priors Ep. 102 | With The Bot Company CEO Kyle Vogt

20 Feb 2025
38m
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No Priors Ep. 101 | With Harvey CEO and Co-Founder Winston Weinberg

14 Feb 2025
49m
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In this episode of No Priors, Sarah interviews Winston Weinberg, co-founder and CEO of Harvey, an AI platform for legal and professional services. Weinberg discusses the company's origins, inspired by GPT-3's potential to transform legal workflows, and its mission to build an AI platform applicable across various profe...

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No Priors Ep. 100 | With Sarah and Elad

07 Feb 2025
22m
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No Priors Ep. 99 | With Rick Caruso

30 Jan 2025
27m
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No Priors Ep. 98 | With Convective Capital Founder Bill Clerico

23 Jan 2025
37m
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No Priors Ep. 97 | With Decagon CEO and Co-Founder Jesse Zhang

16 Jan 2025
30m
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No Priors Ep. 96 | With Modal CEO and Founder Erik Bernhardsson

09 Jan 2025
23m
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No Priors Ep. 95 | Best of 2024

26 Dec 2024
27m
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No Priors Ep. 94 | With CEO and Founder of Agency Elias Torres

19 Dec 2024
31m
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