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How to Price AI Agents (And Why It Matters)

How Every Employee Becomes an "Agent Boss"

Agent Performance Is Accelerating...Fast

Is the Future of AI "Cheating on Everything?"

Agent Pilots Nearly Doubled Last Quarter

Is o3 Functionally AGI?

Building a Voice Agent: A Case Study

This episode explores the challenges and rewards of building and deploying voice agents for enterprise applications. Against the backdrop of increasing AI adoption, the conversation centers on the buy-versus-build dilemma for businesses considering AI transformation, concluding that most implementations require a degre...

The Agent Use Cases Most Ready for Primetime

This episode explores the current state of AI agent adoption within organizations, focusing on prevalent use cases and challenges. Against the backdrop of many companies being in early stages of agent initiation or exploration, the discussion highlights customer support as the most mature application area, with some o...

MCP, Agents and What AI Engineers Are Thinking About Right Now feat. Swyx

This episode explores the evolving landscape of AI engineering and its implications for non-engineers. Against the backdrop of rapid advancements in AI, the conversation centers on the changing definition of an AI engineer, particularly in the context of agent engineering. More significantly, the discussion highlight...

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Companies Are Making with AI and Agent Adoption

This episode explores seven common mistakes companies make when adopting AI and agents, drawing on insights from agent readiness audits and consultations with diverse organizations. Against the backdrop of a widening gap between AI's promised capabilities and real-world deliverables, the discussion highlights two prim...

How Vibecoding Unlocks AI feat. Riley Brown

This episode explores the burgeoning field of "vibe coding," a term coined by Andrej Karpathy, which leverages AI tools to simplify and democratize software creation. Against the backdrop of AI-powered code generation tools like Bolt and Lovable, the interview features Riley Brown, a prominent figure in the vibe codin...

Andrej Karpathy on How AI Empowers

The 2025 AI Index

Google Cloud Next is All About Agents [Shocker!]

The AI industry is rapidly pivoting toward agentic infrastructure and specialized hardware to drive the next phase of generative AI. Anthropic’s new "Claude Max" subscription tier addresses significant demand from power users for increased rate limits, while NVIDIA’s recent China-based chip carve-out highlights the ong...

How Will Tariffs Impact the AI Industry?

Shopify's AI Memo Shows the Future of AI at Work

This episode explores the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in the workplace, focusing on recent developments and their implications. Against the backdrop of Cursor's explosive user growth—reaching a million daily active users without marketing—the podcast discusses Shopify's mandate for reflexive AI usage, requiring e...

How Big a Deal is Llama 4's 10M Token Context Window?

This episode explores the latest advancements and controversies in the AI landscape, focusing on the release of new large language models and image generation tools. Against the backdrop of Meta's launch of Llama 4, with its unprecedented 10 million token context window, the podcast analyzes the mixed reactions from t...

Why AI Will Take Over the $20T Professional Services Industry

This episode explores the potential disruption of the $20 trillion professional services sector by AI-powered agents. Against the backdrop of the current hype surrounding AI agents, the host cautions against both overestimating their current capabilities and dismissing their future trajectory. More significantly, the ...

OpenAI Says Next Reasoning Model Coming in a "Couple of Weeks"

This episode explores the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, focusing on the disparity between public perception and expert opinion, and recent developments in the field. Against the backdrop of OpenAI's accelerated release schedule for new models (GPT-3, GPT-4 mini, and the upcoming GPT-5), the pod...

5 New Startups That Explain AI's Most Important Trends

This episode explores five new AI startups and their impact on current industry trends. Against the backdrop of rapid AI advancements, the podcast highlights companies like General Agents, showcasing their real-time computer autopilot "ACE," which significantly increases computer operation speed. More significantly, t...