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Conviction · Technology

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

At this moment of inflection in technology, co-hosts Elad Gil and Sarah Guo talk to the world's leading AI 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? “No Priors” is your guide to the AI revolution. 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.

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The Future of AI Artistry with Suhail Doshi from Playground AI

18 Apr 2024
24m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of Suhail Doshi, the founder of Playground AI, and his focus on AI image generation. It discusses the decision to focus on images rather than other modalities, the open-source collaboration of Playground AI's diffusion models, the development of their own models, and the optimi...

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Hyperscaler strategy in AI, the application landscape heats up, and what we know now about agents with Sarah and Elad

11 Apr 2024
26m
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This podcast episode explores recent advancements in AI, including the emergence of GPT-4 level models and the concept of Mosaic's Law. It discusses the acquisition of Inflection by Microsoft and its implications for AI investment. The episode also delves into the future of foundation model funding and applications, th...

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The argument for humanoid AI robots with Brett Adcock from Figure

04 Apr 2024
38m
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This podcast episode features Brett Adcock, the founder and CEO of Figure AI, who discusses his journey in developing humanoid general purpose robots. The episode highlights the advantages of using humanoid robots for automating work, the advancements in robotics over the past decade, the challenges of building a comme...

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Open sourcing AI app development with Harrison Chase from LangChain

28 Mar 2024
27m
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This podcast episode explores the challenges and advancements in language model applications, focusing on the LangChain framework and the concept of memory in agent systems. It discusses the need for better ways to communicate agent capabilities to users, the shortcomings of language models in planning ability and memo...

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Speed will win the AI computing battle with Tuhin Srivastava from Baseten

21 Mar 2024
38m
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This podcast episode explores the challenges and advancements in AI infrastructure for engineering teams. The focus is on Base10, a company that provides fast and scalable AI infrastructure for various use cases, including tiny side projects, AI-native companies, and foundation model companies. The speakers discuss the...

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Designing the Future: Dylan Field on AI, Collaboration, and Independence

14 Mar 2024
36m
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This podcast episode features Dylan Field, the founder and CEO of Figma, who shares his vision for Figma as a platform that eliminates the gap between imagination and reality in design. He discusses Figma's evolution from a design tool to a comprehensive platform that supports brainstorming, diagramming, and dev mode, ...

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Big tech earnings and the current AI debates, with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil

07 Mar 2024
42m
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This podcast episode delves into the advancements and potential of large language models (LLMs), particularly Google's Gemini and Limiz's Mistral. It explores the competitive landscape, highlighting the key players, strategic developments, and challenges in the AI model race. Additionally, the episode discusses the bro...

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Competition makes for better chip design with AMD CTO Mark Papermaster

29 Feb 2024
39m
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This podcast episode explores AMD's journey in the technology industry, its focus on AI, and its strategy for success in the rapidly evolving compute landscape. The discussion covers AMD's broad portfolio, its commitment to heterogeneous computing, and its emphasis on performance, efficiency, and open source software. ...

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Improving search with RAG architecture with Pinecone CEO Edo Liberty

22 Feb 2024
31m
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This podcast episode explores the world of vector databases and their potential to revolutionize the use of AI, with a focus on the Pinecone database. Pinecone enhances large language models by reducing their tendency to hallucinate, even with proprietary data. Its serverless offering simplifies usage and scales effect...

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RAG is the key for smarter productivity tools with Notion CEO Ivan Zhao

15 Feb 2024
42m
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This podcast episode explores the evolution of Notion, from its inception as a unified productivity platform to its transition into an AI-first company. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of implementing AI language models in organizations, the potential applications of AI in calendaring and workflow managem...

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Build AI products at on-AI companies with Emily Glassberg Sands from Stripe

08 Feb 2024
39m
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This podcast episode delves into Stripe's experience adopting and leveraging large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, showcasing their potential to enhance user experiences, accelerate innovation, and drive business growth in the fintech industry. The hackathon played a crucial role in promoting LLM adoption, re...

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The Copilot for Ecommerce with Shopify VP of Core Product Glen Coates

31 Jan 2024
39m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of Glen Coates, VP of Product at Shopify, from a computer science graduate to a successful entrepreneur and leader. It delves into Shopify's approach to integrating acquired companies and technologies, the challenges of integrating acquired technologies into an existing stack, ...

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Building the factories of the future with Covariant CEO Peter Chen

25 Jan 2024
40m
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This podcast episode discusses the importance of AI in robotics, particularly in warehousing and logistics. It explores the unique challenges and opportunities presented by robotics, the limitations of current robots, and the potential of robotics foundation models. The episode also delves into the work of Covariant, a...

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Coding in Collaboration with AI with Sourcegraph CTO Beyang Liu

18 Jan 2024
46m
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The podcast episode discusses the evolution of Sourcegraph, their journey in embracing AI, context awareness in code generation, the challenges of automating programming tasks, ethical implications of AI-generated code, improving reliability of AI agents, and the potential of large language models to revolutionize soft...

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A No Priors clip show: the best of 2023

11 Jan 2024
19m
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This podcast episode delves into the evolution of artificial intelligence, highlighting its potential to transform various aspects of society and emphasizing the significance of responsible and ethical AI practices. Key areas discussed include the journey of OpenAI and its unique structure, advancements in AI for small...

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The case for AI optimism

21 Dec 2023
47m
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This podcast episode explores the current state and potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI), covering topics like AI's transformative power, its potential benefits and challenges, ethical considerations, regulation, and future advancements. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of PayPal and LinkedIn, provides insights on ...

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How AI can help small businesses

14 Dec 2023
39m
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This podcast episode features an interview with Alyssa Henry, the retired CEO of Square, discussing her leadership experience and the impact of Square on small businesses. The conversation touches on Square's mission to empower small businesses with tools and technology, as well as Alyssa's insights on working with Jac...

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AI is the new enterprise UI with Clara Shih, CEO Salesforce AI

07 Dec 2023
27m
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This podcast episode features a discussion between the host and Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI. They explore topics such as Salesforce's venture into generative AI, the evolution of AI in the enterprise, model development choices for customers, the adoption of generative AI in big enterprises, the significance of AI ...

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Open AI leadership shuffle, new diffusion models, and starting the cult of Q*

30 Nov 2023
26m
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This podcast episode analyzes the OpenAI saga, explores incentives and motivations in AI company culture, discusses the recent surge in video generation and avatar cloning, examines the challenges and opportunities of video generation, delves into the potential of AI in commercial fields, and discusses the democratizat...

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AI Agents That Reason and Code with Imbue Co-Founders Kanjun Qiu and Josh Albrecht

16 Nov 2023
32m
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This podcast episode explores the development and potential of AI agents for high-level reasoning. The co-founders of EMBU, Kanjun Qiu and Josh Albrecht, share their journey and focus on training large foundation models for high-level reasoning. They highlight the significance of agents that can reason and code, envisi...

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