

Training Data
Join us as we train our neural nets on the theme of the century: AI. Sonya Huang, Pat Grady and more Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to ask critical questions and develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies—and their implications for technology, business and society. The content of this podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to provide investment advisory services, or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund.
Episodes


Google I/O Afterparty: The Future of Human-AI Collaboration, From Veo to Mariner
In this episode of Training Data, three leaders from Google Labs—Thomas Ilgic (Whisk, Flow, and Veo), Jacqueline Konzelman (Mariner), and Simon Takamine (NotebookLM)—discuss Google's latest AI advancements. Thomas explores the future of content creation with generative video and remixable experiences, highlighting the ...

From Data Centers to Dyson Spheres: P-1 AI's Path to Hardware Engineering AGI
This podcast features an interview with Paul Eremenko, CEO of P-1 AI, who discusses the company's mission to build engineering AGI for the physical world. Paul explains that P-1 AI is creating AI "engineer" named Archie, capable of designing and modifying physical systems like airplanes and data centers. A key challeng...

Gong’s Amit Bendov: From Meeting Recordings to Revenue AI
In this episode of Training Data, Amit Bendov, CEO and founder of Gong, discusses the evolution of Gong from a transcription tool to a revenue intelligence platform and his predictions for the future of sales teams. Amit shares his insights on the role of AI in sales, CRM's future, and the importance of customer focus....

LIVE: Google’s Jeff Dean on the Coming Era of Virtual Engineers

LIVE: Ambient Agents and the New Agent Inbox ft. Harrison Chase of LangChain

LIVE: How AI is Reinventing Software Business Models ft. Bret Taylor of Sierra

LIVE: Sam Altman of OpenAI on Building the ‘Core AI Subscription’ for Your Life

Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach: Building the System of Record for the AI Era

The Quest to ‘Solve All Diseases’ with AI: Isomorphic Labs’ Max Jaderberg
This episode explores the ambitious application of AI to revolutionize drug discovery, featuring Max Jaderberg, Chief AI Officer of Isomorphic Labs. Against the backdrop of AlphaFold 3's breakthrough in modeling molecular structures and interactions, the conversation delves into the limitations of traditional drug des...

Pricing in the AI Era: From Inputs to Outcomes, with Paid CEO Manny Medina

Arc Institute's Patrick Hsu on Building an App Store for Biology with AI

Replit CEO Amjad Masad on 1 Billion Developers: A Better End State than AGI?
This episode explores the vision of a billion developers shaping the future economy, driven by advancements in AI and accessible coding tools. Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, discusses his long-held belief in this vision, tracing its origins back to his childhood experiences with programming. Against this backdrop, he de...

Why CRM Needs an AI Revolution, with Day.ai Founder Christopher O’Donnell
This episode explores the evolution and future of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, specifically focusing on the impact of AI. Against the backdrop of Salesforce's dominance, the interview discusses HubSpot's successful CRM, built by the guest, Christopher O'Donnell. More significantly, the conversation ...

From Software Engineers to AI Word Artisans: Filip Kozera of Wordware

Josh Woodward: Google Labs is Rapidly Building AI Products from 0-to-1
In this interview podcast, Josh Woodward from Google Labs discusses the rapid innovation culture within Google, particularly regarding AI. He shares insights on the shift from writing prompts to using assets like PDFs and images for AI interaction. Woodward also details Google Labs' mission to build new AI products, it...

How AI Breakout Harvey is Transforming Legal Services, with CEO Winston Weinberg

The AI Product Going Viral With Doctors: OpenEvidence, with CEO Daniel Nadler
OpenEvidence functions as an AI copilot for physicians, designed to navigate the overwhelming volume of medical literature by providing evidence-based, point-of-care decision support. By treating doctors as consumers rather than enterprise targets, the platform bypasses traditional, slow-moving hospital procurement pro...

OpenAI’s Deep Research Team on Why Reinforcement Learning is the Future for AI Agents
This podcast interviews Issa Fulford and Josh Tobin, leaders of OpenAI's Deep Research product, a new AI agent capable of conducting in-depth online research and generating comprehensive reports in minutes. The discussion covers Deep Research's capabilities, its development (including the use of end-to-end reinforceme...

Palo Alto Networks’s Nikesh Arora: AI, Security and the New World Order
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