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Lex Fridman· Jul 29, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersA Hundred Users Signed Up and Never Came BackGuest Brian Armstrong · Host Lex FridmanCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on the buy button that found product-market fit, why he wants customers to leave his platform, and a company that refuses to be a political square.
2:46:26ENLex Fridman· Jun 15, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersApple Was a $5 Billion Company in Debt When Tony Fadell Built the iPodGuest Tony Fadell · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with Tony Fadell, co-creator of the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Thermostat, about the decisions, fights, and luck behind those products.
4:15:00ENLex Fridman· May 23, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersSarma Melngailis Wants to Be Understood, Not ForgivenGuest Sarma Melngailis · Host Lex FridmanThe chef behind Pure Food and Wine tells Lex Fridman how a cult of one, a Netflix cut, and a guilty plea turned a New York restaurant into a morality play she still disputes.
2:16:40ENLex Fridman· Jan 26, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersEach Blockbuster Is a Startup. The Chocolate River Kills It.Guest Thomas Tull · Host Lex FridmanThomas Tull tells Lex Fridman how a novice raised institutional capital for Hollywood, then applied the same judgment to AI, mammoths, the Steelers, and a Rolling Stones tour.
1:08:04ENLex Fridman· Dec 18, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersBreakthroughs Run on Speed. Trust Runs on Patience.Guest Albert Bourla · Host Lex FridmanPfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks with Lex Fridman about the November 2020 unblinding, a $2.3 billion all-in bet, and why a historic vaccine still divided the public.
2:44:38ENLex Fridman· Nov 23, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersPosting a photo of this moment was not a product category yetGuest Kevin Systrom · Host Lex FridmanKevin Systrom tells Lex Fridman how Instagram began as a failed check-in app, hid a slow upload behind a caption screen, and later sold a thirteen-person company to Facebook for a billion dollars.
3:14:14ENLex Fridman· Nov 16, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersFour Joints, Eighty Thousand Pounds: Boris Sofman on Cozmo and WaymoGuest Boris Sofman · Host Lex FridmanAnki's co-founder on saturating a few channels of expression, why a beloved robot company still died, and how the same constraint mindset now runs Waymo's trucks.
3:05:24ENLex Fridman· Sep 22, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersTravis Oliphant wrote NumPy in an empty semester — and still wants open source to payGuest Travis Oliphant · Host Lex FridmanThe creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda tells Lex Fridman how array thinking, a priced book, and the packaging wars shaped scientific Python.
1:44:54ENLex Fridman· Jul 23, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersIf the meat needs a sauce, start over with the animalGuest Anya Fernald · Host Lex FridmanBelcampo co-founder Anya Fernald tells Lex Fridman why cooking is service, why "grass-fed" is an unregulated word, and why regenerative grazing cannot scale without human attention.
1:57:38ENLex Fridman· Jul 4, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Best Leadership Uses the Least ForceGuest Jocko Willink · Host Lex FridmanRetired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink talks with Lex Fridman about just war, ego, Musk and Jobs, 4 a.m. discipline, and what jiu jitsu taught him about command.
2:31:14ENLex Fridman· Mar 30, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersAnonymity Is a Tool: How a Yale Freshman Built a Campus Where Students Could SpeakGuest Ryan Schiller · Host Lex FridmanRyan Schiller tells Lex Fridman how a silenced seminar, a Gallup number, and a Mac bought off YouTube advice became Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for verified college communities.
2:16:07ENLex Fridman· Feb 15, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersAsk What Could Go Right: Jason Calacanis on Robinhood, Loyalty, and Two Checks for TeslaGuest Jason Calacanis · Host Lex FridmanThe angel investor and All-In co-host walks Lex Fridman from a Palo Alto dive bar to GameStop, Silicon Valley’s war on friction, and a friendship that kept a car company alive for twelve extra days.
3:03:38ENLex Fridman· Feb 12, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersA Ten-Day Language That Still Runs the WebGuest Brendan Eich · Host Lex FridmanBrendan Eich tells Lex Fridman how JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave were built from rushed bets, open-source escape pods, and accidental tracking.
1:49:56ENLex Fridman· Feb 7, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersA 21-Year-Old at a Party Called GameStop. He Was Right.Guest Richard Craib · Host Lex FridmanNumerai founder Richard Craib talks with Lex Fridman about WallStreetBets, crowdsourced machine learning, and why finance is a machine for pulling the future into the present.
1:28:46ENLex Fridman· Jan 4, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Speech Company That Gets Paid to Label Its Own Training DataGuest Dan Kokotov · Host Lex FridmanRev VP of engineering Dan Kokotov tells Lex Fridman why a $1.25-a-minute human transcript, a 14% machine word-error rate, and a two-sided freelancer market are the same flywheel.
1:51:01ENLex Fridman· Sep 24, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersJames Gosling Built Java to Make Pointer Bugs Impossible. Chrome Still Has Them.Guest James Gosling · Host Lex FridmanIn a 2020 conversation with Lex Fridman, Java’s designer traces a line from a neglected PDP-8 to Emacs, the JVM, and a thirty-year war on memory errors.
3:01:07ENLex Fridman· Sep 5, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersLoneliness Has No Clinic. Eugenia Kuyda Built an AI Friend AnywayGuest Eugenia Kuyda · Host Lex FridmanThe Replika co-founder talks with Lex Fridman about grief, conversation, and why memory—not a clever reply—is the real limit of AI companionship.
1:02:14ENLex Fridman· Jun 30, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe 28-year wait: Robert Langer on rejection, polymers, and a thousand studentsGuest Robert Langer · Host Lex FridmanThe MIT bioengineer talks with Lex Fridman about drug delivery, tissue engineering, patents, and the long path from a Folkman hypothesis to Avastin.
1:10:16ENLex Fridman· May 15, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersMost People See the Black Dress. Stephen Schwarzman Sees the White Lint.Guest Stephen Schwarzman · Host Lex FridmanThe Blackstone co-founder on pattern recognition, why entrepreneurship is a team sport, and why the United States cannot afford to sleepwalk through AI.
51:14ENLex Fridman· Apr 24, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersTrust, Then Verify: How Square Let 99 Percent of Merchants InGuest Jack Dorsey · Host Lex FridmanJack Dorsey tells Lex Fridman why Square is an access company, why the internet needs a native currency, and why self-awareness is being outsourced to algorithms.
37:49ENLex Fridman· Mar 21, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersYou cannot finish first in a game that has no finish lineGuest Simon Sinek · Host Lex FridmanSimon Sinek on finite versus infinite games, the legacy a career leaves, and why passion cannot be demanded.
1:18:35ENLex Fridman· Dec 21, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe last job Sebastian Thrun wants is one he is already good atGuest Sebastian Thrun · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the roboticist behind Stanley, Google’s self-driving car, Udacity, and Kitty Hawk about learning, safety, and why traffic is a choice.
1:30:20ENLex Fridman· Dec 2, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe 1982 Crash Was the Best Thing That Happened to Ray DalioGuest Ray Dalio · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the Bridgewater founder about truth, shapers, credit, AI, and why pain plus reflection equals progress.
2:24:31ENLex Fridman· Oct 11, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersWatson Won Jeopardy Without Understanding. Ferrucci Wants AI That Can Explain ItselfGuest David Ferrucci · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with David Ferrucci about IBM Watson, why prediction is not understanding, and why high-stakes decisions need machines that can reason with us.Load moreShowing 24 of 59