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26:00ENWhy a Zapier founder thinks AGI research has been stalled for four yearsHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilMike Knoop and François Chollet put more than a million dollars on beating ARC-AGI, the eval they say actually measures general intelligence.
1:25:42ENReid Hoffman on AI Models, Inflection, Governance and Technology’s Social ImpactGuest Reid Hoffman · Host Harry StebbingsHoffman discusses the Microsoft–Inflection arrangement, AI competition and regulation, and his political views in a time-specific 2024 interview.
53:43ENAshley Kelly on Hiring, Onboarding and Scaling Sales DevelopmentGuest Ashley Kelly · Host Harry StebbingsRippling’s sales-development leader discusses SDR roles, compensation, coaching and the practical challenges of growing a global team.
36:20ENA Hundred Million Tokens in Context Would Cost $10 Million. Tengyu Ma Runs the RAG MathHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilThe Stanford professor and Voyage AI founder argues that retrieval, not a giant context window, is how enterprises should manage private knowledge.
2:19:08ENHe Asked to Vanish from the Poster. The Second Time, Hollywood Did It for HimGuest Kevin Spacey · Host Lex FridmanKevin Spacey talks with Lex Fridman about Se7en, American Beauty, House of Cards, the 2017 allegations, and a father whose study held a Nazi flag.
1:03:12ENAravind Srinivas on Reasoning, Model Economics and Building PerplexityGuest Aravind Srinivas · Host Harry StebbingsThe Perplexity co-founder discusses AI scaling, foundation-model competition, advertising and the challenges of building a search product.
1:20:50ENJason Lemkin on SaaS Valuations, Private Equity and the Liquidity ProblemGuest Jason Lemkin · Host Harry StebbingsThe SaaStr founder discusses slowing software growth, AI budgets, venture returns and why the next exit may be harder to find.
2:15:39ENRoman Yampolskiy Puts Superintelligent Ruin at 99.99 PercentGuest Roman Yampolskiy · Host Lex FridmanThe AI safety researcher tells Lex Fridman that controlling AGI is as impossible as a perpetual motion machine, and that tests, open source, and regulation cannot close the gap.
56:35ENMatt Lerner on Finding Growth Levers and Hiring Teams That LearnGuest Matt Lerner · Host Harry StebbingsThe former PayPal growth leader explains how startups can discover their strongest channels, choose customer-centered metrics and hire for curiosity.
24:06ENOpenAI’s 2023 Board Crisis: Helen Toner’s Account and the Governance DebateMatthew Berman, Helen Toner · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines a former director’s allegations, a subsequent review and competing views on AI safety oversight.
1:15:53ENMike Schroepfer on Leadership, Climate Technology and Clean EnergyGuest Mike Schroepfer · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Meta CTO explains how leaders align teams and how his climate investment firm evaluates technology, financing and market risk.
1:24:54ENJason Lemkin on SaaS Investing, Churn and Seed ValuationsGuest Jason Lemkin · Host Harry StebbingsThe SaaStr founder revisits successful and disappointing deals, explains his diligence process and assesses the economics of seed investing.
3:10:49ENMemory Is Not a Replay: Charan Ranganath on Forgetting, Imagination, and False MemoriesGuest Charan Ranganath · Host Lex FridmanA UC Davis neuroscientist explains why the brain is a cheap prediction machine — and why forgetting is how memory works.
39:59ENFrom $6 million to $30 million ARR in three months: Garry Tan on YC’s AI boomHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilThe Y Combinator president tells Sarah Guo and Elad Gil why this batch looks like nothing he has seen in twenty years, and why a weak elephant is good news for startups.
59:47ENAaron Levie on AI Agents, SaaS Pricing and the Race Between Startups and IncumbentsGuest Aaron Levie · Host Harry StebbingsThe Box CEO considers how AI might change business workflows, employment and software pricing, and why established companies and startups both have a chance.
39:00ENJPMorgan Has 150 Petabytes. GPT-4 Trained on Less Than One.Host Sarah Guo, Elad GilScale AI founder Alexandr Wang tells No Priors why easy internet data is exhausted, why expert-plus-model teams still win, and why the path to AGI looks more like curing cancer than inventing a vaccine.
54:32ENNikesh Arora on Competition, Acquisitions and Leading Through ChangeGuest Nikesh Arora · Host Harry StebbingsThe Palo Alto Networks CEO discusses product advantages, acquisition discipline, communication and the personal tradeoffs of leadership.
58:18ENJiaona Zhang on Product Scorecards, Strategy and Faster LearningGuest Jiaona Zhang · Host Harry StebbingsLinktree’s product leader explains how KPI trees, weekly scorecards and collaborative rituals connect customer needs to business outcomes.
30:16ENSuno's CEO Thinks a Billion People Will Make Music, Not Just Stream ItHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilMikey Shulman tells No Priors why Suno skipped speech, charges from day one, and wants the line between listener and creator to disappear.
4:01:52ENPaul Rosolie: The Amazon Is a Machine of Death, and Every Heartbeat in It Is Worth SavingGuest Paul Rosolie · Host Lex FridmanDeep in the Peruvian rainforest, the naturalist talks snakes, anacondas, uncontacted tribes, ayahuasca, and why he would rather protect this forest than look for aliens.
1:17:14ENDan Siroker on Repeat Founders, Fundraising and Building for Real ProblemsGuest Dan Siroker · Host Harry StebbingsThe Optimizely and Limitless co-founder shares lessons on small teams, investor negotiations and product focus, and explains why founder motivation matters over the long term.
1:10:18ENTom Blomfield on YC, Fundraising and the Founder’s JobGuest Tom Blomfield · Host Harry StebbingsThe Monzo co-founder and YC partner discusses selecting founders, running a batch and balancing a large vision with immediate execution.
1:00ENAndrew Ng on Four Agentic AI Design PatternsMatthew Berman, Andrew Ng · Forward FutureA short excerpt identifies reflection, tools, planning and multi-agent collaboration as approaches to building AI agents.
1:02:58ENLarry Shurtz on Hiring Sales Teams, Vertical Playbooks and ForecastingGuest Larry Shurtz · Host Harry StebbingsThe Genesys sales leader explains how to prioritize, onboard and coach sellers, and why industry expertise must extend beyond the account executive.
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