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50:51ENEoghan McCabe on Intercom, AI Adoption and Freedom of SpeechGuest Eoghan McCabe · Host Harry StebbingsThe Intercom CEO discusses customer-support AI, remaining private and founder leadership, then debates political expression and misinformation with Harry Stebbings.
1:15:08ENJeff Wang on Public and Private Investing, AI and Sequoia Global EquitiesGuest Jeff Wang · Host Harry StebbingsThe investor explains thematic research, portfolio construction and his 2024 views on AI infrastructure and technology platforms.
38:28ENHalf of Production AI Is RAG. Fine-Tuning Almost Disappeared.Host Sarah Guo, Elad GilBraintrust CEO Ankur Goyal tells No Priors what Notion, Zapier, and Vercel actually ship — and which hyped techniques they quietly dropped.
1:19:00ENEiso Kant on Poolside, Compute and AI for Software DevelopmentGuest Eiso Kant · Host Harry StebbingsPoolside’s CTO explains code-execution feedback, the cost of model development and his company’s ambitions in the AI race.
53:51ENLiora Friedberg on Solving Puzzles in ProductionYaron Minsky, Liora Friedberg · Jane StreetProduction engineering combines live incident response with software, process improvements and a culture that helps people learn from mistakes. Liora Friedberg and Ron Minsky explore the work at Jane Street.
2:29:04ENKeep the Programmer in the Driver's Seat: Cursor's Founders on Tab, Agents, and Zero-Entropy EditingGuest Cursor Team · Host Lex FridmanMichael Truell, Aman Sanger, Sualeh Asif, and Arvid Lunnemark tell Lex Fridman why they forked VS Code, how Tab and Apply actually work, and why most programming still needs a human iterating in real time.
53:03ENMaria Angelidou-Smith on Product Reviews, Hiring and Building Better TeamsGuest Maria Angelidou-Smith · Host Harry StebbingsThe Personio product and technology leader shares lessons from Meta on product careers, decision-making, resource allocation and leading distributed teams.
26:08ENFewer Than 3% of Deals Get Investigated. Selling to the Monopolist Is What Triggers the FTC.Host Sarah Guo, Elad GilChair Lina Khan tells No Priors how merger review actually works in AI markets, why open-weight models matter, and why the agency banned most non-competes.
1:16:09ENBret Taylor on AI Applications, Model Costs and Building SierraGuest Bret Taylor · Host Harry StebbingsThe Sierra co-founder discusses why most companies may buy AI solutions, how agents need guardrails and what founders can learn from technology leaders.
56:26ENDonald Tang on SHEIN’s Supply Chain, Global Growth and AccountabilityGuest Donald Tang · Host Harry StebbingsSHEIN’s executive chairman explains the company’s on-demand model and discusses pricing, environmental questions and public scrutiny.
3:28:51ENShepherds Already Knew: Ed Barnhart on the Americas Before 1492Guest Ed Barnhart · Host Lex FridmanAn archaeologist walks Lex Fridman from lost Amazon cities and Peru's older-than-Egypt pyramids through Maya timekeeping, Aztec sacrifice, Inca empire-building, and the continent the textbooks still treat as empty.
1:00:46ENJeetu Mahtani on International Expansion, Sales and Customer SuccessGuest Jeetu Mahtani · Host Harry StebbingsThe former HubSpot sales leader explains how to test a new market, build partner ecosystems and align sales incentives with customer outcomes.
31:29ENRippling skipped the chatbot and stamped employees after 90 days of workHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilCOO Matt MacInnis tells No Priors how Talent Signal reads source code, tickets, and customer conversations, then gives managers one calibrated label: high potential, typical, or pay attention.
1:08:33ENEric Vishria on AI Value, Founder Insight and Benchmark’s Investment ProcessGuest Eric Vishria · Host Harry StebbingsThe Benchmark partner discusses durable AI revenue, startup distribution, chip competition and how partners challenge investment decisions.
2:40:25ENThree Out of Four Federal Bureaucrats Should Go Home, Vivek Ramaswamy SaysGuest Vivek Ramaswamy · Host Lex FridmanOn Lex Fridman's podcast, the biotech founder and former Republican presidential candidate argues for a 75 percent cut in the federal workforce, a creedal American identity, and a Ukraine deal aimed at peeling Russia away from China.
39:05ZH → EnglishWang Xiaochuan on o1, Reinforcement Learning, and Slow ThinkingGuest 王小川 · Host 张小珺Baichuan Intelligence’s founder discusses possible technical paths behind o1, healthcare applications, and choices for AI startups.
1:25:53ENDmitry Gurski on Building Flo Health Through Retention and SimplicityGuest Dmitry Gurski · Host Harry StebbingsFlo’s co-founder discusses consumer subscriptions, product research, fundraising and the challenges of scaling a health app.
1:23:01ENPhil Carter on Growth Loops and Consumer Subscription EconomicsGuest Phil Carter · Host Harry StebbingsThe growth advisor explains acquisition, retention, paywalls and pricing, and why sustainable consumer subscriptions require more than buying traffic.
3:31:57ENA Man-Made Famine, Packaged as the Science of HistoryGuest Vejas Liulevicius · Host Lex FridmanHistorian Vejas Liulevicius walks Lex Fridman from Marx to Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Putin — arguing that a doctrine which claimed scientific certainty made mass death feel like a duty.
48:31ENA Call Center Contact Costs $13. A Company Agent Can Do It for Under a DollarHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilSierra cofounder and OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor tells No Priors why branded customer agents are shovel-ready, why RAG demos are not products, and how AI software should charge for the job done.
48:54ENAkshay Kothari on Notion’s Lean Team, Fundraising and Board DesignGuest Akshay Kothari · Host Harry StebbingsThe Notion co-founder discusses staying focused, rebuilding sales and using cash-flow discipline to retain flexibility.
49:33ENShardul Shah on Venture Conviction, Outliers and Decisions at IndexGuest Shardul Shah · Host Harry StebbingsThe Index Ventures partner explains how he evaluates founders, revisits follow-on investments and works through disagreement.
1:09:13ENMike Hudack on Product Simplicity, Experimentation and Building TeamsGuest Mike Hudack · Host Harry StebbingsThe Sling Money founder shares lessons from Facebook, Deliveroo and Monzo on customer choice, data and product leadership.
26:28ENAPI prices fell 200x. The LLM table still is not set.Host Sarah Guo, Elad GilSarah Guo and Elad Gil, with no guest this week, argue over whether the language-model market has already consolidated — and why falling prices, five-person labs, and AMD’s shopping spree all cut against a simple ending.
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