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1:13:26ENNaveen Rao on Energy, AI Hardware, Verification and the Future of RoboticsGuest Naveen Rao · Host Harry StebbingsThe Unconventional AI founder argues that energy efficiency will shape AI hardware, while the growing volume of model output makes verification more valuable.
1:19:54ENThomas Sohmers on AI Inference, Memory and Data-Center GrowthGuest Thomas Sohmers · Host Harry StebbingsPositron’s co-founder discusses the engineering economics of inference, his views on AI infrastructure and regulation, and the risks he sees in financing and concentration.
45:00ENLip-Bu Tan took the hardest job in chips to save IntelHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilThe Cadence veteran and semiconductor investor tells No Priors how he is rebuilding Intel's culture, balance sheet, and foundry, and why he still wants a 10x from here.
1:07:45ENAndrew Feldman on AI Chips, Data Centers and Compute DemandGuest Andrew Feldman · Host Harry StebbingsCerebras’s CEO discusses memory supply, inference speed, community impacts and US chip policy.
1:22:49ENBryan Cantrill: Why Software and Hardware Must Be Designed TogetherBryan Cantrill · Oxide Computer CompanyFrom a stubborn CPU reset to disappearing drives, Oxide’s cofounder makes the case for designing and debugging computing systems across the hardware–software boundary.
17:06ENAI News: 1X Neo, Extropic’s TSU, MiniMax M2 and Cursor 2Matthew Berman, Matt Garman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews home robotics, emerging compute hardware, model releases and Amazon job cuts in an October 2025 news roundup.
1:20:12ENCerebras CEO Andrew Feldman on AI Chips, Demand and Infrastructure RiskGuest Andrew Feldman · Host Harry StebbingsFeldman discusses Cerebras financing, chip design and data centers, while weighing talent, energy and market concentration.
1:31:19ENGroq Founder Jonathan Ross on AI Compute, Chip Competition and EnergyGuest Jonathan Ross · Host Harry StebbingsRoss explains his view of inference demand, custom chips and infrastructure economics, and makes predictions about AI’s effects on markets and work.
1:14:36ENAndrew Feldman on AI Chips, Inference and Competing With NvidiaGuest Andrew Feldman · Host Harry StebbingsThe Cerebras CEO explains wafer-scale computing, argues inference demand will grow and discusses the limits of his industry’s infrastructure.
7:41ENCES 2025 and Running DeepSeek R1 Distills on an RTX 5090Matthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman tours AI demonstrations at CES and runs two quantized DeepSeek R1 distilled models locally on an NVIDIA GPU.
42:21ENThey Cooled 5,000 Watts per Square Centimeter in Space. Now Diamond Goes on AI ChipsHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilAkash Systems founders Felix Ejeckam and Ty Mitchell tell Sarah Guo why heat is the real limiter on AI, and how lab-grown diamond bonded to semiconductors is their answer.
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.
58:18ENDavid Luan on Model Scaling, AI Agents and Competition Across the Chip StackGuest David Luan · Host Harry StebbingsThe Adept co-founder explains his views on compute, vertical integration, enterprise agents and why human interaction should shape AI product design.
39:03ENMI300 Leads Inference by 2x: AMD's CTO on Winning Chip Competition Without a Walled GardenHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilWhen Mark Papermaster became AMD's CTO in fall 2011, nearly all of the company's revenue sat on PCs and gaming, Moore's Law was slowing, and everyone knew it needed a turnaround.
1:09:10ENThe Same Snapdragon That Flies on Mars Powers a Galaxy PhoneGuest Cristiano Amon · Host Lex FridmanQualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon talks with Lex Fridman about 5G, Snapdragon, cars, the chip shortage, and how to map the border of your own competence.
59:26ENAndy Ray on FPGAs, Hardware Design and HardcamlYaron Minsky, Andy Ray · Jane StreetJane Street’s hardware design lead explains why programmable circuits can improve performance and how software tooling makes them easier to build and test.
1:34:44ENMoore's Law Has Been About to Die for Forty YearsGuest Jim Keller · Host Lex FridmanChip architect Jim Keller tells Lex Fridman why a cascade of diminishing-return curves still looks exponential, why you rewrite the CPU every five years, and why driving a car is not a super-hard problem.
47:18ENUnboxed Types and Memory Layouts for OCamlStephen Dolan · Jane StreetStephen explains a proposed type-system extension for controlling data representation while retaining OCaml’s fast separate compilation.
1:02:34ENAndy Ray on Designing and Running OCaml on FPGAsAndy Ray · Jane StreetHardCaml turns OCaml into a hardware design language. Andy Ray explains FPGA fundamentals, simulation and verification, then demonstrates an OCaml software stack running on a soft CPU.









