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No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Sep 25, 2025Podcast · 2 speakersTwo Academic Hours a Day, and 96 Percent of Kids Say They Love SchoolHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilTrilogy founder Joe Liemandt, now principal of Alpha School, tells No Priors how an AI tutor, a two-hour bargain with fifth graders, and a sports-coach ethos are meant to scale to a billion children.
32:15ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· May 8, 2025Podcast · 2 speakersThe Hardest Part of Learning Is Getting Yourself to StartHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilDuolingo CEO Luis von Ahn tells Sarah Guo how two-minute lessons, streaks, an 83 percent accuracy target, and large language models turned language study into a consumer product.
36:31ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Mar 14, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersFigma's One-Way Door Swung Open — With a Billion-Dollar ConsolationHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilAfter regulators killed the Adobe deal, Dylan Field tells No Priors how Figma kept building, where AI belongs in design, and why the company was never meant to be only a design tool.
38:48ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Jan 31, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersShopify Built a Copilot, Not an Autopilot, for Every MerchantHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilShopify VP of Core Product Glen Coates on collapsing duplicate engines, shipping AI that proposes but never commits, and teaching storefront search to understand a sweater.
47:42ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Aug 17, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersSal Khan Thinks Every Child Can Finally Have a TutorHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilThe Khan Academy founder tells Sarah Guo and Elad Gil how a family tutoring side project became an AI teaching assistant, and why he believes education is on the cusp of its biggest positive shift.
35:36ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Apr 13, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersAGI as a side effect: Noam Shazeer on Transformers, Character.AI, and two-hour chatsHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilIn April 2023, the Transformer co-author told No Priors how a 22-person startup turned open-ended chat into a consumer product — and treated AGI as a byproduct of making the model smarter.
39:10ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups· Mar 23, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersNever Cite More Than Five Links: Perplexity's Bet on Answer EnginesHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilFounded in August 2022, Perplexity was barely seven months old when its CEO and CTO sat down with No Priors to explain how an answer engine takes on Google.
51:39ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & StartupsPodcast · 2 speakersA Tutor for Every Child: Sal Khan on How AI Could Transform EducationHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilKhan Academy's founder traces his path from tutoring his cousins to building Khanmigo, and explains how GPT-4, classroom change, universities and future skills fit together.
43:44ENNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & StartupsPodcast · 2 speakersRoblox's 20-Year Bet: Building the Holodeck with Native AI ModelsHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilRoblox CEO Dave Baszucki explains how 13 billion monthly hours of 3D interaction data could power smarter NPCs, virtual doppelgängers and a cloud-native future for games.