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- 2 weeks ago37 min
On the Frontier of Peptides in 2026
on the frontier of peptides & community in conversation with Tori Pastore @bonecondor 00:55 an intro to peptides 08:13 on peptides removing food noise: tori’s experience 14:30 dosing and combatting food engineering 16:14 on the verge of shapeshifting 20:30 bending attention, corporate surrealism, and Tori being a fan of Roy Lee29:35 the post-atomic bomb societal shift and the origins of “hipster” 35:17 techno optimism
- May 18, 202647 min
On the Frontier of AI Slop Detection
In conversation with Max Spero and @PangramLabs From the grifters, to auto reply bots, to russian influence campaigns, to the rising cost of trainingDive in:00:36 Max's background & pangram labs05:27 AI slop attack vectors13:19 Is this an intractable problem?18:48 The relational value of content21:36 A surprising learning...29:36 Customer problems we're not talking enough about37:04 Forecasting compute43:52 Pangram Labs is hiring!
- Apr 27, 202640 min
On the Frontier of Consumer Wearables: Building a Private AI Voice Ring
In conversation with Mina Fahmi, CEO of Sandbar00:34 Mina's background01:42 Robotics, neural interfaces, and hardware06:06 Bringing nervous system work into designing AI products10:25 Building with voice12:38 AI extending self-concept19:05 AI sycophancy24:58 Agentic memory30:11 Hardware decisions at Sandbar34:16 Hiring at Sandbar36:04 Bringing AI to more people
- Apr 17, 202637 min
New Branding Playbooks in Tech Media
On the frontier of storytelling In conversation with Erika Lee, leading branding at Corgi, from their new 24/7 SF cafe. The old branding playbooks are being thrown out the window… & something new is taking it’s place. Whatever form it takes, human resonance will always be what sells, and Erika embodies this.Erika has journeyed from local news broadcasting to crypto to AI…and is now bringing some LA energy to SF (woo!)Dive in: 00:22 Who is Erika Lee? 03:46 What is Corgi? 05:43 New branding playbooks 14:52 What are folks getting wrong about branding 21:10 What can AI learn from crypto? 29:10 Working in local news 34:30 Corgi & startup Insurance
- Apr 6, 202647 min
Agent memory, continual learning, & family-building
On agent factories, memory, continual learning & building on the frontier while growing a familyIn conversation withSam Whitmore, engineering at @Cursor I am so excited to share this because I have been inspired by Sam for years...and this joins agentic products+memory with shining a light on pregnancy and raising a young family← we need more conversations on both!Dive in:00:25 Sam’s background01:38 Family building while in frontier tech11:50 Agent factories15:46 Continual learning, agent self-awareness, memory, and user goal alignment23:51 Building a thoughtful product culture at Cursor27:00 Thinking about defensibility in 202630:01 Selling outside of the tech/X bubble35:12 On reading fiction38:32 On pregnancy, hormones, and building42:58 On agent predictions for the next 6 months46:35 Hiring at CursorFollow Sam on X: https://x.com/sjwhitmoreFollow me on X: https://x.com/ashebytes
- Mar 30, 202655 min
On Frontier Tech Communities | Edge City & Timour Kosters
On pop up villages for folks in frontier tech & science In conversation with Timour KostersTimour and the Edge City team are on the cutting edge of curating in real life connections for folks on the frontier. In fact, a KPI they have are number of kids conceived because of Edge! Dive in: 00:28 Timour’s background04:55 Edge City - pop up villages for people in frontier tech + science 07:45 The crisis of dating & closely connecting 10:35 More kids in society15:37 Funding models for the residencies20:03 Reconceptualizing national identities 22:47 Safeguards to create communities that feel safe27:43 Renormalizing mistakes within community 30:05 Berlin as inspiration for a post AGI city34:27 Identity leaps 36:36 Advice for people who feel disconnected 41:36 Edgeclaw: openclaw for IRL meetups44:27 Frontier tech: Vasocomputation 48:09 The next generation of Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring etc 54:03 Edge city invitation
- Mar 20, 202643 min
On Frontier Science: AI, Physics, and Energy Breakthroughs in 2026 | Danielle Fong
Stepping into the golden age of energy techIn conversation with Danielle Fong https://x.com/DanielleFong00:45 Danielle’s background, starting with college at 12 4:16 The global energy crisis 11:15 Productizing: from drones to data centers14:00 Powering your future openclaw with propane 14:34 Selling to the US gov vs consumer applications 19:30 AI, data centers, and new energy sources23:25 Agentic tools at Lightcell 27:54 Leveraging models across providers 29:54 Iterating on frontier science 43:22 Hyperscalers and the golden age of energy tech
- Mar 9, 202646 min
Building Consumer Hardware in 2026 | Andy Kong
On building consumer wearables in 2026In conversation with Andy Kong @oldestasian interested in hardware? me too. fascinating chat, amazing lab aesthetic00:00 quiz-bowl buzzers to the SF wearables scene02:25 pebble, kickstarter, and what's changed05:49 2 ways of developing wearables 06:59 CMs, budgets, and designing your own board09:53 using Alibaba chat to source partners14:07 planning a shenzhen trip18:27 board vs mold design25:53 boston vs sf vs nyc for wearables30:00 LLMs + board design33:50 is hardware still hard?36:22 cubesats + chargerless 37:11 validate publicly, quicklyApologies, this episode cuts out towards the end. My bad :,)
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