Podcast Episodes

Meet Sesame: The Most Human AI Voice assistant Yet 3/5/25

A new AI voice assistant is pushing the frontiers of the technology. We look into startup Sesame and how it could change the race in AI voice. 

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1 year, 2 months ago

Tech divided over crypto reserve 3/3/25

President Trump announcing a “Strategic Crypto Reserve” over the weekend, drawing quick backlash from some of his biggest supporters in Silicon Valle…

1 year, 2 months ago

Megacaps enter the Quantum chip race 2/27/25

Amazon is jumping into the Quantum computing race with their first quantum chip ‘ocelot.’ We look at the latest Megacap staking their claim in quantu…

1 year, 2 months ago

Why AI prices are in a race to the bottom 2/26/25

DeepSeek’s impact being felt as more free AI offerings make their way to consumers, in a battle for users between the biggest AI names. We look at wh…

1 year, 2 months ago

TechCheck Takes: How DeepSeek supercharged AI’s distillation problem 2/25/25

Silicon Valley is reckoning with an AI development technique that could upend the leaderboard. Distillation is the idea that a small team can make an…

1 year, 2 months ago

How stricter chip restrictions could backfire to benefit Huawei 2/25/25

The Trump administration is reportedly considering tightening the restrictions on U.S. chip exports to China even further. But that could end up unin…

1 year, 2 months ago

Distillation and the boom in Chinese tech stocks, Plus Masa Son on Stargate 2/21/25

U.S. tech companies facing headwinds post-DeepSeek even as Chinese tech stocks have soared. Raising questions about whether the biggest winers may no…

1 year, 3 months ago

Microsoft’s Quantum breakthrough, plus OpenAI touts user growth 2/20/25

Shares of Quantum computing stocks are spiking after Microsoft announced a new Quantum breakthrough yesterday, and Microsoft isn’t the only tech gian…

1 year, 3 months ago

Sequoia backs AI health startup 2/19/25

AI startup OpenEvidence is now raising a fresh round of capital from Sequoia at a $1 Billion valuation. We look at the latest big funding round in AI…

1 year, 3 months ago

Startup Investing for the Masses, Plus xAI Unveils New AI Model 2/18/25

Silicon Valley startups have generally been off-limits to the public, cutting ordinary investors out of peak value creation. But now, those rules are…

1 year, 3 months ago