Podcast Episodes

Windsurf CEO: Betting On AI Agents, Pivoting In 48 Hours, And The Future of Coding

Varun Mohan didn't set out to build one of the fastest-growing AI developer tools. He just knew his company had to change, or die.After initially betting on GPU virtualization, he saw the writing on …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

How To Navigate Co-Founder Disputes

Technical skills build startups—but oftentimes, people skills can save them. So how do you navigate the disagreements and conflict that inevitably arise with a co-founder? In this episode of the Ligh…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Vibe Coding Is The Future

Andrej Karpathy recently coined the term “vibe coding” to describe how LLMs are getting so good that devs can simply “give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

How AI Is Changing Enterprise

The Lightcone hosts sit down with Aaron Levie, the co-founder & CEO of Box, to hear reports from the front of how large enterprise and Fortune 500 companies are adapting to the AI age.

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

How To Get AI Startup Ideas

Apply to AI Startup School in SF: https://events.ycombinator.com/ai-sus

There’s never been a better time to launch an AI startup, but many prospective founders find themselves stuck when it comes to t…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

AI Revolution: Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Startup

In this special episode of Lightcone, we’re joined by YC partner and creator of Gmail, Paul Buchheit, to dig into some of the latest trends in the world of AI and startups.

We recorded our conversa…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Lightcone 2025 Forecast

Happy New Year! In this mini-episode, the Lightcone hosts ring in 2025 with their predictions for startups, AI, crypto, and more.

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

2024’s Biggest Startup Trends

2024 has been quite a year for AI and startups. As we head into the holidays and the new year, the Lightcone hosts reflect on this year’s biggest startup trends, moments, and breakthroughs.

Published on 11 months ago

Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS

As AI models continue to rapidly improve and compete with one another, a new business model is coming into view: vertical AI agents.

In this episode of the Lightcone, the hosts consider what effect…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why The Next AI Breakthroughs Will Be In Reasoning, Not Scaling

There's an ongoing debate about whether AI scaling laws will hold or hit a wall in the near future. However, what's clear now is today's models already have the power to increase productivity in ways…

Published on 1 year ago