The Knowledge Project

Winston Weinberg, co-founder and CEO of Harvey — building AI that streamlines legal work. He discusses how AI reshapes legal workflows. He explains decision frameworks like two‑way doors and P0 prioritization. He shares his stress‑hacking approach, building resilience, and rapid prioritization with a 400‑page Google Doc that powers focus and speed.

Greg Brockman, OpenAI co-founder and former first engineer at Stripe, takes you inside the chaotic 72 hours after Sam Altman was fired and the scramble to build a backup company. He also digs into OpenAI’s shift from nonprofit roots, why AI now writes so much code, the battle over hidden reasoning, and how compute scarcity could shape who gets access to AGI.

Mario Harik, XPO CEO and software engineer turned trucking leader, shares how engineering discipline shapes high-stakes leadership. He talks about running 40,000 people with just ten daily numbers. He gets into hiring A players, designing meetings where junior voices surface the best ideas, and making a bold billion-dollar bet after Yellow’s collapse.

Joe Liemandt, software founder and investor behind Trilogy, ESW Capital, and Alpha School, makes a bold case for rebuilding education with AI. He explores two-hour learning days, mastery before moving on, and why top scores might come with fewer lectures. The conversation also digs into motivation, life skills, AI feedback, and his plan to scale the model to a billion kids.

A bold entrepreneur talks his way into opportunity, then turns a cow pasture into a frozen fries empire. The conversation follows unconventional financing, selling a product nobody wanted, exporting first to prove demand, a painful McDonald’s misstep, and the patient acquisition strategy that finally opened the U.S.

Connor Teskey, CEO of Brookfield Asset Management and a longtime renewables investor, pulls back the curtain on how a trillion-dollar firm thinks. He talks capital allocation, acting before perfect information arrives, and making non-consensus bets. There’s also a sharp look at data centers, AI infrastructure, talent, culture, and how firms stay resilient through market cycles.

A nine-seat root beer stand turns into a global hotel empire. The story follows a leap into airline catering, a careful hunt for better locations, and a relentless push to make operations repeatable. There’s also a deep focus on avoiding fragile debt, surviving the Depression, and passing the business on through written principles.

Vlad Tenev, Robinhood co-founder and CEO who rebuilt the fintech after GameStop, discusses surviving an 80% market crash and switching to “founder mode.” He talks about AI integration across customer support and product, tokenization and expanding retail ownership, and the product and cultural shifts that made Robinhood leaner and more mission-driven.

A tense founding story about near‑insolvency, risky bets, and the price of rapid growth. Tales of trust, oddball hires, and hands‑off leadership that built fierce loyalty. Inventive product moments like the waffle sole and the swoosh get spotlighted. Legal and customs fights threaten survival, then big breakouts turn a niche running brand into cultural power.

Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management who runs Norway’s $2.1T sovereign fund. He discusses AI’s real impact versus hype, why AI will augment not replace human judgment, the value of speed and urgency in large organizations, contrarian investing moves like favoring real estate, and building long-term institutional thinking through culture, testing assumptions, and seeking disagreement.