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Christian Garrett & Delian Asparouhov, bipartisan forum builders connecting tech and government. Anton Osika, CEO of Lovable, a no-code AI app platform. Mehul Nariyawala, co-founder of Matic, scaling consumer robots. Kevin Weil, OpenAI product lead for science. Eric Seufert, mobile ad and growth analyst. They debate AI tools for science and apps, robotics scaling and pricing, ad models in AI products, and tech–policy bridges.

They debate how AI is reshaping VFX, rotoscoping tools, and whether streaming platforms will mimic YouTube’s user-generated strategies. They analyze Saudi Arabia’s search for private capital and the rise of family offices and private credit. They cover Tether’s move into gold storage and a new stablecoin launch. They also demo agent AI workflows and argue about agent autonomy and platform limits.

Mark Gurman, Apple insider who breaks product and strategy news. Miles Brundage, AI auditing expert pushing independent evaluations. Aidan Smith, co-founder of a data-efficient AI lab. Alex Dhillon, CEO fighting AI-driven impersonation. Gabriel Stengel, CEO building genAI for bankers. They debate Apple’s AI moves, independent AI audits, data-efficient training, AI impersonation defenses, and genAI in finance.

Peter Steinberger, software engineer who built iOS developer tools and returned from retirement to create the Clawdbot/MaltBot open-source personal agent. He talks about rediscovering coding joy, playful rapid prototyping, early agent hacks and WhatsApp integrations. He covers viral growth, scaling community support, model and hardware tradeoffs, self-hosting, and the move toward agents replacing apps.

A whirlwind tour of a surprise AI rebrand and the trademark scramble that followed. Discussion of a fast-shipping developer whose tool hints at consumer-facing AI agents. Debate over who will dominate agent and model markets and how infrastructure will win. Quick takes on Meta testing paid AI tiers, platform outages, and a live birthday interruption for a fun twist.

Peter Steinberger, Austrian open-source entrepreneur behind PSPDFKit and creator of MoltBot, on building viral local agent experiences. Jamie Cuffe, Pace CEO, on automating insurers' back-office with AI. Ben Lerer, Lerer Hippeau co-founder, on building and scaling niche media. Lucas Atkins, Arcee AI CTO, on training US-based open-source LLMs. Bridgit Mendler, Northwood Space CEO, on satellite ground infrastructure and a big Space Force contract. Jeff Miller, Anduril marketing VP, on merch, partnerships and AI drone racing. Aaron Frank, Lightspeed partner, on payments, stablecoins and agent-driven commerce.

A rapid rundown of Claudebot’s viral launch, setup hurdles, security risks, and niche automations that appeal to hackers. A Napster-era analogy for early AI spread and the business frictions that follow. A take on Mac Mini sales and its role as a 24/7 assistant hub. Coverage of Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 live climb and how live stunts drive monetization. A look at ChatGPT checkout fees, ads, and merchant impacts.

Lan Xuezhao, early AI investor and Basis Set founder, on fund four and AI infrastructure. Christian Keil, ex-Astranis now at a16z, on satellite internet and aerospace investing. George Kurtz, CrowdStrike CEO and endurance racer, on Daytona win and race prep. Kurt Terrani, Standard Nuclear CEO, on TRISO fuel and Oak Ridge operations. Victor Riparbelli, Synthesia CEO, on AI video for enterprises. Joseph Lubin, Ethereum cofounder, on DeFi and TradFi integration.

A fast rundown of China’s import patterns, luxury spending shifts, and its strategy of buying legacy brands. Big moves in U.S. manufacturing and a massive Anduril campus plan get attention. The TikTok survival deal and how content and control might change are unpacked. Alleged corporate spying, quantum threats to crypto, and platform pivots like Substack TV and Vimeo layoffs round out the tech news.

Russ d'Sa, CEO of LiveKit, scaled a real-time voice/video startup into voice AI power. Max Spero, CEO of Pangram Labs, built fast tools to spot AI-generated content. Bryce Strauss, co-founder of Nominal, brings telemetry and engineering software to race teams. Tuhin Srivastava, CEO of Baseten, solves enterprise AI inference and deployment. They talk growth, voice UX and latency, detecting AI slop, racing telemetry, and inference infrastructure.