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A show about the winding journeys the world's most interesting people take to becoming great—and what they do when figuring out a question we all face: What's Next? Because before you launch at Zero, you have to figure out what to launch at Minus One. Hosted by South Park Commons Partner Aditya Agarwal and members of the SPC community.

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Thariq Shihipar, a member of Anthropic's Claude Code team (and SPC alum), joins South Park Commons Partner Evan Tana to discuss what it takes to build at the frontier of AI, where the models, tools, and best practices are constantly evolving.

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What does it actually take to become an astronaut? Shubhanshu Shukla, the second Indian to travel to space after more than four decades, joins South Park Commons general partner Aditya Agarwal to share the answer.

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Nato Saichek, cofounder and CTO of Longshot Space, joins South Park Commons Partner Jonathan Brebner to explain why rockets won the space race for the wrong reasons—and why a 15-kilometer space gun may be the most rational path to cheap access to orb... more

Amit Jain, cofounder and CEO of Luma AI, joins South Park Commons Partner Finn Meeks to explain why the most defensible AI companies aren't just building tools—they're developing systems that can understand and simulate the world.

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Nato Saichek
Co-founder and CTO of Longshot Space
Longshot Space
Episode: Minus One to Space Gun | Nato Saichek
Amit Jain
Founder and CEO of Luma Labs
Luma Labs
Episode: Why Great AI Companies Are Moving Beyond Tools | Amit Jain (Luma AI)
Nikesh Arora
CEO of Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks
Episode: The AI Cybersecurity Crisis Is Here | Nikesh Arora (Palo Alto Networks CEO)
Rahul Patil
Chief Technology Officer at Anthropic
Anthropic
Episode: Anthropic CTO on AI Safety in the Age of Exponential Growth | Rahul Patil
Elad Gil
Entrepreneur, investor, author of High Growth Handbook
Founder and investor, various tech ventures
Episode: Elad Gil: Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Startup Advice
Grant Lee
Founder/CEO of Gamma
Gamma
Episode: What Gamma ($2B Unicorn) Learned that Most Founders Get Backwards | Grant Lee
Anurag Goel
Co-founder and CEO of Render, former employee number eight at Stripe
Render
Episode: Betting an Entire Company on AI, Bubble or Not | Render CEO Anurag Goel
Gokul Rajaram
An experienced entrepreneur and investor known for his roles in multiple Silicon Valley companies.
Episode: Mission Before Startup: Gokul Rajaram’s Playbook for Founders
Tuhin Srivastava
A tech entrepreneur and early member of South Park Commons, who has transitioned from finance to technology and leads a startup in ML infrastructure.
Episode: The Most Underrated Unicorn Founder In Silicon Valley | Tuhin Srivastava

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Aditya Agarwal
Host of Minus One; South Park Commons partner with deep involvement in the SPC community.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 25 ratings
  • Dumb host

    Guy tried to sound smart, but he's extremely mid

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    JJkollins
    United States4 months ago
  • Very interesting!

    Loved the comparison of the few moments before a race, and the minus one stage of launching a new business.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    BeckaBSN
    United States2 years ago
  • Wow

    Inspiring!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ditzikow
    United States2 years ago

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Minus One to Space Gun | Nato Saichek
Q: How do you convince investors when the concept is so unconventional?
Show a tangible, working prototype, a solid team with aerospace pedigree, and an active grant or funding milestone to prove viability beyond theory; demonstrations and hands-on tests help translate physics into a credible business case.
Minus One to Space Gun | Nato Saichek
Q: What does it sound like when it leaves the barrel?
The system uses two primary scales of hardware; the six-inch and the 30-inch diameter barrels, and the experience of a high-energy, thunderous release that becomes more like a heavy, controlled impact rather than a rocket-like hiss.
Why Great AI Companies Are Moving Beyond Tools | Amit Jain (Luma AI)
Q: Do you see unified models eventually replacing language models, or will LLMs remain important?
Unified models will be more general and capable in theory and in deployment, but language models will still be used for specific tasks where they are efficient; in practice, the world model will complement and sometimes supplant traditional LLM-based workflows for complex, multimodal tasks.
Why Great AI Companies Are Moving Beyond Tools | Amit Jain (Luma AI)
Q: What is your definition of a world model?
A world model is a system that understands and can simulate the physical world, integrating language, vision, and other modalities into a single backbone to reason about physics, causality, and time in a coherent, real-time framework.
The AI Cybersecurity Crisis Is Here | Nikesh Arora (Palo Alto Networks CEO)
Q: How do you reconcile the rapid capabilities of AI with the need to patch and secure complex enterprise stacks?
It's about preparing for a bumpy transition period where patches and governance must scale to thousands of changes weekly. The industry will rely on AI itself to help build patches, test them for collateral damage, and iterate quickly while maintaining security.

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