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This Week in AI

Jason Calacanis
Openclaw
Artificial Intelligence
Productivity
Automation
Abridge
Gecko Robotics
Ziosec
AI Security
Penetration Testing
Prompt Injection
Gemini 3.0
AI Inference
Data Centers In Space
Modular
Fireworks AI
AGI
Frontier Inference
AI Agents
Social Engineering
Cloud Computing

An experts-only AI podcast: Think the 'All In' podcast for AI. Jason + 3 CEO-level experts breaking down the news & trends.

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This week Jason sits down with three founders at the frontier of AI infrastructure, software development, and vertical AI: Matan Grinberg, co-founder and CEO of Factory; Russ d'Sa, co-founder and CEO of LiveKit; and George Sivulka, founder and CEO of... more

This week we sit down with Aravind Srinivas and Edwin Chen on This Week in AI Episode 10. Aravind is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity, whose revenue has grown from $100M to $500M on the back of Perplexity Computer. Edwin is the co-founder and CEO... more

This week we sit down with Lin Qiao and Demi Guo on This Week in AI Episode 9. Lin is the co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI, a frontier inference platform processing tens of trillions of tokens per day, built by seven ex-Meta engineers who created P... more

This week on TWiAI, Jason sits down with three founders at the center of the AI stack: Kanjun Qiu (CEO of Imbue), Carina Hong (CEO of Axiom), and Jonathan Siddharth (CEO of Turing). They break down Anthropic's explosive $30B run rate, why it just ove... more

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Lin Qiao
Co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI
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Episode: The Future of AI: Personal Agents, Taste & Private Data | Lin Qiao & Demi Guo | E9
Demi Guo
Co-founder and CEO of Pika, agents for Creative
Pika
Episode: The Future of AI: Personal Agents, Taste & Private Data | Lin Qiao & Demi Guo | E9
Kanjun Qiu
CEO at Imbue, open source agents advocate
Imbue
Episode: What's Left for Humans When AI Builds Everything?
Carina Hong
AI mathematician, researcher and entrepreneur
Axiom/Imbue
Episode: What's Left for Humans When AI Builds Everything?
Jonathan Siddharth
Co-founder and CEO of Turing
Turing
Episode: What's Left for Humans When AI Builds Everything?
Jeremy Fraenkel
CEO and Co-founder of Fundamental
Fundamental
Episode: How Focus Killed Sora and Saved Anthropic | This Week in AI with Victor Riparbelli, Nick Harris & Jeremy Fraenkel
Nick Harris
CEO of Lightmatter
Lightmatter
Episode: How Focus Killed Sora and Saved Anthropic | This Week in AI with Victor Riparbelli, Nick Harris & Jeremy Fraenkel
Victor Riparbelli
CEO of Synthesia
Synthesia
Episode: How Focus Killed Sora and Saved Anthropic | This Week in AI with Victor Riparbelli, Nick Harris & Jeremy Fraenkel
Jake Loosararian
CEO and co-founder of Gecko Robotics
Gecko Robotics
Episode: $2.5B Chip Heist, The Future of American AI, and Purpose-Built Robots | This Week in AI Ep 6

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Jason Calacanis
Editorial lead and host, frequently guiding panel discussions with CEOs and founders; associated with This Week in AI.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 6 ratings
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    Can’t wait for things to get rolling!

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Concrete examples help translate AI concepts to business impact.
Strong focus on security and governance resonates with operators and founders.
Insightful guests who bring real-world enterprise perspectives.

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The Future of AI: Personal Agents, Taste & Private Data | Lin Qiao & Demi Guo | E9
Q: How do customers actually adopt this in terms of data and deployment—on their own hardware or via managed services?
Customers typically start with private data tuning and controlled deployment, then decide whether to run on their own hardware or rely on hosted services. Fireworks offers a spectrum of abstraction—from low-level control for hackers to high-level automation for non-AI specialists—so teams can incrementally adopt frontier capabilities while maintaining data sovereignty.
The Future of AI: Personal Agents, Taste & Private Data | Lin Qiao & Demi Guo | E9
Q: Explain the product. Who is the customer that you're selling into right now, and what does the product do for them?
Fireworks targets AI practitioners and enterprise teams who need real-time, cost-efficient inference on tuned, private-data models. The platform provides layered abstraction from low-level tuning to high-level application development, enabling companies to deploy frontier models at scale with private data to improve accuracy and cost.
$2.5B Chip Heist, The Future of American AI, and Purpose-Built Robots | This Week in AI Ep 6
Q: Explain in simple terms what Modular does and why it matters for AI compute.
Modular provides a software layer that lets developers deploy AI models across different hardware types (Nvidia, AMD, Apple Silicon, etc.) without getting locked into a single vendor's stack, enabling heterogeneous, scalable, and more flexible AI deployments.
AI in Warfare, OpenClaw & The Stargate Mega-Campus | This Week in AI E3
Q: What is the role of AI in warfare and governance?
The speakers discuss that AI will be embedded in national defense and that corporations may be pressured by nations; responsibility frameworks exist but ultimately national strategy and laws shape deployment.
AI in Warfare, OpenClaw & The Stargate Mega-Campus | This Week in AI E3
Q: Should we learn to code?
The panel suggests that learning to think and understand system design is more important than chasing specific coding trades; natural language could become the next programming paradigm while foundational knowledge remains valuable.

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What is This Week in AI about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A technology-focused AI show led by a high-signal host team and a rotating set of CEO-level experts who dissect the latest AI breakthroughs, industry dynamics, and practical deployments. Episodes emphasize open models, AI infrastructure, security, governance, and workforce implications, with hands-on anecdotes about tooling, data centers, productivity gains, and real-world deployments. Notable angles include the tension between open and closed models, security considerations around agentic AI, and the business impact of AI across accounting, advisory services, and infrastructure. The format tends to blend panel commentary with founder-level perspectives, offering actionable takeaways for listeners evaluating AI strategy, tooling, and partne... more

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