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Sequoia Capital
Artificial Intelligence
Openai
Reinforcement Learning
Large Language Models
Generative AI
Automation
Deepmind
Customer Experience
Sequoia Capital
Machine Learning
Software Development
Contact Center
Langchain
Chatgpt
AI Agents
Microsoft
Voice Technology
Elevenlabs
AI Audio
Artificial General Intelligence

Join us as we train our neural nets on the theme of the century: AI. Sonya Huang, Pat Grady and more Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to ask critical questions and develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies—and their implications for technology, business and society. The content of this podcast does not constitute investment adv... more

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Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, joins Sequoia partner Andrew Reed at AI Ascent 2026 to talk about how a four-year-old company built a frontier audio AI business with just over 400 people and over $400M in revenue. He explains why... more

Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code at Anthropic, joins Sequoia partner Lauren Reeder at AI Ascent 2026 to talk about where coding goes from here. He explains why he hasn't written a line of code in 2026, why he now ships dozens of PRs a day from hi... more

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Recent Guests

Mikey Shulman
Founder and CEO of Suno, building a music company and creative entertainment platform
Suno
Episode: Suno's Mikey Shulman: Everyone Can Make Music Now
Mati Staniszewski
Co-founder of ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs
Episode: ElevenLabs' Mati Staniszewski: How Voice Becomes the Interface for Everything
Boris Cherny
Engineer and creator of Claude Code
Anthropic
Episode: Anthropic's Boris Cherny: Coding's Printing Press Moment
Dmitri Dolgov
Engineer and lead figure at Waymo's autonomous vehicle program
Waymo
Episode: Waymo's Dmitri Dolgov: 20 Million Rides and the Road to Full Autonomy
Greg Brockman
Co-founder and President of OpenAI
OpenAI
Episode: OpenAI's Greg Brockman: Why Human Attention Is the New Bottleneck
Demis Hassabis
Founder of DeepMind, AI researcher and entrepreneur
DeepMind
Episode: Demis Hassabis on Building DeepMind, AlphaFold, and the Final Stretch to AGI
Andrej Karpathy
AI researcher and educator, co-founder of OpenAI; former Tesla AI lead
OpenAI, Tesla
Episode: Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering
James Cadwallader
Co-founder and CEO of Profound
Profound
Episode: From SEO to Agent-Led Growth: Profound’s James Cadwallader
Jason Kelly
Founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks
Episode: How Autonomous Labs Will Transform Scientific Research: Ginkgo Bioworks’ Jason Kelly

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Sonya Huang
Co-host/Host with Sequoia Capital connections, frequent partner at Sequoia; long-running host with broad industry tech focus
Pat Grady
Co-host and partner at Sequoia Capital, frequent host of technical and investment-focused conversations

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 129 ratings
  • Pretty cool

    Nice speakers

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    seth_vikas
    Germanya year ago
  • Open evidence

    domain ignorance.Physicians overriding concern in private setting is repetitiveness of practice and in enterprise setting is how to address RVU’s not edge cases. It is like putting cart in front of horse

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    lalisyal
    United Statesa year ago
  • Super insightful

    Great hosts and really great in the weeds convos here

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    joel fowler
    United States2 years ago
  • Accessible with depth

    The first episode is essentially just Harrison Chase laying out “why agents” for an hour, in the best way possible. If his episode is any indication of what’s to come, this is going to be one of the best sources for a foundational understanding of what’s going on in the space.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Thomas J Myers
    United States2 years ago
  • Incredible!

    Pat Grady and Sonya Huang are incredibly insightful and some of the sharpest investors of our generation!

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    JXu8
    United States2 years ago

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Hosts are consistently insightful and well-connected in the AI/VC space.
High signal with practical, investor-informed perspectives.
Experts steer clear of fluff; deep dives into AI tooling and deployment.
Accessible with depth: foundational AI concepts explained with actionable detail.
Guests and hosts offer sharp, candid takes on AI progress and business impact.

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Anthropic's Boris Cherny: Coding's Printing Press Moment
Q: How do you balance model capabilities with product decisions in driving Claude Code's success?
Success is a mix of model strength and product decisions; trading off between rapid iteration, user experience, and how teams adopt and integrate the tool into their workflows.
Anthropic's Boris Cherny: Coding's Printing Press Moment
Q: What do you mean when you say coding is solved, and what remains to be tackled?
The core capability to generate and manage code using AI exists, especially with improved models, but there are still challenges in complex, large-scale codebases and in refining the harness and safety controls for alignment and reliability.
ElevenLabs' Mati Staniszewski: How Voice Becomes the Interface for Everything
Q: What is ElevenLabs' approach to building frontier audio models without blowing through capital?
We focused on starting in 2022 with a distributed, talent-sourcing model, monetized early to fund R&D, and built a stack incrementally—from speech-to-text to text-to-speech and then to real-time, emotionally aware voice agents—while keeping teams lean and embedding engineers in non-traditional roles to accelerate development.
Suno's Mikey Shulman: Everyone Can Make Music Now
Q: Why focus on full songs instead of short clips, and how has this choice affected product strategy?
Focusing on full songs captures narrative structure and emotional arc, making creations more engaging and personally meaningful, which in turn drives deeper user attachment and a more robust product moat.
Suno's Mikey Shulman: Everyone Can Make Music Now
Q: How does Suno approach turning prompts into full songs without constraining creativity?
They treat the process as modeling sound rather than labeling instruments or vocals, using prompts to guide the generation of lyrics, style, and arrangement, then letting the model synthesize music that fits those cues while remaining flexible and exploratory.

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The show centers on the practical and strategic implications of AI across business, technology, and society. Episodes frequently explore AI infrastructure, developer tooling, and real-world deployments—from democratizing RL environments and building AI workbenches to long-horizon agents, autonomous systems, and AI security. Guests range from AI researchers and startup founders to investors, often discussing how enterprises adopt AI, scale infrastructure, and navigate risks, with a strong emphasis on enterprise productivity, developer experience, and the evolving economics of AI-enabled workflows. Notable traits include a candid mix of technical depth and business perspective, a focus on practical adoption challenges, and a track record of h... more

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