

"The Cognitive Revolution"
A biweekly podcast where hosts Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg interview the builders on the edge of AI and explore the dramatic shift it will unlock in the coming years. The Cognitive Revolution is part of the Turpentine podcast network. To learn more: turpentine.co
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The Revolution in Services: General Catalyst's AI Rollup Strategy, with Marc Bhargava
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Marc Bhargava, Managing Director at General Catalyst, discusses the firm's creation strategy centered around AI-enabled roll-ups. These companies start as vertical software startups and then acquire traditional service businesses, transforming them through AI automation. Bha...

Sovereign AI: Geopolitical Strategy & Industrial Policy for Countries 3-193, with Anjney Midha, a16z

Liability for AI Harms: How Ancient Law Can Govern Frontier Technology Risk, with Prof Gabriel Weil

Private Governance: Creating a Market in AI Regulation, with Dr. Gillian Hadfield & Andrew Freedman

The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi, from Inference by Turing Post

Cracking the Medical Code: Why Cleveland Clinic Doctors Love Their Ambience Healthcare AI Scribe

The Data Factory: Inside the $100B Race for Post-Training Supremacy, with Labelbox CEO Manu Sharma
Frontier AI development has shifted from pre-training toward post-training, where models are refined through reinforcement learning to master complex, long-horizon tasks. This evolution necessitates a transition from basic data labeling to the creation of sophisticated environments where models develop skills like codi...

Cheat on Everything: Cluely's Vision for Always-On AI Assistance

The AI Village: Previewing the Giga-Agent Future with Adam Binksmith, Founder of AI Digest

402 Payment Required: a New Way for AI Agents to Pay, with Nemil Dalal, Dev Platform Lead @ Coinbase

2-Sigma in 2 Hours: How Alpha Schools are Using AI to Revolutionize Education

Living Lindy: a No-BS Conversation on AI Agents with Flo Crivello

Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus' Jesse Hoogland & Daniel Murfet

Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus' Jesse Hoogland & Daniel Murfet

AI Scouting Report: AI Agents -vs- Agentic AI, from Imagine AI Live

The Decade of May 15-22, 2025: Google's 50X AI Growth & Transformation with Logan Kilpatrick

a16z on Protecting Little Tech: The Techno-Optimist AI Policy Agenda with Matt Perault, Head of AI Policy

Don't Make Mirror Life: Synthetic Biologist Kate Adamala on Risks & Responsibility

What did Google's AI Co-Scientist "Discover"? The Human Scientists' POV, from the Podovirus podcast
In a crossover episode from the Podavirus podcast featured on The Cognitive Revolution, Dr. Jessica Sacher and Dr. Joe Campbell interview Professors Jose Penares and Tiago Costa about their research on capsid-forming phage-inducible chromosomal islands (CF PICIs) and their experience using Google's AI Co-Scientist tool...
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