Is AI Optimism In the Air?

A new layer of AI infrastructure is emerging as Cursor, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft all push beyond models into the runtime environments that make agents useful. NLW explains why “harness-as-a-service” may become one of the defining categories of the agent era, how it change ...  Show more

NLW introduces the first AI Lab Power Rankings, comparing OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, xAI, and Apple across compute, enterprise, platforms, models, momentum, and X-factor. The episode explores who looks strongest on paper, who has the most real-world momen ...  Show more

In this episode of Bankless, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and author of Super Agency, explores how AI is set to transform humanity and amplify individual potential. We dive into Hoffman’s vision of “super agency,” We examine AI's potential to democratize technology and ...

This week, with the tech world in chaos over President Trump’s tariffs, we look at how four specific companies are navigating the new day-to-day reality. Then, the A.I. researcher Daniel Kokotajlo returns to the show to discuss a new set of predictions for how artificial intel ...

Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer at Google X, an AI expert, and a best-selling author. He has been recognized for his early whistleblowing on AI's unregulated development and has become one of the most globally consulted experts on the topic. With years of experienc ...  Show more

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