Best Agent Based Modeling Podcasts (2025)

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Tom Lee’s $3B ETH Bet, Flow’s DeFi Rewards & Weitsman’s 5,000 Otherdeeds Buy 2:01:15

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Steve shares new DeFi strategies as he shifts focus from speculative airdrops to real yield, experimenting with platforms on Flow, Solana, and Kinetic. Cap updates the ETH strategic reserve dashboard, highlighting that Bitmine, run by Tom Lee, now holds over $3B in ETH. Meanwhile, billionaire Adam Weitsman revealed a direct acquisition of over 5,00…

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Gold Apes vs Pudgy Grails + Steve’s First DeFi Dive 1:52:49

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Audio issues forced the crew into a Spaces-only episode, but that didn’t stop the conversation. Cap and Steve debate why grail Apes continue to fetch premium prices while Pudgy grails lag behind, digging into culture, aesthetic appeal, and whether the upcoming Abstract airdrop is delaying high-end demand. Later, Steve walks through his first weeken…

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Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy 1:01:16

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In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith to explore one of the biggest questions in tech: what exactly is artificial general intelligence (AGI), and how close are we to achieving it? They break down: Competing definitions of AGI — economic vs. cognitive vs. “godlike” Why reasoning alone isn’t enough —…

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August Reversal: When the Bull Case Becomes Bait 31:17

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🎧 August Reversal: When the Bull Case Becomes Bait 💡 Welcome to Finance Frontier, part of the Finance Frontier AI podcast network—where macro meets cinematic. Every episode turns chaos into clarity—decoding the signals that separate what’s noise, what’s priced, and what could break next. In this episode, Max, Sophia, and Charlie decode the moment t…

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Thomas Akam on Model-based RL in the Brain 52:06

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Prof Thomas Akam is a Neuroscientist at the Oxford University Department of Experimental Psychology. He is a Wellcome Career Development Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, and leads the Cognitive Circuits research group. Featured References Brain Architecture for Adaptive Behaviour Thomas Akam, RLDM 2025 Tutorial Additional…

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Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media 1:37:40

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What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next? Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Network State) to explore the long-building conflict between Silicon Valley and legacy journalism. Balaji explains how the collapse of traditional media business models gave rise to …

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The Control Illusion: Why the Smartest People Still Play Rigged Games 30:22

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🎧 The Control Illusion – Why the Smartest People Still Play Rigged Games 💡 Welcome to Mindset Frontier AI, part of the Finance Frontier AI podcast network—where we decode elite systems, mental models, and strategic frameworks used by the top 1% to navigate chaos, structure leverage, and design freedom. In this episode, Max, Sophia, and Charlie dive…

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AI Content and the War for Your Attention 41:07

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What happens when AI starts generating content for everyone—and no one wants to watch it? In this episode, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ad tech veteran Antonio García Martínez join a16z General Partner, Erik Torenberg to unpack the shifting economics of attention: from the rise of “AI slop” and spammy feeds to the difference between what we want to pay …

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Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money 1:05:57

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a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with technologist and investor Balaji Srinivasan to explore how the metaphors we use to describe AI—whether as god, swarm, tool, or oracle—reveal as much about us as they do about the technology itself. Balaji, best known for his work in crypto and network states, also brings a deep ba…

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EP29: Perplexity's Comet Browser Revolutionizes Research, Grok 4 Released, Context is King, Google’s Video Generator Gets an Upgrade, ChatGPT Agent Launches 1:06:51

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Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore Perplexity's groundbreaking Comet browser, which brings AI directly to web pages and can autonomously navigate sites to collect genealogical data. They examine Grok 4's impressive benchmark performance while discussing its limitations for genealogical research and safety concerns. This week's Tip of t…

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Grillit, Inc. ($GRLT) : A Path to a 66X Return 28:44

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🎧 Grillit Inc. ($GRLT): The Path to a 66X Return 💡 Welcome to Make Money, part of the Finance Frontier AI podcast network — where we decode asymmetric setups with real-world catalysts and mispriced float before the rerate hits. In this episode, Max, Sophia, and Charlie walk through how Grillit Inc. ($GRLT), now operating as Primior Holdings, could …

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Doodles Team Mass Exodus + Why Web3 Brands Keep Breaking 1:58:26

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The fallout continues at Doodles as Cap and Steve break down the sudden exit of the brand’s core team, including key product leads and their longtime biz dev lead. They analyze what Burnt Toast’s vague roadmap really means, debate whether DreamNet is effectively shelved, and unpack the deeper reasons so many Web3 brands struggle after raising tens …

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Ben and Marc on New Media: Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust 1:37:50

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On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Erik Torenberg— General Partner at a16z and founder of the media company Turpentine—to unpack how the internet shattered the old media order and reshaped the way power works in America. What begins as a look at the evolution of media quickly beco…

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ChatGPT Agent Demo + Pixel Vault’s Sudden Shutdown 2:19:23

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A live demo of ChatGPT’s new agent feature takes center stage as Bunchu puts AI to the test, tasking it with planning a Penn State football trip, complete with ticket searches, Airbnb options, and a custom pitch deck. The conversation also dives into the mechanics behind $REKT’s breakout run and whether its loyalty-based brand coin model can be rep…

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$REKT vs $PENGU, Token Profit Strategies & NFT Market Moves 1:54:11

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Cap and Steve dive into the $REKT versus $PENGU debate, comparing REKT’s equity-sharing beverage brand at a $290 million market cap with PENGU’s mainstream GIF dominance and $2.7 billion valuation. They discuss profit-taking psychology in crypto, from “round-tripping” to conviction-based consolidation, and weigh why REKT’s early-stage positioning m…

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Critical Minerals: Mining for the Industrial Future 48:19

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It can take more than 15 years to permit and build a new mine in the United States - yet nearly every modern technology we rely on, from smartphones to fighter jets to AI data centers, depends on a steady supply of critical minerals. In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Turner Caldwell, founder of Mariana Minerals, along with …

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Stefano Albrecht on Multi-Agent RL @ RLDM 2025 31:34

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Stefano V. Albrecht was previously Associate Professor at the University of Edinburgh, and is currently serving as Director of AI at startup Deepflow. He is a Program Chair of RLDM 2025 and is co-author of the MIT Press textbook "Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches". Featured References Multi-Agent Reinforcement Le…

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InfoFi Collapse & Creator Monetization Crisis + Think’s TGE for Ethical AI 1:58:58

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Cap and Steve break down the collapse of Base App’s content monetization experiment and debate whether Kaito’s pivot toward launchpads signals the end of InfoFi. They critique a growing pattern of Web3 platforms turning into financial funnels rather than serving creators or consumers. Later in the episode, Think Protocol’s core team joins for an in…

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AI governance: Building smarter AI agents from the fundamentals, part 4 37:25

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Sid Mangalik and Andrew Clark explore the unique governance challenges of agentic AI systems, highlighting the compounding error rates, security risks, and hidden costs that organizations must address when implementing multi-step AI processes. Show notes: • Agentic AI systems require governance at every step: perception, reasoning, action, and lear…

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NFT PFPs Signal Market Strength + Jason Sibley on Turning Attention into Real-World Impact with Zenko 2:12:45

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ETH has surged past $3800 as Cap and Steve dive into crypto market momentum and the resurgence of NFT floor prices. They discuss how legacy PFP collections like Apes and Pudgies continue to set the pace while newer projects push innovation. Loki joins to share insights on PFPs evolving into essential digital business tools, highlighting Pudgy Pengu…

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The Future of Software Development - Vibe Coding, Prompt Engineering & AI Assistants 44:23

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Is AI the Fourth Pillar of Infrastructure? Infrastructure doesn’t go away — it layers. And today, AI is emerging as a new foundational layer alongside compute, storage, and networking. Erik Torenberg interviews a16z’s Martin Casado, Jennifer Li, and Matt Bornstein breaking down how infrastructure is evolving in the age of AI — from models and agent…

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Tariff Wars Reloaded: Who Wins, Who Bleeds, and What Breaks First 37:25

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🎧 Tariff Wars Reloaded – Who Wins, Who Bleeds, and What Breaks First 💡 Welcome to Finance Frontier, part of the Finance Frontier AI podcast series—where macro meets cinematic. Every episode turns chaos into clarity—decoding the most urgent financial signals shaping capital flows, global trust, and investor behavior. In this episode, Max, Sophia, an…

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EP28: AI-Based Transcriptions Transform Genealogy, FamilySearch Interview with David Ouimette, Grok 4's Anticipated Release, Apple Changes Its AI Strategy 1:02:04

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Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore how AI-based transcriptions are revolutionizing genealogical research across the industry. They examine FamilySearch's Full-Text Search expansion to over 1.25 billion records and Ancestry's new document transcription tool. The episode features an exclusive interview with David Ouimette from FamilySear…

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ETH Hits $3,600, Broken InfoFi Models & Brand Coin Experiments 1:57:44

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ETH breaks through $3,600 as Cap and Steve dive into the bull run signs. They discuss ETF momentum, token accumulation by institutions and how ETH supply is drying up on exchanges. The conversation shifts toward misinformation in InfoFi platforms and how current reward models are encouraging engagement over accuracy. To close out the show, they exp…

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Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade 30:47

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Today we’re sharing an episode from American Optimist featuring Marc Andreessen in conversation with Joe Lonsdale, recorded live at the inaugural Ronald Reagan Economic Forum. They explore one of the most urgent and complex questions of our time: Can AI and robotics catalyze a new era of American industrial strength—and how do we ensure the entire …

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AI Agents Will Represent You Online + Can Base App Redefine Onchain Social? 2:10:01

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Coinbase’s new Base App takes center stage as the crew debates whether it can truly reshape onchain social and shift user behavior away from established platforms. The first half explores how distribution, incentives, and familiar UX determine whether new apps gain traction in Web3. In the second half, Bunchu joins to outline a future driven by AI …

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Agents Everywhere: How AI is Replacing Apps, Interfaces, and Jobs 29:10

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🎧 Agents Everywhere – How AI is Replacing Apps, Interfaces, and Jobs Welcome to AI Frontier AI, one of four flagship shows in the Finance Frontier AI network—where we decode how artificial intelligence is quietly redrawing the lines of power, protocol, and perception. In this episode, Max, Sophia, and Charlie unpack the silent collapse of the app l…

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Why Tokens Dump After Airdrops + Big Finance Bets on ETH 2:01:52

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Cap and Steve break down why token airdrops often fail, explaining how immediate sell pressure comes from poor design rather than user behavior. They explore the growing need for projects to provide meaningful utility or sinks to sustain post-launch value and debate how tokens differ fundamentally from NFTs in sentiment, economics and community dyn…

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America's Energy Problem: The Grid That Built America Can’t Power Its Future 44:45

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U.S. per capita energy usage peaked in 1973. Since then? Flat. Meanwhile, China’s per capita energy use has grown 9x. Today, AI, EVs, manufacturing, and data centers are driving demand for more electricity than ever—and our grid can’t keep up. In this episode, a16z general partners David Ulevitch and Erin Price-Wright, along with investing partner …

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Ep. 24 | The 6-Step Strategy: Transforming Leads into Loyal Clients 58:06

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FREE CPE (1 credit) via EarMark: https://www.earmark.app/c/2627 --- --- --- In this episode of The Mr. R Show, Chris Picciurro and John Tripolsky dive deep into the intricacies of client acquisition for tax professionals looking to modernize and scale their practices. The duo highlights the importance of carefully selecting clients amid an industry…

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Eat, Pay & Earn Crypto at Blackbird + How ApeChain is Hooking New Users 2:17:48

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Cap kicks off the episode by sharing a friend’s real-world experience using the Fly token at a Denver restaurant, where the server walked them through Blackbird’s seamless crypto-onboarding flow and they earned $90 in token rewards. Von Frontin and Steve discuss how Fly blurs the line between loyalty programs and brand coins, noting its cross-resta…

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Crypto Market Momentum + Motus Art on Motion, Story & Sound 2:16:14

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Cap and Steve dive into the renewed energy across the crypto market as Bitcoin nears all-time highs and Pudgy Penguins lead a spike in NFT volume. They break down how credit card rewards can be stacked into BTC, the importance of real market activity over floor prices, and what this uptick signals for the broader space. Later in the episode, genera…

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Ep 568: The Simplest (& Most Profitable) 1-to-Many Sales Model 1:31:13

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Wanna scale your sales (selling 1:many - WITHOUT boring webinars or formulaic masterclasses)? ...AND make sales WITHOUT weeks of promo or hours of preparation? How is this possible? Easy Lift Events! Watch as I break down: -exactly what an 'Easy Lift Event' is -the genius of how it serves as BOTH a marketing & sales tool -why it converts a prospect…

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Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption 53:03

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In this episode, a16z General Partner Martin Casado sits down with Box cofounder and CEO Aaron Levie to talk about how AI is changing not just software, but the structure and speed of work itself. They unpack how enterprise adoption of AI is different from the consumer wave, why incumbents may be better positioned than people think, and how the rol…

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EP27: AI Image Restoration Concerns, Perplexity's Future, Copyright Cases Are Shaping The Future of AI, Project Workspaces Help You Stay Organized 1:13:23

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Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little examine the controversial rise of AI image "restoration" and discuss how entirely new images are being generated, rather than the original photos being restored. This is raising concerns about the preservation of authentic family photos. They discuss Mark's reconsideration of canceling his Perplexity subscrip…

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FBI PROFILER LOOKS AT THE SERIAL KILLER KNOWN AS THE DOODLER 37:23

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Cathedra Bitcoin Inc. ($CBTTF) : The Path to an 18X Return 29:44

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🎧 Cathedra Bitcoin Inc. ($CBTTF; $CBIT): The Path to an 18X Return 💡 Welcome to Make Money, part of the Finance Frontier AI podcast series — where we break down asymmetric opportunities that most investors never see coming. In this episode, Max, Sophia, and Charlie decode how Cathedra’s hybrid mining, hosting, and grid model could turn a tiny miner…

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Ep 567: Million Dollar Sales - Master Sanctified Selling (Here's How) 1:06:58

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Today is the day it clicks. The day you internalize in your body what your brain already knows: that selling IS the ultimate expression of service. I'm setting a new (elevated) standard for entrepreneurial sales: Sanctified Selling. Watch as I lay out my simple, feel good, highest-converting Sales Call Blueprint. BTW: It's not too late to jump into…

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Bull Market Signs + NFT Lifetime Utility Debate 2:07:49

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Cap and Steve open the show with a reflection on shifting sentiment across crypto and NFTs, questioning whether July 10 marked the start of the next bull run. They reaffirm their Ethereum conviction and explore how psychological traps like round-tripping and holding through peaks impact long-term holders. Later in the episode, they highlight a majo…

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Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto 1:22:32

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This week on the a16z Podcast, we're sharing a feed drop from Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, featuring a wide-ranging conversation with a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz. Artificial intelligence isn't just a tool — it's a tectonic shift. In this episode, Ben joins Tom to break down what AI really is (and isn't), where it's taking us, and why it matters. …

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The 7 Invisible Behaviors That Put You in the Top 1% 32:16

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🎧 The 7 Invisible Behaviors That Put You in the Top 1% 💡 Welcome to Mindset Frontier AI, part of the Finance Frontier AI podcast network—where we reveal the mental architecture, elite habits, and invisible systems that separate top performers from the rest. In this episode, Max, Sophia, and Charlie break down the 7 invisible behaviors that put the …

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Ep 566: Million Dollar Offer Messaging (9 Powerful Frameworks) 48:53

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In this episode, I’m gonna take you through some powerful messaging frameworks that call out those empowered buyers. Those 'lurking' right now in your audience. These frameworks will allow you to convert strangers (and yes, even lurkers) into buyers. You will the be equipped to craft your own disruptive content - THE most POTENT piece of content yo…

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Pump.fun’s Plan to Replace Social Media, AI Prompt Leaks & Simulation Theory Debate 2:12:53

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Cap and Steve unpack Pump.fun’s ambitious move to replace legacy social media by merging memecoin mechanics with user-generated content, debating whether crypto-powered networks could outperform platforms like X. The conversation also included AI privacy and reflection on using tools like ChatGPT for personal growth, journaling, and decision-making…

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Ep 565: Million Dollar Offer Suite 59:00

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Welcome to Day 2 of the Christian CEO Millionaire. Watch to discover: the offers every 7-figure business has the highest-selling types of offers (that buyers crave, and pay a premium for) the spiritual building of a Christ-centric business Let's map out a customized strategic plan to scale your million dollar business! 👉 Apply for a Scaling Strateg…

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OpenSea Acquires Rally, NFT Lifetime Perks Debate & Crypto Estate Planning 1:58:46

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Cap and Steve challenge the evolving expectations around NFT ownership, debating whether founders still owe holders lifetime perks or if those days are over. Chris Maddern drops in to confirm that Rally App has been acquired by OpenSea and he’s stepping in as their new CTO. The conversation also touches on crypto estate planning, community dilution…

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Stablecoins & the Future Financial System 37:52

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a16z Crypto General Partners Ali Yahya, Arianna Simpson, and Erik Torenberg break down what’s actually working in crypto today - starting with the rise of stablecoins as a real-world payments layer. They discuss how stablecoins are being adopted by companies like Stripe and SpaceX, why regulatory shifts are opening new doors for crypto startups, an…

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Ep 564: Million Dollar Faith - Unwavering Faith Makes EVERY Business Strategy Work 1:15:00

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Ready to lean into the limitless power of Christ, like never before? GREAT! Are you willing to be: stretched? triggered? convicted? Because that’s what’s required to get to your next level…. Watch as we address: - what it takes to make million dollar impact -- AND million dollar income - how to end your money drama, forever! - how to tap into the G…

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Strategic Innovation in Public Health with Les Craig 27:43

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Les Craig joins us to discuss how simulation and synthetic data are changing the way organizations prepare for infectious disease outbreaks. From helping public health leaders visualize complex scenarios to enabling pharmaceutical companies to explore new R&D pathways, Les explains how advanced modeling technology empowers faster, smarter decisions…

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Pump.fun Presale Pulls Attention + Doodles’ Twix Partnership Sparks Debate 2:29:27

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Cap and Steve dive into pump.fun’s new presale model and whether it signals a shift in how memecoins launch on Solana or if it risks draining liquidity across the ecosystem. The crew briefly discusses BitChat, Jack Dorsey’s new Bluetooth-based messaging app, before tackling the Doodles x Twix partnership, which raises fresh concerns about brand dir…

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Linear programming: Building smarter AI agents from the fundamentals, part 3 29:46

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We continue with our series about building agentic AI systems from the ground up and for desired accuracy. In this episode, we explore linear programming and optimization methods that enable reliable decision-making within constraints. Show notes: Linear programming allows us to solve problems with multiple constraints, like finding optimal flights…