Best Rocket Software Podcasts (2025)

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Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal 5:03

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Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth 4:32

3d ago4:32

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LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Episode 242: Thrust & Parallel Algorithms (Part 4) 36:12

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In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Jared Hoberock about the NVIDIA Thrust Parallel Algorithms Library and more!. Link to Episode 242 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter About the Guest …

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Mastodon’s latest update readies the app for Quote Posts, revamps design 5:34

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Mastodon, the open source, decentralized social network offering an alternative to Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s Threads, is rolling out a number of updates with Tuesday’s release of Mastodon 4.4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Bookshop.org mocks Jeff Bezos wedding invite in anti-Prime Day promo, 7:40

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The independent online bookseller Bookshop.org took a swipe at Amazon to celebrate the start of Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sale (which, despite its name, is actually four days this year). Like many other retailers, Bookshop.org holds a sale to coincide with Amazon’s big event — it’s a way to lure away consumers. Also, Activision last week brought o…

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Grok is being antisemitic again and also the sky is blue 4:30

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Grok, the AI chatbot powered by Elon Musk's xAI company, is back with more antisemitic rants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Moonvalley’s ‘ethical’ AI video model for filmmakers is now publicly available 4:53

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Moonvalley's Marey AI video generation model is open to the public. The monthly subscription is available for $14.99, $34.99, or $149.99. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Frontier is helping Arbor build a “vegetarian rocket engine” to power data centers 4:36

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Arbor Energy's carbon-removing power plant is inspired by SpaceX's rocket engines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Semper Valens Solutions: Valuing Every Candidate 20:51

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Semper Valens Solutions designs DevSecOps infrastructure for DISA, develops cyber weapons systems for the Air Force, supports the Army’s deployment of force protection platforms and C2 systems, plus does non-cleared work for DHA, VA, and the FBI. Company COO Nick Brown shares the importance of treating candidates well in the hiring process, doing m…

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Ask not for whom the Louvre of Bluesky tolls, it tolls for thee ... plus TikTok's new app, Hidden AI prompts, and EU AI legislation 6:57

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It’s a sad weekend over at Bluesky, where one of the best accounts has disappeared — though we can still hope for its resurrection. Also, TikTok is developing a new version of its app for U.S. users ahead of an expected sale of the app to a group of investors, according to a new report from The Information; Academics may be leaning on a novel strat…

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AI is forcing the data industry to consolidate — but that’s not the whole story 7:42

6d ago7:42

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While AI may be the catalyst behind the recent wave of data company M&A, the market was ripe for consolidation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years 5:19

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Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity to power its operations, a task made more challenging by its breakneck pace of data center growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes 3:28

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The social platform X will pilot a feature that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes. Community Notes is a Twitter-era feature that Elon Musk has expanded under his ownership of the service, now called X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B 4:10

10d ago4:10

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The financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Episode 241: Parallel Algorithm Talk (Part 3) 38:45

10d ago38:45

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In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Jared Hoberock about the NVIDIA Thrust Parallel Algorithms Library, specifically scan and rotate. Link to Episode 241 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twit…

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Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman 3:33

10d ago3:33

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Legacy aerospace giants scored a win Tuesday when the U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill that earmarks billions more for NASA’s flagship Artemis program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Tesla sends driverless Model Y from factory to customer to promote its robotaxi tech 5:20

11d ago5:20

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The car traveled around 15 miles on highways, surface streets, and even a roundabout. But many questions remain about the stunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping 5:51

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Cloudflare, a cloud infrastructure provider that serves 20% of the web, announced Tuesday the launch of a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between website owners and AI companies — ideally giving publishers greater control over their content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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YouTube’s mobile video editor is coming to iOS 5:21

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Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’ 5:27

13d ago5:27

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Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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SCOTUS porn ruling, Denmark clamps down on deepfakes, and Meta buys over 1 GW of renewables 5:58

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The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify the ages of all visitors. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade association for the adult industry, had brought the lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the state’s age verification law…

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Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers 7:23

14d ago7:23

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Redwood Materials has launched a new business — taking old EV batteries to store energy and help power businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue, plus people use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to think 7:00

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Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. Also, a report by Anthropic reveals that people rarely seek companionship from AI, and turn to AI for emotional support or advice only 2.9% of the time. Learn more abou…

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Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books 3:24

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A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on their copyrighted works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times 5:45

17d ago5:45

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From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview. Altman and his chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, stood awkwardly toward the back of the stage at a jam-packed San Francisco venue that typically hosts jazz concerts. Hundreds of people filled steep theatre-style seating Learn more …

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Episode 240: Thrust, Rust vs C++, Python & More (Part 2) 41:01

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In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Jared Hoberock about the NVIDIA Thrust Parallel Algorithms Library, Rust vs C++, Python and more. Link to Episode 240 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twit…

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Bill Gates-backed AirLoom begins building its first power plant 3:45

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Wind power has run into some headwinds, and not the kind that spin its turbines. Recently, President Trump has decided to wage war against the technology, an unwelcome bit of friction that coincides with rising costs in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Kodiak is using Vay’s remote driving tech in its self-driving trucks 5:19

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Kodiak Robotics has partnered with driverless car-sharing startup Vap to bring a remote-driving system into its self-driving trucks operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Novoloop is making tons of upcycled plastic 3:52

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Novoloop recently raised a $21 million Series B to begin building its first commercial scale plastic upcycling plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual 4:33

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Eventual's data processing engine Daft was inspried by the founders' experience working on Lyft's autonomous vehicle project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones ... and more tech news 8:19

19d ago8:19

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Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. Also, LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, but there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expecte…

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Clarity: Software and Data Innovations 18:04

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Clarity Innovations is a rapidly growing software and data innovations firm working in the DoD, IC and federal sectors, shares Director of Recruiting, Brett Willie. Listen for details on why the company values unapologetic transparency and hiring team players who are ready to help those around them succeed. With hiring spanning all security clearan…

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SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up 6:36

20d ago6:36

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Finom, an Amsterdam-based challenger bank for SMBs that claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid 3:33

20d ago3:33

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If becoming a corporate spy sounds exciting, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy, if he succeeds 7:56

21d ago7:56

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Baiju Bhatt is building something the space industry has largely dismissed, and it might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech Learn more about y…

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Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business 4:02

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Frederik Hjelm, CEO of shared micromobility startup Voi, said he sees a path to acquiring the scooter and bike operations of Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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‘Kid-pilled’ Sam Altman ‘constantly’ asked ChatGPT questions about his newborn 4:32

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Across hundreds of thousands of years of human existence, an impossible question has befuddled our species: why is the baby crying?! Sam Altman, who is both the father of a three-month-old and CEO of OpenAI, hopped on OpenAI’s new podcast today to talk about how his company is impacting his experience with fatherhood. Learn more about your ad choic…

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Episode 239: Claude-Poisoned Dev Sipping Rocket Fuel 5:16

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In this episode, Conor recommends some articles on AI and LLMs. Link to Episode 239 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Generated: 2025-06-19 Date Released: 2025-06-20 The Real Python Podcast Episode 253 My AI …

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Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers 4:16

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on something of a hiring spree lately, trying to staff up Meta’s new superintelligence team with top-tier AI researchers from competing labs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft 3:26

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The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028 3:45

25d ago3:45

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The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance acquisitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling 4:46

26d ago4:46

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Spotify's Daniel Ek just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a four-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, according to the Financial Times. The deal makes it one of Europe's most valuable privately held companies; it also highlights Europe's scramble to build its own military muscle as the world grows …

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Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators ... and more 7:36

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Patreon is bumping its take fee from creators from 8% to 10%, but only for new signups; ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times; Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Go…

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Instagram users complain of mass bans, pointing finger at AI 4:07

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Instagram users report that their accounts were banned even though they had not violated the company's terms of service or other policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster 3:54

27d ago3:54

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It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically what it feels like right now on the new standalone Meta AI app, where swathes of people are publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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Amazon joins the big nuclear party, buying 1.92 GW for AWS 3:37

28d ago3:37

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Amazon and Talen revised an existing deal to buy power from the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft — and people are paying anyway 5:53

28d ago5:53

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A new analysis done by ride-hailing aggregator Obi shows Waymos cost more especially on shorter trips. They also have longer wait times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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How Warp is introducing robots to automate its network of warehouses 4:16

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Warp can't automate long-haul trucking or short-range delivery, so it's working on what it can potentially change: the workflows inside its warehouses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Episode 238: Recommended Podcast Discussions on AI & LLMs 8:50

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In this episode, Conor recommends some podcast episodes on AI and LLMs. Link to Episode 238 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Generated: 2025-06-11 Date Released: 2025-06-13 ChangeLog: Steve Yegge on producti…

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Uptime Industries wants to boost localized AI usage with an ‘AI-in-a-box’ called Lemony AI 3:33

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The Lemony AI device can run large language models, AI agents and automated workflows locally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch