Best Service Science Factory Podcasts (2025)

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20VC: OpenAI and Anthropic Will Build Their Own Chips | NVIDIA Will Be Worth $10TRN | How to Solve the Energy Required for AI... Nuclear | Why China is Behind the US in the Race for AGI with Jonathan Ross ... 1:21:29

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Jonathan Ross is the Founder & CEO of Groq, the AI chip company redefining inference at scale. Under his leadership, Groq has raised over $3B from top investors. The company has reached a valuation of nearly $7B, positioning itself as one of NVIDIA’s most formidable challengers. Previously at Google, Jonathan led the team that built the first Tenso…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra 3:42

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Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1449: Image and Reality 3:38

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Episode: 1449 Another look at image and reality: Fake Triceratops and manuscript books. Today, more on images and reality.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1448: Guillotin/Guillotine 3:39

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Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20Product: Revolut Business $1BN Revenue: Five of the Biggest Product Lessons | How Revolut Structures Product and Design Teams | How Revolut Experiments and Invests in New Product Bets | How Revolut Ships ... 54:15

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James Gibson is Head of Revolut Business. Under his leadership, Revolut Business now processes over $33 billion in monthly transaction volume and generates more than $1BN in annualised revenue. AGENDA: 04:10 Is Consulting the Worst Background for Aspiring PMs 07:09 How Revolut Hires for it’s Product Team 17:21 How Revolut Sets Goals: What Works, Wh…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1447: Eighteenth-Century Factory Maintenance 3:36

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Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20VC: NVIDIA Invests $100BN Into OpenAI | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead | Navan Files to go Public & Notion Hits $500M ARR | The Impact of H1B Visas on Startups in the US 1:19:34

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AGENDA: 00:00 Why I am 100% Equities and 0% Cash 04:35 Nvidia's Massive $100BN Investment in OpenAI 08:39 Is Anthropic Negatively Positioned by OpenAI Gaining NVIDIA Investment 27:30 Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead 44:00 Navan Files to Go Public at $8BN 49:31 Lockup Periods and Liquidity 50:35 Impact of H-1B Visa Changes on Startups 01:02:42…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2510: Reason in All Things 3:49

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Episode: 2510 Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.By Dr. Andy Boyd

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AI Everywhere: How San José State University Empowers Students and Educators - Ep. 275 42:21

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President Cynthia Teniente-Matson discusses how San José State University is equipping both students and faculty to confidently embrace AI and prepare for tomorrow’s workforce. Learn more about SJSU’s hands-on AI integration in courses, AI-driven teaching tools, faculty development programs, innovative collaborations, and real-world projects—all bu…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2488: Creator vs. Revisor 3:48

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Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.By Roger Kaza

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2823: Hypnotic Crimes 3:51

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Episode: 2823 Gilles de la Tourette and Hypnotic Crimes. Today, hypnotic crimes.By Richard H. Armstrong

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20VC: General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja on The Future of Venture Capital: Chanel vs Walmart | Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM | Investing $5BN+ Into Stripe Over 14 Rounds | Investing Hundreds of Millions ... 1:27:19

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Hemant Taneja is the CEO and leader of General Catalyst, the firm he has scaled over the last decade into one of the largest with over $40BN in AUM. He has been one of the most influential investors of the past two decades, leading early bets in Stripe, Snap, Gusto, Samsara, Grammarly, and Canva. He also played a pivotal role in Livongo’s $18.5B me…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1444: ThrustSSC : 763 MPH 3:38

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Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1443: Praising the Famous 3:34

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Episode: 1443 Some thoughts on fame and fortune in technology. Today, thoughts on fame and fortune.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1442: Walter Chrysler and the texture of fame 3:39

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Episode: 1442 Walter Chrysler and the texture of fame. Today, an odd glimpse of the texture of fame.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20VC: Why 90% of Founders Build Startups Wrong | Why AI Growth Rates are Sustainable & Remote Work is BS and the AI Talent War | Competing with Brett Taylor and Sierra: Who Wins the Customer Service War ... 59:59

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Jesse Zhang is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Decagon, the conversational AI platform for customer experience. As one of the fastest growing companies in the valley, they have raised over $230M at a last round price of $1.5BN. Prior to Decagon, Jesse founded Lowkey (acquired by Niantic), studied CS at Harvard, and worked at places like Google, HRT, Citad…

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The Engines of our Ingenuity 1441: Secret New York 3:42

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Episode: 1441 The secret places that define a city. Today, we look for the secret places that complete a city.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20VC: Opendoor's CEO on The Greatest Turnaround in Tech | OpenAI and Oracle: How Can Either Afford to Do This | How Anthropic Could Lose 50% of Their Revenue Overnight | Replit Raises at $3BN | Figure ... 1:24:20

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AGENDA: 00:00 Opendoor's Potential and Market Valuation 03:32 Why Did Kaz Leave $300M on the Table to Join Opendoor 04:44 Why Does Kaz Believe OPEN Can Be a Good Business When the Market Doesn’t 06:34 How does Kaz Feel About OPEN Becoming a Meme Stock? 17:25 Kaz’s $0 Salary but $1BN Stock Based Compensation 23:41 Oracle and OpenAI Partnership: WTF …

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2507: The Unsung Engineer 3:49

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Episode: 2507 The Unsung Engineer: The Mechanical Arts in Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. Today, celebrating the mechanical arts.By Dr. Andy Boyd

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Bringing Robots to Life with AI: The Three Computer Revolution - Ep. 274 52:17

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Yashraj Narang, head of NVIDIA's Seattle Robotics Lab, reveals how the three computer solution—DGX for training, Omniverse and Cosmos for simulation, and Jetson AGX for real-time inference—is transforming modern robotics. From sim-to-real breakthroughs to humanoid intelligence, discover how NVIDIA's full-stack approach is making robots more adaptiv…

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Building Climate-Resilient Farming with Robotics: Eric Adamson of Oishii and Tortuga 43:41

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Eric Adamson, Robotics Executive at Oishii and co-founder of Tortuga AgTech, joins Climate Rising to share how automation and AI are transforming fruit farming. Eric explains how his team designed a strawberry-harvesting robot capable of operating in outdoor tunnels and vertical farms, bringing operational efficiency, labor savings, and climate res…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3330: Castle Drogo 3:49

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Episode: 3330 Building 20th century Castle Drogo Designed by Edwin Lutyens. Today, building a twentieth-century Castle.By Margaret Culbertson

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2816: Beginning Volcanology 3:50

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Episode: 2816 Sir William Hamilton and the Beginnings of Volcanology. Today, the beginnings of volcanology.By Richard H. Armstrong

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20VC: Mercor: From $1M to $500M in 17 Months: The Fastest Growing Company in the World | How to Think About Margins and Revenue Sustainability in AI | Why Evaluation Benchmarks in AI are BS Today with ... 1:01:16

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Brendan Foody is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Mercor, the fastest growing company in history. The company solves talent allocation in the AI economy and they have scaled from $1M to $500M in revenue in just 17 months. With a rumoured new funding round pricing the company at a whopping $10BN, the company has the likes of Benchmark, Felicis, Emergence, a…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1440: Steam Engines in England 3:39

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Episode: 1440 Steam engines in England during the 18th century. Today, a look at steam engines in 18th-century England.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1439: A Capital Ship on an Ocean Trip 3:44

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Episode: 1439 A capital ship on an ocean trip: a reflection on battleships. Today, let's talk about battleships.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1438: The XP-75 3:48

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Episode: 1438 The story of a failed airplane design -- the XP-75. Today, we try to build a perfect airplane.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20VC: Why AI SDRs are BS and Do Not Work | How to Use AI in Your Sales Team and Process to Win Today | What Skills Do All New Reps Need to Have in an AI First World with Amit Bendov, CEO @ Gong 1:06:20

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Amit Bendov is Co-Founder & CEO of Gong, the leading AI-sales platform. The company has raised over $600 million from some of the best in the world including Sequoia, Thrive, Salesforce and more. Gong has surpassed $300M in ARR, serves thousands of customers (including multiple Fortune 10s), and is valued at over $7BN. AGENDA: 00:00 – Why CRM Was A…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1436: Adding It Up in 1910 3:46

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Episode: 1436 Adding it up in 1910: A book grapples with the coming 20th century. Today, a world prepares to be transformed.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20VC: Musk's $TRN Pay Package Broken Down | Ramp Hits $1BN ARR and Brex Hits $700M: Who Wins | OpenAI's $10BN Secondary Sale | Atlassian Buys The Browser Company for $610M | ASML Lead Roun into Mistral ... 1:27:56

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AGENDA: [00:05] Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package: The Breakdown? [00:15] Scale, Windsurf: Are Founders Just Mercenaries Chasing Cash Today? [00:21] Ramp at $1B ARR, Brex at $700M — Is AI Causing All Boats To Rise? [00:26] Sierra at $100M ARR Worth $10B — Bubble or Brilliant Bet? [00:30] Kleiner Perkins Invests $100M into Anthropic at $183BN… WTF? [00…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2503: Rod Serling 3:51

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Episode: 2503 Story-Teller Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone. Today, a story — submitted for your approval.By Dr. Andy Boyd

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From AlphaFold to MMseqs2-GPU: How AI is Accelerating Protein Science - Ep. 273 34:37

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Listen as two leading researchers at the cutting edge of computational biology explore breakthrough GPU accelerations that are changing how we understand life's molecular machinery. Chris Dallago, Research Lead at NVIDIA and Visiting Professor at Duke University, and Martin Steinegger, Associate Professor at Seoul National University and co-author …

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Microsoft ’s Climate Strategy and Its Carbon Removal Deal with Chestnut Carbon 44:34

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Microsoft’s Brian Marrs, Senior Director of Energy and Carbon Removal, and Chestnut Carbon CFO Greg Adams share their perspectives as a major buyer and developer of carbon removal credits. Their 2025 deal is one of the largest carbon removal deals in the U.S. and seeks to deliver 7 million tons of nature-based carbon credits over 25 years. Brian ex…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2684: Will Computers Replace Scientists? 3:49

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Episode: 2684 Will Computers Replace Scientists? Today, will computers replace scientists?By Dr. Krešimir Josić

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2873: Encounter of the Third Kind 3:51

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Episode: 2873 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life; Drake Equation Explained; Aliens from Other Planets. Today, an encounter of the third kind.By Haleh Ardebili

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20VC: ElevenLabs Hits $200M ARR: The Untold Story of Europe's Fastest Growing AI Startup | The Real Cost of AI from Talent to Data Centres | How US VCs are in a Different League to Europeans | The Future ... 1:14:06

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Mati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the world’s leading AI voice platform. Since launching in 2022, ElevenLabs has raised over $350M, most recently at a $3.3BN valuation, making it one of Europe’s fastest AI unicorns. The company counts Andreessen Horowitz, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Sequoia Capital among its backers. To…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1435: Rudolph Diesel 3:46

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Episode: 1435 Rudolf Diesel, his engine, and a look at invention. Today, meet Rudolf Diesel.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1434: Systems, Complexity, and Simplicity 3:43

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Episode: 1434 Reflections on systems, complexity, and modern life. Today, let's see what happens when our technologies join forces.By Dr. John Lienhard

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1432: Decisiveness 3:48

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Episode: 1432 Thoughts in dispraise of decisiveness. Today, let's not decide.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20Growth: Meta CMO Alex Schultz on How All Founders Have to Change Their Marketing Playbook in a World of AI | Is AI Plateauing, What it Means if China Wins the AI Race and Why Zuck is a Generational Leader ... 1:10:09

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Alex Schultz is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics at Meta, where he has spent nearly two decades shaping the company’s growth and marketing strategy. He has been instrumental in scaling Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to billions of users worldwide. Alex is is also the author of Click Here: The New Rules of Marketing, the definitive…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1431: Dogs 3:38

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Episode: 1431 In which dogs humanize us. Today, some sidelights on the history of dogs.By Dr. John Lienhard

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20VC: Anthropic Raises $13BN | Why Canva Will Not Direct List | OpenAI Buys Statsig for $1.1BN All Stock | Lovable Raising at $4BN + Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Not | Quarterly Results from SNOW, Mongo ... 1:14:22

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Agenda: 04:00 – Anthropic Raises $13BN: The Analysis? 19:00 – Is Zuck’s $14BN Scale bet the biggest blunder in AI? 27:00 – Lovable Raising at $4BN and Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Madness? 36:00 – Quarterly Results for Snowflake, Mongo, Okta, Zoom Skyrocket: Is B2B SaaS back from the dead? 48:00 – Is Jensen Huang right there will be $4TRN in AI gai…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, and Kubrick 3:53

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Episode: 2501 Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor. Today, a story — in three parts.By Dr. Andy Boyd

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Superhuman Surgery with Moon Surgical and Maestro - Ep. 272 33:04

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CEO Anne Osdoit joins the podcast to explore how Moon Surgical’s Maestro platform blends robotics, AI, and human expertise to boost surgeon skills, enhance workflow efficiency, and reduce fatigue. Hear firsthand how patient outcomes improve, hospitals streamline resources, and surgical teams achieve greater confidence and consistency—all with the p…

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2790: Vaccine Scares 3:50

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Episode: 2790 The Dynamics of Vaccine Scares. Today, let's talk about vaccine scares.By Dr. Krešimir Josić

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors 3:49

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Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing...wheels.By Roger Kaza

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20VC: Cohere Founder on How Cohere Compete with OpenAI and Anthropic $BNs | Why Counties Should Fund Their Own Models & the Need for Model Sovereignty | How Sam Altman Has Done a Disservice to AI with ... 1:07:50

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Nick Frosst is a Canadian AI researcher and entrepreneur, best known as co-founder of Cohere, the enterprise-focused LLM. Cohere has raised over $900 million, most recently a $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. Under his leadership, Cohere hit $100M in ARR. Prior to founding Cohere, Nick was a researcher at Google Brain and …