Pioneers of AI

Zapier wants to be the AI hub where all your agents connect

Fifteen years ago Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier, co-founded the software company with a simple idea: link thousands of apps that were never designed to talk to each other, s

Axios’ Ina Fried reads the AI fine print, so you don’t have to

In the world of AI, data is king. And in reporting on tech for nearly 30 years, Axios’ Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried has extensively covered concerns around co

Rapid Response: What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown

Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet

Government benefits are broken. Is AI the fix?

Stories of people standing in line for hours to get their drivers license or being wrongfully denied government food assistance are common in America. Few people think, “

World Models: a trillion dollar opportunity

In the first half of 2026 alone, investors poured $3 billion into the next frontier of AI: World Models. Google DeepMind, Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs, Yann LeCunn’s AMI labs,

Rapid Response: OpenAI’s Critterz blowback — Director Nik Kleverov on year zero for Hollywood

Critterz was one of the first feature films built primarily with AI, but OpenAI abruptly shut down Sora, the very tool its director was relying on. Nik Kleverov, Chief Cr

Replay: Could a robot fix the loneliness epidemic?

This week we reprise our episode with robotics developer Grace Brown, co-founder and CEO of Andromeda, an Australia- and US-based company. A recently launched study, led

The deep AI shifts that will reshape our lives

For nearly two decades, Amy Webb's annual Tech Trends Report was required reading for anyone trying to keep up with technology. But this year, Webb killed the report and

Why AI conversations are always one-sided

Is it possible for us to ever wholeheartedly trust a machine the way we would a human? According to Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times b

Rapid Response: The quiet reinvention of a $42b business, with Canva’s Cameron Adams

In the last year, Canva redefined itself from the ground up. Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Cameron Adams joins Rapid Response live from the Cannes Lions festival t

WorkLab: Culture, not tech, softens AI’s impact

AI's promise is real. But the challenge to realizing its value isn't technology—it's people. Rana el Kaliouby joins WorkLab's Molly Wood to explore what can stall progres

Stanford’s Silicon Valley pipeline, investigated

American universities are a critical pillar of US innovation. But what happens when Silicon Valley gets more intentional about that, treating a campus more like a talent

What my kids taught me about the AI divide

It often feels like the world is divided when it comes to AI — do you lean in, or opt out?. But what if that tension exists within your own household? In this episode,

AI on the pitch at The World Cup

At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, AI has already played a role in high stakes moments – revealing “just barely” violations that have broken hearts and driven hopes for millions

Masters of Scale: IBM’s $10 billion bet on what comes after AI

While many tech companies race to build ever-larger AI models, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna sees the future differently. Speaking with host Bob Safian before a live audience du

Reid Hoffman says the AI race is not a cage match

Anthropic and OpenAI’s plans to go public have set off waves of speculation about the ripple effects, and how they’ll stack up to the SpaceX IPO. What’s really driving th

What we risk losing to AI, w/ Natalie Monbiot

Natalie Monbiot is the founder of Virtual Human Economy (VHE)  and  was one of the first experts to advocate that your digital twin can be one of your most valuable asset

Rapid Response: The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin

Big Tech is moving fast on AI. But who's watching out for the rest of us? Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, has spent years sounding the alarm a

Does AI know you better than your doctor? w/ Ōura CEO Tom Hale

Historically, the only way to know what was going on in your body was to make a doctor’s appointment, run tests, and wait for the results. Now, wearable tech is changing

Reimagining business school through AI with MasterClass CEO David Rogier

When MasterClass CEO David Rogier was a kid, his grandmother sat him down and told him how she'd lost everything during World War II. The lesson David took from her is th