Sidecar Sync

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The Intelligence Sandwich, Claude & Gemini Updates, & Data Centers in Space | 160

Send us Fan Mail Frontier models are now strong enough that the harder question is what to point them at. Back from Digital Now 2026, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

Nov 12
48 min

Live From digitalNow 2026: Why AI Is an Appreciating Asset | 159

Send us Fan Mail The most useful ideas at digitalNow 2026 came from association leaders describing what they've actually built. Recorded on location in Arlington, V

Nov 5
28 min

Bill Gates on the Turbulent AI Era | 158

Send us Fan Mail Bill Gates believes the move into the AI era will be one of the most turbulent stretches in human history, and that there's still no real plan for

Oct 29
38 min

Why Gemini 4 Argon Puts Google Back at the Frontier | 157

Send us Fan Mail Most model releases don't earn a full episode, but Google's Gemini 4 Argon makes a strong case for one. Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias spe

Oct 22
46 min

Microsoft Pays Anthropic to Fix Copilot, Meta Returns to the Frontier, & Courts Put a Price on Your Content | 156

Send us Fan Mail Microsoft spent years building Copilot around a single model maker, and the fix turned out to be paying for a competitor's. Amith Nagarajan and Mal

Oct 15
49 min

Fundamentals of AI, Part 3 | 155

Send us Fan Mail A chatbot can tell you what to do, but an agent can actually do it. In part three of the refreshed Foundations of AI series, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory

Oct 8
45 min

Jev Kicks Off the Decision Model Era, OpenAI Pulls GPT-6.1 Astra, & Waymo Outdrives Us | 154

Send us Fan Mail A surprising amount of the work we hand to AI isn't writing at all—it's deciding. Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias sort through a busy stret

Oct 1
52 min

Why Vibe Coding Still Needs Engineers with Han-Shen Yuan | 153

Send us Fan Mail Vibe coding can patch almost anything, but a duct-tape fix only holds until the water pressure changes. Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias welcome Han-S

Sep 24
52 min

Will AI End Us All? | 152

Send us Fan Mail The people building AI are starting to sound scared of what they're building. Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias take on the AI safety debate that

Sep 17
53 min

Fundamentals of AI, Part 2 | 151

Send us Fan Mail Intelligence is turning into a resource you can scale like electricity, and that shift changes what's actually worth your attention in the AI news

Sep 10
28 min

How Pfizer thinks about AI, Thomson 1.0, & Who's Behind Ox Alpha? | 150

Send us Fan Mail A drug company CEO just made the best case yet for why platform choice matters less than most associations think. Marking three years of Sidecar Sync, A

Sep 3
53 min

Spirit Airlines' Data Sale, the Model Too Powerful to Ship, & the Landlords of AI | 149

Send us Fan Mail When Spirit Airlines went bankrupt, its planes and gates weren't the only assets on the auction block — Google paid $10 million for its data. Amith

Aug 27
52 min

Fundamentals of AI, Part 1 | 148

Send us Fan Mail AI may feel like it arrived overnight, but its foundations have been decades in the making. In part one of a refreshed Foundations of AI series, Amith N

Aug 20
38 min

Open-Weight Models, AI Watermarks, and How to Run Your Own Hackathon | 147

Send us Fan Mail Meta and NVIDIA are turning up the heat in the open-weight AI race, while Anthropic is taking a very different approach by watermarking Claude-generated

Aug 13
45 min

AI-Powered Service for Landscape Architects with Torey Carter-Conneen | 146

Send us Fan Mail In this interview episode, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan sit down with Torey Carter-Conneen, CEO of the American Society of Landscape Architects (A

Aug 6
56 min

Rogue Agents, the Open-Weight Revolt, & Claude Gets Cheaper | 145

Send us Fan Mail This week, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack a whirlwind of AI developments shaping the future of associations. From Anthropic’s release of a mo

Jul 30
54 min

The Open-Weight Wave & the Push for AI Referees | 144

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack a rapidly shifting AI landscape where powerful, low-cost open-weight models from Chinese labs

Jul 23
46 min

Suspenders & Double Dutch: Scaling AI Without Losing the Human Touch with Vicki Deal-Williams | 143

Send us Fan Mail In this interview episode, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan sit down with Vicki Deal-Williams, CEO of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Jul 16
57 min

The Data Episode | 142

Send us Fan Mail It’s been 130 episodes since Sidecar Sync last did a true deep dive on data—and a lot has changed. In this refreshed 2026 perspective, Amith Nagarajan a

Jul 9
45 min

Anthropic’s Rapid Model Releases, GPT 5.6’s Gated Launch, and The Real AI Jobs Story | 141

Send us Fan Mail This week on Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias break down a whirlwind week in AI, from Anthropic’s rapid-fire Claude releases to OpenAI’s

Jul 2
42 min

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What listeners say

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The hosts, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias, are a fantastic team. They balance each other perfectly: Mallory keeps the conversations engaging and easy to follow, while Amith continually blows my mind with the depth of his knowledge. He has a way of breaking down complex ideas and showing how they actually matter in the real world. You can tell they genuinely enjoy working together, and that makes the show both fun and informative. What I love most is the mix of practicality and inspiration. Episodes cover big-picture trends like how AI is reshaping workflows, but they also dive into real, everyday examples that make you stop and think: “Okay, how can I apply this to my work right now?” That blend of future-focused and immediately useful is what sets Sidecar Sync apart from so many other business podcasts. If you’re in the association space, this is a must-listen. And if you’re outside of it? Don’t let the label fool you — the ideas here are universal. Anyone who cares about the future of work, technology, and building stronger organizations will get a ton of value.

Cbbonney · Sep 2025

I’ve learned so much from listening to Sidecar Sync! Amith and Mallory do a great job breaking form complex and relevant topics like AI, tech and innovation in associations, making them easy for everyone to understand regardless of your familiarity with specific topics. Every new episode gives me new insights and ideas (and useful tools!) I can apply in my own work. It’s become my go-to podcast for all things tech in associations.

Dani-DB · Aug 2025

As someone new to both associations and AI, Sidecar Sync became my unexpected gateway into understanding both the association sector and practical AI implementation. The hosts excel at making complex topics accessible without without talking down to their audience. They explain association operations and AI applications in practical terms, focusing on real-world impact rather than technical jargon. Even as an outsider, I found their discussions about member engagement, operational efficiency, and technology adoption universally relevant to any business.

Kishanp7312 · Jul 2025

If you’re not sure where to start to get AI conversant, this is a great entry point. It will get you up to speed and help. Keep you up to speed in a rapidly changing environment. All that and it’s done with a dose of perspective and humor.. association leaders don’t think twice, subscribe!

MKeller85 · Jul 2025

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