Members of Technical Staff

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9 episodes

4 days ago

We threw an absolute rager in San Francisco and it was actually good! This conversation covers how we did it, the ratio, the costumes, the lack of networking, whether people wore their shoes or not and what to think about when trying to throw a great party in SF. I also caught up with Miranda Nover, Founder of Fort and Valentina Escudero from a beloved MAG 7 before the party started to talk all things Girlie Halloween. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Inference trains...

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Members of Technical Staff

Throwing the Perfect San Francisco Party, with Miranda Nover and Valentina Escudero

5 days ago

33 minutes

Members of Technical Staff

The Ghosts Of Silicon Valley, with Will Depue

It’s almost Halloween, so we dressed up as disgraced founders and covered the dead companies and fads of Silicon Valley. This conversation takes a trip down memory lane, starting with the dot-com bubble, moving through the 2010s, the ZIRP era, and crypto, before finishing with a few recent casualties of the current AI hype cycle. I also catch up with my good friend and OpenAI researcher Will Depue, where we talk all things ghosts, his twinkness, traveling, and short-form content. Watch on X; ...

1 week ago

37 minutes

Members of Technical Staff

🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 Extropic Hardware Launch, with Gill Verdon

I managed to catch Extropic founder and CEO Guillaume Verdon on launch day for their new thermodynamic computing hardware. We cover all things from benchmarks to bench press and we gain an insight into how the open source community will get to experiment with this new computing paradigm. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Inference trains and deploys custom language models for some of the fastest growing companies in history. If you're spending more than $50,000/month o...

1 week ago

9 minutes

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Congratulations On Your Unemployment, with Andi Duro

In San Francisco you are lauded and in New York City you are exiled. This conversation covers being unemployed in the big cities, the different labels the unemployed give themselves for status, and we discuss what it's like to see the unemployed talk to the rich on an app where your username is your net worth with Andi Duro, founder of Twocent. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Inference trains and deploys custom language models for some of the fastest growing companie...

2 weeks ago

36 minutes

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The Yoked Chads and Staceys of Silicon Valley, with Matt Palmer

The Soylent and Huel meal replacement shakes have been replaced with Fairlifes and energy drinks in FAANG refrigerators and squat racks are being put in pre-seed startup offices. This conversation covers the new found trend of lifting in tech, the different lifting archetypes in tech, and we discuss what it's like to be a guy with big arms at San Francisco parties with Matt Palmer, Devrel at Replit. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Inference trains and deploys custom ...

3 weeks ago

36 minutes

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Agentic Workflows and the State of the AI Hype Cycle, with Sam Hogan

The AI hype cycle is in full swing and now agentic workflows are all the rage. From prompt engineering to asking for AGI timelines on dates. This conversation covers the AI hype cycle buzz terms up until this point, what agentic workflows even mean or do, and we discuss how startups are positioning themselves this cycle with Inference founder, Sam Hogan. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsor Inference trains and deploys custom language models for some of the fastest growing...

1 month ago

32 minutes

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996 and the Rise of The Striver in Silicon Valley, with Turner Novak

Those in Silicon Valley have adopted 996 and you know this because they will simply tell you about it online. From pictures of girlfriends being fired to pictures of laptops are open at the bar. This conversation covers the adoption of 996 in tech, the rise of striver culture online, and we discuss when the 996 schedule will hit the VC class with Turner Novak. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsor Inference trains and deploys custom language models for some of the fastest g...

1 month ago

32 minutes

Members of Technical Staff

The Quest for Beauty and the Evolving Tech Bro Stack, with Max Marchione

Those in Silicon Valley now want to be hot and are willing to cut all kinds of corners in order to get there. This conversation covers the evolution of the modern day tech bro wellness stack, how unregulated peptides have become normal among the tech elite and how Max Marchione sees these trends evolving. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsor Inference trains and deploys custom language models for some of the fastest growing companies in history. If you're spending more tha...

1 month ago

32 minutes

Members of Technical Staff

Fixing the San Francisco Party, with Madison Kanna

While tech-adjacent parties in San Francisco are home to the most powerful social circles on the planet they come with a few negative stereotypes. No shoes, no small talk and no women. This conversation covers the etymology of the San Francisco party and how girlies like Madison are trying to fix it. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsor Inference trains and deploys custom language models for some of the fastest growing companies in history. If you're spending more than $50...

1 month ago

31 minutes