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Venture Step is an independent podcast for curious builders. Host Dalton Anderson explores AI, startups, company strategy, research, policy, and the personal realities of building something meaningful through candid interviews, original deep dives, and solo episodes.
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HOW TO USE CODEX BEYOND THE FIRST PROMPT
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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HOW GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT SEE THE SAME PROMPT
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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THE AI PARTNERSHIP THAT CHANGED INTO A RIVALRY
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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THE RISE OF THE AI COWORKER
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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BUILDING BETTER PRODUCTS BY REFUSING TO ACCEPT "GOOD ENOUGH" WITH JOSH SPRAGUE
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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BUILDING WITH ANTIGRAVITY 2.0: THE UPDATES YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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THE WORLD'S STRONGEST ROBOTIC ARM: HOW RISE ROBOTICS REINVENTED THE ACTUATOR
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May 26, 2026 |
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THE ZERO-HUMAN EQUATION: HOW REI VARDI DE-RISKED ASSET SHARING WITH EON RIDES
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May 20, 2026 |
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THE ILLUSION OF OUTPUT: WHY PROCESS GOALS BEAT OUTCOME GOALS BY 15X
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May 12, 2026 |
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PHIL KNIGHT'S NIKE: THE STORY OF SHOE DOG AND HOW MODERN NIKE LOST ITS IDENTITY
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May 06, 2026 |
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GOOGLE CLOUD NEXT: SCALING AUTONOMOUS AI WORKFLOWS
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May 02, 2026 |
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BEN GILLILAND & FUTURE PROOF: AI BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE RISK MITIGATION & PROPERTY HARDENING
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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THE AI THAT ACTUALLY DOES THINGS: OPENCLAW, DISCORD, AND GEMMA 4
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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VIBE CODING AND THE EVERYTHING CLAUDE REPO
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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THE NYC RENAISSANCE: HEALTH, HUSTLE, AND HIGH-SCALE AUTOMATION
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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THE BIG WORD: SURVIVING THE AI DISRUPTION CYCLE WITH JOSHUA GOULD
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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QUILL: AI CHIEF OF STAFF WITH MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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LIVE DEMO: BUILDING A GO BACKEND WITH JULES THE AI DEVELOPER
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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KID COMPANY & UARE.AI: WHY YOU ARE THE BEST AI WITH ROBERT LOCASCIO
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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THE SPACE SAFE: HOW A SMART SAFE IS DISRUPTING A CENTURE-OLD INDUSTRY WITH OSCAR HEDAYA
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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FOUNDER READINESS INSTITUTE: VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE WITH LOGAN YONAVJAK
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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BACKSTROKE: FROM SELLING HOURS TO SELLING OUTCOMES WITH RJ TALYOR
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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RECAP: KEY TOPICS OF 2025
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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SOCIAL LEVERAGE: THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF FINTECH AND AI WITH MATT OBER
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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NAPLAB: PROOF OF VALUE WITH DEREK HALES
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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STRETCH: TRANSFORMING GROCERY SHOPPING WITH ANDY ELLWOOD
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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THE VIBE CODER REVIEW: BASE44 VS. EMERGENT, LOVABLE & RIPLET
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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EXPLORING GOOGLE WORKSPACE STUDIO: A DEMO OF AI-DRIVEN WORKFLOWS
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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SURVEILLANCE PRICING: THE NEW CONSUMER CHALLENGE
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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THE LOYALTY PENALTY: WHY YOUR FAITHFUL SHOPPING HABITS ARE COSTING YOU MORE
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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THE SYNTHETIC RUBICON: CROSSING THE UNCANNY VALLEY
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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ROUGH VIBES: WHEN THE HYPE CRASHES
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IS BROKEN: WHEN INSURERS AVOID RISK AND REGULATORS SUPPRESS PREMIUMS
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT PEOPLE: FROM CONFRONTATION TO CONVERSATION
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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PROCRASTINATION: THE ART OF GETTING THINGS DONE
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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AI VIDEO WARS: COMPARING OPENAI'S SORA 2 AND GOOGLE'S VEO
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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GOOGLE TURNS OFF THE TAB: WHAT THE NUM=100 CHANGE MEANS FOR SEO
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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STRAVA VS. GARMIN: THE LAWSUIT THAT BACKFIRED
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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VENTURE STEP PERSONAL UPDATE: BOUNCING BACK FROM THE CATABOLIC STATE
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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THE DIGITAL ADDICTION CRISIS: X AI'S ANI, META VIBES, AND THE PURSUIT OF 'AI SLOP'
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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META'S NEXT REALITY: META CONNECT
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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GOOGLE'S NANO BANANA: THE VIRAL TREND THAT DETHRONED CHATGPT
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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REIMAGINING TRADITION: AI'S INFLUENCE ON REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE WITH LUKE TATMAN
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Zero Click SEO for AI Search, Google Rankings & Agentic AI
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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WHY MADE BY GOOGLE EVENT BOMBED - DESPITE INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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MY TAKEAWAYS FROM EXTREME OWNERSHIP BY JOCKO WILLINK & LEIF BABIN
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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THE WINDSURF STORY: FROM BILLION-DOLLAR DREAMS TO FOUNDER BACKLASH
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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CAN AI AND DATA CENTERS BE SUSTAINABLE? THE TENSION BETWEEN TECH AND COMMUNITIES
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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HOW AI DATA CENTERS ARE DRAINING POWER, WATER, AND PATIENCE: THE HIDDEN COSTS OF THE CLOUD
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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THE SICKNESS: 30-POUND FEVER DREAM
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Tesla's Robotaxi Pilot: The $4.20 Ride
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Toolchains vs. Monoliths: Apple's Illusion of Thinking
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: If You’re Gonna Eat Sh*t, Don’t Nibble
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Veo 3’s Visual Uprising: AI’s Video Magic and the Shift Back to Text
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Scaling Venture Step: Guest Goals, Production Glow-Up, and Paul Graham Vibes
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May 27, 2025 |
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Isaac GR00T N1: The First Open Humanoid Robot Foundation Model
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May 20, 2025 |
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TAKE IT DOWN Act: Fighting Digital Abuse Against Non-consensual Imaging
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May 13, 2025 |
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The B&W Prospective: Finding a Colorful World Through Tech and Color Minimalism
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May 06, 2025 |
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Google Cloud Next 25: Building and Managing AI Agents A2A Protocol
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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SUS Learnings: Reframing My Perspective With Six Hypotheses
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Imperfect Echo: AI Voice Cloning and Its Current Limits
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Callousing the Mind: Unpacking David Goggins' "Can't Hurt Me"
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Google Keeps Shipping: Canvas, Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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SUS Learnings: Is NYC Cracked?
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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You're Not Special, But Your Impact Can Be: Valkyrie Holmes and Faura AI
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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SUS Learnings: Analyzing Potential Ideas
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The Rise of Grok: Rapid AI Development and the Future of Thinking
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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SUS Learnings: The Counterintuitive Truths About Startups Ideas & Founders
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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The Rise of DeepSeek: A New Contender
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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My VR Journey: Exploring the Metaverse and Beyond
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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California Wildfires: A Deep Dive into the Crisis with Tom Mercer
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Scaling Up: Lessons from the High Growth Handbook
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Level Up 2025: Building Systems, Seeking Truth, and Launching Ventures
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Dream Big, Aim High: Reflections on the Venture Step Journey
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Gemini Deep Research: Your Future AI Analyst
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Financial Crimes & Shell Games: The Impact of Beneficial Ownership Reporting
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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The Dark Side of Uber's Innovation: Greyball
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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CoTracker3: Revolutionizing Point Tracking with Simplicity
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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From Pixels to Perception: How Sparsh is Changing Touch
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Meta’s Shipping Spree: From Robotics to Video
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Disrupting the Duopoly: How Stripe's Stablecoin Strategy Could Shake Up Visa and Mastercard
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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AI-Power Productivity: Copilot Flight and Slack Gets Smart
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Megacity Showdown: Seoul vs Tokyo vs Mexico City
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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RCS, Pixels, and Missing Pixel Buds: A Tech Update
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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From Earth to Mars: SpaceX's Starship and Tesla's AI Ambitions
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The AI That Wasn't: Unmasking Reflection 70B
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Unlocking the Power of Cursor AI: Your AI-Powered Coding Companion
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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From VR to AI: Meta's Ambitious Vision for the Future
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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AI Tutors: The Future of Personalized Learning with Google
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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First Impressions: An Americans's Early Days in Japan
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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AI Agents From Corporate Productivity to Playful Social Engagement
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Beyond the Clock: My Productivity Stack
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Beyond the Hype: Llama 3's Safety and Power Unleashed
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Pixelated Dreams: Google's AI is Making Magic, The New Pixel Lineup
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Beyond the Hype: Understanding Llama 3's True Potential
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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AI Agent: Building Intelligent Assistants with Meta's AI Studio
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Unlocking the Power of Open-Source AI: Exploring Meta's Llama 3.1 Release
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Meta's AI Power Play: Llama 3.1 405b, Reel Search
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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The Road to Self-Driving: A Bumpy but Fascinating Journey
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Milestones, Interviews, and What's Been Keeping Me Busy
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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The Filter Bubble Blues: The Personalized Reality
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Beyond the Logo: Risa Salyor on Building Brands That Connect
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Apple Unleashed: WWDC 2024's Biggest Reveals & What They Mean for You
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Discipline: The Purest Form of Self-Love
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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AI in the Workplace: Boosting Productivity & Transforming How We Work
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Microsoft and OpenAI's Conversational AI: CoPilot Plus and ChatGPT 4-O
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May 28, 2024 |
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AI Unveiled: Google's Latest Breakthroughs and the Future of Artificial Intelligence
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May 21, 2024 |
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AlphaFold 3 and GPT-4o: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and AI Capabilities
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May 14, 2024 |
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Bet on Yourself: A Review of Annie Duke's 'Thinking in Bets'
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May 07, 2024 |
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AI and the Future of Interaction: Meta’s Vision with Quest 3 and Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Beyond Reality: Unpacking Meta's latest AI and VR innovations
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Timeless Wisdom: A Look at Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Building Vibition: The E-commerce Journey & Unveiling Winning Product Trends
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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The Robot Revolution: Nvidia's GROOT, Neuralink Breakthroughs & Our Cyborg Future
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The Power Playbook: Unpacking "The 48 Laws of Power"
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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AI Leaps Forward: Robot Butlers & Nvidia's Super Brain Chip
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Evolving the Venture Step Podcast: My Learning Journey
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Finding Wisdom in the Everyday: My 'Daily Stoic'
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Decoding Nvidia: Chips, Code, and Innovation
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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AI Explosion: Gemini 1.5, Gemini Advanced, Open AI Sora, & Disrupting Insurance
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Rekindling the Venture: My Journey Back to the Mic
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Introduction Podcast and First Business Mistakes
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Business Insights & Lessons Learned: with James Carpenter at Rapid Removal
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Nov 06, 2019 |