Summation with Auren Hoffman

By Auren Hoffman

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Non-obvious ideas that move the world. Auren Hoffman hosts leaders across tech, business, markets, and government. 


Summation is the permanent home for the relentlessly curious. 


Auren is CEO of NQB8, GP at Flex Capital, Chairman of Dialog; former CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP).  





Episode Date
Glenn Youngkin on governing like a CEO, the AI power crisis, and why every operator should run for office​
Apr 28, 2026
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta on why trades are AI-proof, the trillion-dollar home services market, and why software stopped being a capital asset
Apr 21, 2026
Eric Ries on why "bad governance" outperforms, the case against shareholder primacy, and AI's Chernobyl moment
Apr 14, 2026
Fmr. German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on NATO, nuclear energy, and how to disagree without blood
Apr 07, 2026
Fmr Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on chips, China, and lessons from Andy Grove
Mar 31, 2026
Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim on mathematical superintelligence, why math is harder than code for LLMs, and the end of buggy software
Mar 24, 2026
Retired 4-star General John Allen on Iran, AI hyperwar, and Taiwan’s future
Mar 17, 2026
Adrian Aoun on healthcare as a product, Apple's AI problem, and why you should have kids now
Mar 10, 2026
Tod Sacerdoti (Flex GP and Pipedream CEO) on seed at scale and SaaS mispricing
Mar 03, 2026
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia on bowling alone, AI bots, and why the heartland is happier than the coasts
Feb 24, 2026
Lt. General Mike Fenzel (Ret.) on bad data, bad experts, and why we can’t exit wars
Feb 17, 2026
Martin Shkreli on prison, beating Bloomberg, and being hated
Feb 11, 2026
World of DaaS is now Summation
Feb 09, 2026
Turing CEO Jonathan Siddharth - The $30 Trillion Knowledge Work Market, Training Frontier AI Models and Building Stage Five Culture
Feb 03, 2026
Chapter CEO Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz - medicare complexity, $100B fraud and how tech can fix it
Jan 27, 2026
Industry Ventures Founder Hans Swildens - how secondaries became the dominant path for VC exits
Jan 20, 2026
Economist Glenn Hubbard - The Fed’s dilemma, AI productivity, and why experts lost trust
Jan 12, 2026
Rembrand CEO Omar Tawakol - why product placement works better than traditional ads
Jan 06, 2026
We the Builders Podcast l From LiveRamp ($RAMP) to NQB8: Auren Hoffman’s Founder Journey
Dec 30, 2025
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller - why pricing data businesses trade at 30x EBIT despite 4% growth
Dec 23, 2025
Wispr Flow CEO Tanay Kothari - voice AI deep dive
Dec 16, 2025
The LM Brief: India as the Next Epicenter of AI?
Dec 12, 2025
YipitData CEO Vin Vacanti - why hedge funds dominate data usage (and corporations don't)
Dec 09, 2025
The LM Brief: The Syntax Illusion
Dec 05, 2025
Patrick McGee - author of Apple in China – how Apple and China built each other
Dec 02, 2025
Dave Morin, Offline Ventures - how venture studios work
Nov 25, 2025
The LM Brief: Why Many AI Projects Fail
Nov 21, 2025
Azeem Azhar of Exponential View - AI, hyperscalers, reshaping US GDP
Nov 18, 2025
The LM Brief: Love Beats Hate
Nov 14, 2025
Bolt.new CEO Eric Simons — one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world
Nov 11, 2025
The LM Brief: The DaaS Renewal Landscape
Nov 07, 2025
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley - Law Enforcement's Data Problem: Why 50% of Murders Go Unsolved
Nov 04, 2025
The LM Brief: 46ers, 55ers, 81ers, and today
Oct 31, 2025
Venturehouse Group CEO Mark Ein - moneyball for CEOs, real estate data & buying sports teams
Oct 28, 2025
The LM Brief: The Ethics of Agentic AI - Balancing Autonomy and Trust
Oct 24, 2025
Astroten Founder Richard Shotton - why your A/B tests fail and how behavioral science can fix them
Oct 21, 2025
The LM Brief: The Energy Bottleneck Behind AI’s Growth
Oct 17, 2025
Clay COO Varun Anand - why cutting-edge GTM teams are moving away from traditional CRMs
Oct 14, 2025
The LM Brief: How Leaders Can Close the AI Intelligence Gap
Oct 10, 2025
Beniamin Mincu CEO, MultiversX - building the trust layer for AI
Oct 07, 2025
The LM Brief: How to Actually Look for a Job (Without Wasting Everyone’s Time)
Oct 03, 2025
OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman - GovTech, data access, and AI transformation
Sep 30, 2025
The LM Brief: AI Overviews and the Future of Publishing
Sep 26, 2025
OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon - power, policy and the race to scale
Sep 23, 2025
The LM Brief: The Only Right Way to Ask for an Intro (Everything Else Is Wrong)
Sep 19, 2025
beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk - why email beats social media
Sep 16, 2025
The LM Brief: Navigating GDPR Compliance Outside the EU and UK
Sep 12, 2025
Gokul Rajaram of Marathon - How AI Will Reinvent Ad Platforms
Sep 09, 2025
The LM Brief: Synthetic Data in AI
Sep 05, 2025
Patrick Lencioni - the six types of working genius
Sep 02, 2025
The LM Brief: AI Meets Copyright Law
Aug 29, 2025
CMO Confidential: Auren Hoffman l Why Vendor Management Is A Skill You Need to Master Now
Aug 26, 2025
The LM Brief: Integration gaps and budget missteps stall enterprise AI
Aug 22, 2025
Zip CEO Rujul Zaparde - procurement, AI agents and YC insights
Aug 19, 2025
The LM Brief: Conditional Voting Rights in VC Term Sheets
Aug 18, 2025
Construction Physics' Brian Potter - why America excels at fracking but struggles with construction
Aug 12, 2025
Airtable CEO Howie Liu - Excel vs Access, Founder Mode, and the Future of SaaS
Aug 05, 2025
Dwarkesh Patel - AI Timelines, Productivity & Global Stagnation
Jul 29, 2025
Morning Consult CEO Michael Ramlet - AI, consumer sentiment and reinventing survey research
Jul 22, 2025
Atlan CEO Prukalpa Sankar - AI agent workflows and hiring AI native talent
Jul 15, 2025
Cardlytics CEO Amit Gupta - transaction data and commerce media
Jul 08, 2025
Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs - diversified portfolios, secondary sales and dinner parties
Jul 01, 2025
Rabbi David Wolpe - AI, faith, and the future of human connection
Jun 24, 2025
Superpower Founder Max Marchione - billionaire health protocols and the future of medicine
Jun 10, 2025
Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell - predicting acquisitions, value of data, AI
Jun 03, 2025
LiveKit CEO Russ d'Sa - voice AI and the future of human-machine interaction
May 27, 2025
US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll - modernizing military tech & fixing procurement
May 20, 2025
Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels - tariffs, tech, and trade
May 13, 2025
Galvanick CEO Josh Steinman - spies, stuxnet, cyber, and securing critical infrastructure
May 06, 2025
AppNexus Founder Brian O'Kelley - adtech, AI, advertising and more AI
Apr 29, 2025
Anduril Co-Founder Trae Stephens - Hard Tech & Modern Defense Strategy
Apr 22, 2025
Fmr Verisk CEO Scott Stephenson - building a $40 billion data company
Apr 15, 2025
a16z’s Martin Casado - building with AI
Apr 08, 2025
Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise - building the operating system for advertising
Apr 01, 2025
Rob Henderson - Luxury Beliefs: How Elites Exploit the Poor
Mar 25, 2025
Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses - fintech's regulatory reckoning: who survives, who thrives
Mar 18, 2025
Hello Patient CEO Alex Cohen - SaaS sprawl and meme culture
Mar 11, 2025
Mario Gabriele - mullet capitalism & modern media empires
Mar 04, 2025
Annie Duke - winning bets: decision science in venture capital
Feb 25, 2025
Insight Partners Deven Parekh - navigating global markets in uncertain times
Feb 18, 2025
Viant $DSP CEO Tim Vanderhook - ad tech, fraud, and the first-party data revolution
Feb 11, 2025
PubMatic $PUBM CEO Rajeev Goel - hidden infrastructure of digital advertising
Feb 04, 2025
Mark Pincus - Product Instincts: “Proven, Better, New”
Jan 28, 2025
Taboola $TBLA CEO Adam Singolda - AI powered content discovery
Jan 21, 2025
DoubleVerify $DV CEO Mark Zagorski - the $100B war against digital ad fraud
Jan 14, 2025
Sayari CEO Farley Mesko - mapping global financial crime
Jan 07, 2025
Magnite $MGNI CEO Michael Barrett - from linear TV to AI
Dec 30, 2024
Samo Burja - live players vs NPCs: hidden forces shaping history
Dec 23, 2024
Qualia CEO Nate Baker - real estate's digital infrastructure layer
Dec 17, 2024
Life360 $LIF CEO Chris Hulls - trust, data, and modern parenting
Dec 12, 2024
Fivetran CEO George Fraser - data for the AI revolution
Dec 03, 2024
DJ Patil - Data Science pioneer on AI, healthcare, and defense
Nov 26, 2024
Morning Brew founder Alex Lieberman - what B2B marketers get wrong
Nov 19, 2024
Altana CEO Evan Smith - Supply Chains, China, and Globalization 2.0
Nov 12, 2024
Windfall CEO Arup Banerjee - Real Data on the Ultra Wealthy
Nov 05, 2024
Sam Parr - Raising Normal Kids After a Major Exit
Oct 29, 2024
Tomas Pueyo - Uncharted Territories: From Physical Geography to AI
Oct 22, 2024
Ramp CEO Eric Glyman - The Hidden Incentives Shaping Banking and Fintech
Oct 15, 2024
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg: WordPress vs WP Engine
Oct 11, 2024
Ben Casnocha - Flaws as Assets: Unconventional Talent Spotting
Oct 08, 2024
Matt Clifford: Entrepreneur First - Ambition and Power
Oct 01, 2024
Daniel Pink - Selling in the Age of AI and Big Data
Sep 24, 2024
Yext CEO Michael Walrath - Software Consolidation and Convergence
Sep 17, 2024
Bjorn Lomborg - A Data-Driven Approach to Global Issues
Sep 10, 2024
Alex Wirth - CEO of Quorum - How AI is Disrupting Lawmaking
Sep 03, 2024
Bryan Caplan - The Signaling Game in Education & Parenting
Aug 27, 2024
People.ai CEO Oleg Rogynskyy - How AI is Replacing Sales People
Aug 20, 2024
Alex Tabarrok - Unpacking the Decline of U.S. Economic Dynamism
Aug 13, 2024
Bright Data CEO Or Lenchner - Why Meta Lost the Web-Scraping Battle
Aug 06, 2024
Daffy CEO Adam Nash - Data and Design in Fintech
Jul 30, 2024
Jason Bordoff - Shale, Solar, and Global Energy Futures
Jul 23, 2024
Substack CEO Chris Best - Building a New Engine for Culture
Jul 16, 2024
Dr. Robert Cialdini - 7 Principles of Influence Explained
Jul 09, 2024
Fundrise CEO Ben Miller: Democratizing Private Investing
Jun 25, 2024
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein - The Ecommerce Entrepreneur Class
Jun 18, 2024
Brent Beshore - Private Equity for “Boring” Businesses
Jun 11, 2024
Mark Gerson - Founder of GLG: Better Philanthropy
Jun 04, 2024
Michael Batnick - Common Investing Mistakes
May 28, 2024
CB Insights Founder Anand Sanwal - Data Business & AI
May 21, 2024
Masterworks CEO Scott Lynn - Data-Driven Art Investing
May 14, 2024
Dmitri Alperovitch - The New Cold War
May 07, 2024
Groq CEO Jonathan Ross - Next Gen AI Hardware
Apr 30, 2024
Greg Isenberg - Startup Studios vs Traditional VC
Apr 23, 2024
Breaking Points Host Saagar Enjeti - Anti-Establishment Media
Apr 16, 2024
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen: Global Shipping and Logistics
Apr 09, 2024
Bill Magnuson, CEO of Braze $BRZE : Future of Mobile
Apr 02, 2024
Steve Case: AOL, AI & American Innovation
Mar 26, 2024
ID.me CEO Blake Hall: Identity & Security
Mar 19, 2024
Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier: Future of Higher Ed
Mar 12, 2024
Daniel Lurie, Running for Mayor of San Francisco
Mar 05, 2024
Sarah Tavel, Benchmark Capital GP: Selling Work in SaaS
Feb 27, 2024
Meb Faber: Controversial Investing Insights
Feb 20, 2024
Neil Buddy Shah, Clinton Health CEO: AI, Data & Public Health
Feb 13, 2024
RewindAI CEO Dan Siroker: AI Wearables & Fundraising in Public
Feb 06, 2024
Emil Michael, Fmr Uber CBO: Ridesharing and Picking VCs
Jan 30, 2024
Austen Allred, CEO of BloomTech: Aligning Education Incentives
Jan 23, 2024
Oren Cass, Director of American Compass: The New Right
Jan 16, 2024
Building and Understanding Data Businesses | Auren Hoffman | Media Empires
Jan 09, 2024
Greg Lukianoff, President of FIRE: Free Speech
Jan 02, 2024
SEIU President Mary Kay Henry: Future of US Labor
Dec 26, 2023
Joe Lonsdale: 8VC GP and Palantir Cofounder
Dec 19, 2023
Sam Lessin of SlowVC: The End of Factory-Farmed Unicorns
Dec 12, 2023
Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan: Navigating Startup Boards
Dec 05, 2023
Auren Hoffman: Entity Resolution with Placekey
Nov 28, 2023
Sam Corcos, Levels CEO: 10x Delegation
Nov 21, 2023
Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio: The API Economy
Nov 14, 2023
Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs: Future of Open Source
Nov 07, 2023
Michael Seibel, Y Combinator Group Partner
Oct 31, 2023
Ben Horowitz, co-founder of a16z: Venture Capital
Oct 24, 2023
Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel: AI
Oct 17, 2023
Andrew Ross Sorkin: SVB, Lessons from 2008 Financial Crisis & VC
Oct 12, 2023
Peter Thiel: Science, Society, Stagnation
Oct 03, 2023
Amjad Masad: CEO of Replit: Future of Coding
Sep 26, 2023
Martin Sorrell: S4 & WPP: AdTech, Advertising & AI
Sep 19, 2023
Neil Strauss, Author of "The Game": Growth in the AI Era
Sep 12, 2023
Bram Cohen, Founder of BitTorrent and Chia: Decentralization, Data Science & Blockchain
Sep 05, 2023
Bryan Johnson: How to Age in Reverse
Aug 29, 2023
Sue Gordon, fmr ODNI/NGA/CIA: OSINT, Cybersecurity, War
Aug 22, 2023
Ajit Pai: Innovation, Regulation, GDPR
Aug 15, 2023
Steven Pinker: Human Cognition vs. AI
Aug 08, 2023
Erik Torenberg: Optionality, AI & Elites
Aug 01, 2023
Jesse Pujji: Digital Marketing, D2C & Venture Studios
Jul 25, 2023
Immad Akhund, CEO of Mercury: SVB, Neobanks, and UI
Jul 18, 2023
Prince Turki Al Faisal: Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia & Energy
Jul 11, 2023
Dmitri Alperovitch: Ukraine, Russia, Starlink & Cyber Warfare
Jul 05, 2023
Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic: AI and Media
Jun 27, 2023
Hadi Partovi: Coding, AI & the Future of Learning
Jun 20, 2023
David Sinclair: Living to 120
Jun 13, 2023
Matt Kaminski, Politico EIC: Future of Media & Speech
Jun 06, 2023
Marissa Mayer: AI Insights and Walmart, Google & Yahoo
May 30, 2023
Tom Tugendhat: UK Minister, OSINT, MI5 & Cybersecurity
May 23, 2023
Jack Abraham of Atomic: Incubators & Startup Studios
May 16, 2023
Will Manidis: AI, LLMs & Healthcare Data
May 09, 2023
Avlok Kohli, AngelList CEO: AI and Dual Threat CEOs
May 02, 2023
Elad Gil: AI, Angel Investing, Living Forever
Apr 25, 2023
Johnathan Bi: René Girard & Mimetic Desire
Apr 18, 2023
Nicole Perlroth: Future of Cybersecurity
Apr 11, 2023
Sigal Mandelker: Fmr Under Secretary of Treasury
Apr 04, 2023
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO: Data vs. Extremism
Mar 28, 2023
Jon Levin, Dean of Stanford GSB: Identifying Future Innovators
Mar 21, 2023
Dr. Nir Barzilai: How to Live Past 100
Mar 14, 2023
Tony Thomas, Fmr. 4-Star General: Navigating Threats
Mar 07, 2023
Megan McArdle: Markets, Monopolies & Innovation
Feb 28, 2023
Jaan Tallinn: Balancing AI Risk and Opportunity
Feb 20, 2023
Dido Harding: Leveraging Data for Public Health
Feb 14, 2023
Oren Etzioni: Unlocking AI’s Potential
Feb 07, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy: Leadership, Innovation & Ideology
Jan 31, 2023
David Sacks: SaaS Metrics, Tech Cycles & Fundraising in a Down Market
Jan 24, 2023
Bret Stephens: The Return of Great Power Competition
Jan 17, 2023
Thani Shamsi: What Data Companies Can Learn From SaaS
Jan 10, 2023
Amit Bendov: A Data-Driven Sales Masterclass
Jan 03, 2023
Eric Frank: Why Real Estate is Behind in Data Adoption
Dec 20, 2022
Bryan Mistele: What the Future of Transportation Looks Like
Dec 13, 2022
Sarah Bond: Accelerating the Gaming Creator Economy
Dec 06, 2022
Richard Barlow: Data Sharing to Enable the Self-Driving Revolution
Nov 29, 2022
Dimitri Dadiomov: Your TAM is Just the Beginning
Nov 22, 2022
Richard Hanania: The Real Power Centers of US Foreign Policy
Nov 15, 2022
Anthony Scaramucci: The Future of Institutional Investing in Crypto
Nov 08, 2022
Keith Rabois: Velocity, Differentiation & Disruption
Nov 01, 2022
Packy McCormick: Web3 & Smart Optimism
Oct 25, 2022
Grover Norquist: A 40-Year View of American Politics
Oct 18, 2022
Michael Brown: Getting Defense Spending Up to Speed
Oct 11, 2022
Rep. Jim Himes: Building a US Digital Currency
Oct 04, 2022
Jason Gardner: Modernizing the Payments System
Sep 27, 2022
Tim Urban: Zooming Out on Everything
Sep 20, 2022
RJ Pittman: Turning Buildings into Data
Sep 13, 2022
Mark Penn: Finding the Next Microtrends
Sep 06, 2022
Christopher Ahlberg: Building a Safer Future
Aug 30, 2022
Terence Kawaja: The Future of AdTech
Aug 23, 2022
Sheila Heen: How to Navigate Hard Conversations
Aug 16, 2022
Cindy Cohn: Who Should Regulate the Internet?
Aug 09, 2022
Neal Katyal: Taking on the Supreme Court
Aug 02, 2022
David Epstein: Never Underestimate the Generalist
Jul 26, 2022
Rob Buxton: The State of DaaS (A Market Snapshot)
Jul 19, 2022
Gary Marcus: The Failed Promise of Artificial Intelligence
Jul 05, 2022
Or Offer: The Mechanics of Data Businesses
Jun 28, 2022
Antonio Garcia Martinez: A New Approach to Regulation
Jun 21, 2022
Liv Boeree: Developing a Probabilistic Mindset
Jun 14, 2022
Jeremy Stanley: How Machines Actually Learn
Jun 07, 2022
Ryan Breslow: The King vs. The Mob
May 31, 2022
Glenn Fogel: The Greatest Acquirer in History
May 24, 2022
Auren Hoffman: A Tale about Truth in Data
May 19, 2022
Barry Nalebuff: A Radical New Way to Negotiate
May 17, 2022
Joel Myers: The Father of Commercial Meteorology
May 10, 2022
Charlie Youakim: The Real Economics of Buy-Now-Pay-Later
May 03, 2022
Jacob Helberg: The New Cold War
Apr 26, 2022
Auren Hoffman: It's Our Moral Obligation to Make Data More Accessible
Apr 21, 2022
Bob Moore: Solving the Cold Start Problem
Apr 19, 2022
Esther Dyson: Using Data to Revolutionize Wellness
Apr 14, 2022
Sebastian Mallaby: The Greatest Storyteller in Venture Capital
Apr 12, 2022
David Perell: Building a Personal Monopoly
Apr 05, 2022
Dina Srinivasan: Reining in Big Tech
Mar 31, 2022
Tyler Henritze: Thematic Investing to Predict the Future
Mar 29, 2022
Emiliano Kargieman: Remapping the Entire Earth
Mar 22, 2022
Tod Sacerdoti: Let’s Talk About Founder Compensation
Mar 17, 2022
Javier de la Torre: Building a Killer Go-To-Market Strategy
Mar 15, 2022
Peter Platzer: Moore’s Law Strikes the Satellite Industry!
Mar 08, 2022
Ann Fudge: Leveling Up Board Meetings
Mar 03, 2022
Satyen Sangani: We’re Still in the Dark Ages of Data
Mar 01, 2022
Gabe Rogol: A Masterclass in Demand Gen
Feb 22, 2022
Alex Dalyac: The Secret to Building a Computer Vision Unicorn
Feb 15, 2022
Jonathan Levin: The Blockchain Archivist
Feb 08, 2022
Tom Goldstein: The Art of Supreme Court Advocacy
Feb 01, 2022
Julia Galef: How to be Wrong Correctly
Jan 25, 2022
Dan Doctoroff: Where the Sidewalk Leads
Jan 18, 2022
Richard Haass: Why We Need More Global Coordination
Nov 02, 2021
Godard Abel (CEO of G2): Defining Software Categories
Oct 14, 2021
Niall Ferguson: Writing History with Data
Oct 08, 2021
Dean Stoecker (Founder of Alteryx): 20 Year Journey to Successful IPO
Oct 01, 2021
Daniel Gross (CEO of Pioneer): Why Energy is the Best Predictor of Talent
Sep 24, 2021
Tyler Cowen: Identifying Talent and Measuring Organizational Capital
Sep 17, 2021
Daniel Yanisse (CEO of Checkr): Building a Fairer Future of Work
Sep 10, 2021
Sinan Aral: Solving Social Media Market Failures
Sep 02, 2021
Hayden Brown (CEO of Upwork): Owning the Work Marketplace
Aug 26, 2021
Glen Weyl: Reimagining Democracy with Quadratic Funding and Quadratic Voting
Aug 19, 2021
Will Marshall (CEO of Planet): Building a Data Company in Space
Aug 11, 2021
Byrne Hobart: Why Airline Loyalty Programs Are Really Just FinTech Companies
Aug 05, 2021
Susan Athey: Tech Economists, Machine Learning, and Causation
Jul 29, 2021
Scott Stephenson (CEO of Verisk): How Data Sharing Transformed Insurance
Jul 22, 2021
Henry Schuck (CEO of ZoomInfo): Building A Billion Dollar Data Company
Jul 14, 2021
Will Lansing (CEO of FICO): Power of Data Standards
Jul 01, 2021
Stephen Orban: Data Marketplace Innovation at Amazon
Jun 10, 2021
Hilary Mason: Rise of Data Science
Jun 09, 2021
Jack Dangermond: Building Esri
Jun 08, 2021
Coming Soon: World of DaaS
Jun 03, 2021