No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

Conviction

11 episodes

Episodes

Why Diffusion Will Win AI Inference with Inception Co-Founder and CEO Stefano Ermon
Sep 18, 2026 · 38m
Stanford professor and diffusion model pioneer Stefano Erman discusses his startup Inception, which builds commercial-scale diffusion-based language models.
Coinbase’s Everything Exchange: Agentic Finance, Stablecoins, and Tokenization with CEO Brian Armstrong
Sep 10, 2026 · 45m
Brian Armstrong discusses Coinbase's evolution into an "everything exchange" for tokenized assets and stablecoin payments, emphasizing the rise of AI…
Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas
Sep 3, 2026 · 37m
Rene Haas, CEO of Arm and SoftBank Group International, discusses Arm’s shift from IP licensing to manufacturing physical CPUs like the Arm AGI.
Rethinking Legacy Data Infrastructure with Eon Co-Founders Ofir Ehrlich and Gonen Stein
Aug 27, 2026 · 34m
Ophir Ehrlich and Gonen Stein, co-founders of Eon, discuss how AI transforms enterprise data from a liability into a strategic asset.
From Restoring Sight to Reimagining the Brain, with Max Hodak
Aug 20, 2026 · 31m
Max Hodak, founder of Science, discusses his company’s Prima retinal prosthesis, which recently received European regulatory approval to restore vision in blind patients.
How Nuclear Will Unlock Energy Abundance with Valar Atomics Founder Isaiah Taylor
Aug 13, 2026 · 1h 1m
Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valor Atomics, discusses how his startup achieved the first AI chip powered by a nuclear reactor using an NVIDIA Blackwell system.
Building a $200M Bootstrapped Chess Empire with Chess.com CEO Erik Allebest
Aug 13, 2026 · 46m
Eric Alavest, founder of Chess.
Chasing Trillion-Dollar Companies, Founder Ambition, Token Budgets, and Regulatory Capture with Sarah & Elad
Aug 6, 2026 · 39m
The hosts analyze the AI investment landscape, arguing that while market size is vast, few startups will reach trillion-dollar valuations quickly due to speed constraints.
Building an Autonomous Enterprise for Real-World Services with Netic Founder Melisa Tokmak
Jul 31, 2026 · 34m
Building an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
Jul 23, 2026 · 49m
Hosts interview DoorDash co-founders Andy Feng and Stanley Ting on agentic commerce, highlighting how natural language AI boosts discovery and basket sizes.
Travel Through the Lens of AI with with Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel
Jul 9, 2026 · 41m
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