Best Mark And Shashank Podcasts (2025)

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Gemini 3, GPT-5.1, Anti-Gravity & Yann LeCun’s Exit: Are We Near AGI or Just in a Bubble? 1:00:59

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Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Attend a live event: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ In this episode of the Generative AI Meetup Podcas…

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The Allplane Podcast #133: large electric aircraft with Daniel Rosen Jacobson, co-founder of Elysian Aircraft

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What is building a large scale battery-powered aircraft was more feasible than originally thought? Our guest on this episode of the podcast, Daniel Rosen Jacobson co-founder and co-CEO of Elysian Aircraft, has come on the podcast to explain how asking the right questions and conducting scientific research laid the groundwork for the truly ambitious…

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Neo Arrives: Tele-Ops Today, AGI Tomorrow? 1:01:22

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From a tiny island in Seychelles to the heartland of Ohio, we unpack a wild week in AI. First up: 1X’s “Neo” humanoid—$20k to buy or $500/month to rent—promising laundry, dishes, and errands soon…with a lot of teleoperation today. We debate whether tele-ops is a feature (not a bug), who it employs, and how quickly autonomy could follow. Then we zoo…

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The Allplane Podcast #132: Airships w/ Michael Kendrick, Mark Dorey & James Dexter (Straightline Aviation)

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Is the airship ready for a big comeback? This is not some sort of retro-futurist sci-fi scenario, since there are a handful of companies working to develop a new generation modern-day iteration of this iconic type of aircraft. But, in fact, airships and, more generally, lighter than air aircraft never fully went away. The US Navy, for example, oper…

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Sora 2, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, and the AI Browser Wars: Is NVIDIA Unstoppable? 1:13:05

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Can AI reverse DNA Damage? 1:13:37

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Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Attend a live event: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ In this episode of the Gener…

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The Allplane Podcast #131 with Megha Bhatia, EVE Air Mobility Chief Commercial Officer

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Among the top contenders in the eVTOL space, EVE Air Mobility stands out—not because it's closer than others to entering service or because it generates more media headlines. In fact, what sets EVE aside from the pack is the backing of one of the world’s most successful and technologically advanced aircraft makers, Embraer, which has opted to move …

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The Allplane Podcast #130 with Mukund Karanjikar, CleanJoule founder and CEO

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The world badly needs sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and, fortunately, there is not shortage of entrepreneurs willing to take on the challenge to scale up production. Now, are all SAF pathways the same? Of course not. Today on the podcast we will talk with Mukund Karanjikar, founder and CEO of CleanJoule, a SAF startup based in Utah that is develo…

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The Allplane Podcast #129 with Shashank Nigam (Simpliflying / Sustainability in the Air)

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In this episode of the we welcome Shashank Nigam, who, together with Dirk Singer, has co-authored the Sustainability in the Air book series, two volumes that cover many of the most prominent entrepreneurs, companies and projects striving to make air travel cleaner and more sustainable. Now, Shashank is no newcomer to the aviation industry. He is al…

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How to Vibe Code 57:44

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Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Attend a live event: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ Mark Linked in: https://www.…

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GPT-5: One Model to Rule Them All? Consolidation, Comparisons, and AI's Educational Edge 1:05:07

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Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Attend a live event: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ Mark Linked in: https://www.…

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AI's Explosive Week: Claude 4.1, OpenAI's Open-Source Return, and Google's Mind-Blowing World Models 1:12:20

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Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Gen AI Meetup: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ Mark Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkuczmarski/ Join hosts…

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The Allplane Podcast #128 with Otto Aviation COO Scott Drennan

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In this episode of the podcast we’ll explore one of the most truly disruptive clean-sheet aircraft projects currently underway. Scott Drennan is President and Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Otto Aviation, a US startup aircraft maker that is developing an ultra-efficient executive jet. The Phantom 3500 uses a teardrop-shaped design to take full a…

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Grok 4, AI Browsers, and Mark Zuckerbergs 6GW Data Center 1:29:27

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Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Gen AI Meetup: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ Mark Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkuczmarski/…

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Why the US economy will crash 1:18:03

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Listen to the podcast: https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/ Join the Meetup: https://genaimeetup.com/ Subscribe to Mark's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCqLp0T6WBwxmuJdmo4mUW5A Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetupBy Mark and Shashank

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The Allplane Podcast #127: how ELeather saves airlines tons of fuel, w/Lisa Conway (Gen Phoenix)

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When we talk about aviation sustainability, the first thing that usually comes to mind is propulsion technologies or new aircraft designs. But there are other ways to lower the environmental footprint of flying. Some are even hidden in plain sight! Today we bring you the story of a company doing its bit to make aviation more sustainable, but in a r…

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The Allplane Podcast #126: the electric jet engine, with Ivar Aune (SiriNor)

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Ivar Aune is the CEO of SiriNor, a company working on an electric jet engine. Yes, you read that right! While most electric aircraft projects aim to power a propeller, SiriNor is going for the very technology that powers most of today’s commercial aviation industry. After all, a modern jet engine works by making a turbine spin. But while convention…

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How Merlin AI went from zero to over 2 million users 1:13:13

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Try Merlin: https://www.getmerlin.in/ X: https://x.com/MerlinAIByFoyer Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@merlin_ai/videos South Bay Gen AI: https://genaimeetup.com/ Mark's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896By Mark and Shashank

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The Allplane Podcast #125: sewage to SAF w/Yvonne Moynihan (Wizz Air) & James Hygate (Firefly)

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Wizz Air takes pride in having the lowest carbon footprint per passenger and kilometer in the airline industry, 52g, number that it expects to bring further down as it renews the fleet with larger, denser and more efficient aircraft. But fleet renewal alone won’t do the trick. In fact, “fleet” is just one of the three “Fs” that the pan-European ult…

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How to automate your life with rtrvr.ai 1:16:39

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https://rtrvr.ai/ Join hosts Shashank from Google AI Labs and Mark (currently on hiatus from Amazon) as they interview Arjun and Pavani, the founders of Retriever AI. This episode explores how Retriever's innovative browser extension brings agentic LLM capabilities directly to your desktop browser, offering unique advantages over cloud-based altern…

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Interview with the fastest growing startup in terms of ARR | Genspark 48:57

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https://www.genspark.ai/ https://genaimeetup.com/ Follow the podcast: https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/ Join hosts Shishank and Mark as they dive deep into the world of generative AI agents with Lenzoy Lin, Engineering Lead at Gens Park. Discover how this rapidly growing startup is revolutionizing productivity through their suite of AI agents - from…

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The Allplane Podcast #124, the state of the eVTOL industry with Gary Vermaak

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The future of Augmented Reality | Interview with Real Wear CTO Timon Binder 1:20:48

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https://www.realwear.com/ Timon Binder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timon-binder/ Join us for a special episode as we sit down with Timon Binder, CTO of Realware, a leading AR hardware company transforming the enterprise landscape. Timon shares his journey from co-founding a startup in Switzerland to leading innovation in the US, revealing how Real…

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The Allplane Podcast #123 with Delta Air Lines Chief Sustainability Officer, Amelia DeLuca

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In this episode of the podcast we welcome Amelia DeLuca, Chief Sustainability Officer at Delta Air Lines. Besides being one of the World’s largest airlines, Delta, is also a very active player in the field of air travel innovation and decarbonization. Delta has committed to getting to net zero by 2050 with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) expected t…

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Building AI Agents Without Code | Interview with Langflow 24:45

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Langflow: https://www.langflow.org/ https://www.producthunt.com/products/langflow Langflow Desktop: https://www.langflow.org/desktop In this insightful interview, Rodrigo from Langflow discusses the evolution and future of their low-code agent building platform. Starting with his background in machine learning and data science, Rodrigo explains how…

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What will the world look like in 2035? 47:56

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In this special episode, hosts Mark and Shashank take a break from their usual news coverage to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI agents. They define what agents are, examine their current capabilities, and make bold predictions about how these technologies will transform our lives over the next 1, 5, and 10 years. The hosts discuss how AI a…

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The Allplane Podcast #122, with Flynow’s Co-founder Yvonne Winter

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Flynow is an Austrian eVTOL developer with big ambitions and, so far, a low media profile. But you can be sure that if you ever come across one of its eCopters, with its distinctive capsule-like, tail-less shape, it will catch your eye! Yvonne Winter, our guest in this episode of the podcast, is the co-founder and CCO of this startup, which aims to…

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What even is AGI? 1:29:36

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In this episode, hosts Mark and Shashank dive into recent developments in generative AI technology. They begin with NVIDIA's latest GTC announcements, including partnerships with GM for self-driving technology and advancements in robotics with Google DeepMind and Disney. The hosts debate the merits of camera-only versus LiDAR-based autonomous drivi…

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Can you trust LLM Leaderboards? 1:29:48

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This conversation delves into the latest developments in AI, particularly focusing on Google's Gemma models and their capabilities. The discussion covers the differences between various types of language models, the significance of multimodal inputs, and the training techniques employed in AI models. The hosts also explore the implications of open-…

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Can AI uncook an egg? 1:23:52

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In this conversation, Mark and Shashank discuss the latest advancements in AI, particularly focusing on China's lead in developing agentic models like Manus. They explore the capabilities of Manus, its performance on the Gaia benchmark, and the implications of AI in various sectors, including software development and customer service. The discussio…

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The Allplane Podcast #121 - with Electra CEO, Marc Allen, & Flyvbird Founder, Tomislav Lang

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This episode has two exceptional guests because more often than not, innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Great successful products and services are those that fast achieve product-market fit and this is precisely what we are going to talk about here today. Our guests are Marc Allen, CEO of Electra, a US startup that is developing a hybrid-elect…

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Vibe Coding, Claude 3.7, GPT 4.5, and Alexa+ 1:19:36

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Mark's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCqLp0T6WBwxmuJdmo4mUW5A Databricks Events: https://lu.ma/okxq0bt1 https://lu.ma/n7p3gdx0 In this episode of The Generative AI Meetup Podcast, we dive deep into the evolving landscape of AI coding assistants and their real-world applications. Our hosts explore the capabilities of Cursor, Claude 3.7, and othe…

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The Path to AGI: Grok 3, Quantum Breakthroughs, and Humanoid Robots 1:43:26

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup https://www.anthropic.com/news/the-anthropic-economic-index https://x.com/xai/status/1891699715298730482 - Grok 3 http://x.com/karpathy/status/1891720635363254772 https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/ https://en.wik…

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The $6 Reasoning Model: Breaking Down Stanford's S1 Paper 1:17:02

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Podcast: https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup In this episode, we explore Stanford's groundbreaking S1 paper, which introduces a technique to transform any language model into a reasoning model for just $6 in computation costs. We dive deep into the implications of this research, discussing budget fo…

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Elon's $100B OpenAI Takeover Bid 49:41

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup • The dramatic $97.4B bid by Elon Musk to acquire OpenAI and the complex nonprofit/for-profit structure debate • Analysis of OpenAI's true market value and competition in the AI space • ASML's groundbreaking sub-2nm chip manufacturing technology • Intel's challenges and the future of US semicondu…

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The Allplane Podcast #120 - latest in hydrogen aviation with Josef Kallo (H2FLY)

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Josef Kallo is a true sustainable aviation pioneer. He was already working on hydrogen-powered aircraft back in 2013, when few outside a small circle had heard about sustainable aviation or alternative propulsion technologies. Fast forward to 2021 and H2FLY, the company he has been leading for over a decade, made headlines after being acquired by J…

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A deep dive into DeepSeek R1 - What YOU Need to Know 1:13:10

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🔥 NVIDIA's Stock Crash & The DeepSeek Revolution: What You Need to Know In this episode, we dive deep into the recent NVIDIA stock crash and how DeepSeek, a groundbreaking AI model from a Chinese hedge fund, is disrupting the entire AI industry. We break down: • Why DeepSeek R1's achievements are sending shockwaves through the tech world • How they…

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The Allplane Podcast #119 - optimizing airline payments, with Diego Pérez (CellPoint Digital)

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Payments are an essential element of the airline business and one that is often overlooked by most people. But, have you considered the tech required by any international carrier to handle thousands of payments from all over the world, smoothly and instantly? In this episode, produced in partnership with CellPoint Digital, we delve into the topic o…

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Meet Dobby: Sentient's 85 million dollar AI That REFUSES To Play Nice! 57:50

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🔥 EXCLUSIVE: First Look at Sentient AI's Revolutionary Dobby Model Join us for an unprecedented interview with the secretive Sentient AI team, who've raised an astounding $85M in seed funding. Get the inside scoop on their groundbreaking AI model Dobby - the world's first truly community-owned and aligned AI assistant. In this special episode: • Me…

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The Allplane Podcast #118 - executive aviation in India, with Kanika Tekriwal (JetSetGo)

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Kanika Tekriwal is the co-founder and CEO of JetSetGo, a company that has emerged, over the course of the last decades, as the major integrated executive aviation operator in India. JetSetGo provides a whole range of services in one of the world’s most promising air travel markets, from operating its own private jet fleet, to MRO and charter servic…

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Bring on the AI doctors and Baby Robots 45:57

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Meetup Event: https://www.meetup.com/gen-ai/events/305158672 deep seek: https://chat.deepseek.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/ In this week's episode, Mark and Shashank dive into the latest announcements from NVIDIA at CES 2025, including the groundbreaking RTX 50 series GPUs and the emergence of tiny, single-user sup…

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Broke AI Startup Beats OpenAI? | The Deepseek Revolution 1:03:21

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Links:Sentient AI Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/gen-ai/events/305158672/Deepseek: https://www.deepseek.com/Nvidia CES Announcement: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ces-2025-jensen-huang/Simulated Snake/Worm neural network video: https://youtu.be/dqL66xD2b2s?si=iI3XeEC2yCYjNIq5 In this episode, recorded during a road trip to Tahoe, hosts Mark and Sha…

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Will AI Kill the Stock Market or Save It? 1:31:34

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Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es03jKOsJpE Arc Prize: https://arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-breakthrough https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-2/ Sora: https://openai.com/index/sora-is-here/ New video models pika2: https://pikartai.com/login/ - takes awhile to generate. A few minutes sora veo2 https://www.deepseek.com/ In this…

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The Allplane Podcast #117 - sustainable aviation in Asia, w/ Joshua Ng, Director at Alton Aviation Consultancy

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Joshua Ng is a Director at Alton Aviation Consultancy, which, at the name implies, is a global consultancy firm serving the aviation industry with actionable analysis, advice and recommendations. Being based in Singapore, Joshua has a rather advantageous viewpoint on the sustainable aviation developments taking place across the Asia-Pacific region,…

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Time to Become a Plumber - future proof your career! 1:01:08

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In this episode, Mark and Shashank dive into OpenAI's latest announcement, the $200/month GPT Pro model, and explore its capabilities, like self-reflection and handling complex reasoning tasks. They discuss how this new tier might impact researchers, developers, and knowledge workers, and compare it with advancements from Google, Amazon, and the op…

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Why Intel Just Won’t Die: The Zombie of the Chip Wars 56:38

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In this episode, Mark and Shashank dive into the transformative world of AI-generated music with tools like Suno and Oudio, exploring their implications for the music industry and creativity. They debate the strengths and weaknesses of leading generative AI models, including Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's GPT, and Elon Musk's ambitious X.AI. The duo …

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World’s Fastest AI Inference: A Conversation with SambaNova’s Innovators 1:03:25

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This week, Shashank and Mark sit down with SambaNova Systems, a leading AI chip startup competing with tech giants like Nvidia and Cerebras. Joined by SambaNova's Director of Machine Learning, Urmish, and founding team member Raghu, they explore how SambaNova's reconfigurable data flow architecture is changing the game in AI inference and training.…

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Why you should sell your Nvidia stock right now! #notfinancialadvice 1:44:00

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In this week's episode, Shashank and Mark dive deep into Nvidia's current dominance in the AI hardware space and the potential challengers on the horizon. As companies like AMD, Cerebras, and SambaNova work to chip away at Nvidia’s massive lead, is it time to reconsider your portfolio? Plus, we explore cutting-edge applications of generative AI in …

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The Allplane Podcast #116 - building jet engine of the future, with Ian Brooke (Astro Mechanica)

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Things we talk about in this episode Ian Brooke’s background and story as an entrepreneur from an early age What is Astro Mechanica and how it got started What is an electric adaptive jet engine and how does it work What are the potential applications of the electric adaptive jet engine Astro Mechanica’s acceptance into Y Combinator, the famous Sil…

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You NEED to learn this if you want a career in AI 48:28

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In this episode, Mark and Shashank sit down with Greg and Chris, co-founders of AI Maker Space, at a hackathon in Palo Alto at the offices of 500 startups. They discuss the mission of AI Maker Space to build a community for developing and deploying large language model applications. The conversation covers topics such as the use of retrieval augmen…