No Priors
Conviction
Venture investors interrogate founders and lab researchers about the technical constraints and market realities behind artificial intelligence.
Why we picked this
We picked No Priors because it bypasses tech industry press releases to examine how frontier technology actually gets built. The hosts interview founders and researchers working on artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and complex systems, pushing past market hype into the mechanics of engineering and scaling. Conversations focus on the messy realities of early-stage development rather than polished narratives. Subscribers get a clear, unfiltered window into the technical and operational choices shaping emerging markets.
Recent episodes
Coinbase’s Everything Exchange: Agentic Finance, Stablecoins, and Tokenization with CEO Brian Armstrong
Sep 10, 202645 min
Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas
Sep 3, 202637 min
Rethinking Legacy Data Infrastructure with Eon Co-Founders Ofir Ehrlich and Gonen Stein
Aug 27, 202634 min
From Restoring Sight to Reimagining the Brain, with Max Hodak
Aug 20, 202631 min
What Chess.com Teaches US About Superhuman Capabilities, with CEO Erik Allebest
Aug 13, 202646 min
Chasing Trillion-Dollar Companies, Founder Ambition, Token Budgets, and Regulatory Capture with Sarah & Elad
Aug 6, 202639 min
Building an Autonomous Enterprise for Real-World Services with Netic Founder Melisa Tokmak
Jul 31, 202634 min
Building an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
Jul 23, 202649 min
Travel Through the Lens of AI with with Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel
Jul 9, 202641 min
How Nuclear Will Unlock Energy Abundance with Valar Atomics Founder Isaiah Taylor
Jul 2, 20261h 1m
Really Big Test-Time Compute in AI Changes Benchmarks, Safety and Research with OpenAI Research Scientist Noam Brown
Jun 26, 202636 min
Re-engineering the Semiconductor Supply Chain with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan
Jun 18, 202644 min
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