How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger takes us back to the transformative moment he let his AI agent loose on the internet, igniting one of the world's fastest-growing open-source projects. He makes a fascinating (and slightly unnerving) case that agents are a real shift, not just better versions of ch

Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering w/ Stephanie Zhan

Andrej Karpathy (co-founder of OpenAI, former head of AI at Tesla, and now founder of Eureka Labs) talks with Sequoia partner Stephanie Zhan at AI Ascent 2026 about what's changed in the year since he coined "vibe coding." He explains why he's never felt more behind as a programmer, why agentic engi

Robotics' End Game: Nvidia's Jim Fan

Jim Fan, who leads the embodied autonomous research group at Nvidia, returns to AI Ascent to argue that robotics is entering its end game — and that the playbook is already written. He walks through what he calls "the great parallel": robotics following the LLM path from pre-training to reasoning to

“The second half of the pair — same speaker, one year after 'The Physical Turing Test'. Watched back-to-back, the two show how fast this market is evolving: what was roadmap a year ago is already being rebuilt.” — Pedro

The Physical Turing Test: Jim Fan on Nvidia's Roadmap for Embodied AI

Nvidia's Director of AI Jim Fan introduces the concept of the Physical Turing Test and explains how simulation at scale will unlock the future of robotics. Learn about digital twins, digital cousins, and digital nomads in this groundbreaking talk from AI Ascent 2025. Subscribe to our Substack, Infe

“Together with 'Robotics' End Game' (recorded one year later), these are the two best videos I've seen on the evolution of AI applied to robotics — same speaker, one year apart. Watch this one first: Jim Fan lays out the nature of the challenge, and why the physical world is so much harder than the digital one.” — Pedro

How Claude Code’s Creator Starts EVERY Project

Get my free 5-day AI playbook (the steps I used to help build a $25M+ startup): https://the-ai-playbook.com/cc In this video, I break down exactly how Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, starts every project in a process that is surprisingly "vanilla". If you're using Claude Code at work, Cla

Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny

Boris Cherny is the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. What began as a simple terminal-based prototype just a year ago has transformed the role of software engineering and is increasingly transforming all professional work. *We discuss:*

Dario Amodei — "We are near the end of the exponential"

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei discusses scaling hypotheses, whether we're near the end of the exponential, how AI labs will make money, and the future of AI regulation.

“Dario at his most candid on whether the scaling paradigm is ending. Critical listening.” — Pedro

OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491

Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, discusses the fastest-growing GitHub project in history — an autonomous AI agent that executes tasks via natural language.

“The story behind the AI agent that broke GitHub. A must-watch for anyone building AI agents.” — Pedro

Skill Issue: Andrej Karpathy on Code Agents, AutoResearch, and the Loopy Era of AI

What happens when AI agents can design experiments, collect data, and improve — without a human in the loop? Andrej Karpathy joins Sarah Guo on the state of models, the future of engineering and education, thinking about impact on jobs, and his project AutoResearch: where agents close the loop on a piece of AI research (experimentation, training, and optimization, autonomously).

Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, discusses the AI revolution, GPU computing, NVIDIA's $4 trillion journey, and the future of accelerated computing with Lex Fridman.

“The man behind the GPUs powering the AI revolution. Essential for understanding AI infrastructure.” — Pedro

The Cognitive Revolution: AI Scouting Report — State of AI Agents 2026

Nathan Labenz synthesizes the state of AI agents in 2026 — long-form deep dive into who's building what, what works, and what's hype.

“Best synthesis of the AI agents landscape I've found.” — Pedro

Visa AI-Initiated Payments: What Fintech Must Know in 2026

Deep dive into Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol for AI-initiated payments, and what it means for fintech companies building agentic commerce solutions.

“The intersection of AI agents and payments — directly relevant to Bemobi's future.” — Pedro

What's next for AI in 2026

MIT Technology Review's annual forecast of the most important AI developments and trends to watch in the coming year.

“MIT Tech Review's annual AI forecast — always a must-read.” — Pedro

Ilya Sutskever — We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research

SSI co-founder Ilya Sutskever argues that the scaling era (2020-2025) is ending and a new age of research is beginning, with current LLMs having inadequate generalization.

“Ilya's most important interview since leaving OpenAI. His skepticism about current approaches is worth hearing.” — Pedro

Andrej Karpathy — "We're summoning ghosts, not building animals"

Andrej Karpathy argues AGI is still a decade away, discusses why RL is terrible but everything else is worse, model collapse, the future of education, and why this is the decade of agents.

“Karpathy's sobering counter-narrative to AGI hype. Brilliant and grounded thinking.” — Pedro

Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games | Lex Fridman Podcast #475

Nobel Prize winner Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, discusses the future of AI, simulating reality, AlphaFold, and his conjecture on AI's ability to model nature.

“A Nobel laureate's vision for AI — from protein folding to AGI. Deeply thoughtful.” — Pedro

DeepSeek, China, OpenAI, NVIDIA, xAI, TSMC, Stargate, and AI Megaclusters | Lex Fridman Podcast #459

Dylan Patel (SemiAnalysis) and Nathan Lambert (AI2) join Lex Fridman for a 5-hour deep dive into DeepSeek, US-China AI competition, compute scaling, and AI megaclusters.

“5 hours of pure AI geopolitics and infrastructure analysis. The deepest dive into AI compute I've seen.” — Pedro

What's next for AI agentic workflows ft. Andrew Ng of AI Fund

Andrew Ng speaks at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent about agentic workflows and their potential to significantly advance AI capabilities.

“The talk that defined 'agentic AI' for the industry. Essential viewing.” — Pedro

Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, discusses GPT-5, Sora, the board saga, competition, and the path to AGI in this in-depth conversation with Lex Fridman.

“One of the most candid conversations with Sam Altman about OpenAI's trajectory.” — Pedro

[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models

A 1-hour general-audience introduction to Large Language Models by Andrej Karpathy, covering the core technical component behind ChatGPT, Claude, and more.

“The single best introduction to LLMs for anyone. Karpathy at his best.” — Pedro

Dylan Patel — The single biggest bottleneck to scaling AI compute

SemiAnalysis founder Dylan Patel provides a deep dive into the three biggest bottlenecks to scaling AI compute: logic, memory, and power.

“The most detailed public breakdown of AI compute bottlenecks. Essential for understanding the supply side.” — Pedro

Hard Fork: Is AI Making Us Dumber or Smarter?

Kevin Roose and Casey Newton tackle the big question: is AI making us more capable or more dependent? A nuanced take on AI's cognitive impact.

“Accessible AI discussion for non-technical audiences. Great for sharing.” — Pedro

Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space"

Elon Musk discusses orbital AI data centers, humanoid robots, xAI's future, and why space will become the most economical place for AI compute.

“Wild but compelling vision of AI infrastructure moving to orbit. Vintage Musk thinking.” — Pedro

Agentic AI and more to reshape fintech in 2026

How agentic AI is set to influence over $1 trillion in e-commerce spending, with 81% of US consumers expecting to use AI agents for shopping.

“Compelling data on how AI agents will reshape financial services.” — Pedro

The Best AI Agents in 2025 | AI Agents Podcast EP31

Comprehensive review of the best AI agents of 2025 — covering both technical architecture and real-world business impact.

“Great roundup of what actually worked in AI agents during 2025.” — Pedro

Latent Space: The AI Engineer's Guide to Agents

Alessio Fanelli and Swyx dive deep into the practical engineering of AI agents — foundation models, code generation, multimodality, and GPU infrastructure.

“The most technically rigorous AI podcast. Essential for builders.” — Pedro

Satya Nadella — How Microsoft thinks about AGI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives Dwarkesh and Dylan Patel an exclusive look at Microsoft's Fairwater 2 datacenter and discusses AGI strategy, Copilot, and the OpenAI partnership.

“Rare candid Satya interview with real datacenter access. Great for understanding Microsoft's AI bet.” — Pedro

Building Production-Ready RAG Applications: Jerry Liu

Jerry Liu covers how to build production-ready RAG applications, covering retrieval-augmented generation architecture, toolkits, and best practices.

“Practical deep-dive into building RAG systems that actually work in production.” — Pedro