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Oumi Labs CEO Manos Koukoumidis lays out a vision for “unconditionally open” foundation models—where data, code, weights, and recipes are all transparent and reproducible—arguing this is the only path to production-grade, trustworthy AI.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Dan Schwarz (CEO & Co-Founder, Futuresearch) explains why his firm finds OpenAI’s $125 billion revenue projection highly implausible, citing fierce competition, pressure on ChatGPT/API revenue, and fleeting technical advantages. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Jason Martin is an AI Security Researcher at HiddenLayer. This episode explores “policy puppetry,” a universal attack technique bying safety features in all major language models using structured formats like XML or JSON. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Evangelos Simoudis is Managing Director at Synapse Partners, a firm that helps corporations apply AI and invests in startups developing data-driven AI applications. This episode explores the current state of enterprise AI adoption, distinguishing between the steady progress of traditional AI and the experimental phase of generative AI.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Lin Qiao, CEO of Fireworks AI, dives into the practical challenges AI developers face, from UX/DX hurdles to complex systems engineering. Discover key trends like the convergence of open-source and proprietary models, the rise of agentic workflows, and strategies for optimizing quality, speed, and cost.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Hamel Husain is the founder of Parlance Labs. He discusses how successful AI implementation requires fundamental data science skills often overlooked in current educational resources that focus too heavily on tools and frameworks.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Steve Yegge is an evangelist at Sourcegraph, a startups that is industrializing software development with AI agents. This episode explores the paradigm shift in software development with the rise of “vibe coding” and AI agents, moving beyond traditional code completion. It discusses how developers are transitioning from line-by-line coding to orchestrating AI, emphasizing the crucial need for trust, verification, and new skill sets like AI engineering and humanities. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Nestor Maslej is a Research Manager at Stanford's HAI, and editor-in-chief of the 2025 AI Index Report. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Workera founder, Kian Katanforoosh, discusses how skills verification has evolved into a critical market focused on both assessment and professional development.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

David Hughes, Principal Data & AI Solution Architect at Enterprise Knowledge. Our discussion centers on BAML, a domain-specific language that transforms prompts into structured functions with defined inputs and outputs, enabling developers to create more deterministic and maintainable AI applications.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Chi Wang is co-creator of AG2, and a Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind.  This episode explores AG2, an open-source “agent OS” that provides infrastructure for developers to build sophisticated multi-agent AI systems. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Ilan Kadar is co-founder and CEO of Plurai. This episode introduces IntellAgent, an open-source platform designed to address these challenges through synthetic data generation, knowledge graph construction, and reinforcement learning for agent optimization. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Travis Addair is Co-Founder & CTO at Predibase. In this episode, the discussion centers on transforming pre-trained foundation models into domain-specific assets through advanced customization techniques. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Hagay Lupesko is the SVP for AI Inference at Cerebras Systems.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

This is our semi-regular conversation on topics in AI and Technology with Paco Nathan, the founder of Derwen, a boutique consultancy focused on Data and AI.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter:  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

This episode explores the rapidly evolving world of AI agents, covering topics from GUI-based interaction and layered architectures to modular design, safety, and real-world deployment challenges. This episode relies on visuals, to view the visual presentation, go to the Youtube version:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsmBYBqQMIo Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter:  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Tom Smoker is the co-founder of WhyHow.ai, a startup that transforms unstructured data into structured knowledge, including knowledge graphs, enabling enterprises to deploy accurate and explainable AI solutions with its open-source graph tooling. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Andrew Burt is CEO of Luminos AI, a startup that provides AI and legal teams the tools they need to reduce AI liabilities and sign off on AI risks. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Hjalmar Gislason is founder and CEO of Grid, a startup focused on bringing spreadsheets into the AI-first era. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter:  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

This is our monthly conversation on topics in AI and Technology with Paco Nathan, the founder of Derwen, a boutique consultancy focused on Data and AI. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter:  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.