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Pioneers of AI

Your guide to the new tech frontier

Each week, host Dr. Rana el Kaliouby (AI scientist, investor, author, co-founder of Affectiva) is joined by the leading creators, critics, and thinkers behind mind-blowing technology and asks the important questions about how artificial intelligence is changing the way we live. As we venture together into the unknown, Pioneers is your tool to understanding and anticipating what comes next.

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Hey Siri, who made you?
Siri Inc’s Adam Cheyer
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Siri Inc’s Adam Cheyer
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The “ChatGPT moment” for agentic AI
Cohere’s Joelle Pineau
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Cohere’s Joelle Pineau
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How AI is powering Olympic-level wellness
Revvel Health’s Jenn Heil
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Revvel Health’s Jenn Heil
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How to network in a ‘non-icky way’
Goodword’s Caroline Dell
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Goodword’s Caroline Dell
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Meet the robots and drones working in warehouses
Verity’s Raffaello D’Andrea
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Verity’s Raffaello D’Andrea
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How SaaS can survive the AI revolution, with Aaron Levie
Box’s Aaron Levie
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Box’s Aaron Levie
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Can AI cure doctor burnout?
Abridge’s Shiv Rao
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Abridge’s Shiv Rao
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AI’s journey from the lab to the marketplace
Caltech’s Anima Anandkumar
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Caltech’s Anima Anandkumar
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‘Like Disneyland when it just opened’: Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI revolution
Arm’s Rene Haas
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Arm’s Rene Haas
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Visualizing the AI boom (or bubble), with Carta’s Peter Walker
Carta’s Peter Walker
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Carta’s Peter Walker
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Walmart, AI, and the future of shopping, with Walmart CTO Suresh Kumar
Walmart Inc.’s Suresh Kumar
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Walmart Inc.’s Suresh Kumar
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Andrew Ng on winning the AI race, with DJ Patil
AI Fund’s Andrew Ng
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AI Fund’s Andrew Ng
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Mark Cuban’s investment strategy in the world of AI
Cost Plus Drugs’ Mark Cuban
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Cost Plus Drugs’ Mark Cuban
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How AI can unlock life-saving cures, with Siddhartha Mukherjee
Manas AI’s Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Manas AI’s Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin
Earth Species Project’s Aza Raskin
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Earth Species Project’s Aza Raskin
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Baratunde Thurston wants us to reimagine our relationship with AI
Writer Baratunde Thurston
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Writer Baratunde Thurston
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Could this be the future of K-12 education?, with Alpha School’s Joe Liemandt
Alpha School’s Joe Liemandt
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Alpha School’s Joe Liemandt
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Vibe coding and the one-person start-up, with Lovable's Anton Osika
Lovable’s Anton Osika
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Lovable’s Anton Osika
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How Harvey is reinventing legal work with AI
Harvey’s Gabe Pereyra
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Harvey’s Gabe Pereyra
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Arianna Huffington thinks AI could be a GPS for the soul
Thrive Global’s Arianna Huffington
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Thrive Global’s Arianna Huffington
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How Microsoft is democratizing safe AI
Microsoft’s Sarah Bird
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Microsoft’s Sarah Bird
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The power of storytelling in VCs, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang
WndrCo’s Jeffrey Katzenberg
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WndrCo’s Jeffrey Katzenberg
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Inside how The New York Times leverages AI
The New York Times’ Alex Hardiman
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The New York Times’ Alex Hardiman
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Can artists and AI coexist?
Artist Shantell Martin
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Artist Shantell Martin
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Does OpenAI’s new model deliver on the hype? Inside GPT-5 with Jeremy Kahn
Journalist Jeremy Kahn
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Journalist Jeremy Kahn
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How Writer is helping Fortune 500 companies become AI-forward
Writer’s May Habib
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Writer’s May Habib
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How Google DeepMind is building AI that can help humanity
Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim
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Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim
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Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theories?
Cornell University’s David Rand
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Cornell University’s David Rand
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How today’s AI giants mirror global empires of the past, with journalist Karen Hao
Journalist Karen Hao
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Journalist Karen Hao
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What humans get (and don’t get) from AI, with MIT’s Pattie Maes
MIT Media Lab’s Pattie Maes
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MIT Media Lab’s Pattie Maes
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Elias Torres wants to reach unicorn status with just 100 employees
Agency’s Elias Torres
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Agency’s Elias Torres
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How to use AI to fight online image abuse, with Breeze Liu
Alecto AI’s Breeze Liu
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Alecto AI’s Breeze Liu
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How to build robots that can live alongside us, with Cynthia Breazeal
MIT Media Lab’s Cynthia Breazeal
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MIT Media Lab’s Cynthia Breazeal
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The hidden environmental costs of a single AI prompt, with Dr. Sasha Luccioni
Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni
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Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni
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How AI helps women track hormonal health, with Marina Pavlovic Rivas
Eli Health’s Marina Pavlovic Rivas
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Eli Health’s Marina Pavlovic Rivas
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Investing in the age of AI, part 2: Jeff Bussgang
Flybridge Capital Partners’ Jeff Bussgang
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Flybridge Capital Partners’ Jeff Bussgang
The “ChatGPT moment” for agentic AI
The “ChatGPT moment” for agentic AI
How AI is powering Olympic-level wellness
How AI is powering Olympic-level wellness
How to network in a ‘non-icky way’
How to network in a ‘non-icky way’
How SaaS can survive the AI revolution, with Aaron Levie
How SaaS can survive the AI revolution, with Aaron Levie
Visualizing the AI boom (or bubble), with Carta’s Peter Walker
Visualizing the AI boom (or bubble), with Carta’s Peter Walker
Walmart, AI, and the future of shopping, with Walmart CTO Suresh Kumar
Walmart, AI, and the future of shopping, with Walmart CTO Suresh Kumar
Andrew Ng on winning the AI race, with DJ Patil
Andrew Ng on winning the AI race, with DJ Patil
Mark Cuban’s investment strategy in the world of AI
Mark Cuban’s investment strategy in the world of AI