The Aarthi and Sriram Show
The Aarthi and Sriram Show
Episodes
Episodes of The Aarthi and Sriram Show
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0:00 Intro3:15 - State of AI at the beginning of 202412:30 - Valuations and fundraising landscape today16:20 - Founder backgrounds for AI startups19:15 - Are AI companies defensible? What moats do they have?26:40 - Impact for large enterprise
Chapters:0:00 Intro1:50 Gokul Rajaram on Google and what makes a great CEO14:30 Ishan Mukherjee on the State of LLMs22:23 Mark Pincus on how to come up with good ideas and build great products33:12 Anil Varanasi on how to spot great talent36:18
Chapters:0:00 Introduction to Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere2:12 Childhood and growing up in Canada5:50 Getting into computers and internet10:30 Sending cold emails14:20 How to work with Aidan16:40 The AI paper - "Attention is all you need"18:45 St
Chapters:0:00 Intro1:30 The big political divide in the US7:50 The new media election19:55 Pre-Zynga: Mark's entrepreneurial origins26:10 Being in the room where it happens30:50 How to choose the right idea to work on34:35 Meeting Mark Zuckerbe
Chapters:0:0 Intro1:30 The big political divide in the US7:50 The new media election19:55 Pre-Zynga: Mark's entrepreneurial origins26:10 Being in the room where it happens30:50 How to choose the right idea to work on34:35 Meeting Mark Zuckerber
0:01Intro3:04 Ishan's Story4:43 Inside IIT: India's Most Competitive Universities6:50 How Quiz Championships Shaped a Tech Founder11:45 Moving to the US19:38 Building Kiva - The Early Days24:45 The Amazon Acquisition28:30 Immigration34:55 What
The year is 2024 and it has been a few days since the remarkable US elections. Trump is now President elect. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (both former guests of our podcast!) are leading DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). What does it
Some helpful linksMeter - https://www.meter.com/Meter command - https://command.meter.com/Link to Tyler’s book on culture - https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Commercial-Culture-Tyler-Cowen/dp/0674001885Sam Hinkie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam
0:00 - Intro1:10 - Meet Gokul Rajaram, on the Mount Rushmore of Silicon Valley2:19 - Gokul's relationship with Aarthi and Sriram4:00 - What is Founder Mode? And Zuck's Micromanagement6:33 - Founder Mode Vs Management Mode8:26 - Why Gokul disagr
Rio Ferdinand is a football legend who spent over a decade playing for Manchester United and was a cornerstone of the England national team. With six Premier League titles, two League Cups, and a UEFA Champions League trophy under his belt, Rio
A math undergraduate from the University of Waterloo, Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, constructed a miniature fusion reactor, known as a fusor, in his bedroom. He completed the project over several weeks, utilizing the Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI assistant from
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Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Martin Casado, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss the future of the AI Safety Bill SB 1047. A bill that sets out to regulate AI at the model level, is now slated for a California Assembly vote i
A crash course for founders from Marc Andreesen, Vinod Khosla, Stephen Wolfram, Palmer Luckey, and Aravind Srinivas.Show notes:(0:00) Marc Andreessen’s idea maze breakdown (5:29) Vinod Khosla wants you to be internally motivated(6:42) Stephen W
Kyla Scanlon is an economic commentator who joins Sriram and Aarthi to discuss the disconnect between the economy and consumer sentiment. Kyla is also the author of her brand new book 'In This Economy' which reveals the hidden forces driving
Show Notes:(0:00) Audio issue (0:51) Introduction (3:40) Deals are long-term relationships(6:02) Facebook-WhatsApp acquisition story(12:04) The most important part of deal-making(16:44) Don’t come off as desperate (19:35) Maintaining momentum d
Show notes:(0:00) Intro(0:56) Prioritize hiring yourself(5:37) Always keep looking for talent (8:10) Align incentives with your hire (15:05) How to find the best hires(19:15) How to run a good loop(29:51) Reference checks are underrated(37:25
Show notes:(0:00) Naveen’s background (5:32) Where Generative AI is today (8:00) ChatGPT-4o and Google I/O announcements were NOT fundamental shifts (9:38) Has generative AI scaling hit a wall? (16:34) AI pretraining difficulties (22:49) Genera
Sriram and Aarthi break down popular audience questions about jobs, work-life balance, and more.Show notes:(0:00) Intro (2:21) Advice for our younger selves(13:20) Betting on yourself (23:19) Benefits of taking more shots(28:59) Work-life balan
Sriram and Aarthi respond to your reaction to the immigration episode.Show notes:(0:00) We’re on a billboard(2:38) Our podcast journey(4:39) Response to our skilled immigration episode(11:07) Core issues hindering skilled immigration(23:07) Rem
Debarghya 'Deedy' Das is an investor and he joins Aarthi and Sriram to break down the hurdles of immigration in America for skilled workers. Show notes:(0:00) Intro(8:08) Immigration routes to the United States (12:52) Cap for Chinese and India
Entrepreneur and politician Vivek Ramaswamy joins The Sriram and Aarthi Show to discuss lessons from his political campaign, wokeness in social media, the potential TikTok Ban, his views on crypto, how to fix immigration, and more.Show notes:(0
Sriram and Aarthi talk about Google's Gemini disaster after viral 'woke' photos surface. Show notes:(0:00) Welcome to the new studio!(4:13) Our best AI episodes(10:23) Google Gemini’s launch controversy(17:15) How can Google fix Gemini? (20:55)
Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, an AI conversational engine that answers users' questions with sources and citations. Show notes:(0:00) Introduction (4:44) Aravind’s background(10:05) Getting hired at Ope
Sriram and Aarthi are joined by longevity advocate and Project Blueprint founder Bryan Johnson._Show notes:(0:00) Intro(6:20) Bryan’s origin story(14:43) The idea that changed Bryan’s life(20:34) Bryan’s power laws to live longer(31:07) Improvi
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