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Software in the Age of AI

Join Rich Ziade, Paul Ford, and their guests as they discuss how AI is changing software development, business strategy—and everything else.

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Why Is It So Hard To Ship With AI?

LLMs have radically changed the way software is built—so why aren’t we seeing tons of cool new products?

August 11, 2026 - 30 min 34 sec
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Tricia Wang: Verification and Trust in the AI Era

A conversation with the co-founder and CEO of the Advanced AI Society.

August 4, 2026 - 47 min 56 sec
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Karp Carping: Decoding Palantir’s Whole Deal

It might sound like ranting, but the Palantir chief is zeroing in on the truth of our AI moment.

July 28, 2026 - 26 min 46 sec
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Father Brendan McGuire: Bringing AI to Church

A Silicon Valley priest discusses advising Anthropic and Pope Leo’s AI encyclical.

July 21, 2026 - 46 min 22 sec
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AI Unicorns Don’t Exist

Silicon Valley “disruption” is at odds with the way software creation works—and that’s a problem.

July 14, 2026 - 32 min 13 sec
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