Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
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How will the future unfold? What is the impact of AI and other exponential technologies on business & society? Join Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View, on his quest to demistify the era of exponential change.
Episodes
- AI, writing and artisanal media – inside Exponential View with Greg and Azeem
In this episode of Exponential View, Azeem Azhar speaks with Greg Williams, the show's new Executive Editor. They discuss Greg's transition to EV, the evolving landscape of media including "Google Zero" and the "four horsemen of the media…
- Karpathy’s autoresearch could make scientists of us all
Azeem Azhar discusses applying Andrej Karpathy's autoresearch AI, initially designed for machine learning, to broader problems including scientific experimentation, business challenges, and refining personal worldviews. The episode covers…
- What NVIDIA’s bet on OpenClaw means for the future of AI and your token budget
Azeem Azhar explores NVIDIA's massive AI compute demand, highlighting Jensen Huang's announcement of the "inference inflection." The episode covers OpenClaw as a potential web browser equivalent for AI, the distinction between AI training…
- Why I changed my mind about Apple and AI
In this episode of Exponential View, Azeem Azhar revisits his previous assessments of Apple's standing in the field of AI. He examines the company's defensible position, exploring its hardware strengths, privacy considerations, and the pot…
- How to think well with AI: signals, quietness, and the argument engine
Host Azeem Azhar examines how intensive AI use affects his thinking, differentiating between cognitive offloading and surrender. He discusses signal detection, using AI personas, the importance of quietness, and methods for stress-testing…
- Showing you my AI chief of staff (OpenClaw practical guide)
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Are we in charge of our AI tools or are they in charge of us?
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Entering the trillion-agent economy (ft. Rohit Krishnan)
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Inside the economics of OpenAI (exclusive research)
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Mustafa Suleyman — AI is hacking our empathy circuits
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Davos 2026 and the end of the rules-based order
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Anthropic’s Head of Economics on AI adoption data, Claude Code, the burden of knowledge & the next generation of experts
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- My outlook for 2026: orchestration, the human edge and the AI bubble
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- AI, markets, and power: A conversation with Paul Krugman (2025 re-run)
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Reflecting on 2025 (the K-shaped economy, AI's impact on work and human judgement, energy bottlenecks)
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- What I learned from the world's leading minds in 2025
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- What it will take for AI to scale (energy, compute, talent)
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- The method of invention, AI's new clock speed and why capital markets are confused
Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I've been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years. Each week, I share some of my an…
- Why the AI productivity gains haven’t arrived - yet
The AI industry is sending mixed signals, with markets turning red while teams report real productivity gains. In this session I explore why we are living in a split reality, where individuals move faster with these tools but the wider eco…
- Where did all the entry-level jobs go? (With Revelio CEO Ben Zweig)
Junior roles in AI-exposed fields are disappearing fast. The obvious culprit is AI rapidly automating entry-level jobs. And yet, this isn't quite right. What is driving the drop is managers’ expectations about what AI will do, not the work…
- The demand for infinite compute
The AI boom isn’t just about chatbots. In this video, I explain why cloud companies and chipmakers are exploding in value: we’re moving into an economy where computation becomes a fundamental input – like steel, electricity or oil. If that…
- Inside the US–China decoupling: What’s really at stake (AI, rare earths, Taiwan, trade)
In this episode, I speak with Jordan Schneider, creator of Chinatalk, to explore the new phase of US–China competition. Both countries are using trade policy, export controls and industrial strategy to shift the balance of global power. Ye…
- Inside the collapse of the internet economy (and what comes next)
Azeem Azhar sat down with Matthew Prince, co-founder & CEO of Cloudflare. Matthew is a rare operator with the vantage point to answer a simple question: if agents do the reading, who gets paid? This conversation is a practical map of how A…
- Why China builds while America debates, with Dan Wang
In this episode, I spoke with Dan Wang, author of “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”, shortlisted for the FT & Schroders Business Book of the Year . Dan is one of the most astute observers of China’s technological and indust…
- Are we in an AI bubble? (these are the 5 warning signs)
Is AI a bubble? In this episode, I unpack a new five-gauge framework for understanding the biggest question in tech. Drawing on lessons from past manias – railways, telecoms, the dot-com boom – and grounding our analysis in fresh data, we…
- Why GPT-5 was never going to impress you
GPT-5 was the most advanced AI when it was released, but most people were disappointed. Why? In this episode, I unpack the two key paradoxes that shape how we judge new technology: shifting goalposts and negative space. Timestamps : (0:00)…
- My OpenAI thought experiment: $500B to $1.5T?
Can AI stocks beat Big Tech? In this episode, I discuss OpenAI and its decision to expand a secondary share sale that lets insiders sell about $10.3 billion of stock at roughly a $500 billion valuation. Although skeptical at first, the cal…
- AI is eating into entry-level jobs
This is the single most important paper to come out in tech in recent weeks. Erik Brynjolfsson, Bharat Chandar and Ruyu Chen investigated whether generative AI is leading to job losses in roles most exposed to AI – and how these effects di…
- AI & the future of media with The Atlantic CEO, Nicholas Thompson
Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, led one of the first major content licensing deals with OpenAI in 2024. In this conversation, he joins Azeem to unpack how AI is transforming media – and what that means for every business navigating the…
- 2025 AI reality check: Are we in a bubble?
At the start of the year, I made seven predictions about how 2025 would unfold. Six months in, it's time to mark my own work. From AI capability breakthroughs to autonomous vehicles, climate extremes to workforce transformation, I examine…
- What 72hrs in China taught me about the future (AI, EVs, more)
In this episode, I reflect on a whirlwind three-day visit to China - my first in over 20 years. And what I saw was remarkable. The infrastructure puts most of the West to shame. The AI isn't just hype - it's working at serious scale. And t…
- The problem with Altman’s “gentle singularity,” Apple’s AI missteps, and Google’s fading ad model | Live with Azeem Azhar
Broadcasting live from Paris, I tackle three massive technology stories that are reshaping our digital future. From Apple's stunning interface redesign to the collapse of traditional search advertising, and Sam Altman's vision of an AI sin…
- OpenAI’s CPO on what’s coming next: Hardware, GPT-5, Jony Ive, agents, more
This week, I'm speaking with Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, who is steering product development at what might be the world's most important company right now. We talk about: (00:00) Episode trailer (01:37) OpenAI's latest lau…
- Tyler Cowen on how AI will reorder economies, schools, and spirituality
Economist and polymath Tyler Cowen challenges Silicon Valley's optimistic projections about AI-driven economic growth. We explore what could slow AI's economic impact, despite its remarkable capabilities – and where humans find the new nor…
- GitHub CEO on what AI means for developer salaries, SaaS, and more
Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, joins Azeem to explore how AI is fundamentally transforming software development. In this episode you'll hear: (01:50) What’s left for developers in the age of AI? (04:54) How GitHub Copilot unlocks flow state…
- Inside Box’s AI playbook with founder & CEO Aaron Levie
Aaron Levie, CEO & co-founder of Box, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how an “AI-first” mindset is reshaping every layer of Box – from product road-maps to pricing – and what that teaches the rest of us about building faster, smarter organisa…
- China’s catching up to US AI… Here’s why it won’t matter
Lennart Heim, a researcher and information scientist at RAND Corporation, joins Azeem Azhar to unpack a provocative claim: China is catching up with US AI capabilities, but it doesn't matter. Timestamps: (00:00) Episode trailer (01:19) Len…
- What does Spain’s blackout mean for the future of clean energy?
Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy, joins Azeem to discuss the Iberian blackout and how we can create a more stable, flexible, and resilient energy grid for the future. This conversation digs into grid technology, market structures, and t…
- The difference between early and late AI adopters
Physicist and entrepreneur Steve Hsu, whose startup Superfocus tackles hallucination problems in large language models, joins Azeem to discuss AI agents, hallucination challenges and what happens when technology meets labor markets. They d…
- Sir Niall Ferguson decodes Trump, China, and the new world order
Sir Niall Ferguson, renowned historian and Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the evolving relationship between the U.S. and China, Trump's foreign policy doctrine, and what the new global…
- What it’s like on the frontlines of Trump’s tariff’s war
In this episode, Azeem Azhar speaks with Ryan Petersen, CEO and founder of logistics platform Flexport, about the current state of global trade amidst escalating tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and technological disruption. Ryan offers uni…
- A tour of the tech boom — 5 waves you need to understand
Azeem Azhar welcomes Packy McCormick, founder and investor at Not Boring, to discuss the current tech landscape. In this episode you'll hear: (01:50) What Packy got wrong (and right) about Web3 (10:17) The shift to "know thyself and know t…
- Are we ready for human-level AI by 2030? Anthropic's co-founder answers
Anthropic's co-founder and chief scientist Jared Kaplan discusses AI's rapid evolution, the shorter-than-expected timeline to human-level AI, and how Claude's "thinking time" feature represents a new frontier in AI reasoning capabilities.…
- The future of Human-AI coexistence, according to Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired, futurist, author)
Kevin Kelly is a co-founder of Wired Magazine and a renowned author and futurist. Decades ago, Kevin predicted much of today's technological and cultural landscape. In this discussion, he presents his new bold vision for what’s coming next…
- AI in 2025 – A global perspective, with Kai-Fu Lee
Kai-Fu Lee joins me to discuss AI in 2025. Kai-Fu is a storied AI researcher, investor, inventor and entrepreneur based in Taiwan. As one of the leading AI experts based in Asia, I wanted to get his take on this particular market. Key insi…
- AI in 2025 – The great normalisation, with Nathan Benaich
Nathan Benaich, Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, joins me to discuss AI in 2025. From runaway consumer adoption to evolving enterprise moats, from still-elusive AI-driven drug breakthroughs to the renewed vigour in roboti…
- AI in 2025 – Infrastructure, investment & bottlenecks with Dylan Patel
Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis and one of my go-to experts on semiconductors and data center infrastructure joins me to discuss AI in 2025. Several key themes emerged about where AI might be headed in 2025: 1/ Big Tech’s accelerating…
- Exponential Growth: Why AI, Solar & Batteries Will Keep Getting Cheaper | Exponential View & Cleaning Up Podcast
As we race towards a future powered by AI and data centres, how will the insatiable demand for energy impact the environment? With the richest companies ploughing billions into energy generation, might there be some unexpected upsides for…
- The Science of Making Truthful AI
Artificial Intelligence is on every business leader’s agenda. How do we make sense of the fast-moving new developments in AI over the past year? Azeem Azhar returns to bring clarity to leaders who face a complicated information landscape.…
- Azeem’s 2024 Trends: AI, Energy, and Decentralization
As 2024 begins, leaders are facing increasing uncertainty and a host of difficult decisions. Azeem Azhar returns to bring clarity amid a complicated information landscape, with his analysis of 12 core themes that will shape the year ahead,…