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Episodes
- Anthropic-SpaceX Compute Deal: Rivals to Roommates, the 300 Megawatt Colossus Handoff, and the First Serious Talk of Orbital AI Data Centers - May 11, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss Anthropic's Q1 growth, their 300-megawatt compute deal with SpaceX, and the potential for orbital AI data centers. They analyze the impact of this agreement on AI infrastructure and industry competition.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, May 11, 2026
The DX Today AI Daily Brief for May 11, 2026, covers significant AI industry developments including a rise in Chief AI Officers, major investments by Nvidia, data center expansions, job cuts at Cloudflare, OpenAI's new model, potential Whi…
- Moonshot AI's $2 Billion Round at $20 Billion Valuation: Kimi K2.6, the Open Weight Surge, and the Twenty Billion Dollar Paradox Reshaping Global Frontier Competition - May 10, 2026
Rick Spair and Laura discuss Moonshot AI's recent $2 billion funding round at a $20 billion valuation. They analyze the impact of the Kimi K2.6 model and the company's open weight strategy on the global AI industry.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, May 10, 2026
This episode covers updates on Anthropic's valuation and partnerships, new AI collaborations from Sony and TSMC, and Apple's plans for model selection in iOS 27. It also discusses industry news regarding Snap, Microsoft's carbon goals, rec…
- Airbnb's 60% AI Code Bombshell: Brian Chesky's Earnings Call, the End of People Only Management, and What One Engineer Doing the Work of Twenty Means for Tech - May 9, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's recent announcement that AI writes 60% of their new code. The episode examines the implications of these productivity claims for management, technical debt, and the future of engineer…
- Careful Adoption of Agentic AI: How the Five Eyes Just Wrote the First Joint Cybersecurity Playbook for Autonomous Agents - May 9, 2026
The Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies released the first joint guidance on autonomous agents in May 2026, detailing five risk categories and offering actionable recommendations for security teams.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Saturday, May 9, 2026
The DX Today AI Daily Brief for Saturday, May 9, 2026, reports that Anthropic has entered into a seven-year compute deal valued at $1.8 billion with Akamai. This contract represents the largest in Akamai's history.
- ZAYA1-8B: Zyphra's Reasoning MoE Trained Entirely on AMD MI300X That Punches Far Above Its Weight Class - May 8, 2026
In this episode, Chris and Laura discuss ZAYA1-8B, a sub-billion-parameter reasoning model trained by Zyphra on AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs. They explore the model's architecture, its performance benchmarks, and the implications of its Apache…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Friday, May 8, 2026
This episode covers major industry news, including NVIDIA's investment in IREN, updates to the EU AI Act timeline, and major funding rounds for Moonshot AI and Corgi. It also reports on new AI models from OpenAI and Zyphra, along with infr…
- TurboQuant: Google's 6x KV Cache Compression, the Pied Piper Moment, and the New Inference Cost Math - May 7, 2026
Google Research presented TurboQuant at ICLR 2026, a vector quantization algorithm designed to compress LLM key-value caches. This development could lead to an 8x attention speedup and a 6x memory reduction, potentially halving enterprise…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Thursday, May 7, 2026
This episode of DX Today AI Daily Brief, recorded on May 7, 2026, discusses updates on the EU AI Act, various tech company partnerships and expansions, significant stock market activities, and company layoffs and earnings reports. It cover…
- Anthropic's Wall Street Operating Layer: Ten Finance Agents, Microsoft 365 Native, and a 1.5 Billion Dollar Joint Venture - May 6, 2026
The DX Today podcast discusses Anthropic's new Wall Street Operating Layer. This includes ten Claude agents for banking, insurance, and asset management, native Microsoft 365 integration, and a $1.5 billion joint venture.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, May 6, 2026
This DX Today AI Daily Brief discusses AI industry news from May 6, 2026. Topics include venture capital funding for AI companies, corporate restructuring, AI standards, and new product announcements from major AI players.
- Claude on Mars: Anthropic's Frontier Model Just Planned a Real Drive for NASA's Perseverance Rover - May 5, 2026
Anthropic's Claude AI planned two drives for NASA's Perseverance rover using Rover Markup Language. The episode covers the engineering, simulation safety, and implications for future space missions and AI deployments.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, May 5, 2026
The DX Today AI Daily Brief for May 5, 2026, reports that Bret Taylor's company, Sierra, has raised $950 million in funding led by Tiger Global and GV, achieving a valuation of $15.8 billion.
- Cloudflare and Stripe's Agent Commerce Protocol: How AI Agents Can Now Buy Domains, Provision Cloud Accounts, and Deploy Production Apps Without Human Intervention - May 4, 2026
Chris and Laura explain the newly launched Agent Commerce Protocol from Cloudflare and Stripe, which enables AI agents to autonomously handle tasks like domain registration and cloud deployment. The discussion covers the protocol's archite…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, May 4, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers the Pentagon's decision to enter classified AI contracts with eight technology companies, excluding Anthropic from the deals.
- Huawei's Ascend 950PR: ByteDance's $5.6B Order, CUDA Compatibility, and the DeepSeek V4 Catalyst Behind China's AI Compute Sovereignty - May 3, 2026
This episode of DX Today examines the market impact of Huawei's Ascend 950PR, including ByteDance's $5.6 billion order and the role of DeepSeek V4 optimizations. Hosts Rick Spair and Laura discuss the implications for Nvidia's market share…
- The AI Termination Ban: How a Hangzhou Court Just Made It Illegal to Fire Workers Solely to Replace Them with AI - May 3, 2026
Hosts Rick Spair and Laura discuss a Hangzhou court ruling that deems the termination of employees solely for AI replacement as illegal. They analyze the legal precedent set by the Zhou case and its implications for global enterprise AI de…
- Novo Nordisk and OpenAI: End to End Pharma AI, the GLP One Race, and the Regulatory Crucible Ahead - May 3, 2026
Hosts Rick Spair and Laura discuss the partnership between Novo Nordisk and OpenAI to integrate AI across the drugmaker's operations, including drug discovery and manufacturing. They analyze the implications of this collaboration for the r…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, May 3, 2026
The Pentagon has signed agreements with eight technology companies to integrate artificial intelligence into classified networks, notably excluding Anthropic from the deal.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, May 3, 2026
This daily briefing covers updates from the Musk versus Altman trial, new Pentagon AI contracts, and product releases from Microsoft, Adobe, and Salesforce. It also reports on Meta's acquisition of a robotics startup, layoffs at Snap, and…
- Pentagon's AI Procurement Reset: Seven Companies, One Blacklisted Anthropic, and the First Amendment Fight Reshaping Defense AI - May 2, 2026
In this episode, hosts Chris and Laura discuss the Pentagon's recent AI procurement decisions, including which companies were cleared for classified networks and why Anthropic remains blacklisted. They also cover the legal challenges and s…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Saturday, May 2, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers technology news, including Pentagon AI contracts, new Anthropic tools, and Microsoft 365 updates. It also discusses industry developments from companies like Meta, Huawei, Apple, Riot Platforms, and Tesla, a…
- Vision Banana: How Google DeepMind's Image Generator Beat SAM Three and Depth Anything at Their Own Game - May 1, 2026
In this episode of DX Today, Chris and Laura discuss Google DeepMind's Vision Banana, an instruction-tuned image generator that outperforms SAM Three and Depth Anything Version Three. They examine the research paper, benchmarks, and potent…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Friday, May 1, 2026
This daily brief covers May 1, 2026, industry updates including Apple integrating Google Gemini for Siri, Meta's increased capital expenditure, and Amazon Web Services' growth and further investment in Anthropic.
- The EU AI Act Trilogue Collapse: August Second Deadline Holds, Annex Three Hits Hiring AI, and the Compliance Crunch No One Saw Coming - April 30, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss the collapse of the EU AI Act Omnibus trilogue negotiations. They analyze the impact on HR tech, the role of disputes over Annex One, and recommended actions for enterprises ahead of the August 2, 2026, deadli…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Thursday, April 30, 2026
This episode reviews Big Tech earnings for Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta, while covering significant venture capital funding rounds across various AI sectors and industry acquisitions. New AI product launches and fundings in the UK and ent…
- BNY's Agentic Era: 20,000 Empowered Builders, 140 Digital Employees, and the Eliza Platform Reinventing America's Oldest Bank - April 29, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss BNY's deployment of agentic AI, including the Eliza 2.0 platform, the integration of digital employees, and the bank's multi-model AI strategy. The episode examines how the organization is utilizing AI to empo…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, April 29, 2026
This daily briefing covers updates on NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, Google’s contract with the Pentagon, Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, and a new data center in Croatia. The episode also reports on AI model releases, EU regulatory up…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, April 28, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers news regarding AI partnerships, funding rounds for several startups, and corporate restructuring. Key topics include updates from Microsoft, OpenAI, Disney, and various international investments in artificia…
- Snap's Crucible Moment: 1,000 Layoffs, $500M in Cost Cuts, and the AI Workforce Restructuring Playbook - April 27, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss Snap Inc.'s recent announcement of 1,000 layoffs and $500 million in cost savings. They analyze the impact of AI advancements on the company's restructuring and what these developments suggest for the broader…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, April 27, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers major AI industry updates from April 27, 2026, including new model releases from OpenAI and DeepSeek, significant investments by Alphabet in Anthropic, and workforce changes at Microsoft and Snap. It also re…
- Apple's ParaRNN Breakthrough: A 665x Training Speedup, the First 7B Classical RNNs, and the End of the Transformer Monoculture - April 26, 2026
Rick Spair and Laura discuss Apple's ParaRNN framework presented at ICLR 2026. The episode covers the technical aspects, inference economics, and on-device implications of scaling classical recurrent neural networks to 7 billion parameters.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, April 26, 2026
This daily AI news briefing covers industry updates including Google's investment in Anthropic, DeepSeek's new V4 model, major corporate partnerships, staffing changes at Meta and Microsoft, and regulatory updates in Brussels. The episode…
- GPT 5.5: First Full Retrain Since GPT 4.5, Doubled API Pricing, and the Six Week Cadence Reshaping Frontier AI - April 25, 2026
Chris and Laura discuss the release of OpenAI's GPT 5.5, a full retrain that has reached high performance marks on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. They examine the model's doubled API pricing, the six-week release cycle, and th…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Saturday, April 25, 2026
This AI daily brief covers the latest industry developments, including DeepSeek's new flagship models, major Big Tech personnel shifts, and significant AI investments. The episode also reports on updates from companies like Amazon, Alphabe…
- DeepSeek V4 Preview: 1.6 Trillion Open Weight Parameters, a One Million Token Context, and the Price Collapse That Rattles Frontier AI Economics - April 24, 2026
Chris and Laura discuss the preview release of DeepSeek V4, including its 1.6 trillion parameter model, one million token context window, and impact on AI pricing. The episode also explores the model's competitive positioning against indus…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Friday, April 24, 2026
This episode of the DX Today AI Daily Brief covers various industry updates, including new model releases from OpenAI, personnel changes at Meta, corporate partnerships, financial news, and technological developments from companies like Go…
- The Vercel Breach: How a Compromised AI Browser Extension at Context.ai Turned an OAuth Token into a Supply Chain Weapon - April 23, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura analyze the Vercel data breach caused by a compromised Context.ai browser extension. The discussion covers how the incident utilized OAuth tokens to access internal environments and its broader implications for cybers…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Thursday, April 23, 2026
This episode covers developments from Google Cloud, DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, Tesla, IBM, Salesforce, and other tech firms. Key topics include new chip launches, AI models, financial investments, and corporate partnerships in the AI…
- Meta's Silicon Sovereignty: MTIA 300 through 500, the Broadcom 1 Gigawatt Partnership Through 2029, and the Inference Economics Shift Away From Nvidia - April 22, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers Meta and Broadcom's partnership to develop four generations of custom MTIA AI chips, including a multi-gigawatt roadmap through 2029. Hosts Chris and Laura examine the shift of AI inference away from Nvidia…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, April 22, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers major AI industry updates from April 22, 2026, including investments in Anthropic and Project Prometheus, acquisitions by SoundHound AI and SpaceX, and new releases from OpenAI, Moonshot AI, and Alibaba. It…
- The Humanoid Robotics Reality Check: Figure at BMW, Agility at Amazon, Atlas at Hyundai, and What Tesla's Candor About Optimus Tells Us - April 21, 2026
Chris and Laura examine the current state of humanoid robotics in industrial settings, including implementations by Figure AI, Agility Robotics, and Boston Dynamics. They also discuss recent updates regarding the development status of the…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, April 21, 2026
The April 21, 2026, episode of DX Today covers news regarding Amazon's pact with Anthropic, Adobe's agentic CX Enterprise Coworker, Google's TPU partnership with Marvell, and investments in Recursive Superintelligence and X Square Robot. T…
- Claude Mythos: Anthropic's 10 Trillion Parameter Model, Project Glasswing, and the New Cyber Defense Frontier - April 20, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss Anthropic's Claude Mythos, a 10 trillion parameter model currently in preview through Project Glasswing. They examine the model's performance in cyber defense, its impact on scaling laws, and the associated go…
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, April 20, 2026
This episode provides a daily briefing for April 20, 2026, covering corporate news regarding Cursor's potential $2 billion funding round and valuation.
- DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, April 19, 2026
This episode of DX Today covers major AI industry updates from April 19, 2026, including Tesla's Robotaxi expansion, new releases from Anthropic, xAI, and OpenAI, and highlights from the 2026 NAB Show. It also discusses developments from A…
- Google Gemini in Pentagon Talks: Classified AI, Anthropic's Supply Chain Rift, and the Three Way Race for Defense Contracts - April 19, 2026
Rick Spair and Laura discuss Google's negotiations to bring Gemini models into Pentagon classified environments, alongside developments involving OpenAI and Anthropic regarding defense contracts. They explore the implications for AI govern…
- GPT Rosalind: OpenAI's First Life Sciences Specialist, 95th Percentile Expert Performance, and the Rise of Vertical AI - April 18, 2026
Hosts Chris and Laura discuss the impact of OpenAI's GPT Rosalind, a new model for life sciences and drug discovery launched in April 2026. They analyze the model's performance, its integration with scientific tools, and its significance f…