Gradient Dissent Podcast
1) The Startup Powering The Data Behind AGI
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Lukas Biewald talks with the CEO & founder of Surge AI, the billion-dollar company quietly powering the next generation of frontier LLMs. They discuss Surge's orig...Show More
2) Arvind Jain on Building Glean and the Future of Enterprise AI
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Lukas Biewald sits down with Arvind Jain, CEO and founder of Glean. They discuss Glean's evolution from solving enterprise search to building agentic AI tools that...Show More
3) How DeepL Built a Translation Powerhouse with AI with CEO Jarek Kutylowski
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Lukas Biewald talks with Jarek Kutylowski, CEO and founder of DeepL, an AI-powered translation company. Jarek shares DeepL’s journey from launching neural machine ...Show More
4) GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Copilot and the Future of Software Development
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Lukas Biewald sits down with Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, to talk about the future of software engineering in the age of AI. They discuss how GitHub Copilot was b...Show More
5) From Pharma to AGI Hype, and Developing AI in Finance: Martin Shkreli’s Journey
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Lukas Biewald talks with Martin Shkreli — the infamous "pharma bro" turned founder — about his path from hedge fund manager and pharma CEO to convicted felon and n...Show More
6) Inside Cursor: The future of AI coding with Co-founder Sualeh Asif
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, host Lukas Biewald talks with Sualeh Asif, the CPO and co-founder of Cursor, one of the fastest-growing and most loved AI-powered coding platforms. Sualeh shares t...Show More
7) Inside the Dark Web, AI and Cybersecurity with Christopher Ahlberg CEO of Recorded Future
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, host Lukas Biewald talks with Christopher Ahlberg, CEO of Recorded Future, a pioneering cybersecurity company leveraging AI to provide intelligence insights. Chris...Show More
8) AI, autonomy, and the future of naval warfare with Captain Jon Haase, United States Navy
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, host Lukas Biewald speaks with Captain Jon Haase, United States Navy about real-world applications of AI and autonomy in defense. From underwater mine detection wi...Show More
9) The rise of AI agents
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, host Lukas Biewald sits down with João Moura, CEO & Founder of CrewAI, one of the leading platforms enabling AI agents for enterprise applications. Joe shares insi...Show More
10) R1, OpenAI’s o3, and the ARC-AGI Benchmark: Insights from Mike Knoop
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, host Lukas Biewald sits down with Mike Knoop, Co-founder and CEO of Ndea, a cutting-edge AI research lab. Mike shares his journey from building Zapier into a major...Show More