Lightcone Podcast podcast

Lightcone Podcast

Techno optimism for technical founders

Techno optimism for technical founders

 

#33

The 7 Most Powerful Moats For AI Startups

In the early days, the only moat that startups have is speed. Once you make something peop... more

03 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:05

03 Oct 2025


#32

The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew

Bob McGrew helped build some of the most influential technologies of the past two decades.... more

12 Sep 2025

50 MINS

50:42

12 Sep 2025


#31

Anthropic Co-founder: Building Claude Code, Lessons From GPT-3 & LLM System Design

Tom Brown co-founded Anthropic after helping build GPT-3 at OpenAI. A self-taught engineer... more

21 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:56

21 Aug 2025


#30

How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era

AI has upended the once "safe" CS career path. New grads are facing unemployment rates twi... more

08 Jul 2025

38 MINS

38:55

08 Jul 2025


#29

Alexandr Wang: Building Scale AI, Transforming Work with Agents & Competing With China

Alexandr Wang started Scale AI to help machine learning teams label data faster.It started... more

18 Jun 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:12

18 Jun 2025


#28

State-Of-The-Art Prompting For AI Agents

At first, prompting seemed to be a temporary workaround for getting the most out of large ... more

30 May 2025

31 MINS

31:26

30 May 2025


#27

Startups Ideas You Can Now Build With AI

There's never been a better time to start an AI company. Not just because there are new id... more

16 May 2025

40 MINS

40:46

16 May 2025


#26

Windsurf CEO: Betting On AI Agents, Pivoting In 48 Hours, And The Future of Coding

Varun Mohan didn't set out to build one of the fastest-growing AI developer tools. He ... more

02 May 2025

52 MINS

52:35

02 May 2025


#25

How To Navigate Co-Founder Disputes

Technical skills build startups—but oftentimes, people skills can save them. So how do you... more

21 Mar 2025

42 MINS

42:00

21 Mar 2025


#24

Vibe Coding Is The Future

Andrej Karpathy recently coined the term “vibe coding” to describe how LLMs are getting so... more

05 Mar 2025

31 MINS

31:33

05 Mar 2025


#23

How AI Is Changing Enterprise

The Lightcone hosts sit down with Aaron Levie, the co-founder & CEO of Box, to hear report... more

19 Feb 2025

49 MINS

49:28

19 Feb 2025


#22

How To Get AI Startup Ideas

Apply to AI Startup School in SF: https://events.ycombinator.com/ai-sus There’s never been... more

07 Feb 2025

43 MINS

43:48

07 Feb 2025


#21

AI Revolution: Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Startup

In this special episode of Lightcone, we’re joined by YC partner and creator of Gmail, Pau... more

24 Jan 2025

39 MINS

39:14

24 Jan 2025