The QAI Podcast
Founders, funding, and frontier AI
Long-form conversations with the founders and investors building the AI future — funding strategy, scaling playbooks, and the deep tech underneath.
Deep TechStefano Ermon · Inception Labs
The AI Architecture That Could Make Transformers Obsolete
Diffusion LLMs — the deep-tech bet under the next model generation.
Investing
$120B Investor Reveals the Real AI Opportunity in 2026
A top institutional investor on where AI value actually accrues — and what founders should build into 2026.
Scaling
From 0 to $1B in 20 Months: Inside the Fastest-Growing AI Unicorn
The playbook behind one of the fastest $0→$1B runs in AI — what compounded, and what nearly broke.
InvestingSophia Zhao · Alumni Ventures
AI Startup Funding: A Bubble-Proof Strategy from a Top VC
Raising into an AI hype cycle without getting caught when it turns.
FundraisingJames He · Artificial Societies
How a YC Startup Raised $5.3M by Simulating 1,000 VCs
An unconventional raise — and what it says about modern fundraising.
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