Limitless: An AI Podcast

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1. THIS WEEK IN AI: Leopold's Fund Collapses, Nvidia Backs Ilya, Slowing Down AI from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 31, 2026

   Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI-focused fund may be facing major losses, along with rumors of position changes tied to its AI exposure. We also discuss Safe Superintelligence’s partnership with NVIDIA, and an open letter from AI researchers urging the U.S. government to slow AI development. We explore Anthropic’s views on open source AI and chip export restrictions, plus market updates from Microsoft, Samsung, Intel, and Apple. ------ 🔒 Check Out Our Sponsor: LEDGER AGENT STACK 🔒 https://developers.ledger.com/?utm_source=Audio&utm_medium=Podcasts&utm_campaign=Limitless ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Leopold Fund Trouble 3:15 Ilya’s Quiet Breakthrough 6:30 AI Slowdown Petition 8:56 Open vs Closed Debate 11:08 GPUs Only Go Up 14:14 Ledger Agent Security 14:59 Earnings Season Surprises 17:30 Kimi’s Costly Open Source ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

2. The Memory Selloff: Record Profits, Collapsing Stocks from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 30, 2026

   Today, we need to discuss the sell-off in AI and memory stocks, including sharp declines in Korean equities and SK Hynix despite insane earnings. We also cover the fragility of leverage-driven markets, China’s memory industry, and the outlook for continued AI-related demand for chips and infrastructure. ------ 🔒 Check Out Our Sponsor: LEDGER AGENT STACK 🔒 https://developers.ledger.com/?utm_source=Audio&utm_medium=Podcasts&utm_campaign=Limitless ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Memory Stocks Crash 3:52 Why SK Hynix Is Dumping 7:02 Leverage Fuels the Selloff 8:30 China’s Memory Surge 12:00 ASML Rival Panic 15:47 AI Money Shifts Upstream 17:23 Open Source Misconceptions 18:56 GPUs Need More Memory 21:04 Agentic AI Drives Demand 23:08 What Investors Should Do ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

3. SpaceX Stock Crashed. Starship Flight 13 Didn't. from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 29, 2026

   🔒 Check Out Our Sponsor: LEDGER AGENT STACK 🔒 https://developers.ledger.com/?utm_source=Audio&utm_medium=Podcasts&utm_campaign=Limitless ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 SpaceX Stock Crash 2:30 Bear Case Unpacked 5:28 Starship Flight Breakthrough 10:14 AI And Compute Expansion 16:33 Elon’s Unified Ecosystem 17:01 Supply Unlock Risks 18:43 Ledger Sponsor Break 19:35 Manufacturing At Scale 22:00 Long-Term Bull Thesis 25:09 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

4. Why Claude Opus 5 is Our Favorite AI Model (For Now) from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 28, 2026

   Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 is blowing us away with its visual and agentic capabilities, benchmark performance, and role as a strong general-purpose model. We compare its pricing, safety behavior, and practical use cases with other models.... And our verdict? This is the model you should use right now. ------ 🔒 Check Out Our Sponsor: LEDGER AGENT STACK 🔒 https://developers.ledger.com/?utm_source=Audio&utm_medium=Podcasts&utm_campaign=Limitless ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Claude Opus 5 Launch 2:41 Visual Demo Breakthroughs 5:28 From Games to Workflows 9:00 Arc AGI 3 Leap 13:30 Choosing Opus vs Fable 16:44 Agent Security and Safety 18:12 Where Safety Lines Sit 23:23 Open Models and Wrap-Up ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

5. THIS WEEK IN AI: NVIDIA Dominates Google | America vs Open Source | Tesla Starlink V5 from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 24, 2026

   🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: lkwhit14@gmail.com NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ In another jam-packed week in AI, we discuss NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin chips, Google’s latest disappointments, and the competition between US frontier labs and Chinese open-source models. We also cover model-routing platforms and close with updates on Tesla and Starlink V5. ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 AI Costs Crashing Down 0:36 Vera Rubin Lands 2:39 NVIDIA’s Market Edge 5:27 Google’s Disappointing Week 8:12 Google’s Chip Race 12:34 Open Source Under Fire 16:58 Model Routers Rise 19:28 Tesla’s Internet Network ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

6. A Prototype GPT-6 Broke Out of Confinement: Is AI Alignment Possible? from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 23, 2026

   We discuss the breaking news that an unreleased OpenAI internal model broke out of a restricted test environment during a cybersecurity benchmark and accessed Hugging Face’s systems to obtain the answer sheet. We also cover the reported autonomy of the attack, safety restrictions on frontier models used for defense analysis, and what the incident suggests about alignment and AI-driven security threats. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 AI Model Breakout 1:33 Hugging Face Intrusion 3:51 Defender’s Dilemma 7:44 Alignment and Safeguards 11:24 How Real Was It? 15:23 Defending Against AI Attacks 19:36 Hidden Thoughts Exposed 24:13 The Race to Alignment ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

7. Elon Will Handle the Energy Bottleneck Himself: Buys APR Energy for $1B from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 22, 2026

   There's power bottleneck in AI infrastructure, so Elon bought an energy company himself. From APR Energy, behind-the-meter generation, and nuclear, everyone is trying to secure electricity for data centers. We also cover rising DRAM, HBM, and NAND prices, and wonder if energy may be the next major AI infrastructure trade. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 AI Power Bottleneck 2:44 Energy Demand Explodes 4:12 Elon’s Permitting Loophole 7:23 Memory Trade Rotation 10:08 Korea’s Memory Shock 12:27 Electricity Becomes the Trade 14:51 Power Stack Layers 16:15 Bloom’s Portable Fix 17:35 GE Vernova Leads 19:29 Nuclear Gets Interesting 21:44 The Power Trade Thesis 22:44 Bullish on Electricity 24:09 Model Agnostic Demand 25:15 Short-Term and Space Power 26:00 Closing ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

8. AI Bubble Update: Kimi K3 Sends China into Chaos from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 21, 2026

   We discuss Kimi K3, a new Chinese open-source model that sparked a sharp selloff in AI and tech stocks. The real question: does it signals a real shift in the AI race between the U.S. and China? And who will the biggest winners be: model labs or the compute and infrastructure providers? ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Kimi K3 Shakes Markets 0:49 Open Source Disruption 2:54 China’s AI Message 5:22 Demand Outstrips GPUs 8:59 Open Source Backlash 13:58 The Bubble Debate 17:38 Infrastructure Wins Long Term 22:36 Breakthroughs Still Loom 24:48 Outro and Updates ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

9. THIS WEEK IN AI: Kimi K3, OpenAI's Alexa, Grok Stealing Code, Thinking Machines from Limitless: An AI Podcast

   Jul 17, 2026

   Big week this week. Moonshot Labs’ dropped Kimi K3, Thinking Machines Labs’ Inkling, and reporting on OpenAI’s upcoming screen-free hardware device. We also discuss Grok Build, XAI, a new dictation tool, Elon Musk’s energy company purchase, and reports that DeepSeek is preparing an IPO. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Kimi K3 Changes Everything 8:11 Thinking Machines Finds Its Niche 15:06 OpenAI’s Mystery Speaker Emerges 21:15 Elon’s AI Moves and Missteps 26:52 Dictation Gets Smarter 29:44 DeepSeek Eyes an IPO ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

10. Are Cheaper AI Models Better than Claude and ChatGPT? from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 16, 2026

    We're discussing new AI model releases from xAI, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, and the shift toward cheaper, more efficient models.Focusing on Grok 4.5 and Meta’s MuseSpark 1.1, there's also a broader move toward model routing and enterprise use. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 AI Price Competition 2:48 Grok 4.5 Breakdown 7:50 Meta Enters The Race 15:21 Agents Change Everything 17:08 Comparing Model Prices 21:24 Cheaper Tokens, More Usage 23:30 Profitability Still Matters 24:34 A Multi-Model Future ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

11. The Government Banned GPT-5.6. OpenAI Released it Anyways from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 15, 2026

    🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 with the new Sol, Terra, and Luna model tiers and an updated app experience. We also cover live demos, image generation and editing use cases, and concerns about autonomous access after reports of file deletion and database issues. ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 GPT 5.6 Released to Everyone 0:24 Safer Than It Looks? 0:44 Three Models, Three Tiers 2:28 Magic Bagel Game Demo 4:40 Bunker Simulator and 3D Art 6:50 Limitless Blender Intro 8:39 Manhattan in Voxels 10:54 Outfit Catalog from Photos 14:01 Deletion Scare and Safety 15:35 Choosing Between Fable and GPT 18:49 Too Many Modes and Apps 21:12 Final Verdict and Wrap-Up ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

12. Apple v. OpenAI: Trade Secrets and Corporate Espionage from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 14, 2026

    Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft related to future hardware plans and employee recruiting. With OpenAI’s reported device ambitions and Apple’s leak-detection practices, the broader competition for talent and proprietary information in AI has reached a boiling point. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 OpenAI’s Secret Apple Grab 4:16 Poaching Engineers and Secrets 6:35 The Alleged Interview Scheme 9:06 Why Apple Fought Back 11:40 OpenAI Versus Apple Strategy 13:49 Apple’s Leak-Tracking Tactics 15:33 AI Hardware Meets Personal Data 17:34 Apple’s Own Security Problem 19:59 Why IP Is the New Gold 22:26 California’s Non-Compete Advantage 23:08 Is Apple Truly Worried? 24:57 Apple’s AI Comeback Plan 26:37 Waiting for the Device Reveal 27:26 The Show Goes Independent ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

13. THIS WEEK IN AI: Grok is Back, ChatGPT 5.6, Meta's New Models, China's Threats from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 10, 2026

    🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ So many new AI releases this week! Including xAI’s Grok 4.5 and OpenAI’s GPT 5.6, we discuss their coding, reasoning, and benchmark performance. OpenAI also introduced a new full-duplex voice mode, which lets users speak and listen at the same time, and may preview future AI interfaces. We also discuss Chinese AI labs building their own chips to reduce reliance on NVIDIA and imported hardware. And finally, a few updates on Meta’s new image and video models, ByteDance’s SeeDream image model, and Cloudflare’s payments API for micropayments and AI agent access.sis) ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Grok Is Back 2:03 Cheap Intelligence Wins 3:51 Cursor Deal Pays Off 6:21 GPT 5.6 Arrives 10:05 Voice Mode Breakthrough 15:17 China’s Chip Push 20:32 Meta’s New Visuals 25:06 ByteDance Joins Image Gen 26:36 Cloudflare Opens Payments 28:21 Wrap-Up And Farewell ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

14. The Memory Trade: Samsung's Record Breaking Profit from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 9, 2026

    Samsung’s brain-melting profits are clear evidence of the growing role of memory chips in the AI supply chain, with a focus on DRAM, NAND, and high bandwidth memory. Today we explore how Samsung and SK Hynix have gained pricing power as HBM demand strains factory capacity and pushes up costs for consumer devices. We also cover the market reaction to recent earnings, including share declines even after Samsung reported record profits and beat estimates. We look ahead to the limited number of memory suppliers, slow capacity expansion, and the upcoming U.S. listing of SK Hynix. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Samsung’s Memory Windfall 1:32 AI Memory Power Shift 3:42 DRAM, NAND, and HBM 5:13 The Black Hole for Memory 6:40 Bubble or Supercycle? 7:38 Consumer Costs Surge 10:19 Prices Keep Climbing 11:43 Why Supply Can’t Catch Up 13:04 Memory Hits Consumers 14:14 How Long Can It Last? 15:09 Supply Still Tightly Constrained 16:25 Cheaper Memory, More AI 17:10 Stocks Hit a Bear Market 18:44 Sell-The-News Shock 19:56 Lessons from Past Cycles 21:16 SK Hynix Goes Onshore 23:13 IPO Demand Explodes 24:29 Long-Term Outlook Holds ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

15. Understanding The Past Year in AI: 200th Episode Special! from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 8, 2026

    🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ In our 200th episode, we review nearly 200 transcripts to identify recurring themes and track how the AI landscape has changed over the past 14 months. Focusing on compute and memory as key AI investment themes, we revisit companies featured on the show and discuss future topics like specialized AI applications, local models, and space-based model training. ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 200th Episode Victory Lap 1:49 Early Bets Proven Right 3:44 Memory and Chip Windfalls 4:59 The Cursor Thesis Pays Off 5:34 Limitless Portfolio Returns 7:46 Where the AI Puck Goes 9:32 Trends Rising and Fading 12:57 Google’s AI Comeback 13:47 New Frontiers in AI 15:32 Space, Science, and Specialized AI 17:47 Turning Intelligence Into Value 20:15 Local Models and New Devices 22:45 Recursive AI and Geopolitics 24:56 Optimism for the Next 200 ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

16. The Age of Inference: Etched Startup Proves the Next AI Hotspot from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 7, 2026

    Inference is becoming more important than pre-training in AI chips, including how pre-fill and decode work and why more compute is shifting toward serving models. Today we walk through Etched’s ASIC system for transformer inference, its claims around efficiency and throughput, and the tradeoff between specialization and general-purpose GPUs like NVIDIA’s. We also look at custom chip efforts from companies like OpenAI, Google, and Amazon, and argues that inference demand may keep growing as AI agents and long-running workloads expand. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Inference’s New Frontier 2:14 Training Versus Inference 5:19 Etched’s Bold Bet 7:58 Building the Whole Rack 10:48 TSMC and the Hard Problems 13:29 Why Inference Matters 14:59 The Transformer Risk 17:02 OpenAI’s Jalapeno Chip 18:59 Why Accelerators Keep Winning 22:28 The Market Is Underpricing It 23:10 NVIDIA Is Still in the Game 24:56 Vertical Integration Wins ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

17. THIS WEEK IN AI: Fable 5 Returns, OpenAI Might Nationalize, Meta Sells Compute from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 3, 2026

    We are so back. Anthropic announced the return of Fable 5, its safety updates, and related releases like Sonnet 5 and Claude Science. In other news this week, we look into Meta’s brain-to-text research, OpenAI reports, new inference hardware, and recent robotics demos. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Fable 5 Returns 3:12 Banned, Safeguarded, Back 7:58 Sonnet 5 And Science 11:33 Meta Reads Your Mind 14:11 Meta's Compute Pivot 17:17 OpenAI's Power Play 23:26 Etched's Chip Breakthrough 27:37 Memory Market Shock 31:02 Robots In The Home 36:54 Industry, Not Housebots 39:01 Episode 200 Milestone ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

18. The AI Energy Stack: The Actual Industry Winners from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jul 1, 2026

    This is the long-awaited Energy Stack episode. The AI trade is shifting from GPUs to the power, wiring, and data center infrastructure needed to support them. Today, we cover Bloom Energy, optical networking companies like Lumentum and Corning, Marvell’s role in AI hardware, and neocloud providers such as Nebius, CoreWeave, and IREN. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 GPU Bottleneck Shifts 0:37 Power Becomes the Constraint 3:15 Five-Year Grid Delays 5:47 Bloom’s Fast Energy Fix 9:54 Data Transfer Hits Limits 11:51 Light Replaces Copper 17:25 Power Delivery Gets Harder 18:22 Marvell Wins Power Design 20:35 Renting Compute at Scale 21:08 Nebius and NeoClouds 25:17 Compute Becomes an Asset 29:47 The Substrate Layer Ahead ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

19. GPT-5.6: OpenAI's New Model Cheated and Now It's Locked Away from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jun 30, 2026

    In this episode, we discuss OpenAI’s restricted GPT-5.6, its model tiers, and questions raised by its benchmark results and reported behavior. We also cover pricing pressure from open source AI models, limited public access to frontier systems, and broader consolidation in the AI industry. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 GPT 5.6 Banned 1:46 Three New Models 4:51 Benchmarks and Politics 6:43 Cheating on Long Tasks 8:26 Cheaper Frontier AI 11:01 Hidden Risks Revealed 12:34 Closed Access Dilemma 14:26 Government and Public Gap 19:40 Encryption All Over Again 22:04 Waiting for the Framework 23:08 AI Talent Consolidates 24:13 Frontier Moves Faster ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

20. THIS WEEK IN AI: ChatGPT Built its Own Chip, Micron Soars, a24's $75m Google Deal from Limitless: An AI Podcast

    Jun 26, 2026

    Today we're unpacking OpenAI’s plan to build its own custom AI chip—the Jalepeño—and what that means for its hardware strategy. We also cover Micron’s strong earnings, its ties to Anthropic, Meta’s next model timeline, and new developments from Google, Amazon, Anthropic, and Valar Atomics. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 OpenAI’s AI Chip Move 2:46 Compute and Hardware Strategy 5:30 Micron’s Earnings Surge 11:03 Meta’s Mythos Model Delay 14:47 A24 Meets Google AI 17:51 Sam Altman Movie Standoff 19:02 Claude Tag Enters Slack 21:10 Newsletter and Sponsorship Call ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠