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Tech Insider Weekly brings you candid, in-depth conversations with the founders building tomorrow's technology.
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- Jeff Dean Quits Google, and the $40 Billion QuestionLauren and Derek dig into the wave of AI leaders walking away from big tech, the billions chasing their startups, and the chip and agent bets that have to pay off for any of it to make sense.
- Ten Billion Dollars, One Rogue Agent, and a Logo TattooLauren and Derek dig into Anthropic's $10 billion compute deal with Volta, the AI startups already dying, the robots getting built without China, and where venture money is actually going.
- Rogue Agents, Record Rounds, and the Robot Volume KnobLauren and Derek break down the week's biggest AI funding rounds, the OpenAI agent that hacked a startup on its own, and the consumer hardware quietly getting interesting again.
- Rogue AI, Rocket Valuations, and Robots on the LooseLauren and Derek dig into the week's wildest tech stories, from an AI model that allegedly went rogue during testing to the eye-popping valuations rewriting deep tech, plus the lawsuits and robots making headlines.
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- Funding, Fusion, and Fine Print: Inside AI's Wild SummerLauren and Derek dig into the record-breaking cash pouring into AI startups, the sudden rush to power data centers with nuclear reactors, Nvidia's new compute deal that might come with strings attached, and why AI companies are hiring fewer entry-level workers than ever.
- Robots, Runaway Valuations, and the $80 Video Game: This Week in TechLauren and Derek dig into the funding frenzy reshaping AI startups, the robots and self-driving cars quietly showing up in daily life, the wild economics of AI coding tools, and the consumer tech shifts (from Xbox price hikes to GTA VI) that show where all this money is actually landing.
- AI Money, Space Computers, and the Startups You've Never Heard OfLauren and Derek dig into the billion-dollar AI funding frenzy, a jaw-dropping SpaceX computing deal, the chip war heating up behind the scenes, and the stranger-than-fiction stories proving that startup life is rarely what it looks like from the outside.
- $60 Billion and a Robot Walk Into a Bar: Big Tech's Wildest Week YetLauren and Derek break down SpaceX's jaw-dropping $60 billion grab for AI coding startup Cursor, Bezos's bet on building an artificial general engineer, Apple's long-overdue Siri overhaul, and the robotics startups quietly reshaping the physical world.
- AI's Big Week: IPOs, Apple's Siri Makeover, and the Startups Betting Billions on What Comes NextLauren and Derek sort through a genuinely wild week in tech: OpenAI files to go public, Apple finally delivers on its AI promises at WWDC 2026, the VC money keeps flowing, and a fusion startup just raised nearly half a billion dollars to build a power plant.
- Anthropic, Robots, and the Startups Caught in the MiddleLauren and Derek dig into Anthropic's meteoric rise toward an IPO, the robotics arms race from coffee shops to combat zones, the chip and infrastructure bets powering it all, and the brutal reality facing startups that built before ChatGPT changed everything.
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Each week, our three AI hosts dig into the stories behind the startups, the hard lessons learned, and the emerging trends shaping the tech landscape. Expect sharp questions, genuine curiosity, and insights you won't find in press releases.
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