
Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI
by Lukas Biewald
Is this your podcast?Lukas Biewald is an independent podcast creator known for his expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly as the co-founder of Weights & Biases, a platform that aids developers in optimizing their AI models. His …
Insights from recent episode analysis
Audience Interest
- artificial intelligence advancements
- AI industry insights
Podcast Focus
- conversations with industry leaders
- AI model production challenges
Publishing Consistency
- 135 episodes produced
- active for 6 years
Platform Reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- potentially broad audience
Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.
Most discussed topics
Brands & references
Total monthly reach
Estimated from 5 chart positions in 5 markets.
By chart position
- 🇳🇱NL · Technology#1731K to 10K
- 🇮🇳IN · Technology#1901K to 10K
- 🇨🇿CZ · Technology#593K to 10K
- 🇷🇴RO · Technology#161500 to 3K
- 🇹🇷TR · Technology#182500 to 3K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
3K to 18K🎙 Weekly cadence·135 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
6K to 36K🇳🇱28%🇮🇳28%🇨🇿28%+2 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
2.4K to 14K66K real followers tracked across platforms
Market Insights
Platform Distribution
Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly
Total Followers
—
Total Plays
—
Total Reviews
—
* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.
On the show
From 11 epsHost
Recent guests
Recent episodes
He's Building an AI That Can't Lie | Dan Klein
Jun 16, 2026
Unknown duration
He Raised $70M to Cure Every Disease With AI | Samuel G. Rodriques, Edison Scientific
May 26, 2026
1h 14m 48s
Uber, Nissan, and Mercedes Chose This Self-Driving Startup | Alex Kendall, Wayve
Apr 15, 2026
45m 49s
Why Netflix, Uber, and Spotify Never Lag: The Database Nobody Talks About | Aaron Katz
Mar 31, 2026
43m 31s
The $64M Bet on an AI That Has to Be Right | Carina Hong, CEO of Axiom
Feb 5, 2026
50m 40s
Social Links & Contact
Official channels & resources
Official Website
Login
RSS Feed
Login
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16/26 | ![]() He's Building an AI That Can't Lie | Dan Klein | "We are going to switch from the problem in AI being that nothing works to the problem being that everything works."Dan Klein has been studying language models for over two decades and is now a professor of computer science at Berkeley. His new company, Scaled Cognition, is built around one question: how do you build a system that will not lie to you?In this episode, Dan joins Lukas Biewald to talk about why every LLM output is technically a hallucination, how reinforcement learning can quietly teach AI to deceive you, and what it actually takes to build models that check their own work.He also gets into why reliability is the one part of AI that hasn't kept pace and why that matters more than most people realize.Connect with us here: Dan KleinScaled CognitionLukas BiewaldWeights and Biases | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | ![]() He Raised $70M to Cure Every Disease With AI | Samuel G. Rodriques, Edison Scientific✨ | AIhealthcare+3 | Samuel Rodriques | Edison ScientificWeights & Biases | — | AI scientistdrug discovery+3 | — | 1h 14m 48s | |
| 4/15/26 | ![]() Uber, Nissan, and Mercedes Chose This Self-Driving Startup | Alex Kendall, Wayve✨ | self-driving technologyAI integration+4 | Alex Kendall | WayveUber+5 | Cambridge | self-drivingAI+7 | — | 45m 49s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() Why Netflix, Uber, and Spotify Never Lag: The Database Nobody Talks About | Aaron Katz✨ | database technologyAI infrastructure+4 | Aaron Katz | ClickHouseYandex+8 | Russia | ClickHouseAI+6 | — | 43m 31s | |
| 2/5/26 | ![]() The $64M Bet on an AI That Has to Be Right | Carina Hong, CEO of Axiom✨ | AI verificationformal verification+3 | Carina Hong | AxiomAWS | — | formal verificationAI systems+5 | — | 50m 40s | |
| 1/20/26 | ![]() What a $42B Software Co. Really Spends on AI Tools✨ | AI toolsdeveloper productivity+3 | Mike Cannon-Brookes | GitHub CopilotCursor+3 | — | AI productivitysoftware development+3 | — | 1h 07m 46s | |
| 1/6/26 | ![]() Inside the $41B AI Cloud Challenging Big Tech | CoreWeave SVP✨ | AI trainingcloud computing+4 | Corey Sanders | CoreWeaveWeights & Biases | — | AI trainingcloud computing+6 | — | 53m 19s | |
| 12/16/25 | ![]() Why Physical AI Needed a Completely New Data Stack✨ | physical AIdata stack+4 | Nikolaus West | RerunWeights & Biases | — | physical AIdata stack+4 | — | 1h 00m 52s | |
| 12/1/25 | ![]() The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI✨ | video AIAGI+3 | Cristóbal Valenzuela | Runway MLGoogle+2 | — | video AIAGI+5 | — | 14m 50s | |
| 11/18/25 | The CEO Behind the Fastest-Growing AI Inference Company | Tuhin Srivastava✨ | AI inferencecompany-building+4 | Tuhin Srivastava | vLLMTensorRT-LLM+4 | — | AIinference+6 | — | 59m 13s | |
Want analysis for the episodes below?Free for Pro Submit a request, we'll have your selected episodes analyzed within an hour. Free, at no cost to you, for Pro users. | |||||||||
| 9/16/25 | The Startup Powering The Data Behind AGI✨ | data labelingAI training+3 | Edwin Chen | Surge AISilicon Valley | — | AGIdata generation+3 | — | 56m 15s | |
| 8/5/25 | ![]() Arvind Jain on Building Glean and the Future of Enterprise AI✨ | enterprise AItransformer models+4 | Arvind Jain | GleanRubrik+1 | — | Gleanenterprise AI+7 | — | 43m 41s | |
| 7/8/25 | ![]() 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 translation in 2017 to building custom data centers and how small teams can not only take on big players like Google Translate but win.They dive into what makes translation so difficult for AI, why high-quality translations still require human context, and how DeepL tailors models for enterprise use cases. They also discuss the evolution of speech translation, compute infrastructure, training on curated multilingual datasets, hallucinations in models, and why DeepL avoids fine-tuning for each individual customer. It’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the most advanced real-world applications of deep learning.Timestamps:[00:00:00] Introducing Jarek and DeepL’s mission[00:01:46] Competing with Google Translate & LLMs[00:04:14] Pretraining vs. proprietary model strategy[00:06:47] Building GPU data centers in 2017[00:08:09] The value of curated bilingual and monolingual data[00:09:30] How DeepL measures translation quality[00:12:27] Personalization and enterprise-specific tuning[00:14:04] Why translation demand is growing[00:16:16] ROI of incremental quality gains[00:18:20] The role of human translators in the future[00:22:48] Hallucinations in translation models[00:24:05] DeepL’s work on speech translation[00:28:22] The broader impact of global communication[00:30:32] Handling smaller languages and language pairs[00:32:25] Multi-language model consolidation[00:35:28] Engineering infrastructure for large-scale inference[00:39:23] Adapting to evolving LLM landscape & enterprise needs | — | ||||||
| 6/10/25 | ![]() 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 built, why agents are reshaping developer workflows, and what it takes to make tools that are not only powerful but also fun.Thomas shares his experience leading GitHub through its $7.5B acquisition by Microsoft, the unexpected ways it accelerated innovation, and why developer happiness is crucial to productivity. They explore what still makes human engineers irreplaceable and how the next generation of developers might grow up coding alongside AI.Follow Thomas Dohmke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtom/Follow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biaseshttps://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb | — | ||||||
| 5/20/25 | ![]() 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 now software entrepreneur. Shkreli shares his side of the drug pricing controversy, reflects on his prison experience, and explains how he rebuilt his life and business after being "canceled."They dive deep into AI and drug discovery, where Shkreli delivers a strong critique of mainstream approaches. He also talks about his latest venture in finance software, building Godel Terminal “a Vim for traders", and why he thinks the AI hype cycle is just beginning. It's a wide-ranging and candid conversation with one of the most controversial figures in tech and biotech.Follow Martin Shkreli on TwitterGodel Terminal: https://godelterminal.com/Follow Weights & Biases on Twitterhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb Join the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 4/29/25 | ![]() 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 the story behind Cursor’s creation, the technical and design decisions that set it apart, and how AI models are changing the way we build software. They dive deep into infrastructure challenges, the importance of speed and user experience, and how emerging trends in agents and reasoning models are reshaping the developer workflow.Sualeh also discusses scaling AI inference to support hundreds of millions of requests per day, building trust through product quality, and his vision for how programming will evolve in the next few years.⏳Timestamps:00:00 How Cursor got started and why it took off04:50 Switching from Vim to VS Code and the rise of CoPilot08:10 Why Cursor won among competitors: product philosophy and execution10:30 How user data and feedback loops drive Cursor’s improvements12:20 Iterating on AI agents: what made Cursor hold back and wait13:30 Competitive coding background: advantage or challenge?16:30 Making coding fun again: latency, flow, and model choices19:10 Building Cursor’s infrastructure: from GPUs to indexing billions of files26:00 How Cursor prioritizes compute allocation for indexing30:00 Running massive ML infrastructure: surprises and scaling lessons34:50 Why Cursor chose DeepSeek models early36:00 Where AI agents are heading next40:07 Debugging and evaluating complex AI agents42:00 How coding workflows will change over the next 2–3 years46:20 Dream future projects: AI for reading codebases and papers🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://wandb.me/apple-podcasts Spotify: https://wandb.me/spotify YouTube: https://wandb.me/youtubeFollow Weights & Biases:https://x.com/weights_biaseshttps://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb | — | ||||||
| 4/8/25 | ![]() 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. Christopher shares his fascinating journey from founding data visualization startup Spotfire to building Recorded Future into an industry leader, eventually leading to its acquisition by Mastercard.They dive into gripping stories of cyber espionage, including how Recorded Future intercepted a hacker selling access to the U.S. Electoral Assistance Commission. Christopher also explains why the criminal underworld has shifted to platforms like Telegram, how AI is transforming both cyber threats and defenses, and the real-world implications of becoming an "undesirable enemy" of the Russian state.This episode offers unique insights into cybersecurity, AI-driven intelligence, entrepreneurship lessons from a two-time founder, and what happens when geopolitical tensions intersect with cutting-edge technology. A must-listen for anyone interested in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, or the complex dynamics shaping global security.🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: https://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: https://wandb.me/spotifyYouTube: https://wandb.me/youtubeFollow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb | — | ||||||
| 3/25/25 | ![]() 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 with autonomous vehicles to the ethics of lethal AI systems, this conversation dives into how the U.S. military is integrating AI into mission-critical operations — and why humans will always be at the center of warfighting.They explore the challenges of underwater autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, cybersecurity, and the growing role of large language models like Gemini and Claude in the defense space.Essential listening for anyone curious about military AI, defense tech, and the future of autonomous systems.✅ *Subscribe to Weights & Biases* → https://bit.ly/45BCkYz🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/gd_googleYouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeFollow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biaseshttps://www.linkedin.com/company/wandbJoin the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 2/25/25 | ![]() 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 insights into how AI agents are being successfully deployed in over 40% of Fortune 500 companies, what tools these agents rely on, and how software companies are adapting to an agentic world.They also discuss:What defines a true AI agent versus simple automationHow AI agents are transforming business processes in industries like finance, insurance, and softwareThe evolving business models for APIs as AI agents become the dominant software usersWhat the next breakthroughs in agentic AI might look like in 2025 and beyondIf you're curious about the cutting edge of AI automation, enterprise AI adoption, and the real impact of multi-agent systems, this episode is packed with essential insights. | — | ||||||
| 2/4/25 | ![]() 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 automation platform to diving into the frontiers of AI research. They discuss DeepSeek’s R1, OpenAI’s O-series models, and the ARC Prize, a competition aimed at advancing AI’s reasoning capabilities. Mike explains how program synthesis and deep learning must merge to create true AGI, and why he believes AI reliability is the biggest hurdle for automation adoption.This conversation covers AGI timelines, research breakthroughs, and the future of intelligent systems, making it essential listening for AI enthusiasts, researchers, and entrepreneurs.Mentioned Show Notes:https://ndea.comhttps://arcprize.org/blog/r1-zero-r1-results-analysishttps://arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-breakthrough🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/gd_googleYouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeConnect with Mike Knoop"@mikeknoopFollow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biaseshttps://www.linkedin.com/company/wandbJoin the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 1/28/25 | ![]() DeepSeek, Stargate and AI's $600 Billion Question with Sequoia's David Cahn | In this episode of Gradient Dissent, host Lukas Biewald sits down with David Cahn, partner at Sequoia Capital, for a compelling discussion on the dynamic world of AI investments. They dive into recent developments, including DeepSeek and Stargate, exploring their implications for the AI industry. Drawing from his articles, "AI's $200 Billion Question" and "AI's $600 Billion Question," David unpacks the financial challenges and opportunities surrounding AI infrastructure spending and the staggering revenue required to sustain these investments. Together, they examine the competitive strategies of cloud providers, the transformative impact of AI on business models, and predictions for the next wave of AI-driven growth. This episode offers an in-depth look at the crossroads of AI innovation and financial strategy.Mentioned Articles:AI’s $200B QuestionAI’s $600B Question🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/gd_googleYouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeConnect with David Cahn:@DavidCahn6Follow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb Join the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 1/7/25 | ![]() Building the future of collaborative AI development with Akshay Agrawal | In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Akshay Agrawal, Co-Founder of Marimo, joins host Lukas Biewald to discuss the future of collaborative AI development. They dive into how Marimo is enabling developers and researchers to collaborate seamlessly on AI projects, the challenges of scaling AI tools, and the importance of fostering open ecosystems for innovation. Akshay shares insights into building a platform that empowers teams to iterate faster and solve complex AI challenges together.Follow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb Join the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 12/17/24 | ![]() Evaluating LLMs with Chatbot Arena and Joseph E. Gonzalez | In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Joseph E. Gonzalez, EECS Professor at UC Berkeley and Co-Founder at RunLLM, joins host Lukas Biewald to explore innovative approaches to evaluating LLMs.They discuss the concept of vibes-based evaluation, which examines not just accuracy but also the style and tone of model responses, and how Chatbot Arena has become a community-driven benchmark for open-source and commercial LLMs. Joseph shares insights on democratizing model evaluation, refining AI-human interactions, and leveraging human preferences to improve model performance. This episode provides a deep dive into the evolving landscape of LLM evaluation and its impact on AI development.🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/gd_googleYouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeFollow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb Join the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 11/26/24 | ![]() AI’s breakthrough in weather forecasting with Brightband’s Julian Green | In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Julian Green, Co-founder & CEO of Brightband, joins host Lukas Biewald to discuss how AI is transforming weather forecasting and climate solutions.They explore Brightband's innovative approach to using AI for extreme weather prediction, the shift from physics-based models to AI-driven forecasting, and the potential for democratizing weather data. Julian shares insights into building trust in AI for critical decisions, navigating the challenges of deep tech entrepreneurship, and the broader implications of AI in mitigating climate risks. This episode delves into the intersection of AI and Earth systems, highlighting its transformative impact on weather and climate decision-making.🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/gd_googleYouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeConnect with Julian Green:@juliangreensfFollow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb Join the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
| 11/7/24 | ![]() What’s the path to AGI? A conversation with Turing Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth | In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Jonathan Siddharth, CEO & Co-Founder of Turing, joins host Lukas Biewald to discuss the path to AGI.They explore how Turing built a "developer cloud" of 3.7 million engineers to power AGI training, providing high-quality code and reasoning data to leading AI labs. Jonathan shares insights on Turing’s journey, from building coding datasets to solving enterprise AI challenges and enabling human-in-the-loop solutions. This episode offers a unique perspective on the intersection of human intelligence and AGI, with an eye on the expansion of new domains beyond coding.✅ *Subscribe to Weights & Biases* → https://bit.ly/45BCkYz 🎙 Get our podcasts on these platforms:Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/gd_googleYouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeConnect with Jonathan Siddharth:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonsid/ Follow Weights & Biases:https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb Join the Weights & Biases Discord Server:https://discord.gg/CkZKRNnaf3 | — | ||||||
Showing 25 of 138
Pitch Fit is a Pro feature
See how bookable this show is for guests, which brands already advertise, the per-episode ad value, and the best-fit guest and sponsor profile. The numbers are blurred on the free plan.
How readily this show books outside guests like you.
How proven this show is for host-read sponsorships.
For Guests
ProFor Advertisers
ProUpgrade to Pro to unlock guest cadence, sponsor categories, fit scores, and per-episode ad value for this show.
Similar Audience Demographics
Podcasts that attract a similar listener profile
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.























