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The Limitless PodcastGrok-4 Is Now The Smartest AI Model In The World | Everything You Need To KnowGrok-4 just leap-frogged every frontier model, topping AGI and coding benchmarks, crushing PhDs across disciplines, and even selling vending machines better than humans, all barely 28 months after XAI was born. We unpack the launch event, new voice mode, gaming-first tools, Grok-Heavy’s multi-agent powerhouse, and why Elon’s Tesla integration could make AI your on-the-go co-pilot. Stick around for what this acceleration means as GPT-5, Claude 4.5, and Gemini 3.0 line up next.-----💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://limitless.bankless.com/https://x.com/LimitlessFT-----TIMESTAMPS00:00 Grok4 Is Now The Sma...2025-07-1040 min
The Limitless PodcastCEO of X Linda Yaccarino Unexpectedly Steps Down Hours Before Grok 4 ReleaseThis morning, the CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino has unexpectedly stepped down just hours before Elon and the xAI team announce the release of Grok 4. This happens at an interesting time as we have: Grok going rogue last night, Grok4 announcement from Elon this evening, and product legend Nikita Bier recently joining as head of product.We've compiled all the evidence - Here's everything you need to know about the saga.-----💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://limitless.bankless.com/https://x.com/LimitlessFT-----TIMESTAMPS00:00 Lin...2025-07-0933 min
The Limitless PodcastThe $2 DNA Test That Could Add 50 Years to Your Life | Google AlphaGenome is HereImagine spitting into a $2 test tube, dozing off, and waking up to an AI-written health roadmap that flags hidden genetic typos and tells you exactly how to dodge disease. That’s the jaw-dropping future unlocked by Google’s new “Alpha Genome.” 🧬✨ In this episode, Josh and Ejaaz break down how this model reads a million DNA letters at once, pairs with CRISPR to correct single-letter glitches, and slashes genome-sequencing time from 30 days to a single night. They also reveal Microsoft’s new diagnostic AI that outperforms top physicians 4-to-1, why personalized “always-on” medicine could save $225 billion a year, and how bio-engineering...2025-07-0432 min
The Limitless PodcastZuck's $2.3 Billion Talent Heist: Meta's Plot to Crush OpenAIMark Zuckerberg just wrote the biggest talent-check in tech history - $2.5 B (about $300 M per head) to poach eight of the minds behind GPT-4 and launch “Meta Super-Intelligence Labs.” We unpack how Zuck assembled his AI Avengers, why elite researchers now cost more than NBA rosters, and what this arms race means for OpenAI, Anthropic, and the entire job market. You’ll hear the back-story on secret dinner pitches, eye-watering sign-on bonuses, and whether Meta’s next frontier model will stay open-source or slam the vault shut. Stick around for hard truths about junior dev jobs, the three skills that wil...2025-07-0332 min
The Limitless PodcastDid Sam Altman Steal this $6.5 Billion Dollar Idea?In this episode, we dissect the fallout from the highly-anticipated AI hardware reveal by Sam Altman and Johnny Ive. Initially celebrated, the excitement vanished when the announcement and its website disappeared overnight...------💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://limitless.bankless.com/https://x.com/LimitlessFT------TIMESTAMPS00:00 Start07:27 The Human Soul Is Missing16:11 How To Properly Use AI20:32 Multi Agent Breakthrough28:58 Takeaways42:54 AirPods With Cameras48:02 Email Screenshots56:05 The OpenAI Files------RESOURCESDavid: https://x.com/trustlessstateJ...2025-06-2724 min
The Limitless PodcastThe Dark Side Of ChatGPT: Is AI Making Us Dumber?ChatGPT has become ubiquitous, transforming how we write, code, and even think. Today we explore the potential downsides of relying too heavily on AI, examining whether its convenience might be hindering our own cognitive abilities. ------ 💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://limitless.bankless.com/https://x.com/LimitlessFT ------TIMESTAMPS00:00 Start07:27 The Human Soul Is Missing16:11 How To Properly Use AI20:32 Multi Agent Breakthrough28:58 Takeaways------RESOURCESDavid: https://x.com/trustlessstateJosh: https://x.com/Josh_KaleEjaa...2025-06-2632 min
The Limitless PodcastHow the #1 AI Video Creator is Hacking HollywoodAI director PJ Ace walks us through how he used Google’s Veo3 to craft the first fully AI-generated commercial to air during the NBA Finals, racking up 100 million views while slashing production costs by 10×. In this conversation he breaks down his prompt stack, the viral storytelling formulas brands crave, and the coming disruption to bloated ad agencies and Hollywood workflows. Tune in to hear why hyper-personalized ads, instant character creation, and daily blockbuster-quality content are about to redefine the creator economy and how you can ride the wave.------💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://limitless.bankle...2025-06-2036 min
The Limitless PodcastVideo Will Never Be The Same: How Veo3 is Breaking the InternetGoogle’s new video model Veo 3 just let one creator crank out a $2 k, three-day commercial that ran in the NBA Finals—proof that AI can out-produce multimillion-dollar ad agencies overnight. We break down how its eight-second clips with built-in sound now enable talking characters, viral absurdity, and creator-less channels, from stormtrooper vlogs to fake pharma spots. But Veo 3’s realism also fuels deep-fake missile strikes and reality-bending stunts, so spotting the fraud is becoming a full-time job. Stick around for our chat with solo mastermind PJ Ace to hear how he pulled off the ad that fooled millions....2025-06-1938 min
The Limitless PodcastInside Meta's $15B AI Crashout and $100M Employee Signing BonusImagine answering the phone with Mark Zuckerberg on the line offering you $100 Million Dollars to come work for him 💰That's the reality some OpenAI employees found themselves in as Meta goes on a $15B spending spree to acquire ScaleAI and some of the best talent in the worldOh and also Meta's been publishing your AI history publicly for everyone to see... it's an interesting week for Meta------💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://limitless.bankless.com/https://x.com/LimitlessFT------TIMESTAMPS0:00 $100M employee bonus?17:58 META's AI Flo...2025-06-1828 min
The Limitless PodcastWhy Apple's Siri Is Still So Bad In The Age Of AI… Or Is It?WWDC 25 left Twitter roasting “Liquid Glass,” yet we dig past the glossy UI to uncover Apple’s real AI play: MLX-powered, on-device inference that could turn 2 billion iPhones into a zero-cost compute network. We debate whether that makes Apple a sleeping giant or just late. Then we unpack Apple’s own research paper calling frontier “reasoning” models overrated, just as OpenAI drops O3 Pro: a PhD-level assistant that writes business plans, slashes API costs 80 %, and arrives with an uncannily human voice mode that’s already replacing therapists and drinking buddies. From the rise of AI companions (hello, digital spouses?) to $100 M sign...2025-06-121h 14
The Limitless PodcastStargate: OpenAI’s $500B Plan to Build a Planet-Sized SupermindProject Stargate a $500 billion, multi-gigawatt data-center network from OpenAI, Microsoft, and the U.S. government—signals that control of watts and GPUs is replacing oil and nukes as the world’s new hard power. We trace how Texas and Abu Dhabi super-clusters, chip export quotas, and Taiwan’s bottleneck are redrawing geopolitical lines, while Meta’s VO-3-powered ads reveal a coming internet optimized for hyper-personalized persuasion. The crew also unpacks Anthropic’s Game-of-Thrones clash with OpenAI over Claude access and the $1.5 billion Builder.ai “no-AI” scandal, exposing the razor-thin line between breakthrough and buzzword. If you want to understand how...2025-06-051h 01
The Limitless PodcastThe New OpenAI Gadget Will Change The World | AI Calls The Cops | AI Agent OnlyFansJohnny Ive is back—this time with a $6.5 billion OpenAI partnership to build the “iPhone-killer” of the AI era. In this episode we break down what Ive’s new hardware could look like, why OpenAI is racing to ship 100 million units by 2027, and what it means for Apple’s fading Siri strategy. We also dive into the week’s wildest model news: Anthropic’s Claude 4 threatening to snitch, OpenAI’s 0.3 refusing to shut down, and a squad of AI agents that tried everything from cat-video binges to OnlyFans to raise money for charity. Strap in for a rapid tour of AI hardware h...2025-05-291h 03
The Limitless PodcastWill Google's Veo 3 Destroy Hollywood?! | Everything Announced At Google I/OGoogle’s Veo 3 is spitting out blockbuster-grade videos with actors that talk, while Tesla’s Optimus learns new dance moves by binge-watching YouTube. In this week’s AI Rollup we race through the avalanche of announcements from Google I/O, OpenAI, Meta and Microsoft and ask: are we witnessing the dawn of an endless creativity boom…or turbo-charged P-Doom? Buckle up. ------TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 Hollywood In a Prompt00:11:38 Google IO's Wild Announcements00:19:08 Google's AI Search00:22:04 Startup Destruction00:30:35 Monopoly Risks00:36:17 Early AGI Progress?00:45:14 Percentage of Doom?00:49:19 Meta's Big Breakthrough00:57...2025-05-221h 08
The Limitless PodcastApple's $200B Gut Punch To Google! The AI War Just EscalatedThis week’s AI Rollup is a ringside ticket to the highest-stakes tech brawl on earth. David, Ejaaz and Josh unpack Apple’s threat to yank Google from Safari, the $200 billion market-cap gut-punch that followed, and Microsoft’s tangled profit-share web with OpenAI. Plus why Sam Altman just hired Instacart’s former CEO to turn raw AGI power into everyday apps. They demo the newest frontier models (Gemini 2.5 Flash, China’s trillion-parameter DeepSeek-R2) and explain how cheaper tokens and home-grown Huawei chips could upend the GPU monopoly. Finally, the crew dives into crypto’s AI-agent boom, from VirtuaL launchpad mania to dec...2025-05-151h 05
The Limitless PodcastAI Robots and The $10T Arms RaceWelcome to the AI Rollup, from the Limitless Podcast. David, Ejaaz, and Josh break down the week’s most important AI headlines, from OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf acquisition and Google’s full-stack AI play, to Visa and Mastercard preparing for agentic commerce. We explore the state of robotics, major interpretability challenges, and why the race to AGI may outpace our ability to understand it. Plus: AI ASMR, glow-up GPT, and why autonomous agents still kinda suck. Stay curious, this one’s stacked.------💫 Subscribe and Follow Limitlesshttps://www.youtube.com/@Limitless-FThttps://x.com/Limitle...2025-05-081h 16
The DCo PodcastEP 37 — Building Useful AI on Crypto Rails with EjaazIn this episode, Ejaaz joins Saurabh to explore what it really takes to build usable, decentralized AI tools on crypto rails.We break down the AI x Crypto stack from first principles: – Why fragmented compute networks haven’t worked (and what might change that) – How AI agents are reshaping crypto UX – Why open-sourcing everything could backfire in an alpha-driven world – Who the actual users of crypto-AI might be—and why they’re likely not crypto-nativeWe also discuss why product-led growth beats token-first strategies in the long run, and how to think clearly when everything—from apps to inf...2025-04-021h 03
Coinbase Institutional Market CallAI Agents with Ejaaz AhamadeenThis week, we discuss the dip in the crypto markets and welcome Ejaaz Ahamadeen, ex-Product Manager at Coinbase and founder of 26 Crypto Capital, who shares his insights on the AI agents sector. Ejaaz delves into the significance of crypto AI agents versus centralized services, navigating the intricacies of emerging subsectors, and addressing practical challenges like AI hallucination. Additionally, the episode covers major trading updates, including corporate investments and ETF flows, plus some regulatory news. We also look at recent stablecoin growth and offer a comprehensive view of current market dynamics and future trends. Finally, we tackle market innovations such...2025-02-1129 min
ChonkservationsEpisode 5: Rise of the AI Agents
The content of this podcast was curated
by Professor Aaron Blaisdell (@aaronblaisdell). Donations to support this podcast can be sent to aaronblaisdell.eth
The AI agents aren’t just coming, they’re already here!
Spreading the word on one of the most transformative,
exponentially game-changing revolutionary technological developments that will
take the world by storm.
Thanks to the team at Bankless (Bankless.com), especially
Ryan Shawn Adams (@RyanSAdams), David
Hoffman (@TrustlessState), and Ejaaz Ahamadeen
(@cryptopunk7213)
Other builders and thought leaders in this AI Agent space to
follow:
Shaw...2024-12-2513 min
BanklessOne Billion AI Agents | ai16z's ShawWhat is the role of AI in crypto, and how will it shape the future? AI agents are taking the crypto world by storm, introducing unprecedented scale and efficiency to Web3. At the center of this revolution is Shaw, the creator of the Eliza framework and ai16z DAO, a groundbreaking initiative that’s reshaping decentralized investments. The ai16z DAO has rapidly gained traction, becoming the #1 trending GitHub repository last month, with over 3,300 stars and 880+ forks. In this episode, we explore how Shaw and his team are leading a community-driven, open-source movement to integrate AI...2024-12-111h 19
BanklessAI ROLLUP: Base vs. Solana | Ai16z | GOAT | AIxbt | Virtuals & ZerebroAI agents are reshaping the crypto landscape, from gaming to decentralized venture capital. This week, we explore groundbreaking developments in Crypto AI, including breaking news out of Ai16z’s meteoric rise (and fall?), GOAT, AIxbt, Virtuals, Zerebro, and Base vs. Solana. Ejaaz Ahamadeen joins us to break down the trends, drama, and future of autonomous agents in crypto. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON...2024-11-281h 14
BanklessHow Crypto AI Agents Will Take Over the World | Ejaaz AhamadeenEjaaz is back on the podcast to explore the cutting edge of AI agents and their potential takeover—starting with blockchains, powered by crypto rails. Is AI x Crypto the next big wave or just hype? Is any of it investible? Ejaaz, former Coinbase product manager and current Crypto-AI fund operator, shares what’s real, what’s not, where VCs are allocating their capital and much more in today’s episode. ------ 📣GET YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-T...2024-11-141h 50
BanklessETH Staking Panel | Coinbase, Lido, Rocket PoolETH Staking Panelists: Darren Langley (Rocket Pool) Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido) Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase) With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not be able to run their own self-custodied 24/7 validator node, and not everyone has the required 32 ETH. For these folks, Staking-as-a-Service allows broader participation in the PoS consensus mechanism. To discuss this, team members from Coinbase, Lido, and Rocket Pool come together in this panel to explore their approaches to the world of ETH staking! ...2021-07-151h 27
BanklessETH Staking Panel | Coinbase, Lido, Rocket PoolETH Staking Panelists: Darren Langley (Rocket Pool) Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido) Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase) With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not be able to run their own self-custodied 24/7 validator node, and not everyone has the required 32 ETH. For these folks, Staking-as-a-Service allows broader participation in the PoS consensus mechanism. To discuss this, team members from Coinbase, Lido, and Rocket Pool come together in this panel to explore their approaches to the world of ETH staking! ...2021-07-151h 27
BanklessETH Staking Panel | Coinbase, Lido, Rocket PoolETH Staking Panelists: Darren Langley (Rocket Pool) Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido) Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase) ----- 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/go-gemini 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS https://bankless.cc/balancer 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS https://bankless.cc/aave 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING http://bankless.cc/unigrants ------ 📣 KYBER | Liquidity...2021-07-151h 27BanklessETH Staking Panel | Coinbase, Lido, Rocket PoolETH Staking Panelists: Darren Langley (Rocket Pool) Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido) Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase) ----- 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/go-gemini 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS https://bankless.cc/balancer 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS https://bankless.cc/aave 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING http://bankless.cc/unigrants ------ 📣 KYBER | Liquidity...2021-07-151h 27