AI Builders Push Past the Closed-Lab Narrative
Monday, May 4, 2026 · 4 min
This week’s strongest tech podcast moments all orbit the same shift: AI is becoming something more people can build with directly, from open models and video tools to enterprise infrastructure and next-generation compute.
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This week’s strongest tech podcast moments all orbit the same shift: AI is becoming something more people can build with directly, from open models and video tools to enterprise infrastructure and next-generation compute.
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- 🎙️Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue: Stop Comparing Engines to Cars — Ksenia Se
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- Runway’s Cris Valenzuela: Building The Video AI That OpenAI Couldn’t — Alex Konrad
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- The Case for AI Optimism — with Reid Hoffman — Scott Galloway
The Case for AI Optimism — with Reid Hoffman SubscribeSign in Playback speed × Share post Share post at current time Share from 0:00 0:00 / Preview 9 1 ## The Case for AI Optimism — with Reid Hoffman Can AI still deliver on its promise? Scott Galloway, Ed Elson, and Reid Hoffman May 01, 2026 ∙ Paid 9 1 Share Reid Hoffman joins Scott and Ed to make the bull case for AI amid…
- WorkOS's Michael Grinich on Becoming the Enterprise Layer for AI's Biggest Companies — Founders in Arms
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- Podcast with Joab Rosenberg, Partner, Deep33 — The Quantum Insider
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