Non-Technical Podcast Preview (2026-03-06 to 2026-03-13)

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Five Random Insights from This Week

• Will AI progress hit a wall, or keep accelerating dramatically this year?
  From: OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King. (58 min)
• Which tasks make the best beachhead for AI in customer service?
  From: Operationalizing Customer Service at Scale with Outcome-Driven Agentic AI - with Craig Walker of Dialpad (35 min)
• How does incorporating market intel and competitor analysis enhance model explainability in insurance pricing?
  From: Pricing Changes in Small Commercial Without Governance Debt - with Barbara Stacer of Utica National Insurance Group (17 min)
• Can AI companies defy government demands on military use without severe consequences?
  From: OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King. (58 min)
• Why build great AI companies quietly, focusing solely on product and customers?
  From: The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis (1h 24m)

AI + a16z

• Replit’s CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI (1h 39m)

AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

• OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King. (58 min)

AI and I

• We Made a Document Editor Where Humans and AI Work Side by Side (45 min)

AI in Business

• Funding Agentic AI in HR Without Losing Control - with Carey Smith of Blue Cross and Blue Shield (15 min)
• Pricing Changes in Small Commercial Without Governance Debt - with Barbara Stacer of Utica National Insurance Group (17 min)
• Operationalizing Customer Service at Scale with Outcome-Driven Agentic AI - with Craig Walker of Dialpad (35 min)
• AI Use Cases, Deployment, and Measuring Real-World ROI - with Ylan Kazi of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (20 min)
• Building a Virtuous Cycle of Analytics in Global Enterprises - with Barry McCardel of Hex (39 min)
• Why Manual K-1 Workflows Are Breaking Under Modern Tax Complexity - with Ken Powell of K1x (34 min)

Agents of Scale

• Why “Get With the Program” Doesn’t Work—Claire Vo on AI That Actually Sticks (51 min)

Lenny’s Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

• The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis (1h 24m)
• How I built a 1M+ subscriber newsletter and top 10 tech podcast | Lenny Rachitsky (1h 7m)

The AI for Sales Podcast

• Navigating the Messy Middle of Buyer Engagement (45 min)

The Artificial Intelligence Show

• #201: Anthropic vs. Pentagon Round 2, AI Job Impact Study, Services as the New Software & GPT-5.4 (1h 25m)
• #202: AI Answers - AI for Marketing, Sales & Customer Success, Marketing Agent Swarms, Entry-Level Job Disruption, Environmental Impact and AI Privacy (59 min)

The Next Wave - AI and The Future of Technology

• NotebookLM Just Killed After Effects? + ChatGPT vs Anthropic War (1h 18m)

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

• How To Avoid AI Design Slop (37 min)
• The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces with Science’s Max Hodak (53 min)