How To Use AI In Your Startup

In this episode of The Lightcone, we talk with Mukund and Madhav Jha, the founders of Emergent - an AI platform that lets anyone build and ship production-ready software. In just eight months, users have created more than 7 million apps on Emergent, with the number doubling in ju ... Show More

YC alum Max Hodak is the co-founder of Neuralink and founder of Science, a company building brain-computer interfaces that can restore sight.Science has developed a tiny retinal implant that stimulates cells in the eye to help blind patients see again. More than 40 patients have ... Show More

As no-code design tools become more common, so do the pitfalls. You know what they look like - the purple gradients, annoying hover effects, sections that fade as you scroll. So how do you avoid a site that feels vibe coded while still taking advantage of these new tools? In this ... Show More

Some CEOs brag about using AI to cut jobs. But there’s another way to see it.In this episode, I sit down with Eliman Dambell, co-founder of Savvio.ai and former London finance director turned crypto analyst. He brings a unique perspective on why “AI should be a copilot, not a rep ... Show More

MIT's new State of AI in Business report went viral for claiming that 95% of enterprise AI projects fail. But the real story isn't that AI doesn't work — it's just big companies can't build it.In this episode of the Lightcone, Garry, Harj, Diana, and Jared break down what the stu ... Show More

<p>Let’s be honest — most people have <em>no idea</em> what they’re talking about when it comes to AI... but they’ll pretend they do.</p><p>In this conversation, I pull back the curtain on what I’m <em>actually</em> doing with artificial intelligence, how I’m thinking about it, a ... Show More

<p>Everyone knows the era of growth at all costs is over, but where does that leave us? And specifically, where does that leave founders? The answer is straightforward: founders have to start thinking like business people. <br/><br/>This week, Conor Bronsdon interviews Ashish Agg ... Show More

AI is at the center of five big debates: is massive AI spending fueling real growth or just a bubble, will entry-level jobs vanish, does AI truly boost productivity, is vibe coding overhyped, and should we accelerate or slow down with open-source and policy? These questions captu ... Show More

In this episode of "Accelerate Your Business Growth," host Diane Helbig sits down with Laura Bowers. Laura shares insights on the importance of AI in project management, ethical considerations when implementing AI, and how to ensure the human element isn't lost in AI-driven proce ... Show More

AI can do more than it’s ever done… but there’s a lot of unfounded hype, especially when it comes to user research. When should you delegate tasks to AI? And when should you insist on keeping the human in the loop? In this episode, Therese Fessenden sits down with Alexander Knoll ... Show More

Is AI making startups easier—or just changing the rules of the game?In a world where execution is cheap and accessible, building a successful startup is more competitive than ever. In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein unpack the reality of every business having access ... Show More

<p>What if virality wasn’t a tactic — but the entire product?</p><p>In this episode, a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Bryan Kim sit down with Roy Lee, cofounder and CEO of Cluely, one of the most talked-about consumer AI startups of 2025. Cluely didn’t raise a mega round ... Show More