Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Anthropic’s hottest tool, with over 1,000 community-built MCP servers in operation by February alone. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explains what took so long for users to catch on: Anthropic released MCP in November 2024. Hear more about the buzz behind MCP, its applications, and how easy it is to get started.
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1028: The Chip Built for Agentic AI Inference, with SambaNova's Anton McGonnell
In Episode #1028, Anton McGonnell (VP of Product at SambaNova) joins Jon Krohn to explain why the chips running most AI inference today were never designed for the job. Agentic AI has changed the computational profile of inference, with much larger inputs and far heavier caches f ... Show More
29m 39s
Sep 15
1027: Building an Always-On AI Agent for Busy Parents, with Dr. Dilani Kahawala
In Episode #1027, Dr. Dilani Kahawala (Co-Founder and CEO of Anna) joins Jon Krohn to explain what it takes to build an always-on AI assistant that busy parents will trust with their inboxes. Anna watches the email, school apps, WhatsApp messages and calendars flowing into a fami ... Show More
1h 2m
Sep 11
1026: OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra
In Episode #1026, Jon Krohn breaks down GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s new flagship that its president has floated as a possible marker of AGI. Jon covers what the model is, what it costs, its state-of-the-art results across computer use, coding, abstract reasoning and science and the saf ... Show More
19m 37s
Oct 2017
Data science tools and other announcements from Ignite
<p>In this episode, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President for Cloud Artificial Intelligence, Joseph Sirosh, joins host Kyle Polich to share some of the Microsoft's latest and most exciting innovations in AI development platforms. Last month, Microsoft launched a set of three power ... Show More
31m 40s
Oct 2025
What Open Source Teaches Us About Making AI Better - Ep. 278
Learn how NVIDIA's Nemotron family of open source models is redefining accelerated computing. NVIDIA’s Bryan Catanzaro and Jonathan Cohen discuss the breakthroughs in efficiency, openness, and collaboration — sharing how Nemotron empowers developers and enterprises to innovate, c ... Show More
34m 13s
Oct 2025
How CytoReason is Bridging the Data Insight Gap to Accelerate Healthcare Breakthroughs - Ep. 276
Shai Shen-Orr, co-founder and chief scientist at CytoReason and professor at the Technion, talks about the next frontier in healthcare: disease modeling. Shai shares how CytoReason bridges the gap between exploding biological data and actionable insight, powering smarter, faster ... Show More
35m 12s